By Sharon Creech
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle's mother has disappeared. While tracing her steps on a car trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents,...
By Pearl S. Buck
This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing...
By Virginia Woolf,
Eudora Welty (Foreword)
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye....
By Kate Chopin
An alternate cover edition exists here.She grew daring and reckless. Overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out. Where no woman had swum...
By Khaled Hosseini
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime." Amir is the son of a...
By Laurie Halse Anderson
"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is...
By Richard Adams
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0380002930 here.Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of...
By Laura Hillenbrand
Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and...
By Stephen Chbosky
The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange...
By Rebecca Wells
When Siddalee Walker, oldest daughter of Vivi Abbott Walker, Ya-Ya extraordinaire, is interviewed in the New York Times about a hit play she's...