Terrorism is a worldwide problem and one of today's most pressing concerns. This compelling series uses the stories of some of the world's most devastating terrorist attacks as the jumping off point
Just as the fashions of Jane Austen’s era define it as a unique moment in history, so do the pleasures and pastimes. Each occasion and activity brought the pleasure of choosing a new outfit, and
Arguing that many of the core controversies in the field of psychotherapy are primarily philosophical in nature, Downing (Training Director, Counseling Center, U. of San Francisco) notes that very few
Travis and his sister, Corey, can’t resist a good trick?so when they learn that their grandmother’s sleepy Vermont inn has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little ?haunting” of their
"Step on a crack, break Hitler's back!" Elizabeth yells, jumping hard on the sidewalk. Her best friend Margaret follows suit.Margaret's mother is watching the two girls from the porch. "When I was you
A spine-tingling tale by Mary Downing Hahn. When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, Jen is thrilled. But she changes her mind when she meets her dad’s
Another spine-tingling tale by Mary Downing Hahn Twelve-year-old orphan Florence looks forward to a new life with her great-uncle and great-aunt at Crutchfield Hall, an old manor house in the Englis
Daphne is the weird girl in Jessica's class--the one no one wants to talk to or even be seen with. But when the girls are assigned to be partners in the Write-a-Book contest at school, they find they
?Out of sight, out of mind.” That’s what Tallahassee Higgins’s mother, Liz, always says about her ex-boyfriends. But now that Tallahassee has been sent to live with her aunt and uncle in Maryland so L
Diana and her little brother Georgie have been living in the woods behind the old Willis place, a decaying Victorian mansion, for what already seems like forever. They aren’t allowed to leave the prop
In 1887 twelve-year-old Eliza, disguised as a boy and traveling to Colorado in search of her missing father, falls in with a gentleman outlaw and joins him in his illegal schemes.
On a cold, snowy night, Haswell Magruder makes a decision that will have a profound effect on his own life as well as the lives of all those he loves. A wounded Confederate soldier appears at the fami
A contemporary thriller by the bestselling author of THE OLD WILLIS PLACE.Two 13-year-old boys, Arthur and Logan, set out to solve the mystery of a murder that took place some years ago in the old hou
A contemporary thriller by the bestselling author of THE OLD WILLIS PLACE.Two 13-year-old boys, Arthur and Logan, set out to solve the mystery of a murder that took place some years ago in the old hou
