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The Disappeared
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 6.99Silvia?s brother, Eduardo, has Disappeared, and she won?t stop fighting until she finds him. Norberto, the general?s son, is just foolish enough to help. He?ll fall in love with her, and then he?ll ask his father to set Eduardo free. At least that?s the premise on which Silvia bases her scheme. In chapters alternating between Silvia?s and Eduardo?s... more...
Angel on the Square
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 7.99In the fall of 1914, safe behind palace walls, Katya Ivanova sees St. Petersburg as a magical place. The daughter of a lady-in-waiting to the Empress, Katya spends all her time with the Grand Duchesses; the royal family feels like her own. But outside the palace, a terrible war is sweeping through Europe, and Russia is beginning to crumble under... more...
Burying the Sun
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 5.99Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya, packs up the great artwork at the Hermitage museum for safekeeping, and their mother tends to the wounded soldiers. But at fourteen years old, Georgi... more...
Chu Ju's House
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 6.99One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go. Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow... more...
Fruitlands
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 5.99We are all going to be made perfect . . . In 1843, with all their possessions loaded onto a single wagon, ten-year-old Louisa May Alcott and her family bravely set out into the wilderness to make a new home for themselves on a farm called Fruitlands. Louisa's father has a dream of living a perfect, simple life. It won't be easy, but the family has... more...
Homeless Bird
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 5.99Leaving Home...forever. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly is getting married. When she discovers that the husband her parents have chosen for her is sickly boy with wicked parents, Koly wishes she could flee. According to tradition, though, she has no choice. On her wedding day, Koly's fate is sealed. In the wake of her... more...
Listening for Lions
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 5.99Historical fiction with a wicked twist. Listening for Lions is a breathtaking story of tragedy, deception, and triumph against all odds. National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan sets this richly historical coming-of-age adventure in British East Africa in the year 1918. This irresistible novel entangles an orphaned girl in a deceit-filled... more...
Summer of the War
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99It's the summer of 1942. At her grandparents' island cottage in Michigan, 14?year?old Belle excitedly awaits the arrival of her exotic older cousin, Carolyn. Belle's expecting worldly sophistication and French style. But Carolyn brings much more than that: she carries the troubling reality of the World War that is ravaging her home. Turtle Island... more...
The Impossible Journey
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 5.99One Russian night in 1934, Marya and Georgi's parents disappear. Despite high risks, Katya and Misha had spoken against the government. The children, alone and desperate, fear the worst. Will they ever see their parents again? But all it takes is one crumpled letter to give Marya and Georgi hope and send them on a dangerous mission to reunite their... more...
After the Train
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99Peter Liebig can't wait for summer. He's tired of classrooms, teachers, and the endless lectures about the horrible Nazis. The war has been over for ten years, and besides, his town of Rolfen, West Germany, has moved on nicely. Despite its bombed-out church, it looks just as calm and pretty as ever. There is money to be made at the beach, and there... more...









