'I've thought of a game," said my cousin Julian. "What kind of a game?" I asked. "A different kind of game," Julian said. "We've never played it before." It was a hot day and they had already seen the movie at the only theater in town. Yet the game that Julian devised to relieve the boredom-the game of Takers and Returners-was to affect the lives of all the children who took part in it. Julian was fifteen, and thirteen¬-year-old Ellen had always...

Tatty is always in trouble! When a mysterious girl with blue hair shows up one rainy day, Tatty is the only one who believes she's a princess. Who is she really? And why does she want Tatty to be her friend?

"I really saw Mrs. Prichard disappear," Oliver says. "She came toward me, closer and closer. Then she was gone! Just like that!" The kids call old Mrs. Prichard the Witch Lady. And now Oliver has to rake her leaves. He promised! What other strange and secret things will he find out about her? Is she really a witch?

Retells the true story of Casey Jones, the engineer who always brought his train in on time.

Relates the adventures and exploits of the legendary American seaman, Old Stormalong.

With the help of his brother, sister, and friend, Frankie, a lonely 11-year-old, cares for a stray Doberman until the unexpected happens.