Theresa Nelson
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When he and his younger sister agree to help their wealthy, elderly neighbor care for the capuchin monkey that keeps getting away from her, Jimmy also helps the woman's troublesome granddaughter deal with secrets from her family's past.
3) Devil storm
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brother and sister living off the Texas Gulf Coast befriend Tom the Tramp who becomes a hero during the Great Storm of 1900.
6) Earthshine
Author
Publisher
Laurel-Leaf
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Slim watches over her father, a disarmingly charismatic man, as his struggle with AIDS reaches its climax.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned eleven-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns fourteen and must leave, but she, her family, and best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery.