This is the remarkable story of Ann Harvey, who in 1828 helped save more than 160 passengers from a wreck off the Newfoundland fishing village of Isle aux Morts.

A poignant and frank novel set in Ghana, told from the point of view of a disarmingly forthright teenaged girl.

Moments of grace and tenderness undercut the terror and pain of this powerful story of the genocidal war in Rwanda.

Earthgirl follows the eco-evolution of sixteen-year-old Sabine Solomon, an endearing and funny heroine -- smart, curious, self-mocking, and self-righteous all at the same time.

Margarita vive en una casa grande y señorial rodeada por una cerca. Detrás de la cerca viven niños muy pobres. Esta historia explora la brecha entre ellos, así como la conciencia y el sentido de la responsabilidad que esta diferencia crea en una niña que tiene tanto más que la gente que la rodea.

Rufina Pérez es una joven pipil-nahua de El Salvador. Su mamá quiere que esté preparada en caso de que el Zipitio se le aparezca río abajo a la muchacha, ahora que se está poniendo tan bonita. El Zipitio, un personaje de la tradición pipil, tiene una gran fama, al igual que otras grandes figuras folclóricas latinoamericanas como La Llorona o El Sombrerón.

With a long hot summer ahead, Ellen Fremedon decides that she is going to write a book -- a long one, with chapters. She doesn't need to look far to find characters, for the village of Partridge Cove is full of interesting ones.

An aspiring yet practical author, Ellen Fremedon decides to start a newspaper.

During the most difficult summer of her life, Ellen finally begins the search for her birth mother. The results are surprising, moving and often very funny, turning life at the Fremedon household upside down.

Written and illustrated in comic strips, this book traces Emily Carr's life through four of her famous paintings.