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For 15-year-old Justin, life seems woefully unpredictable. Just when things are really starting to look up for him, something comes along to knock him down. Justin is the first freshman to make the high schools varsity baseball team. The first that is since Booker Wilson, the best baseball player to ever come out of their small town, did it 17 years ago. But Justins elation quickly turns to worry when his mother loses her job. To earn money Justin sells Little Billy, the familys beloved baby goat. But the new owner, Mr. Grimsted, mistreats Little Billy. Now Justin must break the law to save him. Then one afternoon a red sports car appears in the driveway and with it comes emotional upheaval for the family, as well as the tempting lure of adventure. Author Rosa Jordans memorable, well-drawn characters are woven together through circumstance into a web of complex relationships marked by challenges and the confusion of divided loyalties. The result is a richly textured portrait of small town life and a struggling family that will satisfy middle readers.

A boy and his dog navigate dangerous rubble, prejudices, and survival in this riveting fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.It's before daybreak in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. Mourning the loss of his mother, thirteen-year-old Jacob Kaufman slips out of the cramped boarding house where he lives with his immigrant father and little sister Rosie. Why couldn't Papa just let him keep the stray dog—the one thing that has made him happy in months? But he forgets all his frustrations when the ground beneath his feet begins to rumble.Buildings collapse, and the street splits wide open as Jacob runs for safety from a devastating earthquake. With just his dog, he embarks on a perilous search for shelter, food and water, and missing loved ones while grappling with his Jewish traditions and fighting prejudices against a new Chinese friend.In Gail Langer Karwoski's stirring fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, young readers will relive the drama of the actual event and its devastating aftermath. An author's note carefully separates fact from fiction, giving young readers a glimpse into one of the worst earthquakes in modern history.

An adolescent girl who is passionate about baseball learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart.

The story of Patrick's life, from his noble birth in Britain, to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the "dreams" that led him to convert the Irish people to the Christian faith. DePaola also retells several well-known legends, including the story of how Patrick got rid of all the snakes in Ireland.