Laura E. Williams

Thirteen-year-old Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall.

Behind the Bedroom Wall

After watching a homeless man collect empty soft drink cans for the redemption money, a young boy decides to collect cans himself to earn money for a skateboard until he has a change of heart.

The can man

Thirteen-year-old Lauren, a Korean-American adoptee, is tired of being called "slant" and "gook," and longs to have plastic surgery on her eyes, but when her father finds out about her wish--and a long-kept secret about her mother's death is revealed--Lauren starts to question some of her own assumptions.

Slant

Presents a collection of creepy, mind-bending stories including "Baby from Outer Space," "Marked for Death," and "The Telltale Croak."

11 Mysterious Stories

Unexpected

Thirteen-year-old Lily, daughter of the town's executioner living in fifteenth-century Europe, decides whether to fight against her destiny or to rise above her fate.

The Executioner's Daughter

A thoughtful coming-of-age novel about a young woman struggling to connect with her eccentric mother. "I picked up my poster, raising it so everyone could see that if they chopped down these old oak trees, they'd be killing the South as well. I held it high like I meant it, and I walked around Oak Square forty-six more times that day, till all that was left of the sun was a buttery smear in the sky." Miracle Bott's activism is a constant embarrassment to her thirteen year old daughter, Starshine. Why does Miracle spend all her time fighting causes? And how can Starshine's grandmother remain so supportive? After all, the 60's were a long time ago. First Miracle tries to save the whales, then the ozone layer, and now it's the old oak trees in the town square. But when Miracle decides to protect one of the oaks by living in it, she may have gone too far--too far for the mayor, the community, and especially her daughter. Now Starshine must find a way to make Miracle come down from the tree before their relationship becomes a lost cause. In her warm, evocative style, Laura Williams explores the relationships between three generations of women struggling to find connections.

Up a Creek

I didn't have no hope of seeing the ghost stallion but I looked anyway. 'Course he wasn't really a ghost. He was flesh and bone, with blood running through him so wild that nobody tried to break him. Since Ma ran off, Pa doesn't pay much attention to Mary Elizabeth. Maybe it's because she doesn't look anything like Pa, with her long black hair and brown eyes. Or maybe it's because of something that happened a long time ago--before Mary Elizabeth was born. Either way, she plans to run away and be free--just like her ma, and just like the mysterious ghost stallion she watches for every night. But then a stranger comes to town, and Mary Elizabeth finds that nothing is what it seems to be. This beautifully crafted novel explores a young girl's struggle to find the truth behind her past and the courage to save her crumbling family. In lyrical prose, Laura E. Williams paints an intimate portrait of a daughter desperately trying to find a place for herself in her father's damaged heart.

The Ghost Stallion

Young Jinho does not like to listen to the boring childhood stories that his grandfather tells, but as the two build a kite together, Jinho sees the old man in a new light.

The Best Winds

While preparing for a classroom Halloween party, Ricky becomes spooked into believing there is a real ghost following him around in a story that includes ideas and recipes for children's own Halloween parties. Original.

Boo Who?

The Mystery of Dead Man's Curve (Mystic Lighthouse Mysteries) (Mystic Lighthouse)

Presents one object, person, or animal for each letter of the alphabet, from an apple to a zipper.

ABC Kids

Cuando una serie de accidentes pone en riesgo la vida de los actores del viejo teatro de Mystic, los gemelos Jen y Zeke saben que algo fuera de lo normal está sucediendo.

El Misterio del teatro embrujado

Los gemelos Jen y Zeke viven con su tía en el viejo faro de Mystic. Han sabido desde siempre que el faro está embrujado. Ahora ya tienen una prueba.

El misterio del faro oscuro

Los gemelos Jen y Zeke se disponen a descubrir la verdad sobre la desaparición de barcos en el Triángulo de Poseidón.

El misterio del barco fantasma

To earn money, a young boy decides to collect and redeem empty soft drink cans, but ends up giving away his money to help a local homeless man.

The Can Man

Lexi's unhappy home life with an alcoholic mother drives her to join a neo-Nazi group, but eventually she discovers that her new friends thrive on hatred and destruction.

The Spider's Web

Endowed with special mutant powers after a science experiment goes wrong, seven sixth graders eventually realize the benefits of being mutants, especially when a slimeball rampages their town. Original.

The Sixth-grade Mutants Meet the Slime

Fabricio Vanden Broeck

Young Makoa must have faith in the strength of his aging grandfather.

Torch Fishing with the Sun

The riveting tale of an executioner's daughter who struggles to find a different path in life Born into the family of an executioner, Lily has always been sheltered by her mother from the horrors of her father's occupation. But when her ailing mother takes a turn for the worse, Lily is suddenly thrust into the paralyzing role of executioner's assistant. Aside from preparing healing concoctions for the suffering and maimed, Lily must now accompany her father at the town executions, something she has never done before. Though she loves her father, the emotional burden of his disturbing profession is just too much for her to bear. Lily must find a way to change her destiny, no matter the consequences. Set in medieval England, this well-researched and beautifully written novel tells the story of one girl's fight to rise above her fate.

Laura E. Williams

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