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The Phantom Roan (Famous Horse Stories)
by Stephen HoltThe roan waved his foot back and forth in ceaseless pain. "I thought so," muttered Glenn. "It's a rock in the frog." He pulled a pocketknife from his levis. Sterilizing the blade in the fire, he probed for the rock. It came free--a three-cornered jagged piece of granite. And so begins a partnership of boy and horse that climaxes in the Rodeo in New York's Madison Square Garden.
The Phantom Shark (Rick Brant, # #6)
by John BlaineThis book, the sixth in the series, follows the adventures of Rick and Scotty as they travel to the Pacific Ocean with some other Spindirift scientists to map a part of the ocean. While out in the Pacific they become entangled with the fabled Phantom Shark, a vicious criminal who steals priceless pearls from divers and sells them on the black market. This Shark is bent on stopping Spindrift's mapping expedition and Rick and Scotty must find out why - and discover the real identity of the Phantom Shark.
Pilgrim Kate
by Hellen F. DaringerThis is a story of an English Separatist girl that still lived in Holland, before sailing on the Mayflower to the New World, who's family is neighbors and friends with William Brewster and William Bradford. At first Kate seems very young for her fifteen years, but in some ways this is a coming-of-age novel. She resents her elder sister Meg's growing friendship with a young man, who is a member of dissenters; but at the same time she becomes friends with the FitzHugh family, who have just moved into the neighborhood. When she accompanies Meg to a meeting, instead of attending the local church, Kate begins to understand the attraction of the Puritan cause. The story is full of interesting characters, in a believable setting.
Red Fox of the Kinapoo
by William Marshall RushThis is a fictionalized account of the Nez Perce Indians of the Snake River country in Idaho during the years 1872-1877. It is presented through the perspective of John Child, a young Nez Perce, who has been educated by white teachers at a government school. When events take dangerous turns against his people, he joins Chief Joseph's band and returns to the old ways. In an ancient ceremony he becomes Red Fox of the Kinapoo. This is the moving story of a lost cause and a powerful portrayal of a courageous leader who fought for his people.
The Secret of Magnolia Manor (Vicki Barr, Book #4)
by Helen WellsVicki is reassigned to the New Orleans-to-Guatemala City run and stays with Paul Breaux and his daughter Marie in their home in New Orleans. Marie is engaged to young Bill Graham, who is renovating the old Breaux plantation, Magnolia Manor, for the man who has bought it. When Paul Breaux learns that the parlor wall will be torn down during the renovation, he becomes enraged and orders that the wall not be touched, thus straining his relationship with Marie's future husband. Paul Breaux appears to be greatly concerned about money, even though he recently received a large sum of money for the sale of Magnolia Manor. Why does he complain about his bills? Strange events begin to occur at Magnolia Manor. Bill Graham mysteriously disappears, and the caretaker sees a ghost in the manor. Vicki learns that the will which made Paul Breaux the executor of Marie's estate is likely not the only existing will and that another will may be hidden in Magnolia Manor. Vicki's search for Bill Graham and the missing will makes for an exciting conclusion to the mystery.
The Secret of Skeleton Island (Ken Holt, # #1)
by Bruce CampbellIn one of the most tense and exciting series books ever written, the young Ken Holt must elude the clutches of a dangerous ring of car thieves and at the same time rescue his kidnapped father. The action begins in Chapter 1 when Ken Holt is kidnapped, and doesn't let up a bit until the last chapter. This is one of the best Ken Holt books and is an example of why many think so highly of this series.
The Sign of the Golden Fish: A Story of the Cornish Fishermen in Maine (The Land of the Free Series)
by Gertrude RobinsonAdventures of a teenaged boy who jumped ship to bring to the colonies the Old World skill of fish-curing that had been the pride of the Tobey family for generations. Part of The Land of the Free series. An addition to the Land of the Free series which is an exciting job of research, and for that reason an important library item (upper grade elementary and junior high). The author has done an important task in giving fresh, significant material and interesting details on the fish-curing industry on the coast of Maine, back in 1646 when Cornishmen settled there. The story centers around Chris Tobey who escaped from a Puritan- owned English vessel to join his father, and ran head on into the troubles that plagued the Cornishmen, Indians, Royalists, Puritans, their own lawless settlers, and the long arm of English control.
Squanto and the Pilgrims (The American Adventure Series)
by A. M. AndersonAbout Squanto, Indian boy, and his adventures with the Pilgrims. Note Grades 4-6.
Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse (Sue Barton #6)
by Helen Dore BoylstonRedheaded Sue Barton left her position as Superintendent of Nurses at the Springdale, New Hampshire, Hospital, in order to raise a family. Now she and Dr. Bill have three children: six-year-old Tabitha and the four-year-old twins, Johnny and Jerry. Sue is happy in her job as wife and mother until she goes to a reunion of her class in nursing school, where the accomplishments of others make her feel as if she is "stagnating." This Sue Barton story tells how Sue discovered the importance of her own job. She nurses the neighborhood; she finds work for a crippled farmer; she pinch-hits for the visiting nurse; she helps bring the artist Mona Stuart and her teen-age daughter Cal together. And always something is happening at home for Sue and Bill and their faithful Veazie Ann to cope with--Jerry's strange tantrums, Johnny's disappearance in the woods with his little friend Anne, Tabitha's attempt to run away. Are Sue's training and abilities wasted on all these daily and personal small problems? Her customary humor and warm good sense help her decide.
Turn in the Road
by Marguerite DicksonWhen seventeen-year-old Isabel Worthington and her family move from Shanty Row to the house on the Point, the girl feels that it is at last a turn in the long hard road they have known for ten years. They have the house but little else, and much must be done before the family can regain its lost standing in the little Maine town. Isabel gets a job driving the boys and girls from the Point to high school in the village. Sil, next to Isabel in age, finds a Saturday store job, and Roddy helps where he can. The twins, May and June, and Algy, the baby, are too young to lend a hand. Father has dreams of great things, but his pride in what his family was once prevents him from taking jobs he considers unsuitable. Finally persuaded to take charge of the town dump, he comes into conflict with a powerful unknown opponent, who tries to wreck the whole clean-up place. It is Isabel who undertakes to learn the identity of the enemy. Isabel discovers that the library, badly managed and almost without funds, is really the Worthington Memorial Library, given in memory of her great-grandfather, by a wealthy cousin of her father, who had left the town years ago. There is no money for its upkeep and Isabel, who helps in the library as a volunteer, starts an enthusiastic drive for funds. Everywhere she finds things to be done--friends for Sil, success for Father in something, and new interests for Mother. By the end of the year there have been many turns in the road, and the future looks bright. This is another fine warm story of Maine, by an author who has built a solid place in the affections of older girls. A real story of real people. This is a Junior Literary Guild selection, chosen as an outstanding book for older readers (B Group).
The Warning on the Window (Judy Bolton Mysteries Series #20)
by Margaret SuttonJudy is at it again! An early mornign call for Peter with Judy and Roberta tagging along has dire implications for Peter. With Peter critically injured, Judy and Roberta have to solve the mystery of these increasingly frequent "accidents" on Arthur's development. What is the meaning of the warning on the window and will it help find Peter's assailant?
The Catcher From Double-A
by Duane DeckerPete Gibbs showed promis when he first came to the Blue Sox, but time and World War II have taken their toll. His confidence has been shaken and he doesn't know whether he has what it takes. Excellent baseball action and characterization.
Cherry Ames, Night Supervisor (Cherry Ames #11)
by Julie TathamMore thrilling adventures await Cherry in her new job in a country hospital. Don't miss CHERRY AMES, NIGHT SUPERVISOR--the exciting story of how Cherry outwits a shrewd criminal and solves the hospital's financial problem.
The Clue of the Broken Blossom (Vicki Barr, Book #5)
by Julie TathamVicki spends her vacation in Hawaii with her friends Bob and Helen Kane. She finds a lei laced with rare, poisonous flowers shortly upon her arrival in the Honolulu airport. When Vicki learns of the kidnapping of heiress Frances Millet from the Honolulu airport at about the time that Vicki arrived, she becomes convinced that the lei provides a clue to the kidnapping. Meanwhile, Bob Kane is worried about one of his pupils, a young Waluian boy named Loi, who is missing. Loi came home from school one day and just disappeared. Bob tries to contact Loi's father, Kali, who lives and works on the island of Walu, which is coincidentally owned by Frances Millet's father. Bob learns that Kali has been discharged. The Kanes know that Kali is not dishonest and can think of no reason why he would have been discharged. Vicki has a hunch that the disappearances of Kali, Loi, and Frances are all intertwined. Vicki soon discovers the surprising whereabouts of Frances Millet and the two Waluians and the real reason for the three disappearances. How Vicki resolves their problems by way of a difficult confrontation with Gregory Millet will thrill the reader.
The Clue of the Stone Lantern (Judy Bolton Mysteries Series #21)
by Margaret Sutton Pelagie DoaneJudy winds up in the middle of an FBI investigation when a flower seed peddler gives her a "hot" $10 bill making change for a twenty. Follow along as Peter's case coincides with her garden dilemma and Roberta's dream garden.
Dapple Gray: The Story of a Great Horse
by Thomas C. HinkleDapple Gray is a wild stallion tamed by Charley Pratt in the exciting cattle days of the old west. When the horse saves his master’s life by killing a grizzly bear bent on eating Charley, the two become lifelong friends.
Debbie of the Green Gate
by Helen F. DaringerDebbie Endicott was only a child when her family left Scrooby, England, to seek a new home and religious freedom in Leyden, Holland. At times it was difficult for her to remember she was English, even though Father--for whom she now kept house--was a leader in the affairs of the English colony. Many of the English folk had begun to feel the time had come to move on to a new land, where their children could be brought up in a truly English fashion, and where they could establish their own government. Debbie's joy in skating on the frozen canals, her pleasure and excitement in making friends with Raquel Forteza, the daughter of a wealthy Spanish family, her triumph in outwitting the King's men who were searching for Master William Brewster were overshadowed by her knowledge that Father might want to set out for the new and distant land to which the Speedwell and the Mayflower were sailing. In the end, when Debbie must make her own decision about the journey, it was Raquel's wise old grandmother who helped her to make the choice. Miss Daringer, whose gift for recreating people and periods is well- known from her earlier books, Adopted Jane; Mary Montgomery, Rebel; and Pilgrim Kate, has made a fresh contribution to a fuller understanding of our American heritage.
The Edge of Time
by Loula ErdmanTwo groups of people have helped to build the Texas Panhandle. The rancher came with his horse and his rope and his gun and built the cattle empire. The nester came, too, with his wagon and his woman and a plow and built another kind of empire. Much has been written about the romance of the range. It is of the homesteader that I choose to write, believing that the story of his stubborn courage has been overlooked in the greater glamor that is the ranch legend. It is to the homesteader, then, that this book is dedicated.
First the Blade
by Drayton MayrantThe only authentic history of the wife of Pontius Pilate is written in thirty-eight words in the nineteenth verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Saint Matthew. Although I have used in this story numerous legends, I have tried all through it to picture a woman revealed to us in that brief but urgent message by which she tried to save Our Lord from crucifixion. “When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.” ]
Hans: A Dog of the Border Patrol
by S. P. MeekChet Hillyard's courageous boxer dog Hans did yeoman service with his master, a Patrolman in the U.S. Border Patrol, whose job it is to prevent entry of aliens into this country. Stationed in Florida, Chet is assigned to the treacherous swamps where smugglers of aliens are suspected of operating. Snakes, alligators, quicksand and unfriendly natives hamper their work, and more than once their lives are endangered. But, man and dog, they go on to further adventures, during which a trap, carefully set for a dangerous crimminal engulfs Chet in a nightmare of suffering, and which he believes sounds the death nell for his noble dog.
Horse Stories
by David ThomasEditor David Thomas has selected over a dozen stories for those who love horses. Some of the stories are set in wild country, some in small towns, some in cities. There’s the wild black stallion no man had ever been able to tame, and Two-bits, the policeman’s horse who helped catch a criminal. There’s Torchy, the pony Mary wanted so badly— except that she didn’t have the ten dollars needed to buy him. There’s Ba-ee, the orphan colt found by a crippled Indian boy—and Nemmy, the most difficult horse in Battery B. Written by famous authors such as Jim Kjelgaard, Irving Crump, Harry Sinclair Drago, Kathryn Cook, and Matt Armstrong, among others, these exciting stories will bring a tear to your eyes, a lump to your throat, and joy to your heart.
Just Plain Maggie
by Lorraine BeimIt is 12-year-old Maggie's first summer at camp. Everything is so new and strange! She has never met girls like her bunk mates, and never has she been so homesick.
Leave It to Beany (Beany Malone Series, #3)
by Lenora Mattingly WeberBeany Malone liked to manage things. She thought she could even manage Sheila McBride when Sheila appeared at the big friendly house on Barberry Street. The Malones had invited their "much removed" Irish cousin, whom they had never seen, because she was an orphan and lonely in America. Beany pictured her as being wistful and starry-eyed like Peg o' My Heart, and thought she would be as eager to share their interests as they were to include her in their merry circle. Pretty Mary Fred would take Sheila under her wing at college, literary Johnny would discuss Irish poets and plays with her, and Beany, whose warm heart could play odd pranks on her practical mind, resolved that Sheila must always wear gay clothes, sparkle with wit, and never do household chores. It never occurred to them that Sheila might have her own ideas and plans, and the character (Beany called it stubbornness) to carry them out. But Beany plunged with headlong enthusiasm into a newspaper job while still in high school, pleased to have something to take her mind from her troubles with her best beau, and Sheila's stubbornness. One afternoon she brought home from the paper a stray baby, name and age unknown, as anyone else might bring in a stray kitten! The baby played havoc with the household routine, and caused so many surprising complications that sometimes Beany forgot to worry about having lost the charm bracelet that Norbett had given her. Meanwhile troubles multiplied, and Beany found that trying to manage everything and everybody was a big job.
Linda's Homecoming
by Phyllis A. WhitneyFrom the moment Manhattanite Linda Hollis arrived in the small town of Cedarhill, she knew she was in for the roughest summer of her life. Why did her widowed mother have to remarry a stuffed-shirt from a hick town -- complete with ready-made family who didn't like Linda any more than she liked them? There was beautiful, sullen Babs, who always made sure she got what she wanted -- including the one interesting male in town. And Roddy, a little terror who did everything he could to make Linda feel unwelcome. And Martin Stevens himself, so different from her own vital, exciting father... That summer would be filled with arguments, rivalries, crises -- and some very important discoveries about life, love and the joy and pain of growing up.
Lost Horse: Tack Ranch #3 (Famous Horse Stories)
by Glenn BalchWhen Tom Sample, a known scoundrel, brings Andy Blair to the Tack Ranch looking for his colt, bred from the famous horse Midnight Fire and stolen years ago, the Darbys doubt the colt could be King, the leader of a pack of wild horses nearby. But soon it is obvious he is the colt, now full-grown. Andy hires Tom and his men to capture the horse christened Midnight Chief, but known as King. The men use cruel and questionable tactics, but cannot capture the horse. When Andy learns the men have shot at least one of the wild horses, he fires Tom, and the Darbys must find King for Mr. Blair.