New Releases by Mary Riskind

Eleven-year-old Maxine creates as much mischief as possible in order to convince her mother to quit the Girl Scouts.

While vacationing in the country, two city children start a complex chain of events when they find a litter of abandoned kittens and determine to take care of them, not realizing they are bobcats and cannot be taken back to the city.

A 10-year-old boy returns to his parents' apple farm for the holidays after his first term at a school for the deaf in Philadelphia. "An exuberant book that should do a lot to put across the natural feelings, and special circumstances, of deaf kids".--Kirkus Reviews, pointer review. ALA Notable Children's Book.