New Releases by Barbara Willard

Not wanting a dog around at all, Jill''s father gives her an impossibly small sum of money with which to buy one, but determined Jill finds a St. Bernard for free.

When her father goes into exile after the fall of Richard III, a sheltered sixteen-year-old girl is sent to stay with an unconventional aunt.

Colin thought the mouse in his pocket was just a stuffed one until it bit him, and then he had to make an important decision about the best home for a mouse and the proper use of a boy''s pockets.

The established patterns of the closely knit Tower family are disrupted by the arrival from Africa of a recently orphaned cousin whose strange visionary sense eventually wins her the highest honor the Tower cousins can bestow, and restores order to the family organisation.

Rafe''s grandfather trains him to be a playactor like himself but it is the age of Oliver Cromwell and all the playhouses have been closed. Rafe has to learn another trade and finds himself torn between two loyalties.

The young Richleighs long to visit Tantamount which was built by an eccentric ancestor. Finally they do get to Tantamount but nothing in their life of complete luxury has prepared them for the freedom, friendship and adventure they find there.

A trio of sisters must contend with the dual challenges of a young boy with a broken leg and the possibility of losing ownership of their farm.

"Complications arise when the English Sarah Lattimore decides to wed Robert Graham, an American, for both have children by previous marriages. The combined family, whose common interest is a love for anything Scottish, is brought together at Sarah''s summer home in Scotland. The two English and four American children, whose ages range from 16 to 19, realize that they must learn to adapt to the situation but cannot avoid feeling resentment toward each other."--Kirkus.

Hetty lives with her family on the English coast and shares their turbulent year.

In a London suburb, neighbors Tim and Jane become fast friends when they secretly rescue an injured wild duck and plan how to deliver it to a safe refuge.

In a London suburb, neighbors Tim and Jane become fast friends when they secretly rescue an injured wild duck and plan how to deliver it to a safe refuge.