New Releases by Dean Hughes

Lucky, a new and unusual pupil in the sixth grade, decides to befriend the class outcast, finds they share an interest in skateboarding, and tries to enlist the other Mormons in the class to join his campaign to gain his new friend some self-esteem.

After finding mysterious plans in their hotel bathroom, Nutty and his friends must avoid both imposters who want the papers and danger on the ski slopes.

Lucky''s attempts to befriend a black football player at his new school help him break through racial barriers.

Feeling unwanted, an eleven-year-old orphan runs away from his foster home and lives on the streets until he finds a new type of family at a hotel.

A person with a million ideas, most of which don''t work out, Jelly''s latest is to have a circus--only his friends have problems learning their roles.

Fifth-grader, Nutty Nutsell, produces another memorable science fair project when his partner, William Bilks, transfers photons of light to Nutty''s brain, causing a personality change and his head to glow in the dark.

The adventures and inner conflicts of a Mormon family in 1840 reflect the events surrounding the founding of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, as a place where Mormons could live and worship in peace.

A young Mormon from Utah becomes a major-league pitcher, but must come to grips with the idea that other things may be more important than winning a baseball game.

When Nutty investigates the disappearance of the school Christmas fund from his locker, he and his friends run into a bunch of thieves as well as a more surprising solution.

" ... Captures the frustrations and doubts of two periods of life--teenagers on the verge of manhood and boys leaving behind their childhood"--Inside front dust-jacket.

A fifth-grade boy running for school president is forced to make some important decisions regarding the amount of manipulation he should allow from his "genius" campaign manager.

After finding mysterious plans in their hotel bathroom, Nutty and his friends must avoid impostors who want the papers while tangling with danger on the ski slopes.

When her father cuts off her allowance, Millie uses her ingenuity to corner the market on chestnuts before she is forced to question her own ethics and business practices.

Nine-year-old Joseph seeks to understand his family, his non-Mormon friend, and his special mission during the persecution of the Latter-day Saints on the Missouri frontier in the early 1830''s.