Most Popular Books by Eve Bunting

A mummy recalls her past life in ancient Egypt as the beautiful wife of the Pharaoh''s brother.

A brutal car accident that claimed the life of her best friend has left seventeen-year-old Catherine in a state of shock and severe depression. She longs to move forward with her life, but feels she can’t until she is somehow assured of her friend’s forgiveness. On a Christmas visit to her grandmother in Pasadena, a mysterious and handsome stranger approaches Catherine at church claiming that he can put her in touch with her dead friend. Catherine is wary of the stranger’s claims and his ghostly appearance but feels he may be the only key to escaping her past. She tells no one of the meeting but is approached by an elderly woman who warns her of the stranger’s powers. The woman’s teenage diary and eerie rumors surrounding other troubled girls who have disappeared from the church community leave Catherine fearful of the stranger’s true intentions. She realizes she must find some way to confront this supernatural presence as well as the ghosts of her past. A classic ghost story from one of Clarion’s most distinguished authors. Eve Bunting brings a new edge to the genre of suspense by interweaving contemporary issues with sharp and frightful storytelling.

When the path to eight-year-old Allison''s Catholic school goes through hostile Protestant territory in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Allison finds she is not alone in her loathing of the situation.

A skeleton takes on a life of its own in this eerie Halloween story told in a Poe-like cadence.

Milton and James, the skate patrol, figure out the surprising identity of the culprit who has been stealing pets from their apartment building.

Discusses the habits and characteristics of sharks and introduces the many kinds.

Peer pressure and the lack of a date for the seventh grade dance lead Janet Hamm to inventing a date, but she finds her dishonesty brings complications.

John begins to suspect that his girlfriend and several other Cloverdale citizens are really alien beings.

Frog invites Chameleon to his annual fall party despite his friends'' protests, is embarrassed to learn that he is watched when he dances, and is captured by a girl who wants to turn him into a prince.

The shy, awkward, new girl in school is placed on the auction block for the Fall Ball and wonders why the most popular boy pays the highest price to be able to take her.

When Danny saves an old woman from a mugger''s attack, he doesn''t expect to tangle with the toughest gang in school, the Outlaws. But then, he doesn''t know the mugger is the gangleader''s brother. Desperation overcomes his fear when he heads to Alcatraz Island to escape the Outlaws’ revenge When he realizes the gang has followed him there, his terror turns to action. Hiding out in the abandoned prison, Danny feels sure he will be safe. But no one has ever escaped from Alcatraz alive. Now that the gang is stalking him, is death the only way out?

A delightful story of steadfast love between a pirate boy and his brave mom. After reading his favorite book about a pirate boy, Danny wonders what would happen if he sailed away on a pirate ship. Luckily, his mother reassures him that she would find him, even if she had to swim on a dolphin, battle sea monsters, and wield a bottle of pirate-shrinking magic spray to do it! Young readers will love this adventurous and ultimately reassuring tale of a mother''s love.

In this Caldecott Medal-winning modern classic, a young boy and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter during a night of rioting.

A hospital mix-up at birth sent Susan home with the wrong parents. Now, years later, her biological parents have come to re-claim her.

Although a Mexican family comes to the United States to work as farm laborers so that their children will have opportunities, the parents still consider Mexico their home.

A fight scheduled between the Irish giant and the Scottish giant leads to the construction of the Giant''s Causeway in the Irish sea.