New Releases by Gloria D. Miklowitz

The 18 high-interest leveled readers in this series feature the lives of prominient figures who have overcome adversity to achieve success. This series is a great way to improve the reading skills of reluctant readers and those reading below grade level. Each title contains a table of contents and glossary of unfamiliar or challenging words. Motivate and inspire students with great nonfiction books.

Netta and her family have relocated temporarily from Israel to Los Angeles, and when her seventeen-year-old brother mysteriously disappears, she becomes convinced that he has been abducted by Palestinian terrorists.

A biography of the popular child actress who grew up to have many interesting careers as an adult, including that of businesswoman, author, and diplomat.

Provides an easy-to-read introduction to the life of Amelia Earhart.

The twelve high-interest readers in this series feature the lives of prominient figures who have overcome adversity to achieve greatness and success. These books are also great for reluctant readers and those reading below grade level -- each title contains a table of contents and glossary of unfamiliar or difficult words.

In Spain in 1492, fourteen-year-old Maria, a Catholic orphan, becomes a servant to a wealthy family of Conversos, converted Jews, at a time when the Jews are being expelled from the country and when the Inquisition is diligently searching for religious heretics.

In this work of historical fiction, a 17-year-old Jewish medical apprentice helps victims of war while struggling with a forbidden love In the year 72 C.E., after a four-year war between Rome and Judea, only one fortress remains to be taken: Masada, high above the Dead Sea in what is now Israel. Two years later, the commander of the famous Roman Tenth Legion, Flavius Silva, marches toward Masada to capture or kill the 960 Jewish zealots who hold it. In this eloquent and powerful novel, we meet 17-year-old Simon ben Eleazar, son of the Jewish leader of Masada. Apprenticed to Masada's only physician, Simon learns to help victims of the enemy's onslaught. He also struggles with his love for Deborah, the intended of his best friend, and with a painful decision he must ultimately make. A Junior Library Guild selection. Association of Jewish Libraries , Notable Books for Older Readers Bank Street College, Best Children's Books of the Year Booklist , Top Ten Religious Books for Youth California Readers, California Collections - High School New York Public Library, Books for the Teen Age List Sugarman Family Award for Jewish Children's Literature

While visiting his father for the summer, fourteen-year-old Kyle finds himself gradually becoming enmeshed in a militia's plot to wage war on the federal government.

Fifteen-year-old Alexandra finds that her boyfriend Cliff demands all her time, isolates her by his jealousy, and finally becomes physically abusive.

When fifteen-year-old Nicole's boyfriend becomes too oppressive, Nicole tries to ease out of the relationship, only to find that Michael simply won't let go.

David, Paula, and Carver, enlisting in the Army for their own private reasons, share the gruelling experience of trying to survive basic training.

When Paul agrees to help a classmate campaign for president of the student body on a law and order platform, he is drawn into increasingly violent vigilante activities, supposedly defending the school, which worry him and cause him to question the integrity of the presidential candidate.

Her three-year-old sister's changing behavior unleashes many long-suppressed disturbing memories from Adrienne's own days at a highly-respected local preschool.

When her mother wins several million dollars in the lottery, sixteen-year-old Danielle and her family soon find that instant wealth can cause as many problems as it seems to solve.

A high school junior who has received two blood transfusions finds out he has the AIDS virus, though not the disease, and finds all his relationships changing--with his friends, his girlfriend, and even his family.

Popular high school senior Alex has ARC, an AIDS-related complex as a result of blood transfusions received after a car accident. When his secret leaks out, the swimming team shuns him, he's suspended from school and the papers exploit the controversy.

Increasingly stifled by her overprotective mother and the demands of her fledgling acting career, sixteen-year-old Valerie comes to realize that she must make her own decisions about the direction of her life.

Seventeen-year-old Lori is convinced that marrying Rick right after graduation is what she most wants in the world and that participating in the simulated marriage unit of their Consumer Economics class will only help them start their marriage on the right foot.

After an accidental nuclear explosion off the coast of California, Philip searches for his family through a heavily militarized and devastated Los Angeles.

Carrie's joy at being assigned to work with Matt Baldwin on the school paper is spoiled by her parents' decision to separate.

Adolescence.

Gina Brown returns to Plainville High School after a year's absence and attempts to become part of a new group of friends by dating Brian Moorehead.

Relates the business successes of ten young people, most of whom are self-employed and several of whom are millionaires.

A biography of a three-time world champion roller skater who began skating at the age of two and competing at six.

After escaping from a devastating forest fire, Raccoon finds a new home.

Text and photographs describe the career of Steve Cauthen, youngest jockey ever to win the Triple Crown.

A brief biography emphasizing the training and gymnastic achievements of the fourteen-year-old Romanian who earned a perfect score seven times in the 1976 Olympic Games.

A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader who sought nonviolent means to end racial discrimination.