Best Selling Books by Gloria D. Miklowitz

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.

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

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

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

A biography of the "common man" from Missouri who became the thirty-third President of the United States.

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.

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

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.

Taken from the jungle and sold as a pet, a young alligator is one of a few who find their way to the zoo and eventually back to the jungle.

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

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.

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

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