New Releases by Gloria D. Miklowitz

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Tim's recently orphaned cousin Brian comes to live with Tim and his family, Tim begins to notice his cousin's bizarre behavior and he begins to suspect that the death of Brian's parents was no accident.

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.

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.

Fifteen-year-old Andrea is raped while hitchhiking home from the beach and finds it difficult to cope with her own emotional reactions and those of her family and friends.

Emiko, brought up in a strict Japanese-American family, and Adam are in love, but their parents disapprove of the relationship and a "color game" that is played in their sociology class enhances the couple's hidden prejudices. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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.

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

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.

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

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.