Best Selling Books by Jennifer Armstrong

Hilary, a former star rider who hasn''t won anything in a long time, is thinking of giving up horses altogether until she meets Jet, a beautiful Arabian filly, and Mark, a disabled boy. While teaching Mark to ride Jet, Hilary regains her love for horses until their lessons lead to a disaster.

Sixteen-year-old Ann and her twin brother, John, are dedicated to the cause of American independence, but when Ann falls in love with a British soldier, her resolve is tested.

Set in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1695, Bridie has to overcome suspicions by the colony that she is practicing witchcraft.

When Laura meets a Yale University student she is introduced to the adventures and freedoms the new twentieth century will offer, a stark contrast to the traditional ways her parents follow.

Absent-minded poet Wan Hu is so curious about the stars that finally, after several unsuccessful attempts, he finds a way to travel among them.

While working as a servant in the home of a naturalist, Mary Mehan gradually recovers from the numbing effects of her experience as a Civil War nurse and falls in love with a man who had lost his hearing.

Thinking he is dreaming, Pierre, a lazy, foolish man, shows no fear as he performs many amazing and dangerous circus acts.

In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out from England in an attempt to lead the first expedition across the Antarctic continent. What followed was one of the most extraordinary survival stories in history: a ship trapped and then wrecked by ice; an expedition marooned, first on the constantly shifting Antarctic pack, then on a remote, uninhabited island; a daring open boat journey across the world''s most violent ocean; a trek over unmapped mountains; and finally an amazing rescue. Jennifer Armstrong''s Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World received widespread praise and won the Orbis Pictus Award. Now she tells the Endurance story for a younger audience, in an oversize format with color paintings re-creating the detail and drama of the expedition''s ordeal.

Meet Gretel Muller, a young German girl growing up in Galveston, Texas in 1855. Gretel dreams of living in a fairy-tale castle by the sea, but instead spends her days working with her short-tempered sisters in their mother''s hat shop. When a rich resident announces that she wants a young German girl to come stay with her, Gretel sees her opportunity. But how will she ever get a chance when everyone thinks she''s a lazy and foolish girl?

A spirited young girl does not want to leave her home in Norway to go to live in Minnesota, but aboard ship on the way to America, she proves why she is called "Lili the Brave".

Nine-year-old Patrick promises his buddies that his baseball hero will come to their playground in Hell''s Kitchen, bat for him, and chase the Copperheads out.

Illustrated in full color. Watch out below! Here comes a giant snowball tumbling down a hill, picking up everything--and everybody--in its path!

Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.

The Kent family visits Syria to excavate at Tadmor, only to find out there are some people who are determined that they won''t stay. Is there really a treasure of Tadmor?

Maggie used to have a job, a car and a life. Now she has stray cats and her faith. With no hope for the future, is faith enough?

It starts off as a quiet summer for Ginny Kent. It''s about to get adventurous - and romantic.

They have found others. Five years after a deadly plague killed all the Grown-ups, the world''s population has nearly vanished. But a group of children have survived and forged a new family, a new life, and together traveled up the coast of Florida, looking for answers. To their shock, they''ve found a group of adults, the only Grown-ups they''ve seen for years, living in an abandoned shopping mall. It''s a world the travelers had almost forgotten -- cupcakes, clean clothes, adults to depend on. But something is terribly wrong. The family must find the truth before it''s too late.

The Kent family is heading for Amman but ends up in war-torn Baghdad instead.

Meg and Harry are not the most likely combination. Harry thinks he''s God''s servant on earth, and Meg, well, Meg wants to live her dream of becoming a police detective. Like most young and vivacious women she also entertains romantic thoughts of her ideal man; a rough tough pistol packing cop with a kind heart. Someone that she can share her dreams with. But it''s Harry that has the mysteries to solve.Their unlikely association will take them across Canada, down to Texas, even further down to Antarctica, back up to Edinburgh and around the world to Jerusalem. And sometimes unlikely associations have unlikely endings.

A priceless artifact goes missing and the Kent family has to get it back.

Not an ordinary honeymoon. Steve and Ginny are following his great-grandmother''s diary to finish what she started.

Darby Hollinger only made one mistake in life. He mentioned Intelligent Design in one of his papers and immediately lost his place in the respectable world of science. When he attempts to commit suicide, he wakes up, not in heaven or hell, but in an academic world that no one knew existed, one where any scientific idea is acceptable as long as it is viable.A story about love, death and Survival of the Fittest.

A trip to Jerusalem brings romance and adventure.

The more you love yourself, the more simple your life becomes. You won''t make as many mountains out of molehills (or out of plain air) and you wont beat yourself up or drag yourself down over mistakes or temporary setbacks. When you''re opinion of yourself goes up, you''ll stop trying to get so much validation and attention from other people. You become less needy and find an inner stability even when your world might be negative or uncertain at times.

They are not alone. After most of the world''s population was wiped out by a deadly plague five years ago, this small group of children formed a family. They''ve taken care of each other, scavenging food from deserted supermarkets, fighting off the wild animals that prowl soccer fields and schools. The children thought they were the only ones left. Then they came across the Keepers, the first Grown-ups they''d seen for years, living in an abandoned shopping mall. The Keepers offered fresh food, clean beds, and security. But what looked like safety was instead the worst danger the family had yet faced. Now the family is once again on the road. But if they want to reach the end of their journey, if they want to solve the mystery of what happened and who is to blame, they must head straight into danger -- to Pisgah, the heart of the Keepers'' power. In this stunning conclusion to the Fire-us Trilogy, Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher return to the post-apocalyptic world they created in The Kindling and The Keepers of the Flame, as the family discovers the dark secret that changed their world forever.

Mairhe, who lives in an Irish slum in Washington, D.C., in the 1860s, struggles to come to grips with the impact of the Civil War on her family.

A small snowball gets bumped by a skier and rolls down the hill growing in size and picking up people as it goes.

Gran has cats. Uncle Cawley spends his days reading newspapers. Life is boring for Boneh. Until one day, when Gran and Uncle Cawley start acting strange. There are hushed conversations and mysterious boxes in the basement. Boneh realizes something unusual is happening in his own house. Does he really even know his Gran?

Tells the story of the Civil War photographer, Mathew Brady, and the band of field photographers he hired to travel with the troops and record the unforgettable images of the time, which still haunt us even today.

Overweight-Tempted-RejectedAbril lives and works at the edge of one of America''s biggest dieting ministries.Is there another way of looking at her faith?Is there love?

Grab a cup of coffee, sit down, and lets chat. Lets chat about things that are real. Lets chat about things that are raw. And lets chat about things that matter.

The Legend of King Purplesnail is full of all the fun of a traditional fairytale! A king and his kingdom, peasants and a troll, all come together to discover just what it means to be giving rather than greedy. The wealthy, gluttonous king forces his people to live in poor conditions. The peasants enlist the help of a mysterious little troll to hash out their plan to teach the king a lesson. The troll recounts a story of the legend of King Purplesnail, which entices the king to continue his journey of greediness. This adorable tale includes lovable characters, a map, buried treasure, and a sweet surprise throughout the pages, see if you can spot him!

Explains how to compile records in an efficient way.