New Releases by Joseph Krumgold

The second Newbery Award Library brings together four extraordinary novels-- . . . And Now Miguel; Bridge to Terabithia; Sarah, Plain and Tall; and The Wheel on the School.

The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by the good intentions of the townspeople.

Adolescence.

Much to his nephew''s distress, an old Turk decides to revenge himself on the noisy trucks that drive the game away from his favorite hunting ground.

Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a long and difficult sheep drive to the mountains. All the men, that is, except for Miguel. All year long, twelve-year-old Miguel tries to prove that he, too, is up to the challenge - that he, too, is ready to take the sheep into his beloved Sangre de Cristo Mountains. When his deeds go unnoticed, he prays to San Ysidro, the saint for farmers everywhere. And his prayer is answered - but with devastating consequences.

Henry, a precocious product of the suburban life his family covets, tries to hide his real self, until a friend helps him to recognize the insecurities and dishonesty of social climbing to a life as an organization man.

Miguel Chavez wants to go with the men to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- it''s his secret wish and will be his greatest adventure.

His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, "Zwiebel John", causes a conflict between Andy and his father.

Twelve-year-old Miguel Chavez lives on the family sheep ranch near Taos, New Mexico and has dreamed of going on the sheep drive into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with the older men since he was very little. This summer, he is going to work hard and pray until his father and grandfather realize that he is ready to take the trip with the rest. His prayers are granted when his older brother is drafted and his father, needing an extra body, grudgingly allows Miguel to accompany them.

Miguel, the middle child of the Chavez family, lives near Taos, New Mexico, and longs to go with the men of his family to the Sangre de Christo Mountains. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.