New Releases by Kathleen Duey

When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.

While working as an indentured servant on a plantation in Virginia in 1749, thirteen-year-old Summer must prove her innocence when her master''s daughter accuses her of stealing.

When Liam''s brother, Padraic, is too ill to work and may lose his job in the mines, Liam''s friend Rory disguises herself as a boy and takes Padraic''s place--only to find herself and Liam in grave danger when there''s a cave-in.

While spreading flames threaten to cut off all possibility of escape from the Chicago fire of 1871, twelve-year-old Nate attempts to save a wealthy young girl and to return home safely.

Emancipated by their owner''s will, thirteen-year-old Evie and her father struggle to gain Mama''s freedom and to make a home for themselves in the pre-Civil War South.

In 1847, when her mother''s remarriage sends them on a difficult journey to California, Willow is swept overboard fording the South Platte River and must survive and search for her family.

In San Francisco at the turn of the century, the daughter of a traveling con man faces a moral dilemma when he cheats on a woman who has befriended her.

... reinforces children''s abilities to deal with their fears. Every ending is happy, funny, and shows kids that being alone in the dark can be fun.

An adventure of Peter Rabbit as he searches for Easter in Farmer MacGregor''s garden.

The newest installment in the American Diaries series transports contemporary readers back to an exciting period in history: the American Revolution. Philadelphia 1777: Mary Alice Peale must find a way to help her wounded brother, a rebel soldier, without revealing his whereabouts to their Loyalist father.

Eager to make friends at his new school, Brandon befriends Ivan, the class guinea pig, and decides to take the animal home one day to introduce it to his mother. Original.

Mr. Stumpguss comes to help out in Mrs. Fox''s third grade classroom, and the kids love him. But every day during reading period, Mr. Stumpguss stops smiling. Tuck figures out why and tries to help him keep his secret, but the plan turns into a disaster.

Twelve-year-old Mathilda, who would love to have a dog, tries to get around the "No Dogs" rule of her apartment building by using a little magic