Most Popular Books by Kathleen Duey

When a T. rex invades the present day through a time portal, the Time Soldiers kids struggle to keep the raging dinosaur from harming anyone.

When her horse is given to a baron in the castle town of Athenry, nine-year-old Lara goes along.

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.

With trepidation, Katie continues Westward with the Kylers. The mountainous terrain makes for difficult traveling, and they arrive in Oregon shortly before the winter snows hit. While the Kylers and the others begin the search for land, Katie''s worst fears are confirmed. Her uncle is not there. Then she realizes that she has brought the Mustang home, and she cannot keep him with her anymore. Left with no family and without the Mustang to rely on, Katie must find her own way...

Part of the My Animal Family Series, "Nanuq: A Baby Polar Bear''s Story" features award-winning BBC video on a DVD inside the book and a code allowing access to an interactive Web site and club. In this title, Nanuq learns to be a responsible member of her family.

The Time Soldiers hear someone crying. They find themselves on a deserted beach. They spot a cave in the cliffs filled with treasure chests, cannons and Pirates? Can the Time Soldiers avoid being captured? Will they be able to free the child prisoner? Will they make it home?

A picture storybook based on the 2002 film about Peter Parker, an unassuming young man whose life is turned around when he gets supernatural powers after being bitten by a genetically altered spider.

Sierra O''Nielle, a housekeeper, meets Joseph Drachier, and they fall in love and fate intervenes in the form of an earthquake.

Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the ri - the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cows, her heart lies with her beloved grey mare. Lara dreams that the mare''s foal might one day be hers. But she knows that girls aren''t allowed to keep horses-in fourteenth century Ireland, that is a boy''s job. When her clan is raided and the mare is stolen, Lara is devastated. What will become of the mare-and her foal? Lara prays with all of her heart, and hopes beyond hope, that the fates will bring the mare back to her . . .

When a T. rex invades the present day through a time portal, the Time Soldiers kids struggle to keep the raging dinosaur from hurting anyone.

After returning home with her horse from Connemara, Lara no longer feels that her old life has anything to offer, so she tries to find another place for herself and her horse which is safe from the warring clans.

Filled with drama, adventure and uplifting themes from the film, this full-length novel tells the whole story of Spirit, stallion of the Cimarron, for the fully independent reader. It follows Spirit''s life from his birth, through his capture, to his triumphant return to freedom.

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.

There is no time for homesickness or dreams of freedom when the Vigilance is caught in a violent hurricane.

In 1894, Daniel and Carrie fight to survive as an uncontrollable forest fire threatens to destroy their small Minnesota mill town.

While trying to hide her horse, Maddie meets up with two Yankee soldiers who make her change her mind about who is right and who is wrong in the war between North and South.

The small piece of gold which Anisett carries in her pocket causes grave danger for her family living in the rough world of the California gold camps.

Mutants are being born with strange powers. Afraid and intolerant, governments build gigantic robots to detect and destroy them. Struggling with loyalty and ideals the X-Men must fight to save the world for all of humanity.

Adventure, drama, wild horses running free. The American West is brought to life through the eyes of the horses who were there in a new program of books inspired by Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, the new film coming May 2002 from DreamWorks. Sierra is a feisty young filly when natural disaster separates her from her herd of free horses. Alone and struggling to survive in the harsh elements, she encounters another horse who leads her to a Lakota encampment. But can Sierra find a place with them without sacrificing her freedom and independence?

Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.

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 1932, when her father''s foot injury makes it impossible for him to do farm work for a while, thirteen-year-old Agnes steps in, proving herself and revealing her understanding of him.

Adventure, drama, wild horses running free. The American West is brought to life through the eyes of the horses who were there in a new program of books inspired by Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, the new film coming May 2002 from DreamWorks. Bonita is a pampered riding horse in San Antonio when the Mexican War for Independence breaks out. Torn from her beloved mistress, Bonita is forced into a life of hardship. But newfound strength enables her to escape from her captors and find a new life of freedom.

When Mother Rabbit is sick on Easter and the Easter Bunny fails to arrive, Flopsey, Mopsey, Cottontail and Peter make their own holiday treats. Includes songs entitled Cooperate and Work together.

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

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.

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.

When foundling Heart Avamir rescues a scarred, malnourished mare she finds in the forest, her life is changed forever - especially after the mare gives birth to a foal that turns out to be a unicorn. To protect the mare and her magical foal, Heart must leave her village and embark on a quest that will not only reveal the unicorn''s secret, but raise tantalizing mysteries about Heart''s own history.

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.

Winter is nearly over and Heart is glad - but she is also afraid. Will Tin Blackaby''s men start searching for her again? How long will it be before they find her? Ruth Oakes, Ash Grove''s healer and her only friend, is the only one who knows where Heart is hiding - and what she is hiding - the unicorns - Avamir and Moonsilver. Heart knows that she can''t hide in her cave forever. But where can she go? Where will the unicorns be safe? Should she head towards the mountains that haunt her dreams, white and grey, the colours of the moon? Instinctively Heart knows that they will be safe there. But the mountains are guarded by Lord Dunraven''s men. It will take a miracle to get there - but an even bigger miracle awaits Heart and the unicorns in the Moutains of the Moon.

Katie dreams of going west to find her uncle. Then she meets an unbroken Mustang and is drawn To The horse''s wildness. Soon Katie must make a desperate decision to go west on her own...and she will not leave the Mustang behind.

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.

In 1851 in Louisiana, Paul is abandoned in the bayous by his older brothers and it is up to his lame Cajun friend Lily to find him.