New Releases by Margaret Hodges

Fifteen-year-old Alexis, son of the ruling family of the ancient Greek city of Asini, becomes obsessed with his quest for vengeance against his family''s enemies, until he finds himself fighting side-by-side with one of them at the Battle of Marathon.

Forced by his late arrival in England to stay in separate lodgings from the rest of his school''s crew team, 14-year-old Larry Dunlap finds himself becoming increasingly involved with the local people and their ghosts from the past.

A biography of the 15th century knight who collected stories about King Arthur and his knights and rewrote them into a work that was to influence poets and writers throughout the ages.

Five youths make a camping trip by bicycle around New England for ten days.

Baldur, a young Norse god, is protected from all things except mistletoe.

Retells the Greek legend that explains why Persephone brings springtime to the earth each year.

"Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644), distinguished by having taken part in the founding of both the Jamestown and the Plymouth colonies, was ''one of a new breed of English yeoman...[who] carried across the seas not only cargoes but ideas...'' Shipwrecked off Bermuda, leader of a short-lived mutiny, Hopkins went on to the Jamestown colony, where he learned lessons that he later put to good use in Plymouth"--from front jacket flap.

Joshua Cobb''s mother told him boarding school would be the making of him, but after the first few weeks Josh felt it might well be his undoing.

Charley''s choice of Christmas gifts helps him to find the true spirit of the holiday season.

Joshua wonders what can be so great about summer camp especially when he is the only new camper in his bunk, has a mean counselor, and does not excel in sports.

There seems no way to save four hundred villagers from imminent and unsuspecting death; then the wise old man high on the mountain knows what he must do.