New Releases by Mary Stolz

Dody spends her senior year hating her small town, impatient and embarrassed with her lower middle class family, bored with her beau, and dreaming of a way to escape a future as a Plattstown housewife. When she has an opportunity to go away as a governess for a problem child in Oyster Bay, she leaves Plattstown and learns a great deal.

A story with truth and meaning for readers of all ages.

A 13-year-old girl tells the story of several inhabitants of a small New York town.

During her junior year in college a girl conquers her weight problem, improves her social life, and comes to an understanding of a roommate who is her opposite.

The last elf left in the world sets out to find the Believer, since he feels he owes his existence to somebody somewhere who must believe in him.

Three nurses in their last year of hospital training ponder the future of their professional and personal lives.

An overprotected unpopular sixteen-year-old girl travels alone for the first time to spend the summer at her aunt and uncle''s Maine hotel. Here she joins a group of college student help and, as a member of the group, takes a big step toward confidence and maturity.

Three nurses in their last year of hospital training ponder the future of their professional and personal lives.

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Emmett endures the death of his pet pig and his family''s move from New York City to Ohio and finally comes to accept the thought of getting another pet.