Best Selling Books by Pam Conrad

Two Girls, Two Friends-Ghosts in each other''s lives!

During an unseen child''s bath time, the seven members of a wooden toy family ride on the floating soap and compete in swimming races. But after the near loss of the Tub Child down the drain, they are all reunited on a warm bed, where they mountain climb on the ridges formed by soft quilts.

The story tells about Heather''s tenth birthday party.

Rooster has a "gift"--he makes the sun rise each morning! But one day he oversleeps, and Rooster is shocked--the sun comes up anyway! Conrad''s funny and heartwarming tale of self-affirmation is gloriously brought to life by Beddows'' rich illustrations. Full color.

Two sixteen-year-old girls from different social classes spend the summer together on a resort island and experience a test of their friendship when family loyalties, romance, and drug dependence interfere.

With her mother away on a honeymoon in Europe, fifteen-year-old Darcie spends the summer with her dour uncle and his wife, restaurateurs in a zoo where Darcie begins a search for the father she has never known and develops a crush on a mysterious seal and bird keeper who leads her into a test with death.

When Doll Face can''t find Sweet Cake for her party, a chair, a tiny tin piano, and a whispering balloon come to life to help her find the finishing touch to her soiree.

On the banks of the Wen River, the legend of the Blue Willow is brought radiantly to life as two lovers face the storms that besiege them. Brilliant color illustrations highlight this warm story about undying love.

Six stories, one from each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s, about children growing up in Levittown, New York.

The frightened Tub People witness Santa''s visit on Christmas Eve, and even though they do not understand what is happening, they become beautiful ornaments on the Christmas tree.

After a morning of strawberry-picking with her mother and father, Molly spends her day finding new ways to enjoy her favorite fruit.

Fourteen-year-old Robin tries to patch up the broken home of a battered wife and in the proces discovers how deeply she''s been hurt by the divorce of her own parents.

"In 1894, Robert Peary''s explorers discovered a car-sized meteorite in Greenland and hauled it off to New York''s [American Museum of Natural History]. An intriguing story if conventionally told, Conrad makes it unforgettable by choosing the meteorite itself to be the narrator. [A] wonderfully fresh, energetic tale [with art that captures] the era''s look and flavor expertly."--SLJ. Best Books of 1995 (SLJ) "A Few Good Books 1995" (Book Links) 1996 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE)

Written as a diary by Columbus''s cabin boy, presents a personal view of the first trip across the Atlantic and his discovery of America.

Eight-year-old Nicki believes she will never be happy in the large old house her family has moved to, even if it does have a gazebo in the yard.

When the Tub child discovers his grandfather asleep, the whole family tries to wake him up.