Best Selling Books by Patricia Hermes

In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage. Simultaneous.

Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled. Simultaneous.

Sharing Book 12 of a 20-book series. Special thanks to Trends Charitable Fund for sponsoring the "I Am Learning" project for individuals with Special Needs. Social stories are a resource for individuals with disabilities and their families. Social stories are meant to bring awareness to the reader.

Highlights, Excerpts - Social Story Book 20 of a 20-book series. Special thanks to Trends Charitable Fund for sponsoring the "I Am Learning" project for individuals with Special Needs. Social stories are a resource for individuals with disabilities and their families. Social stories are meant to bring awareness to the reader.

Not So Good Thoughts, Book 19 of a 20-book series. Special thanks to Trends Charitable Fund for sponsoring the "I Am Learning" project for individuals with Special Needs. Social stories are a resource for individuals with disabilities and their families. Social stories are meant to bring awareness to the reader.

Joshua McCullough and his family set off for Oregon in 1848 in a wagon train, facing new challenges and adventures.

Excuse Me, Book 16 of a 20-book series. Special thanks to Trends Charitable Fund for sponsoring the "I Am Learning" project for individuals with Special Needs. Social stories are a resource for individuals with disabilities and their families. Social stories are meant to bring awareness to the reader.

With her mother dead and her father an alcoholic who disappears for days at a time, Gabrielle must assume responsibility for her younger brother Will and herself, barely making ends meet and afraid to put her trust in anyone.

Helping At School, Book 18 of a 20-book series. Special thanks to Trends Charitable Fund for sponsoring the "I Am Learning" project for individuals with Special Needs. Social stories are a resource for individuals with disabilities and their families. Social stories are meant to bring awareness to the reader.

Elizabeth Barker continues to write to her "friend," her diary, as disease and lack of food further plague the suffering settlers at Jamestown.

When Tiffany does not invite Katie to her Halloween party, the resourceful seven-year old decides to create her own spooky fun by secretly turning a shed into a haunted house. By the author of Mama, Let''s Dance. Original.

As she struggles to make ends meet while maintaining her family''s dignity, eleven-year-old Genevieve faces the possibility of turning in a slave for the bounty.

Por meio de histórias reais, o autor mostra como episódios traumáticos - como a separação dos pais na infância ou término conturbado de um relacionamento - podem criar dilemas inconscientes que acabam nos fazendo agir contra nós mesmos. O resultado é um ciclo de auto-destruição que afeta as relações pessoais e profissionais.

Despite the assurances of her best friend, Leslie, fifteen-year-old Allison is convinced that she is too ordinary and unattractive to be special to anyone, especially when the boy she likes most of all suddenly becomes involved with Leslie.

To prove to her parents that she is grown up enough to babysit, Alex tries to stay out of trouble for two weeks.

Terrified that the death of the grandmother who was their guardian will separate them, twelve-year-old Mark decides to run away with his retarded younger brother.

Jérémy habite momentanément chez sa grand-mère. Bien qu''elle se soit fait des amies, la rentrée des classes la hante. Elle souffre d''épilepsie et elle craint d''être rejetée par ses camarades. L''auteur cerne avec réalisme le monde implacable des enfants où la méchanceté voisine la générosité, où le mépris côtoie l''estime. Le thème de l''enfant handicapé, marginal par quelques tares, se conjugue parfaitement à celui de l''amitié. Ce roman tonique, écrit dans un style direct, incite à la réflexion, à la compréhension et à l''acceptation de soi et des autres.

Amy (13) nimmt sich auf der Farm ihres Vaters in Kanada den zurückgelassenen Eiern eines bei Rodungsarbeiten getöteten Gänsepaares an. Die frischgeschlüpften Küken akzeptieren Amy als ihre Mutter. Als der Winter naht, beginnt erst Amys wahres Abenteuer.