New Releases by Peggy King Anderson

Two Moon Journey tells the story of a young Potawatomi Indian named Simu-quah and her family and friends who were forced from their village at Twin Lakes, near Rochester, Indiana, where they had lived for generations, to beyond the Mississippi River in Kansas. Historically the journey is known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death. Like the real Potawatomi, Simu-quah would live forever with the vision of her home and the rest of the Twin Lakes village being burnt to the ground by the soldiers as she took her first steps to a distant and frightening westward land. She experiences the heat and exhaustion of endless days of walking; helps nurse sick children and the elderly in a covered wagon that was ill-smelling, hot, and airless; sleeps beside strange streams and caves—and turns from hating the soldiers to seeing them as people. In Kansas, as she planted corn seeds she had saved from her Indiana home, she turns away from the bitterness of removal and finds forgiveness, the first step in the journey of her new life in Kansas.

Fourteen-year-old Stephen takes up arms and joins the resistance in this novel of the Hungarian Revolution.

Sander kan zich helemaal uitleven in honkballen. Maar dat heeft hij ook wel nodig, omdat hij thuis, als zijn moeder weer eens ziek is, ook nog voor zijn jongere zusje moet zorgen. Waarom blijft zijn vader ook zo lang in het buitenland? Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

The reader must decide what to do starting the first day at a new school

As his mother tries to hide her drinking problem, Tony finds himself spending more time taking care of the house and his little sister and less time playing baseball.

Growing up in an alcoholic home inflicts psychic wounds on Jenny, who wonders what a normal family is like and seeks to heal those wounds.