New Releases by Priscilla Galloway

Provides accounts of journeys undertaken by three men along the Silk Road, including seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang, Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan, and thirteenth-century merchant Marco Polo.

1863: Lisa and her friend Archie love mining for gold, so they couldn't be happier when Lisa's father purchases a claim in Cameronton, outside the village.However, it turns out there's a dispute regarding the ownership of the claim. Lisa's friend Greta--severely ill and very weak--has a claim to the same land. Before she succumbs to her illness, Greta generously signs her portion of the claim over to Lisa and her father so that Lisa and the rest of her family can stay in Cameronton, allowing Lisa to go to school to learn about mining.

Phano is almost 15, the traditional age for a woman to marry in ancient Athens. She is in love with Theo, who is 30-the traditional age for a man to marry. But marriage may not be an option for her. Her stepmother's enemy, Phrynion, claims that Phano is not really a free woman but a slave who belongs to him, and he is ready to sell her if he can get his hands on her. Phano, her father, and her stepmother must use every resource they have to try to restore her reputation and keep her safe. Even if they can keep Phrynion away, Phano may never be able to marry Theo, whose prominent family would expect a wealthy bride who would bring a good-sized dowry with her. Meanwhile, Athens faces the threat of war from Philip of Macedon. Once she turns 15, Phano must find her place as an adult in the turbulent society of ancient Greece. "From the Hardcover edition."

- 2000 Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction for Young Adults Award - 1999 Teacher Liberian Magazine, Best of the Best issue

A fascinating guide to strange-but-true jobs.

When Emily's father dies, leaving her an orphan, she is sent to live with a stern aunt in Prince Edward Island, where her resourcefulness and love of writing help her adjust to a new way of life.

"Ten-year-old Jason ventures into the dramatic story of Hercules where he grows in bravery and compassion. A tight, character-driven narrative of friendship, loyalty and self-discovery" Cf. Our choice, 2000.

Snake Dreamer is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

The ancient tale of Daedalus is re-told in novel length, with illustrations.

The story that I intended to eat them is a fabrication. People will make up anything I did intend to observe them closely under conditions of stress, and more blood would have been very useful to me. In the end, I would probably have let them go back home. Their father, my husband, was making my life as wretched as his own. In the end, it would have been a choice between having the children back and pretending (for a while) to be a happy-ever-after fairy-tale family, or getting rid of all three of them and moving on. from "The Prince" Suddenly I looked down. The current damsel was gloriously attired in something with pearls and ermine trim.I hardly saw her dress. My eyes fixed on her feet. Glass! I could see right through her shoes! I stopped immediately. She almost fell. I steadied her. My eyes had not left her feet as they nestled like twin birds in their delicate little cages. Such feet! Oh, Stephen, you'd have loved them too. How I longed to put them into the footbath, to pour in the perfumed oil! The music stopped. Everything stopped.

Inspired by Homer's Odyssey, Aleta relates the feats of women whose stories equal the drama of that great epic. Twelve-year-old Aleta finds a way to help Queen Penelope outwit the traitors in her court.

Atalanta, abandoned at birth by her father, becomes the world's fastest runner, but Melanion is able to beat her with the help of golden apples.

For ages 7-10. Jennifer spends one week with her mother and stepfather and one week with her 'real daddy', until her real daddy has to go out of town for three weeks.

A little girl imagines what it would be like if she were big and her mother were little.