New Releases by Dia Calhoun

After his parents'' death, his own near-drowning, and months in foster care, twelve-year-old Eckhart Lyon moves to his Uncle Al''s orchard on trial but yearns for a real home, and with new friend Eva''s help he sets out on a quest to atone and prove himself worthy like his hero, Sir Gawain. Written in verse format.

Twelve-year-old Eva writes beautiful poems on the farm in Washington State that her family has owned for generations, but when money runs out and then her baby brother gets sick, the family faces foreclosure and the way of life she loves is threatened. Illustrations.

An orphaned princess hides her identity while trying to discover her true destiny.

When the Christmas Deer chooses him for the Christmas harvest, Treewing, a five-year-old tree, is surprised since it is a year early, but is told he has been picked for a special destiny.

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While barbarians threaten the land, mysterious visions help guide fifteen-year-old Rose when she is given the chance to free her family from servitude, if only she will provide a wicked old man an heir fathered by his deformed grandson, "the Thing" locked in the attic.

Thirteen-year-old Jonathon, feared and hated by the brown-eyed Valley people because of his blue eyes, tries to find answers to his true identity in the Red Mountains, home of the Dalriada, a mountain people with magnificent horses, mystical powers, and blue eyes like his.

Ousted by the brown-eyed Valley folk because he is different, thirteen-year-old Jonathon Brae sets out on a dangerous journey to learn his true identity among the Dalriada people of the Red Mountains.

In the magical kingdom of Windward, thirteen-year-old Cerinthe arrives at the Royal Dancing School, where she finds herself torn between the two careers of dancer and healer.