New Releases by Kathleen Duey

Sierra O''Nielle, a housekeeper, meets Joseph Drachier, and they fall in love and fate intervenes in the form of an earthquake.

In 1894, Daniel and Carrie fight to survive as an uncontrollable forest fire threatens to destroy their small Minnesota mill town.

There is no time for homesickness or dreams of freedom when the Vigilance is caught in a violent hurricane.

For years, Garret and Molly have dreamed of seeing more of the world than cotton fields and the dusty poverty of their Mississippi Delta farms. They’ve been stashing away hard-earned pennies and nickels in a tin-can bank, hidden deep in the bayou. Now rising flood waters threaten the hiding place of their money, and they set out on their homemade raft to retrieve it. But the raging Mississippi has other plans, and suddenly Garrett and Molly find themselves in a deadly battle with the dangerous currents and roiling rapids of their debris-strewn river—fighting not for their life savings, but for their lives.

In 1932, when her father''s foot injury makes it impossible for him to do farm work for a while, thirteen-year-old Agnes steps in, proving herself and revealing her understanding of him.

While working as an indentured servant on a plantation in Virginia in 1749, thirteen-year-old Summer must prove her innocence when her master''s daughter accuses her of stealing.

In 1826 in Idaho, twelve-year-old Celou Sudden Shout, who is half-French and half-Shoshone, attempts to rescue her mother and two younger brothers from the Crow warriors who kidnapped them.

When Liam''s brother, Padraic, is too ill to work and may lose his job in the mines, Liam''s friend Rory disguises herself as a boy and takes Padraic''s place--only to find herself and Liam in grave danger when there''s a cave-in.

While spreading flames threaten to cut off all possibility of escape from the Chicago fire of 1871, twelve-year-old Nate attempts to save a wealthy young girl and to return home safely.

In 1847, when her mother''s remarriage sends them on a difficult journey to California, Willow is swept overboard fording the South Platte River and must survive and search for her family.

Emancipated by their owner''s will, thirteen-year-old Evie and her father struggle to gain Mama''s freedom and to make a home for themselves in the pre-Civil War South.

Justin is spying on the strange man next door whom he thinks is an alien.

In San Francisco at the turn of the century, the daughter of a traveling con man faces a moral dilemma when he cheats on a woman who has befriended her.

... reinforces children''s abilities to deal with their fears. Every ending is happy, funny, and shows kids that being alone in the dark can be fun.

When Mother Rabbit is sick on Easter and the Easter Bunny fails to arrive, Flopsey, Mopsey, Cottontail and Peter make their own holiday treats. Includes songs entitled Cooperate and Work together.

An adventure of Peter Rabbit as he searches for Easter in Farmer MacGregor''s garden.

The newest installment in the American Diaries series transports contemporary readers back to an exciting period in history: the American Revolution. Philadelphia 1777: Mary Alice Peale must find a way to help her wounded brother, a rebel soldier, without revealing his whereabouts to their Loyalist father.

Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.

Eager to make friends at his new school, Brandon befriends Ivan, the class guinea pig, and decides to take the animal home one day to introduce it to his mother. Original.

Mr. Stumpguss comes to help out in Mrs. Fox''s third grade classroom, and the kids love him. But every day during reading period, Mr. Stumpguss stops smiling. Tuck figures out why and tries to help him keep his secret, but the plan turns into a disaster.

Twelve-year-old Mathilda, who would love to have a dog, tries to get around the "No Dogs" rule of her apartment building by using a little magic