New Releases by Margaret Hodges

Out of an agonizing American experience, the frail Scots author mined a treasure and carried it away with him.

Illustrations depict nine horses of folklore and classical literature, from the steeds of Norse mythology to Pecos Bill''s Widow-Maker, and are accompanied by retellings of their stories

Forced by his late arrival in England to stay in separate lodgings from the rest of his school''s crew team, 14-year-old Larry Dunlap finds himself becoming increasingly involved with the local people and their ghosts from the past.

A biography of the 15th century knight who collected stories about King Arthur and his knights and rewrote them into a work that was to influence poets and writers throughout the ages.

Five youths make a camping trip by bicycle around New England for ten days.

Baldur, a young Norse god, is protected from all things except mistletoe.

Retells ten myths involving the gods, ancient kings, and simple folk heroes of the Celts.

Retells the Greek legend that explains why Persephone brings springtime to the earth each year.

"Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644), distinguished by having taken part in the founding of both the Jamestown and the Plymouth colonies, was ''one of a new breed of English yeoman...[who] carried across the seas not only cargoes but ideas...'' Shipwrecked off Bermuda, leader of a short-lived mutiny, Hopkins went on to the Jamestown colony, where he learned lessons that he later put to good use in Plymouth"--from front jacket flap.

Retells the Paiute legend of the way the Coyote helped an Indian boy bring fire to his tribe.

Joshua Cobb''s mother told him boarding school would be the making of him, but after the first few weeks Josh felt it might well be his undoing.