Best Selling Books by Marilyn Sachs

Jeff Lyons is both repelled and fascinated by Ellen de Luca, the fat girl in his ceramics class. The “crumbs of kindness” he tosses her way soon turn into advice on weight loss, college, clothes ... until good-looking Jeff dumps his girlfriend to date the fat girl! As Ellen changes, Jeff resents the happy, independent young woman he has unleashed.

Nicole Nieman had never really thought about being Jewish. Now, with the Nazis occupying France, refugees escaping to the border with Switzerland frequently stay with her family. Should they go, too? Then came the day when Nicole returned home to find her parents and sister gone, and the Nazis were looking for her. Where could she go? And would she ever see her family again? A New York Times Outstanding Children’s Book of the Year. Juvenile Fiction by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Doubleday

Molly and her sister were raised by different families after their parents died in a car crash. After eight years apart, Beth comes to visit and claims to have a secret memory about their past. Instead of the pleasure Molly expected from Beth’s arrival, Molly finds herself angry at Beth’s mysterious rudeness and hostility. And she’s fearful of her sister’s “secret.” Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Dutton Juvenile

Everyone in Miss Thompson’s fourth grade class loves The Bears’ House—Fran Ellen Smith most of all. When Fran Ellen goes into The Bears’ House, she can forget about how awful things are at home. At the end of the term Miss Thompson is giving the house away, but Fran Ellen knows it won’t be to her. How is she going to get along without a place to hide? Juvenile Fiction by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Doubleday

Two sisters share the pains and pleasures of growing up.

Orphaned eleven-year-old Izzy is shipped off to San Francisco, to stay with an uncle and his wife who plan to send her to boarding school. Izzy’s memory about her past is dim. Why did her father hate her uncle so much? How did her mother die? And what happened to the little dog, Gus, she had once loved? Izzy is determined to find the answers. Children’s/Young Adult Fiction by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Doubleday (Young Readers)

Follows the experiences of Nicole, a teenaged French Jew, from 1943 to 1948, as she loses her parents and sister to the concentration camps and then leaves her native France to make a new life for herself in New York City.

Rereading Jane Austen''s "Pride and Prejudice" over Christmas break gives brainy, fifteen-year-old Alice a different way of looking at herself, her first boyfriend, her friends, and her family.

Beebe Clarke and Mark Driscoll both live with single parents in San Francisco. They even go to the same high school—but they’ve never met. Beebe is earnestly interested in Shakespeare and acting, and Mark is deeply involved with astronomy. Both of them would like to find someone of the opposite sex who views life as seriously as they do—but they keep missing one another. Juvenile/middle grade fiction by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Puffin

Mary Rose was proud to be named after her aunt, because her aunt had been a heroine, saving the lives of everyone in the apartment building—before dying in the fire. But not everyone thought the first Mary Rose was a heroine. Young Mary Rose overheard her uncle’s remembrance of the events of that dramatic day—and they weren’t at all what she expected. Juvenile fiction by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Doubleday

Having to contend with a suffering poet-father and an author-mother who uses her daughters''s life as material for her popular books, fourteen-year-old Rebecca finds her life is further disrupted by the new boy next door and his enigmatic family.

Veronica Ganz is a bully. She has beaten up everybody in all her classes and has never been challenged…until little Peter Wedemeyer, who only comes up to her shoulder, moves into the neighborhood. Taunting, teasing and always one step ahead of her mighty fists, Veronica must find a way to teach him who is boss. Or maybe Veronica could learn something from Peter… Juvenile Fiction for ages 9-12 by Marilyn Sachs; originally published by Doubleday

Peter Wedemeyer’s former enemy, Veronica Ganz, became his best friend. Together they explored their neighborhood on rollerskates and challenged each other to do crazy things. Peter’s mother called Veronica a “troublemaker” and his friends thought he was nuts to be her friend, but Peter defended Veronica—until she let him down. Juvenile Fiction by Marilyn Sachs, sequel to Veronica Ganz; originally published by Doubleday

Worried by her parents lack of concern about family finances acd her own lack of a boyfriend, Imo generates income from babysitting and gets a crush on the father of one of her charges.

This collection of familiar hymn texts offers readers an opportunity to read and enjoy the language and poetry of their favorite hymns free of the encumbering musical notation. Reading the hymn texts is spiritually enriching and will also enable the reader to sing the hymns with greater understanding.

When Fran and her brother and sisters reunite with their mother after living with foster families for two years, Fran has a difficult time adjusting to her new life.

A warm story about the ins and outs of friendship between three girls, from the author of the Amy and Laura books.

The daughter of a Russian immigrant family, newly arrived in Manhattan in 1908, has conflicting feelings about her mother''s increasingly radical union involvement.

Distraught at the thought of their parents'' divorcing, a brother and sister run away from home and take up residence in Golden Gate Park, where they encounter many homeless people and hear there is a murderer loose among them.

Despite her younger brother''s knack for getting into trouble, Gen involves him in planning a party for for their parents'' twenty-fifth anniversary--with truly surprising results.

An only child relates the trials and tribulations she experiences when her mother has triplets.

After a neighbor in her apartment building dies, ten-year-old Lily tries to find homes for his four ugly, noisy cats.

Eleven-year-old Gabriela learns some unpleasant truths about her often-absent father and his relationship with her and her Mexican mother.

JoJo and Winnie are two headstrong sisters with very different ideas about having fun. JoJo wants nothing more than to be left alone so she can read peacefully in her room. Her little sister, Winnie, would give anything to be let into that private world. JoJo may be a bossy know-it-all, but Winnie is a motormouthed copycat -- and an expert at embarrassing JoJo in public. Sisterhood is no picnic! But in spite of their many differences, they both realize that when you really need one, there is no better friend than a sister.

A lonely foster child struggling to change her unhappy life is weakened by the bribes of an abusive foster mother, yet strengthened by imaginary conversations with Joan of Arc.

When her twin sister begins to assert her individuality and her grandmother suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Dezzy finds some comfort in her relationships with her grandfather and a new friend and in an interest in the environment. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Just right to read alone or aloud, the funny, exaggerated stories featured here will be a hit in any season. Illustrated.

A teenage girl''s driving ambition to be a writer prevents her from forming normal friendships. A favorite teacher tries to help her.

Two teenagers get to know each other better and better during the weeks they share the shade of a tree on the beach.

An only child relates the trials and tribulations she experiences when her mother has triplets.

A young teenage girl deals with the death of her grandfather, her parents'' divorce, and her best friend''s transfer to another school by adopting a neglected pup.

Jeff, a high school senior, becomes obsessed with creating a new, beautiful person out of an unhappy, fat girl, but when she begins to think independently, he loses control of the situation.