Best Selling Books by Patricia Hermes

Twelve-year-old Missy tries to learn more about her mother''s odd behavior as she and her two friends share some secrets during a long, hot summer in Mississippi toward the end of World War II.

A story of the death of a parent and its effect on a family.

A 10-year-old girl staying with her grandparents for the summer is appalled to discover that her parents'' prolonged stay abroad means that she must start in a new school and somehow hide the fact that she is an epileptic.

Vada has problems with her new stepmother and her friends.

Twelve-year-old Abbie struggles to accept her father''s desire to make a new home for his family on the Nebraska prairies of the late 1850s.

After she switches schools in the middle of the year and goes to stay with her grandparents, eleven-year-old Jeremy''s life is further disrupted when her parents announce from overseas that they are adopting a new baby sister for her.

A fourteen-year-old girl living with her father describes becoming an incest victim.

Tracy''s long friendship with unconventional Kelly is strained when Tracy''s new friends put pressure on her to choose between them.

In this sequel to "Kevin Corbett Eats Flies," Bailey runs for class president hoping that popularity will secure her place in her current foster home.

Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.

The Cousins'' Club meets at Jennifer''s and Amy''s house during winter vacation.

Elizabeth Barker continues to write to her "friend," her diary, as disease and lack of food further plague the suffering settlers at Jamestown.

Read about Elizabeth Putnam being accused of witchcraft, then flip the book over to read about her friend George who must make a decision who to believe.

Emily likes to play baseball and tease her brother, but her happy life is interrupted when her brother has a fatal accident.

KT''s friendship with her two best friends is threatened when KT is selected for the talented and gifted program at school.

While staying with her cousin for a couple of months, Amelia devises a foolproof plan to keep her parents from getting divorced and reluctantly enlists the help of Jason, the cutest boy in school.

In 1848, nine-year-old Joshua Martin McCullough writes a journal of his family''s journey from Missouri to Oregon in a covered wagon, in an addition to a popular series which includes a historical note about westward migration.

Kevin and his friend Bailey conspire to prevent Kevin''s father from moving himself and Kevin once again.

In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage. Simultaneous.

Since their introduction to the market, millions of award-winning Uglydolls have been sold in special shops all over the world. From plush dolls to books to stationery and beyond, the Uglydolls have taken both their universe and ours by storm. This wall calendar is filled with the charismatic creatures bringing their own strange reality to everyday situations.Includes bonus stickers!

Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled. Simultaneous.

Born in Northern Nevada in 1950, Black Cloud is a black-and-white mustang colt. He loves roaming free with the rest of his herd, playing with the other foals, and learning the ways of wild horses. But when humans intrude on this wandering life, Black Cloud''s world is changed forever. Like Black Beauty, this moving novel is told in first person from the horse''s own point of view and includes an appendix full of photos and facts about mustangs and the history of the laws protecting them.

Interviews with parents and teenagers explore some of the myths and realities of suicide examining such aspects as motives, warning signs, effects on others, and prevention.

When Emma and her brothers and sisters want to get a kitten and another ferret, and Emma wants their nanny to be the chaperone on her soccer team trip instead of her mother, the children decide to go on strike to try to force their parents to meet their demands.

A 12-year-old boy vows he will never do to his future family what his father did by leaving the boy, his sister and mother. Yet, 30 years later, the boy now a man leaves his own family. A young woman who''s broken off an abusive relationship is now attracted to the same kind of personality in a potential boyfriend. And an attorney who grew up with an impossible-to-please father takes a job in a firm where the boss thinks praise is never productive. These are the kind of repetitive cycles that Stanley Rosner has seen time and again in his practice across 40 years as a clinical psychologist. A past president of the Connecticut Psychological Association, Rosner examines in this book whether there is for some people a compulsion to repeat self-destructive acts, and what the foundation for that compulsion might be, as well as how it can be changed to afford better, happier living. Assisted by popular author Patricia Hermes, Rosner offers many eye-opening vignettes from his therapy rooms, showing us clearly how early life events can create unconscious dilemmas that move us to repeat the situation in other forms. He aims to show us how we can resolve the issues that linger, explaining how to recognize these issues, then move forward to put them to rest in ways that are not self-sabotaging. What I have to offer, says Rosner, is the opportunity for change.

Emma''s new dilemma is how to share her nanny''s attention with others on a family camping trip

Emma tries to help her parents understand that, although their beloved new nanny has made a few mistakes, no one can behave perfectly responsibly all the time.

Emma and her siblings plot to keep their beloved nanny Annie from going on a three-week vacation and leaving them in the care of the totally uncool, animal-hating Mrs. Potts.

For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . . Independence, Missouri, 1846 Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets out with Jasmine’s family on a long and dusty wagon train journey on the Oregon Trail, he finds out what is truly important to him. Here is Koda’s story . . . in his own words. With moving and knowledgeable text and lovely black-and-white art throughout—both by real horse people—this is the perfect fit for all lovers of horses and history!

Emma struggles with finding the perfect time to confess to her parents that she brought her pet ferret on vacation to Maine, and trying to save her favorite tree that a new neighbor wants to cut down.

Emma Dilemma''s nanny Annie is getting married, and Emma worries about if she will ever see her again after the wedding.

Late in 1848, nine-year-old Joshua McCullough starts a second journal, this time recording events in Willamette Valley, Oregon Territory, as his family and others they met on the trail begin to get settled. Simultaneous.

Emma''s happy summer of soccer camp with best friend Luisa and visits to Rooney, the beloved old horse at the nearby stables where Annie the nanny helps out, changes when she discovers that Rooney is being sold and Luisa has some unhappy news.