New Releases by Polly Horvath

Primrose Squarp doesn''t really believe that she''s an orphan, but the residents of Coal Harbour don''t agree. Eventually the town council is able to locate a relative, Uncle Jack, who reluctantly takes Primrose into his care.

A hilarious satire on small-town prejudice It all started with the Halibuts. Then came Elmira Degoochy the snake lady. Then the Flying Gambinis -- all seven of them and their mother. And Mrs. Harrison the fortune-teller, and Mr. Wydel the strongman . . . These are the new residents of Springfield, the formerly peaceful Midwestern town where up to now young Ivy''s life had been pretty uneventful. Ivy becomes fast friends with Alfred Halibut, who is an aspiring writer like herself and the son of a circus publicity manager. She also befriends the other circus people who have moved into town. But many of her neighbors are not feeling kindly about this invasion of strange characters. Tensions somersault into a climactic tangle at the Springfield bake-off. In the midst of hurtling pies, one voice alone can bring peace and tolerance back to the community. When the Circus Came to Town is Polly Horvath''s funniest novel to date, packed with vivid exaggeration and slapstick scenarios.

When father comes home with an expensive car in the middle of the Depression, Betty''s family is stunned, but meanwhile, Betty must find a dollar if she wants to be Pork-Fry Queen--and hidden treasure may be the solution.

Hortense worries that her family is falling apart, but as she gets to know her Aunt Kate and makes a new friend, she discovers that change isn''t always bad.

Imogene is sent from New York City to spend the summer with her cousins on an Iowa farm.