New Releases by Sonia Levitin

Disillusioned by her father''s infidelity, Inky abandons her family to seek courage and honesty in a household operating a hot air balloon launch.

Claudia''s conversion to feminism causes trouble.

Leni describes her senior year of high school during which things at home, at school, and in her personal life happen with heightened intensity.

An old woman is taunted by the lighthouse keeper for feeding the abandoned cats that live near the lighthouse, but when she falls ill, he has a change of heart.

A reclusive fisherman''s neighbors try to persuade him not to harm the rare birds that have nested in his boat.

Describes the events in Cynthia''s life as she tries to prove she can provide a good home for the school''s pet rat.

The annual lolliberry festival in Little Digby is marred because everybody sneaks a little taste of the pie they are all to share, thinking there will be plenty left for the celebration.

Jacov, a slow boy, is given the special honor of "blowing the shofar (ram''s horn)" on the Jewish high holy days.

When he realizes that the computer at his new school thinks that he''s two people, Conte decides to take a double course load and graduate in half the time.

Three foolish farmers are outwitted by their wives in this ridiculous tale told in the folk tradition.

When eleven-year-old Jason plants a money tree, he finds himself in conflict with both the law and nature.

When eleven-year-old Jason plants a money tree, he finds himself in conflict with both the law and nature.

SUMMARY: When they run out of other things to argue about, three farmers begin a hopeless and endless argument over which one owns the moon.

The collection consists of manuscript and galley proofs of Levitin''s writings; correspondence; reviews; articles; an account of Levitin''s mother, Mrs. Helene Wolff, that also describes the family''s ordeal, including a lengthy separation before the family was reunited in the U.S.; and an oral history of Levitin discussing her work and family history.

In 1860, fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns from fellow travelers about important topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony express, as he journeys from Missouri to California in search of his father.