Secret, Silent Screams - Joan Lowery Nixon

Secret, Silent Screams

Joan Lowery Nixon

A high school girl is determined to solve the cause of what is an apparent rash of suicides at her school. She is sure these are not suicides, but has difficulty convincing the officials involved. A suspenseful story that also gives information about suicide cases and prevention.

Dell, 1988. Paperback, 180 pages.

Cover has some rubbing and light edgewear, but book is tight, as though never read.
Circa: 1988
Condition: Used
Size: Paperback
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Dell
Author: Joan Lowery Nixon
Pages: 180
ISBN: 0-440-20539-5  

Strawberry Girl

Strawberry Girl

Lois Lenski

A story of Florida in the early 1900s before the coming of the automobile.

J. B. Lippincott, 1945, 25th printing. Hard library binding, no dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ inches Tall, 194 pages.

Ex-School with pocket inside back, and library stamps. Some light soiling and creased pages. Firmly bound.
Circa: 1945
Condition: Used
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ inches Tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
Author: Lois Lenski
Pages: 194  

Meg of Heron's Neck

Meg of Heron's Neck

Elizabeth Ladd

Orphan Meg moves from her free life on a boat to her strict uncle's chicken farm.

William Morrow and Co Inc., 1968. LOC 61-10769. Hard pictorial cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ inches tall, 191 pages.

Ex-School, with pockets inside front and back, penned numbers, etc. Clean and crisp, very light wear to cover. <PUnder 2 lbs.
Circa: 1968
Condition: Used
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ inches tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: William Morrow and Co Inc.
Author: Elizabeth Ladd
Pages: 191  

Darnell Rock Reporting

Darnell Rock Reporting

Walter Dean Myers

Before he knows it, Darnell Rock changes from a kid who can't do anything right to a person who can make a difference.

Dell, 1996, 1st ed. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall, 135 pages.

Ex-School, with pocket inside back, stamps, etc. Cover has been laminated. Very good.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1996
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Dell
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Edition: 1
Pages: 135
ISBN: 0-440-41157-2  

Dreams of Victory - - S/H Included

Ellen Conford, ill by Gail Rockwell

Results of a vivid imagination are well documented in an amusing story about a sixth grader who describes herself as a loser. A story that both losers and achievers should find heartening.

Dell Yearling Book, 1974. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall, 121 pages.

Ex-School, with pocket in front, stamps, etc. Rubs, creases and edge and corner wear.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1974
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Dell Yearling Book
Author: Ellen Conford, ill by Gail Rockwell
Pages: 121
ISBN: 0-440-03251-095  

Theatre Shoes - Streatfield

Noel Streatfeild

Before Sorrel, Mark, and Holly have time to think, their world is turned upside down. When their father is reported missing from the navy, they are sent to live with their grandmother, whom they have never met, in London. Grandmother was a famous actress, so it seems only natural that they should attend a special theatre school. Madame Fidolia, their instructor, says they remind her of the three Fossil children, who had studied with her many years before. But Soral,...
Circa: 1983
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Dell Yearling Book
Author: Noel Streatfeild
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0-440-48791-9  

The Great Rat Island Adventure

Charlene Joy Talbot

'Vickie, you can't stay here, ' Joel said. 'There's a hurricane coming. The water's going to blow right over this island!' 'But my foot's caught between these rocks,' Vickie cried. ' You've got to help me.'

Scholastic Book Services, 1979. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall, 164 pages.

Name penned to top and front free fly. cover is scuffed and has a creased corner. One inch tear along back of spine, stress creases. Text is good condition.

Under 1...
Circa: 1979
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Author: Charlene Joy Talbot
Pages: 164
ISBN: 0689305966  

Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance

Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance

Eve Bunting

It seems as if Janet Hamm is the only girl in the whole seventh grade who doesn't have a date for the dance. She wants to be in on all the fun, but if she goes alone she'll end up in what Danny DePuzo calls the dog pen!

Reading level 4.

Bantam-Skylark Books, 1989. ISBN 0-553-15537-7. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall, 104 pages.

Cover is creased. Bumped corners and a couple of creased corners. good.

...
Circa: 1989
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Bantam-Skylark Books
Author: Eve Bunting
Pages: 104
ISBN: 0-553-15537-7  

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

The gates of Mr. Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last -- and only five children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop -- a fat pig who would eat anything that came within reach or bite; Veruca Salt -- a spoiled brat with parents trained to jump at her every scream; Violet Beauregarde -- a gum-chewing gabber with the fastest jaws and the slowest wits around; Mike Teavee -- a fiend for television;...
Circa: 1988
Condition: Used
Size: 5 x 7-3/4 inches
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Puffin Books
Author: Roald Dahl
Pages: 162
ISBN: 0-14-032869-6  

The Fear Place - ages 9 - 14

The Fear Place

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

For ages 9 - 14. When he and his older brother Gordon are left camping alone in the Rocky Mountains, twelve-year-old Doug faces his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon - with the help of a cougar.

Atheneum, 1994. ISBN 0-689-31866-9. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall, 118 pages.

Name stamped on top edge of pages. Slight corner wear and edge wear. Some creased pages. Clean and firmly bound.
Circa: 1994
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Atheneum
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Pages: 118
ISBN: 0-689-31866-9  

The Little Ark - Holland

The Little Ark

Jan De Hartog

At the tender ages of 10 and 11, Jan and Adinda are caught in a tidal wave that devastates their home and nearly swallows up the whole country of Holland. By a stroke of luck, they are spared when the mammoth wave rips across the countryside, leaving nothing but roofs, treetops, dead livestock and the church steeple of their village. In the terrible flood that follows, the two orphans are rescued by a pirate ship and carried from one incredible adventure...
Circa: 1971
Condition: Used
Size: Paperback
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Author: Jan De Hartog
Pages: 216
ISBN: 0-448-05380-2  

Portrait of Ivan - Fox

Portrait of Ivan

Paula Fox, ill. by Saul Lambert

With his mother dead and his well-to-do father seldom around, 11-year-old Ivan leads an overprotected empty existence. While having his portrait painted, Ivan encounters two people who begin to show him that life is not as flat and emotionless as he thinks.

Dell Yearling Book, 1973. ISBN 0-440-06786-095. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall, 131 pages.

Ex-School, with pocket inside front, stamps, etc. Tear at upper front...
Circa: 1973
Condition: Used
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ inches Tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Dell Yearling Book
Author: Paula Fox, ill. by Saul Lambert
Pages: 131
ISBN: 0-440-06786-095  

Pippi Goes on Board - Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Goes on Board

Astrid Lindgren, ill. by Louis S. Glanzman translated by Florence Lamborn

Wouldn't it be fun never to go to school? Or to shop for thirty-six pounds of candy and give it to your friends? Or to be shipwrecked on a desert island? Pippi Longstocking does all this and more. Join Pippi and her friends, Tommy and Annika, her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse, in a rollicking adventure.
Cover photograph of Tami Erin as Pippi Longstocking.

Viking Press,...
Circa: 1988
Condition: Used
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ inches Tall
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Viking Press
Author: Astrid Lindgren, ill. by Louis S. Glanzman translated by Florence Lamborn
Pages: 140
ISBN: 0-670-55677-7  

Josefina Learns a Lesson - A School Story - Book two

Josefina Learns a Lesson - A School Story - Book two

The American Girls Collection

Valerie Tripp, ill. by Jean-Paul Tibbles

Josefina is an Hispanic girl of New Mexico in 1824. She learns to weave and to read. Will she forget Mama?

Scholastic Book Services, 1998. ISBN 0-590-02316-0. Soft cover, 6 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall, 70 pages.

Name inside front. Slight corner wear. Very good.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1998
Condition: Used
Size: 6 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall
Type: softcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Author: Valerie Tripp, ill. by Jean-Paul Tibbles
Pages: 70
ISBN: 0-590-02316-0  

Banner in the Sky - Switzerland

Banner in the Sky

James Ramsey Ullman

A courageous boy set out to climb an unconquered mountain peak in Switzerland.

Archway - Pocket Books, 1976. ISBN 0-671-29753-8. Hard library cover, converted from paperback, with paperback cover on front. 244 pages.

Ex-library, with pocket inside back, library stamps, etc. Light rubbing to front cover. Paper slightly darkened. Clean and firmly bound.

Under 1 lb.
Circa: 1976
Condition: Used
Type: hardcover
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Archway - Pocket Books
Author: James Ramsey Ullman
Pages: 244
ISBN: 0-671-29753-8