Mary Casanova crea storie che contano e che i giovani lettori non riescono a mettere giù. Le sue narrazioni, spesso tratte dalle sue esperienze di vita al confine tra Minnesota e Canada o dalle sue approfondite ricerche all'estero, approfondiscono temi che risuonano profondamente con i bambini. Lei considera la ricompensa più grande come la dichiarazione di un bambino che ama i suoi libri, vedendo la scrittura come una forma vitale di comunicazione dall'autore al lettore. Casanova descrive le parole come il suo pennello, il suo strumento per esplorare il mondo, e si diletta nel condividere la sua passione per la scrittura e la lettura con un pubblico di tutte le età.
Chrissa's had a good summer, practicing for swim team tryouts. Then her world is shaken when she and her friends get mean text messages and there's an accident at the pool. Can one girl put an end to the bullying?
When ten-year-old Jess McConnell meets a new friend on her trip to the ancient Maya ruins in Belize, she is invited on an eco-adventure and makes some real discoveries--about the dangers in the Belizean jungle, about the people who have lived there since long ago, and about herself.
Set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Norway in 1942, a determined twelve-year-old girl named Marit embarks on a risky mission despite her grandfather's concerns. As she strives to contribute to the Resistance by cracking a secret code, the story explores the courage of ordinary Norwegians standing up for their freedoms, highlighting the grim reality of the German secret police's actions against educators. With vivid descriptions of island life, the novel delves into themes of trust, secrecy, and the sacrifices made for dignity during wartime.
Twelve-year-old Cecile Revel is given a change to leave her peasant life and serve at King Louis XIV's court. She finds life within the palace gates is not as full of ease and elegance as she had imagined. Faced with a test of conscience, Cecile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one's place at birth.
After being sent to work with her father in Minnesota, young Alex gets stranded on a small island with a wounded eagle and must manage to keep the other animals at a distance while trying to find a way to get back to her own home. Reprint.
When Kit arrives in Kentucky to visit her aunt and brother she finds trouble brewing and locals blaming the CCC workers, leaving Kit to find the real culprit before things get worse.