A short biography of the author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall," which won the Newbery Medal in 1986.

Jake is part of an extraordinary family. He leads a life filled with art, music and hours and days and months of baseball. But the most important person in his

Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clue

A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs.

From a Newbery Medal-winning author comes a contemporary classic that's perfect for new parents as well as families with new siblings on the way. You were the f