HNR Issue 37 (August 2006)
Thorn
Thorns conjure up the thought of sharp irritations, but the Thorn of this story is different. He is a young…
Ophelia
In a perfect accompaniment to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Lisa Klein has fleshed out the story of Ophelia for those of…
I Stay Near You : One Story in Three
I Stay Near You, a reissue of a 1997 paperback, is a three-generation saga set in a small upstate…
Weedflower
Kadohata, winner of the Newbery Medal, has created an inspiring story based upon the wartime misfortunes of her own…
Search and Destroy
Editors' choice
Rick Ward, a confused boy from Long Beach just out of high school, drifts into the army. He may…
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
(1) London, June 1665. Country girl Hannah is thrilled to be coming to live in London with her sister Sarah,…
Summer of Discovery
Two teenagers living in the dustbowl that is Nebraska in 1939 meet a professional archaeologist, who takes them on…
Gladiatrix: The Supreme Warrior
In the third part of this fascinating story Victrix, a successful gladiatrix, now runs her own school. Resolved to…
11,000 Years Lost
In this time-travel story set during the Pleistocene era, 11-year-old Esther inadvertently walks into another dimension while at an…
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