Gloria Whelan
National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan weaves rich historical detail into this compelling mystery. Ms. Whelan is the bestselling author of many novels for young readers, including Homeless Bird, winner of the National Book Award, Parade ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Parade of Shadows
 Beautiful and Exciting: This book is the first book by Gloria Whelan, and I will definitely be picking up her others sometime soon after reading Parade of Shadows. First, it's historical fiction, which I love. But what really makes this book is the [... more]
$15.99
Amazon.com |
Gloria Whelan
Nine-year-old Hannah would do almost anything to go to school with all the other children in town. But Hannah is blind and her parents keep her at home where she is "safe." Then Lydia Robbin comes to town. She's a strong-willed teacher who ... [... more]
Random House |
Chu Ju's House
MIXED EMOTIONS ON 'TOMB SWEEPING DAY' . . .: Gloria Whalen writes about a young Chinese girl in "Chu Ju's House." There is a lovely flow to the story and many lyrical descriptions of the natural surroundings, and customs. Ironically, work in [... more]
$6.99
Amazon.com |
The Turning
Very good author: My middle-school-aged daughter is very picky about what she chooses to read. This book is part of a series of books by the same author. My daughter has read all of them and loves each one. This book is definitely worth buying and since [... more]
$15.99
Amazon.com |
Burying the Sun
A boy who wanted to make a difference...: In Buring the Sun, the continuation of the stories first told in Angel on the Square and The Impossible Journey, 14-year-old Georgi and his family have returned to the city of Leningrad, rented a little apartment, [... more]
$6.99
Amazon.com |
Homeless Bird
Amazon.com Review: "What if I don't like him?" "Of course you will like him." "But what if I don't?" Maa impatiently slapped at a fly. "Then you must learn to like him." But Koly never gets a chance to find out if [... more]
$16.89
Amazon.com |
Next Spring An Oriole (Stepping Stone, paper)
Next Spring an Oriole: This book is about a family traveling a two-month hard journey going two miles per hour in a canvas covered wagon from Virginia to Michigan. This took place in 1837, April 3. The family brought a skillet and a musket. The main [... more]
$3.99
Amazon.com |
Silver (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
It was very fun to read: This book is about a girl whose dad is in the Iditarod race in Alaska. But he can't race with his lead dog because she is going to have puppies... so he gets the second lead dog. The musher's daughter wants a dog and on her [... more]
$11.99
Amazon.com |
Yatandou
Award-winning author Gloria Whelan presents Yatandou, a story set in a village in the African nation of Mali.: Award-winning author Gloria Whelan presents Yatandou, a story set in a village in the African nation of Mali. Eight-year-old Yatandou must sit [... more]
$17.95
Amazon.com |
Listening for Lions
listening for a good book review: Rachel is a girl who lives in Africa. Her parents died from influenza and a rich family decided to replace her for their dead daughter. They sent her to her "grandfather" in England to pretend to be someone she [... more]
$15.99
Amazon.com |
Homeless Bird
Amazon.com Review: "What if I don't like him?" "Of course you will like him." "But what if I don't?" Maa impatiently slapped at a fly. "Then you must learn to like him." But Koly never gets a chance to find out if [... more]
$18.00
Amazon.com |
