The Orphelines are thrilled to be moving to their new orphanage. The building looks like a castle, and the girls are convinced that the bo...

In Betsy and Joe , Betsy is now a high school senior, and at long last, she and Joe overcome the various obstacles that have kept them a...

Evaluating picture books is an important part of a children's librarian's work, and at least a small part of the lives of anyone who...

It is Betsy’s Junior year and she has decided to get serious - about her schoolwork, about Joe Willard, and about being there for her fa...

Though Anastasia has sworn off boys, she can’t help but reply to a personal ad placed in the newspaper by a 28-year-old man. In attempti...

Jack Gantos, the hero of this semi-autobiographical novel set in Norvelt, Pennsylvania, has the whole summer ahead of him when he make...

In A Brother for the Orphelines , the second book of the series, Brigitte and the 19 other girls who live in the orphanage are thrilled ...