Youth Fiction

Charles and Mary Lamb's classic adaptations of Shakespeare's works have made the Bard accessible to millions of children. Believing that children should have access to more than mere morality stories, they set about giving the magnificent, "wild" stories...

Atmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award–winning collection of 19 South American folktales. Charles J. Finger heard the tales firsthand from native storytellers, whose fables of talking animals, witches, giants, and ordinary people in...

The Night Heroes, Volume 9 Finally, a much-needed vacation for the Night Heroes! Now if only they could suppress their natural tendency to "notice when things seem off." That wasn't going to happen and unless they were smarter, stronger, and more prayed...

Aidan Errolson, comes from a long line of storied adventurers, but he never has any real adventures of his own. That, he believes, is the one great injustice of his otherwise happy life. All that will change the day he hears the bark of the bog owl and...

It was the beginning of March, 1572. Four years earlier Martin, along with his father and his father’s dear friend, Boudewyn, who was a blacksmith, had signed up on a Beggars’ ship in Emden . . .  This is reading for Reformed children,...

The Night Heroes, Volume 4 Tears of fear were streaming down Aly’s face. Mine too. Kyle and Black Crow circled each other warily. I knew my brother was strong, really strong, but that knife in Black Crow’s hand was gleaming, and razor sharp...

In Anita Williams’ whimsical fiction, The Captain’s Hat, Pedro and Spud explore the Big River, romp through a wild and tangled green jungle, and discover a huge dark ship half buried in the sand. But all the while, Pedro’s real...

Chebron, the young son of an Egyptian high priest, and Amuba, a young slave in the boy's household, are close friends; but their lives are greatly altered when Chebron accidentally kills a cat, an animal held sacred by the ancient Egyptians. Forced to...

Getting dragged out of church by your ear is never easy. Especially when you’re the preacher’s kid. For thirteen-year-old Titus Rich, trouble seems inevitable, but when a broken chair leads to a mystery from the past, he strives to redeem...

The Terrestria Chronicles, Book 4. The Castle of Faith is in an uproar when the priceless Crown of Kuros is stolen in broad daylight from the castle keep. All evidence points to Morphina, who is in league with Argamor. Prince Josiah, Prince Selwyn, and...

The Terrestria Chronicles, Book 5. When Princess Gilda and Prince Selwyn refuse the offer of a gift forbidden by King Emmanuel, Prince Josiah accepts, not realizing that his actions will impact the Castle of Faith. For a time, the young prince is able to...

After John's mother died, Uncle Louis and Aunt Mary were taking care of him. His father had been sent to the galleys and his sister Manette to Paris. When Uncle Francis, who was the local priest, wanted to send John to a cloister, John decided to flee to...