Annotated
Bibliography
Building
Blocks
Twelve-year-old Brann comes to understand his father's defeatism and
aloofness when, after falling asleep one day in the fortress of building
blocks in the basement, he awakes to meet his own father as a child.
The Callender Papers
In nineteenth-century Massachusetts, orphan Jean, employed to sort out
the family papers of a reclusive artist, becomes curious about the mysterious,
long-ago death of his wife and the subsequent disappearance of their
young child.
Come a Stranger
Mina's deep love for a minister drives her to seek a way to give him
an unforgettable remembrance, restoration of his faith.
Dicey's Song
A young girl struggles to cope with her mother's mental illness and
hold her troubled family together as they begin a new life with their
grandmother in Chesapeake Bay country.
Homecoming
Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and
an identity.
Izzy--Willy, Nilly
A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face
the need to start building a new life as an amputee.
Jackeroo
When hard times among the People revive the old stories of the hero
Jackaroo, an innkeeper's daughter follows her own quest to unlock the
secret reality behind the legend.
Orfe
In a story derived from ancient Greek myth, Enny recounts the story
of her best friend, Orfe, a talented artist known for the beauty of
her music; Orfe's romance with Yuri, a recovering drug addict; and Orfe's
doomed struggle to save Yuri--and herself.
A Solitary Blue
Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life
and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth,
love, and friendship can heal.
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