Rubber snakes, toy mice, chocolate-covered worms—the trappings of a successful practical joke, right? Wrong! Third-grader Robert Dorfman’s teacher, Mrs. Bernthal, has had... Read More

Third-grader Robert Dorfman starts a demonstration for animal rights and learns that the issue is not as simple as it seems. In his zeal to “protect the earth and all its... Read More

Afraid that she has accidentally killed her two-year-old stepbrother, thirteen-year- old Taf runs from her mother and abusive stepfather. The story begins in Idaho in 1915. As... Read More