The lost flower children

By Janet Taylor Lisle

After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well.

How I became a writer and Oggie learned to drive

By Janet Taylor Lisle

As sixth-grader Archie and his six-year-old brother Oggie shuttle back and forth between their separated parents' two homes, Archie tries desperately to take care of Oggie and to pretend that every...

Second Sight

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Black duck

By Janet Taylor Lisle

Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control...

Sirens and Spies

By Janet Lisle

The lost flower children

By Janet Taylor Lisle

After their mother's death, Olivia and Nellie go to live with their great aunt, where they slowly bring her overgrown and weedy old garden back to life, enabling them to adjust to a new life as well.

The art of keeping cool

By Janet Taylor Lisle

In 1942, Robert and his cousin Elliot uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German artist who is suspecte...

Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery Authors

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The art of keeping cool

By Janet Taylor Lisle

In 1942, Robert and his cousin Elliot uncover long-hidden family secrets while staying in their grandparents' Rhode Island town, where they also become involved with a German artist who is suspecte...

The great Dimpole oak

By Janet Taylor Lisle

The citizens of Dimpole rally together to save an historic oak tree from being cut down.