Based on the YA novel, "Harmony Girls", is  set during the Great Depression and centers on the first "all-girl" jazz band west of the Mississippi, specifically, for sixteen-year-old trumpeter Billie,

Two miners die in an explosion in a mine owned by a mega-rich industrialist. The mine inspector assigned to investigate finds his conclusions about the incident could sway a hotly

Based on the true story of one of the greatest feuds in science histories. Two paleontologists battle each other across the American West to find and name the most and

The Contents of Her Purse by filmmakers Coleen Hubbard and Larry create an insightful and hilarious documentary film feature about what girls and women carry in their purses—and the contents

The history of the Spirituals—also known as Plantation Songs or Slave Songs—influenced gospel, the blues, folk music and rock and roll. Yet this story had never been the subject of

Harmony Girls, complete unpublished YA novel set during the Great Depression and centers on the first "all-girl" jazz band west of the Mississippi, specifically, for sixteen-year-old trumpeter Billie, who joins

The Troubled Wave, complete, unpublished novel. The year is 1900: the setting, Washington, D.C. The country is conducting the Spanish-American War, while thousands of soldiers die or return stateside with

"The Reincarnation of Sweet Lips", selected for Short Circuits: Thirteen Shocking Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults, Dell/Laurel Leaf Books. Mr. Boyle, the strange, reclusive neighbor next door, feels

"Willie and the Christmas Spruce", selected for Sixteen Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults, Dell/Laurel Leaf Books.  Life is tough for young Willie and his Vermont family when their

This club has two members, Billy and Juan. They dig for bones and fossils after school, dreaming of dinosaur glory. Then, Juan quicks after classmates make fun of his Latino

Can ten-year-old Gertie, living on the edge of poverty, make all the world’s problems disappear? No, but she can create an imaginary world where everything is perfect—and name after herself!

Translated into Swedish. In his comic novel, Ten-year-old Bernie wants to be a famous astronaut someday or star in his favorite TV show. All he can do for now is

High school friends Jack and Wendell leave their small mining town in Colorado to drive west during summer break. Wendell wants to make trouble and have fun, while Jack’s mission

Released as a mass-market paperback by Dell. A love triangle set in a suburban American high school. Best friends Matt and Jesse pursue classmate Natalie as a girlfriend. Bograd’s British

Translated into Swedish. Selected as a “UNESCO Book for Peace.” Sixteen-year-old Maggie, reeling from the death of her mother, has no choice but to move from Boston to Los Alamos,

Translated into Japanese and published in the UK by Bodley Head, recipient of a Boston Globe rave review. Fifteen-year-old Nicky lives in a run-down Brooklyn apartment with his parents and

YA novel. Translated into French and Swedish and released as a mass-market paperback by Dell. After the KGB takes away the teenage Lev’s father, Lev must decide whether to conform

Young Bruno is anxious and alone after being separated from his mother in a large department store. That is, until Molly (also separated from her family) finds him and shows

Egon, a cross between a rat and a cat, is bored by his family, who help him pack before he leaves on adventures that end with his drawing posters for

Felix is inexplicably locked in his family’s attic, where he fashions a life for himself, building furniture, capturing rainwater, growing vegetables, reading books, etc., until he decides whether to rejoin