With ears like a bat and webbed toes, it seems as if ten-yearold Jake could fly right out of reality into the freedom of his dreams. No more worries about asthma, special reading class, or his parents' fighting―just sky. But Jake can't simply fly away. There's his little sister, Cassie, to tell stories to when the night sounds become frightening, amazing facts to learn from his best friend Luke, and a safe place―Dragon's Nest―to build in the backyard. This beautifully written middle grade novel tells the courageous story of Jake―a night watchman―a protector in the truest sense of the word who finds hope in crickets, friends, teachers, and dreams.

The sixth grade's biggest boy, who never lost a fight and refuses to do his homework on principle, meets unexpected challenges that lead to a better sense of his true self. Reprint.

Chad experiences a range of emotions when he goes camping with his parents and his five-year-old mentally disabled brother Ben who has many developmental problems.

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Presents the stories of nine very different people whose lives were completely changed, by new relationships, deaths, and truths, after cataclysmic moments of personal revelation.

A teacher tells of the sixth grade's biggest boy, who never lost a fight and refuses to do his homework on principle, until he meets unexpected challenges leading to a better sense of his true self.

Felix, a young boy who 'speaks' in colors rather than in words, is kidnapped by an evil king who plans to use the boy for his own greedy purposes, and only Felix's magical gift can save him.

When the Mean One rides into town and terrorizes the citizens of Sharpesville, Gregory and Maw save the day by taking the villain and his horse, Killer, on a trip back through time.

High school senior, Rick Haggstrom, comes to believe that his deceased parents have been reincarnated as his two best friends.