search for books and compare prices
Sonia Levitin has written 43 work(s)
Search for other authors with the same name
at beginning | displaying 1 to 25 | next 18 >
Jump to start at |
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9780439440547 Cover for 9780439293143 Cover for 9780152398200 Cover for 9780449704257 Cover for 9780152575458 Cover for 9780689108686 Cover for 9780152772482 Cover for 9780449700518 Cover for 9780689308833 Cover for 9780449701201 Cover for 9780689310249 Cover for 9780449702277 Cover for 9780689311130 Cover for 9780689711305 Cover for 9780689318290 Cover for 9780808592891 Cover for 9780395318607 Cover for 9780449703472 Cover for 9780833547828 Cover for 9780803710290 Cover for 9780140554618 Cover for 9780803710306 Cover for 9780844664859 Cover for 9780020441915 Cover for 9780689715709 Cover for 9780689315633 Cover for 9780606015974 Cover for 9780833586322 Cover for 9780803712805 Cover for 9780449704417 Cover for 9780803712812 Cover for 9780803715066 Cover for 9780803715073 Cover for 9780786107629 Cover for 9780785778509 Cover for 9780316522731 Cover for 9780140375374 Cover for 9780606086783 Cover for 9780689804403 Cover for 9780689317521 Cover for 9780785791423
cover image for 9780439293143
In 1860, fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns from fellow travelers about important topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony express, as he journeys from Missouri to California in search of his father. (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9780439440547 | Scholastic, January 1, 1948, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Clem Fontayne journeys across the Wild Western frontier in search of his father, who vanished after heading for the Californina gold fields.

School and Library:

9780439293143 | Orchard Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In 1860, fourteen-year-old Clem Fontayne learns about important topics of the day, including the Mormon migration, slavery, and the Pony express, as he journeys from Missouri to California in search of his father.

When they run out of other things to argue about, three farmers begin a hopeless and endless argument over which one owns the moon.

School and Library:

9780395276570 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1973, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Three farmers who each claim the moon as their own go to the Teacher to find out who actually owns it

cover image for 9780152398200
When eleven-year-old Jason plants a money tree, he finds himself in conflict with both the law and nature.

Hardcover:

9780152398200 | Harcourt, March 1, 1974, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A series of troubles befalls Jason when he plants a ten-dollar bill left to him by his grandfather

When three farmers worry so much that they decide to sell their farms, their wives consult the Teacher for a way to stop them.

School and Library:

9780395276587 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Three farmers, Abel, Nagel, and Zeke are such worriers that their wives visit the Teacher, the wisest of all men, to find out how to cure them

cover image for 9780449704257
When a mysterious dish helps Daria Peterson get in contact with her grandmother's ghost, she learns secrets about her ever-practical mother's past. By the author of Incident at Loring Groves. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780449704257 | Reprint edition (Juniper, April 1, 1994), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: After winning an ordinary dish at a local carnival, a thirteen-year-old is catapulted into a terrifying world of psychic phenomena where she discovers some shocking truths about her own past.

School and Library:

9780689305696 | Atheneum, February 1, 1977, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: After winning an ordinary dish at a local carnival, a thirteen-year-old is catapulted into a terrifying world of psychic phenomena where she discovers some shocking truths about her own past.

cover image for 9780152575458
Ben and Nancy Kelsey and their baby daughter join a wagon train and embark on a hazardous journey from Missouri to California

Hardcover:

9780152575458 | Harcourt, April 1, 1978, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A fictionalized account of the 1841 Bidwell-Bartleson expedition which included seventeen-year-old Nancy Kelsey, the first American woman to journey from Missouri to California.

cover image for 9780689108686
Describes the intelligence, affection, shortcomings, virtues, and idiosyncracies of family pets who have, at various times, owned the author

Hardcover:

9780689108686 | Atheneum, May 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Describes the intelligence, affection, shortcomings, virtues, and idiosyncracies of family pets who have, at various times, owned the author

cover image for 9780152772482
Jacov, a slow boy, is given the special honor of 'blowing the shofar (ram's horn)' on the Jewish high holy days.

School and Library:

9780152772482 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1979, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A sympathetic rabbi chooses Jacov, an awkward, slightly backward youth, to sound the traditional ram's horn marking the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year

Product Description: The annual lolliberry festival in Little Digby is marred because everybody sneaks a little taste of the pie they are all to share, thinking there will be plenty left for the celebration.

Paperback:

9780152574703 | Harcourt Childrens Books, March 1, 1980, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: The annual lolliberry festival in Little Digby is marred because everybody sneaks a little taste of the pie they are all to share, thinking there will be plenty left for the celebration.

cover image for 9780449700518
Leni's senior year in high school is complicated by her relationship with college student Blair Justin, whom she invites to stay at her house during a hectic and finally disastrous senior week

Paperback:

9780449700518 | Reprint edition (Fawcett Books, December 1, 1983), cover price $1.95 | About this edition: Leni's senior year in high school is complicated by her relationship with college student Blair Justin, whom she invites to stay at her house during a hectic and finally disastrous senior week

School and Library:

9780689308833 | Atheneum, March 1, 1982, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Leni describes her senior year of high school during which things at home, at school, and in her personal life happen with heightened intensity.

An old woman is taunted by the lighthouse keeper for feeding the abandoned cats that live near the lighthouse, but when she falls ill, he has a change of heart.

School and Library:

9780152023966 | Harcourt Childrens Books, January 1, 1984, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An old lighthouse keeper makes fun of an elderly woman who comes to the shore each day to feed dozens of stray cats, but soon changes his mind

cover image for 9780449701201
Claudia's life and her parents' thinking are changed when she learns about the struggle for women's rights and follows through on her commitments into a confrontation at a school swim meet

Paperback:

9780449701201 | Reprint edition (Fawcett Books, July 1, 1986), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Claudia's life and her parents' thinking are changed when she learns about the struggle for women's rights and follows through on her commitments into a confrontation at a school swim meet

School and Library:

9780689310249 | Atheneum, March 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A high school senior, concerned about the fight for women's rights, finds herself suspended from school and the focus of community debate following a confrontation at a swim meet during which she removed her shirt.

cover image for 9780449702277
Hot-air balloonist Gus McMurphy and his mother counsel Inky, a young girl shocked and confused by the discovery that her handsome father has been repeatedly unfaithful to her resigned and unhappy mother

Paperback:

9780449702277 | Reprint edition (Fawcett Books, August 1, 1987), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Hot-air balloonist Gus McMurphy and his mother counsel Inky, a young girl shocked and confused by the discovery that her handsome father has been repeatedly unfaithful to her resigned and unhappy mother

School and Library:

9780689311130, titled "A Season for Unicorns" | Atheneum, March 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Disillusioned by her father's infidelity, Inky abandons her family to seek courage and honesty in a household operating a hot air balloon launch.

cover image for 9780808592891
In 1938 Lisa Platt, her mother and sisters attempt to flee Nazi Germany to Switzerland, and then to America where her father waits for them

Paperback:

9780689711305 | 2 edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, March 1, 1987), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

School and Library:

9780689318290 | Reissue edition (Atheneum, April 1, 1993), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

Reinforced:

9780606005036 | Demco Media, March 1, 1987, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

Prebinding:

9780808592891 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.

cover image for 9780395318607
The local school teacher tries to convince Rico, the fisherman, not to disturb the nest a rare bird has made at the top of his ship's mast
By Sonia Levitin and Francis Livingston (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780395318607 | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 1988), cover price $3.98 | About this edition: A reclusive fisherman's neighbors try to persuade him not to harm the rare birds that have nested in his boat.

Paperback:

9780590422451 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, May 1, 1989), cover price $2.50

cover image for 9780833547828
While partying in an abandoned house with friends who are using drugs, Cassidy and Ken face a difficult decision when they find a classmate murdered and risk implicating themselves if they go to the police.

Hardcover:

9780803704558 | Dutton Childrens Books, May 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Ken and Cassidy both know the rules for success, but the rules of the game are changed by their discovery of the body of a classmate and the decision of whether or not inform the police and become involved in a murder

Paperback:

9780449703472 | Reprint edition (Juniper, March 1, 1990), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Ken and Cassidy both know the rules for success, but the rules of the game are changed by their discovery of the body of a classmate and the decision of whether or not to inform the police and become involved in a murder

Reinforced:

9780606252997 | Demco Media, December 1, 1990, cover price $13.54 | About this edition: Ken and Cassidy both know the rules for success, but the rules of the game are changed by their discovery of the body of a classmate and the decision of whether or not to inform the police and become involved in a murder

Prebinding:

9780833547828 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.75 | About this edition: Ken and Cassidy both know the rules for success, but the rules of the game are changed by their discovery of the body of a classmate and the decision of whether or not to inform the police and become involved in a murder

cover image for 9780140554618
Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love

Hardcover:

9780803710290, titled "The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket" | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love

Paperback:

9780140554618, titled "The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket" | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1995), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love

Library:

9780803710306 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1991, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Having once had his heart broken, Jack keeps it in a bucket safe from harm until one day a young maiden asks him to solve a riddle which teaches him the true meaning of love

cover image for 9780844664859
Mark Conte enlists the aid of his knowing neighbor, Greg Gaff, and the school's four slickest operators to pull off an unprecedented prank on the school computer and its caretakers

Hardcover:

9780844664859 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, January 1, 1992, cover price $16.50

Paperback:

9780020441915, titled "The Mark of Conte" | 2 edition (Simon Pulse, October 1, 1991), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Mark Conte enlists the aid of his knowing neighbor, Greg Gaff, and the school's four slickest operators to pull off an unprecedented prank on the school computer and its caretakers

cover image for 9780833586322
In this sequel to Journey to America, the reunited Platt family works hard at settling in to America, but the spectre of the war in Europe continues to affect their lives

Paperback:

9780689715709 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, April 1, 1992), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: In this sequel to Journey to America, the reunited Platt family works hard at settling in to America, but the spectre of the war in Europe continues to affect their lives

School and Library:

9780689315633 | Atheneum, May 1, 1989, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Escaping from Hitler's Germany, a prosperous Jewish family lives in a New York City tenement until Papa decides to move the family to California.

Reinforced:

9780606015974 | Demco Media, April 1, 1992, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: In this sequel to Journey to America, the reunited Platt family works hard at settling in to America, but the spectre of the war in Europe continues to affect their lives

Prebinding:

9780833586322 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: In this sequel to Journey to America, the reunited Platt family works hard at settling in to America, but the spectre of the war in Europe continues to affect their lives

cover image for 9780449704417
When Jonathan and his Jewish family move into Laurel Wang's former home, he finds the house haunted by the protective spirit of Laurel's grandmother and future-predicting fortune cookies, and befriends Laurel in order to investigate a scary accident. Reprint. PW.

Hardcover:

9780803712805 | Dial Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When Jonathan's family buys Laurel's house, this Jewish boy and Chinese American girl gradually become friends as they deal with ancestral spirits and changing family relationships

Paperback:

9780449704417 | Reprint edition (Juniper, September 1, 1994), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: When Jonathan's family buys Laurel's house, the Jewish boy and Chinese American girl gradually become friends as they deal with ancestral spirits and changing family relationships

Library:

9780803712812 | Dial Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: When Jonathan's family buys Laurel's house, this Jewish boy and Chinese American girl gradually become friends as they deal with ancestral spirits and changing family relationships

cover image for 9780803715066
When Adam and his friends start a war with a rival club over a clubhouse, the conflict ends in violence
By Sonia Levitin and Vincent Nasta (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803715066 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1994, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: When Adam and his friends start a war with a rival club over a clubhouse, the conflict ends in violence

Library:

9780803715073 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1994, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: When Adam and his friends start a war with a rival club over a clubhouse, the conflict ends in violence

cover image for 9780785778509
When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786107629 | Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 1995, cover price $44.95

Prebinding:

9780785778509 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.30 | About this edition: When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat

cover image for 9780606086783
When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat

Hardcover:

9780316522731 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat

Paperback:

9780140375374 | Reprint edition (Puffin, March 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat

Reinforced:

9780606086783 | Demco Media, March 1, 1996, cover price $14.09 | About this edition: When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat

cover image for 9780785791423
Her experiences at a summer camp in the California mountains in 1945 give twelve-year-old Annie Platt new insight into her overprotective family of German-Jewish immigrants. Sequel to 'Silver Days.'

Paperback:

9780689804403, titled "Annie's Promise" | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, May 1, 1996), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: As a young refugee from Nazi Germany, Annie Platt seizes the opportunity to attend Quaker Pines, a camp for people of many different backgrounds

School and Library:

9780689317521, titled "Annie's Promise" | Atheneum, April 1, 1993, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: As a young refugee from Nazi Germany, Annie Platt siezes the opportunity to attend Quaker Pines, a camp for people of many different backgrounds

Reinforced:

9780606090070, titled "Annie's Promise" | Demco Media, May 1, 1996, cover price $12.97 | About this edition: As a young refugee from Nazi Germany, Annie Platt seizes the opportunity to attend Quaker Pines, a camp for people of many different backgrounds

Prebinding:

9780785791423, titled "Annie's Promise" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.15 | About this edition: As a young refugee from Nazi Germany, Annie Platt seizes the opportunity to attend Quaker Pines, a camp for people of many different backgrounds

at beginning | displaying 1 to 25 | next 18 >