Mary Casanova píše príbehy, ktoré dávajú zmysel a ktoré deti nedokážu odložiť. Jej diela, inšpirované životom na hranici medzi Minnesotou a Kanadou aj výskumom na cestách po svete, skúmajú témy, ktoré oslovujú mladých čitateľov. Casanova považuje za najväčšiu odmenu, keď jej mladý čitateľ povie, že má rád jej knihu, pretože pre ňu je písanie spôsobom komunikácie medzi autorom a čitateľom. Slová sú jej štetcom, jej spôsobom, ako skúmať svet okolo seba, a ona si užíva zdieľanie svojej vášne pre písanie a čítanie s deťmi aj dospelymi.
After being sent to work with her father in Minnesota, young Alex gets stranded on a small island with a wounded eagle and must manage to keep the other animals at a distance while trying to find a way to get back to her own home. Reprint.
Chrissa's had a good summer, practicing for swim team tryouts. Then her world is shaken when she and her friends get mean text messages and there's an accident at the pool. Can one girl put an end to the bullying?
When ten-year-old Jess McConnell meets a new friend on her trip to the ancient Maya ruins in Belize, she is invited on an eco-adventure and makes some real discoveries--about the dangers in the Belizean jungle, about the people who have lived there since long ago, and about herself.
When Kit arrives in Kentucky to visit her aunt and brother she finds trouble brewing and locals blaming the CCC workers, leaving Kit to find the real culprit before things get worse.
Twelve-year-old Cecile Revel is given a change to leave her peasant life and serve at King Louis XIV's court. She finds life within the palace gates is not as full of ease and elegance as she had imagined. Faced with a test of conscience, Cecile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one's place at birth.