Joan Hiatt Harlow
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Aladdin pbk. ed.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1942, fourteen-year-old Jill goes to stay with her grandmother on the coast of Maine, where she is introduced to the often gossipy nature of small-town life, and discovers that the war is closer than she thought. The U.S. is at war with Germany. Fourteen-year-old Jill Winter's mother is traveling to Newfoundland and must pass through the treacherous North Atlantic, where German submarines U-boats stalk like wolves. Jill's father, a famous pop singer,...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
150 pages : map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1912, fearing for the safety of her beloved Newfoundland dog Sirius because of a new law outlawing non-sheepherding dogs in her Newfoundland village, twelve-year-old Maggie tries to save him by keeping him hidden.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Aladdin pbk. ed.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
243 pages : map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Just when his dreams of being part of a family and having a dog seem to be coming true, Tom wonders if trouble with neighbors on his new island home and the impending birth of a new baby will change everything. Set in Newfoundland in 1929.