An admiral revisits a camp for boys in Puget Sound where he was sent, 48 years earlier as a social misfit. Rear Admiral Ian McKenzie was 15 at the time, one of a group of boys rehabilitated by a World War II Navy man who fired their enthusiasm with a construction project.
In the third Fe-As-Ko, cowboy Royal Leckner, his wife E. M., and Leviticus and Lou, the mentally out-of-sorts owners of the Four Arrows Ranch, have lassoed themselves a struggling baseball team. They are depending on the team to save the ranch, but getting them ready for the big time makes breaking a bronco look like child's play. In the course of a long winter's training the team and its owners encounter obstacles such as E.M.'s conniving half-sister, her jailbird father, a past baseball scandal, and the team's ruthless opponents. The team is scheduled to play the pennant-winning Boston Beaneaters in a game that will decide everyone's futures.
An admiral revisits a camp for boys in Puget Sound where he was sent, 48 years earlier as a social misfit. Rear Admiral Ian McKenzie was 15 at the time, one of a group of boys rehabilitated by a World War II Navy man who fired their enthusiasm with a construction project.
In the third Fe-As-Ko, cowboy Royal Leckner, his wife E. M., and Leviticus and Lou, the mentally out-of-sorts owners of the Four Arrows Ranch, have lassoed themselves a struggling baseball team. They are depending on the team to save the ranch, but getting them ready for the big time makes breaking a bronco look like child's play. In the course of a long winter's training the team and its owners encounter obstacles such as E.M.'s conniving half-sister, her jailbird father, a past baseball scandal, and the team's ruthless opponents. The team is scheduled to play the pennant-winning Boston Beaneaters in a game that will decide everyone's futures.
When a wealthy Japanese American resort owner in a small, sleepy Oregon coastal town becomes the prime target of an angry mob, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, twelve-year-old Ruby Opal Pearl "Jewels" Stokes comes to his defense.
A gripping historical fiction friendship story that will grab everyone by the heartstrings and never let go. A giant, a dwarf, and three doomed circus animals . . . By her fourteenth birthday, Babe Killingsworth measures 6ʹ9ʺ and weighs 342 pounds. In 1896, what other options does a giant have but to join a carnival? Her only real talent is handling animals: “Critters is folks to me.” The cheap outfit her feckless father sells her off to offers critters galore; an escape from Neal, Idaho; and a bit of fame. It also opens the doorway to exploitation and neglect. But Babe’s love for Euclid (a chimp) and Jupiter (a bear) keeps her anchored, and in Professor Renoir’s Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights, she is among her own kind. Enter Carlotta Jones, billed as the world’s smallest girl, whose elephant act leaves much to be desired. At thirty inches tall, Carlotta is beautiful, spoiled, and demanding and has very little talent—Egypt, her elephant, dances better than she does. How can a giant like Babe and a dwarf like Carlotta ever see eye to eye? They don’t at first, but soon they understand that a common enemy can bring anyone together—even a giant and a dwarf. "Platt proves again she is unafraid to tackle intensely emotional issues for young readers in this beautifully written piece. Like its title, it inspires both curiosity and delight.” —Booklist
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