Ellen Beier

Norman, a blind Labrador retriever, saves a girl from drowning in the ocean.

A biography of the African-American woman who helped over 300 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and was never caught herself.

A young woman and her husband are glad that they gave a stray kitten a home when it saves their lives by alerting them to a gas leak.

Jose Mendez is the best fielder on the Peach Street Mudders baseball team. But that's not enough for him. He wants to be a great batter, too, just like his father was when he played in the minor leagues. But every time Jose picks up the bat, disaster strikes. Will Jose ever be able to match his dad's .375 batting average? Or can he discover another way to be a hit with his father?

Traces the life and musical career of the celebrated nineteenth-century German composer.

Tells the story of the Meadows family and the life they lead in the quiet country town of Blue Hill, Virginia.

Virginia and her brother are never allowed to pick first from the donation boxes at church because their father is the priest, and she is heartbroken when another girl gets the beautiful coat that she covets. Based on the author's memories of life on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.

After he gets hit by a fast-moving ball, Turtleneck Jones loses his confidence on the baseball diamond and sees his position at first base given to another player.

A brief biography of the English rock musician with emphasis on his early years and the formation of the famous Beatles.

Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.