Paula Fox: 27 books

**From Newbery Medal–winning author Paula Fox,**an isolated young girl discovers surprising revelations about her grandmother—and herself.   Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Elizabeth Benedict is furious when she finds out she’ll be spending a month with her grandmother in Maine. She’s sure she’s...

Newbery Medal winner Paula Fox depicts a fateful summer on the mysterious Greek island of Thasos in this “haunting tale” (*TheNew York Times Book Review*).**   Lily Corey and her older brother, Paul, have been summering on the Greek island of Thasos with their parents. For Lily, it’s been fun...

ew York, fine anni Trenta. Annie Gianfala è un’adolescente sola e squattrinata, orfana di madre e abbandonata da un padre pittore che si dedica, da anni, unicamente alla propria arte. Ma Annie ha un sogno, una direzione: vuole andare a Ovest, come i pionieri un secolo prima di lei e come lei venuti...

"A towering landmark of postwar Realism. . . . A sustained work of prose so lucid and fine it seems less written than carved." — David Foster Wallace Otto and Sophie Bentwood live childless in a renovated Brooklyn brownstone. The complete works of Goethe line their bookshelf, their stainless-steel...

Newbery Medal Winner: A young Louisiana boy faces the horrors of slavery when he is kidnapped and forced to work on a slave ship in this iconic novel. Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier earns a few pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans. One night, on his way home, a canvas is thrown...

Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...

Eleven-year-old Clay must find a home on the streets of New York City in this award-winning, heartbreakingly honest novel.   He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.   Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant...

National Book Award Winner: A grieving teenager wonders if she’ll ever understand anything—especially the big things—in life. Time passed, and all the minutes hurt . . . After her father’s death, Victoria Finch’s life changes completely. To save money, she and her mother move...

America and the catastrophic world of twentieth-century war, mass murder, and horror are the backdrop of this story of Annie Gianfala, a young woman who finds herself cast adrift in Hollywood with World War II looming. Defending herself with despairing stubbornness against personal catastrophe,...

A Newbery Honor Book and Winner of the Christopher Award: A young boy fires a forbidden rifle—and must face the consequences. Ned Wallis’s minister father made him promise not to touch the rifle until he turns fourteen. But the eleven-year-old can’t resist sneaking outside and trying...

In The Heart of a Mother, author Paula J. Fox celebrates all that makes mothers so special. Paula is no stranger to Simple Truths' readers. Her poetry and quotes have brought joy to millions in the Heart of a Teacher and the Heart of a Caregiver. In this eBook, the beautiful artwork will jump off of...

The Heart of a Teacher is a celebration of thanks to the teachers of the world. The Heart of a Teacher is filled with inspirational stories and poems that reflect the hearts of teachers and their commitment to making a difference in each life they touch. Mac Anderson explains why he chose to publish...

Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...