Alfred Slote

Jack and his robot buddy, Danny One, set off for the planet Janus to rescue the young King Paul from his conniving uncle.

In order to become a good pitcher for his baseball team, fifteen-year-old Tip tries to overcome his sensitivity to the jeers of the opposing players.

Tony, a star athlete, befriends Bill and gives hope to the losing baseball team, but Tony's problems force Bill to make some tough decisions.

The only thing Randy enjoys about baseball is having it over with so he can go fishing, but his father insists that he participate on the school team.

Trying hard to adjust to a new town, Tim wants to return the expensive baseball glove he found before the real owner accuses him of stealing it.

Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel but a young boy finds out it is not without dangers.

Jake Maxwell has lost his Texas cattle ranch to squatters. If he doesn't get his cattle to market, he'll lose them too, but he can't find any cowhands. Isabelle's orphans aren't a good solution, but they're the only one he has. He just has to make sure he doesn't fall in love with Isabelle or become too attached to these homeless boys. Isabelle Davenport is determined to find homes for eight unwanted orphan boys. When they're caught between an abusive situation and going to jail, she turns to Jake, a man she neither trusts nor respects. She wants warm, loving homes for her eight orphan boys. She thinks Jake's ranch is the perfect situation but he's the wrong man. She agrees to go along on the trail drive to protect the boys. She quickly discovers the rules she learned growing up in Savannah society don't work in Texas.

Although he's not very good at baseball, ten-year-old Henry uses his imagination to become a better ball player.

A collection of the legends and truths about the moon.

A 15-year-old tennis player's experiences in the world of competitive sports help him come to terms with his parents' divorce, his first romance, and his own ambition.

Jack Jameson and his robot twin, Danny One, must save the universe from a mad scientist.

For his tenth birthday, Jack wants a robot so he'll have someone to play with.

A young boy realizes that a good player is not always the one who scores but the one who helps the team win.

When eleven-year-old Robby takes drastic steps to stop his widowered father from developing a new love interest, his friend Beth has to step in and help him come to terms with the situation.

Discusses various aspects of air, including weather and flight, interspersed with tales from ancient Greece, Norway, and other lands explaining the same phenomena.

Ezell's father finagles a little League team for Ezell and his friends with himself as coach, a job he's never had before.

Eleven-year old Robbie and his thirteen-year-old sister, Peggy, involve themselves in some elaborate schemes to discourage their widowed father's budding romance and to persuade him to move back to their old hometown.

Eleven-year-old Jason, believing the school custodian Mack Henry to be Buck McHenry, a famous pitcher from the old Negro League, tries to enlist him as a coach for his Little League team by revealing his identity to the world.