Gail Donovan

They married for money neither of them wanted. From the moment Frank Corey stepped into her dilapidated Cape Cod house, Penny Harris was confused. Was he devil or hero, gangster or lawyer? But after months of hiding out to evade her money hungry family, the five-foot-ten heiress was ready for some help. Over bowls of canned soup, Penny gradually fell in love with the homely (or was he handsome?) demanding lawyer. Frank offered advice, protection--even marriage--to his "little love." But forty million dollars threatened to keep them apart.

Meet fifth-grader Joshan irrepressible motormouth, always in trouble. His ordinary troubles grow wildly out of control when he brings a mutant frog he has found to school, and it seems everyone is on his caseparents, teacher, classmates, even the lunch ladies! When the frog is confi scated by the principal, Josh organizes the school to do what he knows is right. Heartwarming and hilarious, this novel by a major new talent will have kids cheering.

This book describes how Tami Oldham survived at sea and eventually reached the Hawaiian Islands after her boat was destroyed by Hurricane Raymond and her fiancé was tossed overboard.

When fifth-grader Bailey, who lives on an island off the coast of Maine, suffers a series of setbacks, including a lice outbreak at school, it will take every ounce of her determination and the help of new school friends to get everything back together.

Rainbow Fish and his friends learn that sometimes it is smart to be afraid.

Fourth grader Monty can't ever make up his mind, but when a school project tests his abilities, Monty has to decide - should he follow what his teachers say, or do what he knows is right?--

When a ship with a black mouth menaces the fish, polar bears, and seals, Lars, the little polar bear, heroically lures the ship near an iceberg in hopes of sinking it.

When Rainbow Fish and his friends take a shortcut through Mrs. Crabbitz's garden, they are falsely accused of knocking down some sculptures.

Miss Cuttle's class organizes a surprise birthday party for her, and Rusty comes up with another surprise when he helps plan the music

Lars, a little polar bear, and his best friend Robby, a seal, are told that polar bears and seals cannot be friends, but they find a way to prove that they can.

When irrepressible fifth-grader Josh finds a five-legged frog in his backyard pond, it leads to him learning a lot about amphibians--and himself.

Rainbow Fish is angry that Tug copies everything he does, especially when their teacher, Miss Cuttle, picks them to work on a project together.

Finch has trouble paying attention in school. He's just too busy dreaming about uncovering a dinosaur fossil and naming a new species after himself--until he digs up a note in the fifth-grade class garden with the word HELP on it. He is determined to come to the aid of the mystery note-writer. But when the quest turns out to be harder than expected, Finch risks losing two things that he really wants --his best friend Noah, and a field trip to Dinosaur State Park.

Things start out fine when Rainbow Fish and his friends organize an impromptu sports day, but Spike is a sore loser, Puffer is a poor winner, and no one has any fun until Dyna finds a solution.