Jane Claypool Miner

Provides detailed information of the development of the atomic bomb, along with the dropping of this weapon in the Japenese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes source notes and timline.

On a snowy night in February, at the improbable point in Lower Manhattan where Waverly Place intersects Waverly Place, a photographer named Leo meets Veronica for the first time. Starkly beautiful, mysterious, aloof, she leads him into a world where illusion blends seamlessly with reality--a luminously transformed city where powerful underground streams crisscross beneath the streets, a city of dragonpoints and Tibetan mysticism where real time is magically altered. Ten years have passed since Veronica's father, the famous magician Albin White, disappeared while performing a dangerous feat of time travel before a packed theater audience. White's disappearance was no accident: he was sabotaged by his apprentice Starwood, who interfered at a critical moment and sent him hurtling into the past, free to explore other eras but with no means of returning to the present.Until Veronica finds Leo...From the Trade Paperback edition.

Four girls take a skiing vacation in Mount Paradise, planning to have a good time and to forget briefly about a sadness in each of their lives.

Spending a dream summer on the beaches of sunny California, Amber, an attractive and innocent teen, finds intrigue and romance with three young men, including Mike, who treats her more like a woman than she is ready to be. The author of A Winter Love Story and many other successful romances offers the hottest read of the summer about a girl from Milwaukee working as an au pair for a rich and famous California TV movie family. This novel features an innocent yet independent young heroine, all the glitz of the star-studded Malibu colony, glamourous characters, and lots of romance.

Will their winter dreams come true? Willow: Beautiful. Irresistible. Used to having every boy she meets fall in love with her. Until Carlos... Brittany: She's grown up overshadowed by her sister, Willow. Now she and Willow are in love with the same boy. Anna: She's always liked basketball better than boys... until that New Year's Eve ball. Three girls learn over one special winter that love sometimes happens when you least expect it... and Prince Charming isn't always the guy on the white horse.

Jennie fights to save her life in the great Johnstown Flood of 1889 and survives to become a telegraph reporter covering the disaster but must choose between two men vying for her affection.

She escaped from the South to the North, where a boy captured her heart. In 1864, 16-year-old Corey has known only slavery. But she is courageous and spirited, and though Ned, a handsome slave from the same South Carolina plantation, hopes to marry her some day, Corey longs for a better life. Then the Civil War tears Corey's family apart, but Corey escapes from slavery. Freedom isn't easy, however. Corey can't find her family, and Ned tells her he is running off to fight. Corey has no one left she can trust, so she heads north to Philadelphia. Here she finds a new home and new friends. And she meets Penn Wilson, a dashing young man who captures her heart and introduces her to a new, free world. But when Ned asks Corey to go West with him, the choices freedom brings seem harder than ever. Will Corey join Ned? Or will she return to the South to help her people - alongside Penn? [text from book jacket]

Examines the issue of young people becoming parents and discusses such questions as "Is marriage the answer?" and "How does a good parent act?"

From small town girl to Hollywood star, her heart would belong to only one boy. Theirs would be the greatest love story Hollywood had ever known. Roxanne has come from a small town to Hollywood with one dream: to become a star. And she will do anything to succeed: change her looks, her name, and her friends. She has to decide if she should succumb to John Randolph, the movie producer's son, who can introduce her to all the right people. Or if she should follow her heart to Gary Marlowe, a glittering star who has eyes for all of the beautiful bit players and extras on the set. But Roxanne knows she is not going to settle for being just another extra - to Gary or to Hollywood ... she's going to have it all!

Has she found the boy of her dreams? After a tough year, it's finally the summer before Ellynne's senior year. Her mother wants her to find a job, but Ellynne looks forward to spending long, lazy days relaxing on the beach. It's time for some fun! She really misses her steady, Kip, who's away working. He's afraid she'll find someone new - and she does. Blond, easy-going Kenny is different from any boy she's ever known. He's free from responsibilities for the summer and just wants to have a good time. Ellynne's sure that all work and no play makes a dull girl. But what about all play? [text from book jacket]

Examines the history of the American worker, including the history of working blacks, women, and immigrants, and discusses the development of labor unions and work in the future.

Michelle and Adam promise not to date other people when Adam moves away. Their phone calls are their only contact. But Michelle finds that her days are long and lonesome, and her parents urge her to go out with anyone. Michelle chooses good old Charlie. She doesn't expect to have fun - but she does. She doesn't think Charlie is handsome - but he is. She doesn't want life to be any more complicated - but it is. Adam is coming back. [text from book jacket]

Discusses teenage drinking, a national problem, and presents case studies of teens who drink, who don't drink, and who have drinking problems.

Describes various hospital-related jobs, including nursing, office work, kitchen work, and housekeeping or maintenance work, and explains how to prepare for them.

Especially for young adults and high school students, this book tells what to do if you suspect someone has an eating problem. You will find symptoms and causes of eating disorders.

A teenage girl from a poor but close large family finds a special friend and happiness despite the snubs and taunts of the "in" crowd at school.

Mary Lou's secret of having a retarded sister threatens to be revealed and ruin her carefully constructed social life.

At first Larry is uncomfortable attending a new high school where he is one of only six black students.