Janice Jordan Shefelman

When Anna Maria's father, a famous violin maker, dies, she is sent to live in the Pieta, an orphanage in Venice. Though she misses her father, she knows he will always be with her, as long as she has the beautiful violin he crafted for her.Luckily, the Pieta is not just an orphanage--it's also a renowned music school whose teacher is none other than composer Antonio Vivaldi. When Anna Maria becomes his star pupil, another orphan's jealousy leads her to throw Anna Maria's precious violin into the canals. With help from her beloved teacher and new friends, Anna Maria searches Venice's bridges, streets, and canals, but it seems hopeless. Will Anna Maria ever find her father's violin?From the Hardcover edition.

Young Wolf rides his colt Snow Wind in a race against his former friend Little Big Mouth.

A young Comanche boy experiences his tribe's conflicts with the Tejanos in 1840s Texas.

Young Wolf goes in search of his horse Red Wind, which has been spirited away by a legendary wild stallion.

Although his father thinks that Young Wolf is still too young to join in the tribe's buffalo hunt, the ten-year-old tries to prepare himself, his horse, and a friend to take part.

Teased for choosing a mare for his first horse, Young Wolf learns how to ride like a warrior.

A Lebanese man who comes to the United States to seek his fortune suffers several setbacks, but makes his dream come true.

An old Victorian house is moved from the country to its new location on a city street, where a family fixes it up and happily moves in.

When Mina learns that Amaya, her Lipan Apache friend, has been kidnapped by a band of marauding Comanches, she disguises herself as a boy and follows the Texas Rangers to search for Amaya. Sequel to "A Paradise Called Texas."

A summer drought and epidemic illness in 1847 force Mina, Papa, and his new wife, Lisette, to move on to a larger land grant deep in Commanche territory. Sequel to "A Paradise Called Texas."

Searching for a better life, Mina and her parents leave their German fatherland in 1845 and sail to Texas where they find hardship, tragedy, and adventure.