Paula Fox

Fifteen-year-old Catherine and her father take their first joint vacation in Nova Scotia and finally get to know each other.

Only his strange great-aunt seems to understand the thoughts behind a young boy's expressionless face as he returns on an eerie, snowy night from rescuing a dog that dislikes him.

Ethan is not allowed to walk across the street, so when his ball rolls away he devises a clever way to retrieve it.

As a child Alec, heir to the big house and only son of a bitter marriage, formed a close friendship with Jerry, a village boy who shared his passion for horses. In 1914 both enlisted in the British Army - Alec goaded by his beautiful, cold mother to fight for King and Country, Jerry to learn his trade for the Irish Nationalist cause. But amid the mud of Flanders, their relationship is tested by an ordeal beyond the horror of the battlefield.

Ned Wallis knows he's forbidden to touch the rifle in the attic. But he can't resist sneaking it out of the house, just once. Before he realizes it, Ned takes a shot at a dark shadow. When Ned returns home, he's sure he sees a face looking down at him from the attic window. Who has seen and heard him? Ned's feelings of guilt and fear only get worse when one day, while helping an elderly neighbor, he spots a wild cat with one eye missing. Could this be the thing Ned shot at that night? How can Ned bring himself to reveal his painful secret?

Forced to live on the streets of New York after his mother disappears from their hotel room, eleven-year-old Clay is befriended by two men who help him survive.

This book demonstrates how the peace and serenity found inside an abbey can be achieved despite the hustle and bustle of today's outside world. A leading American spiritual writer and Trappist monk, Father M. Basil Pennington shows how, step by step, the spirituality of monasticism can be adapted for use in daily life.

Luisa de la Cueva, fille d'un grand propriétaire de plantation à sucre et d'une domestique indigène, est née sur l'île de San Pedro dans les Caraïbes. Elle y passe une partie de son enfance. Mais son père, craignant la révolution, emmène sa famille à New York où, là, le nom de la Cueva n'évoque plus rien. Alors, elle trouve un travail de servante, gagnant ainsi son indépendance.

Annie Gianfala, 17 ans, abandonnée par son père, part vers l'ouest des Etats-Unis dans les années précédant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elle dérive, rencontrant des intellectuels blasés, des cadres du Parti communiste, des Noirs, des écrivains ratés ou en train de le devenir, constituant un mouvement radical de la Californie d'avant guerre que P. Fox a bien connu.

Die böse Tante: Emma muss während der Herzoperation ihres Vaters nach Long Island zu Onkel Crispin und Tante Bea, die sich bald als Ekel entpuppt. Ihre Bemerkungen sind stets kleine feindselige Attacken, mit denen sie irritiert, verwirrt oder verletzt. Auch wenn Onkel Crispin sich anstrengt, die Bösartigkeiten der Tante aufzulockern, ist Emma froh, wenn sie der beklemmenden Atmosphäre im Haus ausweichen kann. Sie lernt das Nachbarsmädchen Bertie kennen und die beiden bauen über Tage ein Miniaturdorf am Strand. Die Mädchen haben ihre wahre Freude daran und sind stolz auf ihr Werk. In der Nacht vor Emmas Abreise wird das Dorf von der eifersüchtigen Tante Bea zerstört Das Buch ist keine leichte Kost: Einerseits ängstigt sich Emma um ihren Vater, andererseits ist sie der psychisch gestörten Bea ausgesetzt. Für ein Kind gerade etwas viel. Da man alles aus der Perspektive des Mädchens erlebt, kann auch kein Verständnis für die (einst?) alkoholsüchtige und vom Neid zerfressene Tante aufkommen. Die einzige Rettung ist ihre Fantasie, in die sie mit Bertie eintauchen kann. Ab 11 Jahren, ****, Denise Racine.

Eight-year-old Maurice's struggle to protect his bedroom full of treasured "junk" from unsympathetic parents undergoes a transformation when the family moves to the country.

In this moving and unusual memoir - this portrait of a life adrift - there are many things Paula can't remember, many things she can't explain, but the gaps are telling, signifying a child's quiet acceptance of the way things are.

Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

With the help of a falcon an ineffectual medieval king trades the troubled, boring life of royalty for the freedom of a falconer.

A little boy who can't spell or ever seem to please his parents spends a week with a kooky babysitter and makes a special friend.

When he sees all the attention which his parents and people in the neighborhood give to Jacob, eleven-year-old Paul struggles with his feelings toward this younger brother who has Down syndrome.

1941 verlässt Helen zum ersten Mal ihren Heimatort und reist nach New Orleans. Sie ist voller Staunen, Angst, Liebe und Verwunderung. Sie bleibt hängen und verlässt die Stadt erst als verheiratete Frau wieder.

A dog writes his recent master a letter to explain why he ran away, and in it tells of his life with different masters--a rancher, a shepherd, a wealthy Boston woman, a circus clown, an American boy, and a blind, elderly Frenchman.