Robert Burch

When the mischievous teasing and fibbing that make D. J. his own worst enemy bring serious injury to his brother and sister, D. J. decides to become a real member of the family.

Tormented by taunts that her father is in prison, thirteen-year-old Queenie retaliates by causing a lot of trouble until she discovers something important about her father and herself.

Describes the impact of World War II on a sixth grade class in Georgia.

An eleven-year-old orphan temporarily working at Miss Bessie's hotel hopes arrangements can be made to enable him to stay there instead of being sent to an orphans' home.

The parakeet Dave receives as a gift not only talks but realizes that Dave would rather have had a dog and sets about helping him find one.

An old man and a wild gray chicken survive the years, each valuing his freedom above all else.

Tough times in rural Georgia during the Depression take a lively turn when spirited Ida Early arrives to keep house for the Suttons.

Eight-year-old Renfro learns that spontaneous giving is more satisfying than receiving any of the material objects he desired for Christmas.

Unappreciated by her somber fellow witches, young, pretty, and jolly Cluny tries a new life with some somber human beings.

Describes the impact of World War II on a sixth-grade class in Georgia.

Newly enlisted into the Army during World War II, a seventeen-year-old boy reminisces about his school days and his relationship with one special girl.

A farm boy's dream of owning a go-cart almost becomes a reality until he decides the price is too high.

Thirteen-year-old Simon feels his devoutly religious father is too strict with him and the rest of the family, but during the year his mother is in the sanitarium, Simon learns to understand both himself and his father.

Lost in the woods, Trudy and Vic turn down offers to share the homes of many woodland animals, and instead keep searching for their own house.

A shy new girl makes a place for herself in her sixth grade class by writing poems.

Ida Early, who keeps house for the Sutton family in rural Georgia during the Depression, becomes the unwitting target of the children's matchmaking schemes during the holiday season.

A boy living in rural Georgia in 1935 befriends an accused teenage thief he believes is innocent.

Eight-year-old Renfroe learns that spontaneous giving is more satisfying than receiving any of the material objects he desired for Christmas.