National Network for Equitable Library Service

The year is 29 C.E., and Jerusalem chafes under the Roman Empire’s continued presence and oppressive rule. But in spite of that unpleasant fact of life, life goes on, but not for everyone.

The World Cup, which arrives in June, has ripple effects on all South Africa’s neighbors.

Waldo Templeton was, at best, a mediocre organist.

The elderly Jonathan Lydell III is proud of his family history. He is related to the Virginia Lees (both Light Horse Harry and Robert E.

Frank Smith, famed writer of murder mysteries, boards Southwest Airlines heading from Phoenix to Baltimore.

Nick Reynolds, his pilot’s rating barely a month old, drops off the radar at night over the Chesapeake Bay. Investigating agencies call it another tragic pilot error accident.

Ruth Harris, Sherriff Ike Schwartz’s fiancée, is involved in a near fatal automobile accident. But Ike is convinced the crash was rigged.

Boy Judas Iscariot struggles to understand his mother’s god. Despairing, he becomes a survivor in the streets of the first century Roman empire.

With the unexpected help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to help a suicidal teenager.

The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own.

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Duncan is very angry.

What can you do when the adult world lets you down?

In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small.