A retelling of the Arthurian legend focusing on the childhood of King Arthur "Wart" and his teacher, Merlyn, a wise old wizard.

The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King.

This 1899 semi-autobiographical collection of stories about boys at a British boarding school in North Devon focuses on three chums-the eponymous Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle-who were stand-ins for Kipling himself and his boyhood friends. Rowdy and amusing, the stories are among Kipling's freshest.

Warm, appealing novel about sixteen-year-old Barbara who watches her older sister prepare for marriage.

Sixteen-year-old Barney has only fleeting memories about his past but, as a voluntary patient at the institute for experimental medicine, he knows he is different from the terminally ill patients surrounding him. His involvement with the bitter, slowly dying, Mazzo brings Barney hope, pain, and a moment of heroic glory.

Tyler's friendship with Abby seems to be helping him shake his grief over his father's death, but when he disappears, Abby begins to suspect that the house he was staying in has its own secrets.