Books with author Barbara Wallace

How, Amelia wonders, could four short months have such a wonderful beginning and such a grim and terrible ending? Why must she now find herself riding to the docks of London en route to a strange new life in America, seated beside the stone-faced, bloodless, tight-lipped woman in the grim black hat?"The plot twists and turns at an alarming rate in the is story of dastardly crimes and firm friendships, and that's exactly what makes it so much fun..." says Booklist in its starred review.A Junior Library Guild book, and Mystery Writers of America EDGAR nominee.

If someone were to tell you they found a DRAGON in their family garage, you would think they were one of three things: 1) LOONY; or 2) LYING; or 3) VIVIDLY IMAGINATIVE. But Morris was NOT LOONY. He NEVER TOLD A LIE. And as for IMAGINATION, he had ZIP. ZERO. NONE! Therefore, he was the perfect person to discover a BONA FIDE (which means honest-to-goodness, no-doubt-about-it) DRAGON in his family garage.

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs.Text for author bio box:Please use the author's bioText for book description Box:Belonging to the V.I.G.'s and B.'she Very Important Girls and Boyss the ultimate achievement in Lizabeth's sixth-grade class. Of course, being a V.I.G. or B. has a price. It often means being something she isn't or saying things she doesn't mean. But the price doesn't seem too highntil she comes to know a boy who for no accountable reason has become a class outcast. When Lizabeth's friendship with him grows, she finds her loyalties torn, trying to keep the secret friendship from the V.I.G.'s and B.'s.NLAPW Children's Book Award.

What is the secret? In a grim tenement district of New York City, before the turn of the century, young Robin decides to take his baby brother, Danny, and escape from his brutal stepfather. Surviving on the street is no easy feat, until he discovers a place called St. Something, and joins up with the tough but loyal street boys who make St. Something their home. Robin knows he cannot hide forever -- but what he does not know is how many untold secrets lie before him, and how the answers lie with the most unlikely person....

Deep in a forest cave, a mother bear gives birth to two tiny cubs. Read the story of how they grow.Deep in a forest cave, a mother bear gives birth to two tiny cubs. As they grow, she protects her cubs fiercely and teaches them all the things they need to know to survive in the wild. The cubs must learn how to catch fish in the raging river, gather berries in the woods, and climb trees to escape from danger — for one day, during their second summer, they will leave their mother to find homes of their own.Back matter includes an index.

We're in the dangerous streets of the New York tenements at the close of the 19th century, with two young boys who have escaped their vicious stepfather by faking their own drowning in the river. Matt and Mickey Deacon disguise themselves by changing their names to Nip and Tuck. But just changing names for two proverbial peas in a pod is hardly enough to save them from the determined evil predators who are seeking them: Hike Raider, their erstwhile stepfather, who threatens to put the twins¿ baby sister in a dreaded baby farm; Gold-tooth Aunty, a deadly Faginesque female, who reels the unsuspecting boys into her den of pickpockets, cheaters, and thieves; and a roster of other mysterious, wicked characters. Does this story have a melodramatic Victorian happy ending for the twins? Was there ever any doubt?