Books with author Gary Schmidt

Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When the powerful town elders, including Turner’s father, decide to drive the people off the island to set up a tourist business, Turner stands alone against them. He and Lizzie try to save her community, but there’s a terrible price to pay for going against the tide.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Lanelle and her friends, Daniel and Lizzy, want to go to their school's lock-in on Friday night. However, Lizzy is afraid of her classmates finding out about her bedwetting problem, Daniel wants to steal Lizzy's doll back from the school principal, and stress has caused Lanelle's bedwetting problem to come back after she grew out of it when she was seven. Now, the three of them will have to plan out what they will do on the night of the school lock-in. Join Lanelle, Daniel, and Lizzy as they plan out the most exciting night of their young lives.

Celebrate the magical power of storytelling"If it’s wonders you’ll be after, it won’t be far that you’ll have to go." The heart of Donal O’Donnell, like his farmhouse door, has been bolted shut since the day his son died. So when he returns from tending his puck goats in the freezing sleet of a winter storm to find three peddlers huddled at his hearth, he is furious with his wife, Sorcha. But then, one by one, the peddlers begin to tell their tales—tales of marvels and mystique—and slowly Donal O’Donnell and Sorcha begin to experience a wonder greater than they had ever hoped for.The story of this wonder is told in the interweaving of four traditional Irish tales with illustrations full of magic and mystery.

Celebrate the magical power of storytelling"If it’s wonders you’ll be after, it won’t be far that you’ll have to go." The heart of Donal O’Donnell, like his farmhouse door, has been bolted shut since the day his son died. So when he returns from tending his puck goats in the freezing sleet of a winter storm to find three peddlers huddled at his hearth, he is furious with his wife, Sorcha. But then, one by one, the peddlers begin to tell their tales—tales of marvels and mystique—and slowly Donal O’Donnell and Sorcha begin to experience a wonder greater than they had ever hoped for.The story of this wonder is told in the interweaving of four traditional Irish tales with illustrations full of magic and mystery.