Books with author Larry Weinberg

THESE CLASSIC BOOKS have retro appeal that will take readers and collectors alike back to the days when they were first amazed by Star Wars! Luke Skywalker has always dreamed of escaping his desert home world at the edge of the galaxy. Little does he know that his destiny will plunge him into a series of life and death adventures. This book marks the start of Luke Skywalker’s involvement with the Rebellion in George Lucas’s grand narrative of good versus evil, Star Wars.

Anna steps into the hallways of Ghost Hotel, and back into the past, but she finds that it is no longer a home, but a hospital for wounded Civil War soldiers, and when her mother, father, and best friend disappear, she knows that she needs to find her true place in time.Anna steps into the hallways of Ghost Hotel, and back into the past, but she finds that it is a hospital for wounded Civil War soldiers, and when her mother, father, and best friend disappear, she knows that she needs to find her true place in time

Fourteen-year-old Caleb is raging inside. He wants answers, not lies. He has to know what's happened to his older brother, Jonathan, a soldier in the Union Army. Jonathan has been missing for months and their family is sick with worry. But now Caleb hears Jonathan called a coward and a deserter. It can't be true! And Caleb has to do whatever it takes to find his brother and stop this terrible lie before it goes any further. On the waterfront where a sailing ship heads for the open seas, Caleb recklessly jumps into the most dangerous gamble of his life—one that will put him eyeball to eyeball with the rebel enemy, face to face with the horrors of war and death... and finally lead him to the truth he seeks.

In the last days of the great American Clipper ships, a runaway orphan is saved from his pursuers by an old Chinese candle maker.The candle maker is a magician, who transforms the boy into the image of the ancient monkey king god. The monkey is spirited away by a pirate, and his adventures take him across the high seas to the palace of the dowager empress of China. This is a time when the people long for the reappearance of their god.Larry Weinberg is a beloved author, best-known to generations of children, parents and teachers for his (unforgettable) "Forgetful Bears" series and his wonderful "Guess-a-rhyme" poems. Highlights of his storied career include trading poems with the legendary Shel Silverstein, his classic novelizations of "Star Wars," ""ET" and "Tron" and his break-out Young Adult novels, "Ghost Hotel, "Cry of the Seals" and "Drummer Boy."Weinberg is also a distinguished playwright, who was a celebrated member of the Actor's Studio in its heyday. He has long-resided near Woodstock, New York, where is also a passionate advocate for the well-being of individual children, as a court-appointed Law Guardian.