Books with author Theodore Taylor III

By best-selling author of The Cay. Eleven-year-old Evan Bryant doesn't have a lot of excitement in his life. There's a bully at school who shoves him and takes his lunch. And because of his foot, sports are difficult. What he'd love to do is go fishing, but his father is too busy working.Everything changes when a letter from Evan's grandfather arrives. Tom Pentreath is an old sailor whose adventures have taken him to every corner of the globe. He abandoned Evan's mother when she was only three years old and has been presumed dead for thirty years.Now he's back, and he wants to be part of Evan's family. But he's also hiding a terrible secret. Can Evan and his mother find the courage to forgive the past and stand by the father figure they've come to love?

When Ben's parents go to Africa, they leave the fourteen-year-old in charge of the family's wild animal preserve. Everything seems to be running smoothly until one night when the silence is broken by the sound of peacocks screeching. When Ben leaves the house to investigate, he sees a terrifying sight: two lions shot dead from bullets sent straight to their hearts. Someone is out there, someone with a score to settle . . . and there's no telling who will be the next victim. Includes a reader's guide.

A Girl's Best Friend"No one can definitely say when Friar Tuck began to go blind. But the light probably began to fail for big Tuck long before any of us suspected it, and of course, being a dog, he couldn't very well talk about it. It didn't seem possible. Young, beautiful, so free-spirited, he had a long life ahead..."Helen adored Tuck from the first moment he was placed in her arms, a squirming fat sausage of creamy yellow fur. And very soon Tuck returned her love. He faithfully slept on the rug beside her bed, guarded her against strangers, and rejoiced in their long walks together. So when Tuck began to lose his sight, Helen fought to be his eyes. She wouldn't let his blindness end his life or even limit it. Instead, Helen thought up a unique solution to Tuck's trouble, one that would keep Tuck free, proud, and hers forever.