Books published by publisher Friendship Pr

"A thing seems more important when it's written down," wrote Sam on New Year's day, as he began his journal" about things that happen inside me. The journal was, of course, secret; but it was no secret to Peter, whom the reader meets early in the story, and who is one bis reason the story is worth telling. Peter is twice as old as Sam and he is right there with some important answers. For one thing, when Sam talks to him, Peter listens. For another, Peter knows exactly how a boy feels, and why. He even understands Big Joe's contrary behavior quite a while before Sam does. It was no secret either to Mr. Watt whose sermon about "everybody's mission" had started the whole thing and helped Sam realize that what Jesus had taught, was just as much for him-Sam Sawyer-as for anyone else. All this involves Sam in what proves to be quite a year-from the Monkey Code, to the matter of Big Joe's hamster, to a battle over Susie's "watery, watery world." Sam's encounters with LIFE are, well-these are the secrets hidden in the pages of Sam's Secret Journal.

Adventure and Mystery for Young Adults (6th grade and up). On the back cover: School seemed to begin as usual for Jim Canby and Alan Prince--until Eric Jewett walked late into class. Eric lived alone with his old aunt in Bailiwyck Mansion; and when Jim and Alan visited, they were drawn inescapably into the house's mystery: magical trees, eerie darkened rooms, and a ghost. But none of these adventures could prepare the boys for how their third visit would end."A tale of three sixth-grade boys quickly accelerates into a gripping page-turner that will captivate readers young and old." Tom Lickona, Professor of Education, State University of New York at Cortland "Accurate and vivid descriptions of our region's landscape." John Rowen, Kaatskill Life