Books with title The Long Road Home

Henry Whiskers and his cousin, Jeremy, must find their way back home—Queen Mary’s dollhouse—and to Windsor Castle with the help of a mysterious treasure map in this fun, fast-paced follow up to The Adventures of Henry Whiskers.Little Henry Whiskers is thrilled when he discovers an old, crinkly map, complete with a giant X marking a spot, full of treasure—at least, that’s what Henry thinks. All he knows is that this map is something BIG—he can feel it right down to the tip of his tail. But before he can share his exciting find with his cousin and best friend, Jeremy, they find themselves in the danger zone: The Windsor Castle Kitchen. And after being unceremoniously caught and thrown out of the castle, with nothing but the map, the two little mice realize they have bigger problems than being caught in the kitchen! How will they get back to the dollhouse? With the help of his cousin, Jeremy and a fellow field mouse named Wisely, the cousins battle a hungry falcon, an endless and stormy lake, and the maze of landmarks on the Windsor Castle Grounds as they try to find his way back home—and discover the mysterious map is more connected to the Whiskers family than either of them could have ever imagined.

Although life is difficult in José’s Central American village, he enjoys playing football with his friends, sharing the large meals cooked by his aunts, and even going to school. But a civil war breaks out in his country. Outspoken people like his mother are in danger, so José and his mother must flee.The road north to make a new home is arduous and very long, but it is only the beginning of hard times. They face days of paperwork and nights in a hostel for refugees. Even when his mother finds work as an office cleaner, they must rely on a food bank.Slowly, the pieces of this new life begin to come together as José and his mother realize that they have finally arrived at the happy end of a very long road.

The Long Ride Home recounts the journey of two young children from New York to the farmlands of Iowa. Families are willing to adopt young orphans like Emma, but Bert might have to find work on a farm. He has a lot to learn about farm life. Each day brings new lessons, from milking cows to being kind, and new fears. More than a place to live, he needs a family to love. Will he find a home in Iowa with his sister? Or will he take the long train ride back to New York?

Rivka can't wait to get away from her family for the summer. Since that terrible day last year, she wants no part in their Jewish community. At least at Quartz Creek Ranch, she feels worlds away from home among the Colorado scenery, goofy ranch owners, and baby animals. Other parts of Quartz Creek, however, are too familiar, including the unsettling wave of anti-immigrant threats to ranch workers. On a trip to the country, Rivka is also surprised to learn the history of Jewish pioneers in the area. When she and her defiant cabinmate, Cat, face disaster in the wild, Rivka will need to find strength deep within her to help them both get home safely.

'For safety is a precious place, a place to call our own. This road is hard, this road is long, this road that leads us home.' As winter approaches, a bird flees with her chick, a mouse builds a nest for her child and rabbits run from wolves that roam in the darkening woods. The road home is long and hard, but the animals have each other in this poetic meditation on nature, survival and love.

Nina tries to help a friend in the eighth and final book in a contemporary middle grade series in the tradition of Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague.Nina’s friend Leah has been acting oddly lately. The two of them attend the same small private school, and Leah also takes lessons at the barn where Nina keeps Breezy. But suddenly Leah seems to have lost interest in riding, and her behavior is oddly erratic. When Nina tries to find out what’s wrong, Leah pulls away. At the same time, Nina becomes worried about Breezy, and discovers someone is sneaking in at night to ride him without permission! When Nina finds out it’s Leah whose family is having financial difficulties, she knows she has to do anything and everything to help her friend. After all, isn’t that what friends are for?

With the closing of the school, the demolitions of the old buildings on Main Street, and the passing of so many treasured grownups from my childhood, I've started to feel as if all traces of my life are disappearing behind me and soon no one will ever know I existed. There will not be any rubble for the archeologists, historians, and sociologists of the future to sift through to recreate my story. The tiny little world in which I existed as a child is already vastly different than it was then, and soon it will be lost completely - never to be recovered. There should be something I can do to stop that from happening, some little way that I can at least preserve a piece of where I was. Who I was. I guess I will just have to tell my own story before I leave. Experience the life of a child in rural, northeastern South Dakota in 1975 and the family relationships and friendships that shaped her life, including a special bond formed with a battered Vietnam veteran looking for the road home to heal his broken heart.

Soo Chee was starving in a life of nomadic poverty. On the fringes of the Empire, protection is limited. The Empire is her salvation at the cost of her freedom, and the loss of her roots. The people that she meets become her family. Her first alliance is Amalia.The Empire teaches that the Long Road is the path of humanity toward an ideal. The Empire shows its citizens how to achieve that goal, but it also "terminates" roads that obstruct The Long Road. The Short Road is the individual's path.As children, Amalia and Soo Chee are contracted by the Shadow, the Emperor's terminators. Together they grow up in training, unusually gifted in stealth and battle. In the use of knives, they have no equal, and together they are unbeatable. Friends become sisters. When their role in the Empire changes, their lives are forever thrown off course. The decisions they make on their Short Roads and the paths they travel will have an effect on thousands of people in the Empire, and possibly around their world. Outside of the constraints of the Empire, will Soo Chee and Amalia continue on the Long Road or will they fall on the Short Road?