Books with title Off the Trail

From the author of To the Lighthouse comes a new adventure for young readers about falling in love with the bush, and with hiking and being in the wild. It's about disconnecting from technology. And discovering yourself. Harry's perfect life was straying way off-track. He looked pleadingly at Mum. Surely she could see? Spending an entire weekend tramping around stinking-hot, snake-filled scrub was a horrible mistake. But doing it without a phone? That was just brutal. As it turns out, it was only the beginning ...

This volume contains Sinclair Lewis's 1915 novel, "The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life". The story revolves around the life of Carl Ericson and follows him through his early life to maturity. This humorous and masterfully-written novel will appeal to those with a penchant for the comic, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Sinclair's work. Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He became the first American author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

Is Aldous the Fox, the legendary shapeshifter whom Corinne and her relatives recently battled, really her direct ancestor?In this second, highly-anticipated book in the Family of the Fox Trilogy, Corinne Greene and her great-uncle set out to to find the mythical "wizard"'s connection to their powerful family. Corinne must juggle this quest along with surviving her first year in college, having a new boyfriend, and dealing with her brothers' ongoing antics.As they travel to different eras, Corinne and Uncle Jonas face growing threats. An elusive young girl shadows them through the centuries, while Corinne's professor threatens to reveal Jonas' true age and identity to the world. What begins as a journey of discovery about the past collides with events and people in the present, and the Family of the Fox could find itself endangered from plans centuries in the making...

OFF THE TRACK, a fast passed adventure full of belly laughs, as told by Libby, a retired champion racing greyhound. You will be hooked, from the time Libby fails to get the dog in the mirror to play with her until her adopted sister PP becomes a therapy dog and Faun, appropriately nicknamed the Nut, stops having accidents in the house.OFF THE TRACK received the prestigious Royal Palm Literary Award (First Place) and FIVE STARS from the Midwest Book Review – Harriet Klausner, Senior Reviewer

Discover the everyday lives of American Indians living in the East and how and why in the 1830s they were forced from their homelands. Find out what it was like to be captured at home, put in stockades, then made to walk along rough trails to Indian Territory. Learn how the U.S. government failed to keep its promises to the American Indians whose lives were changed forever. This book describes in detail the lives of the Cherokee people who were forced to give up their homeland and traditions to start new lives on land chosen for them by the government. Each book in the series uses reconstruction illustrations and photographs along with clear text and fact boxes to bring the story of our nation to life.