New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second young adult novel (the first won a Newbery Honor Award) with humor and adventure overlaying serious environmental issues: after their father fails, Noah and his sister - and a couple of other assorted characters - set out to gather evidence to prove that a floating casino is illegally emptying its bilge tanks into the protected waters around the Florida Keys. SIGNED on the title page. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-375-821821.

New York: Penguin, (2006.). SIGNED - A special new edition of this classic coming of age novel, written when the author was only fifteen. A book which transformed young adult fiction into a darker and more realistic genre, and one which has lost none of its appeal to young teenagers. Basis of the movie of the same title. Includes a new foreword by the author. SIGNED by Hinton on the title page and uncommon thus. 180 pp plus an interview with Hinton and a reader's guide. ISBN: 0-14-240733x.

New York HarperCollins, (2002). First edition - Another book from the award winning author who brought us twelve other novels for young people, including THE MAZE, JASON'S GOLD, FAR NORTH, and GHOST CANOE. A young boy gets separated from his kayaking group trying to find where his archeologist father had died, he finds more than he bargained for and soon is running for his life.

New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel set during the years of Alaska's gold rushes -"In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska to the new gold fields at Cape Nome." Author's note. 193 pp. ISBN: 0-688-174728.

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young adult novel based on an actual event - A group of amateur frogmen must dive deep below the surface to inspect the foundation of a leaking dam high in the mountains of Norway.Translated from the Norwegian by Evelyn Ramsden. Map frontispiece. 137 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this award-winning writer, set on the island of Guam (where the author lived for 2 years as a fifth and sixth grader), this is a story about a young girl's struggle to protect her family after her mother's suicide hits home. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-805063617.

New York: Scholastic, (1968.). Set mostly in Alberta, Canada against the backdrop of the attempt to eliminate cattle mange, this is a classic "horse story" - of a horse turned outlaw by mistreatment as a rodeo horse, left to die when injured, rescued by a young man who wants to be a veterinarian, only to have the horse stolen again. Originally published in 1949. 229 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel about a young boy, who, in his lonliness after his father, a police officer, was killed began to draw cartoons of a super hero he called the Blue Avenger. On his 16th birthday, he decided to change his name to the Blue Avenger, and thus became an unlikely hero of San Pablo High School. SIGNED on the half title page. 230 pp, . ISBN: 0-8050-60626.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, (1970) dj. Hardcover - Young adult novel set in 1736 Scotland, where Sandy Maxwell, a lawyer's clerk in Edinburgh, finds himself up against far more than the smugglers of the Lothian Route. 212 pp.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - a coming of age story inspired by the "modern Mohawk warriors who battle time and space to give New York City her skyscrapers and bridges." Winner of the Edith Busby Award (a Dodd, Mead librarian and teacher prize competition). Wraparound dustjacket painting by Richard Lebenson. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-396-065120.

New York: Push / Scholastic, (2002). First edition - The author's first novel, issued as a trade paperback original for young adults. "Brendon - good student, eccentric dresser, shy around girls - trips regularly with his friends Kevin and Will. The story covers 48 hours of their lives as they wander the streets of Philadelphia, after scoring some tabs of 'pure sunshine' (a sheet of California Acid [with] little yellow suns illustrated on each tab). 171 pp.

New York: Harlequin Teen, (2017). SIGNED first edition - Author's second young adult novel, one which deals with a very timely and important topic right now: the sometimes unexpected consequences of DNA tests. "Are some things better left unknown? Dana Fieldss father never knew his parents. When Dana secretly does a DNA test for her dad, hoping to find him some distant relatives for his birthday, her entire world implodes. Instead of a few third cousins, Dana discovers a half brother her age whose very existence means her parents happy marriage is a lie." SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp.

New York: Atheneum, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel of danger and intrigue set in the near future, a time of shortages and conflict. Paul Killian, 18, is currently employed as a technician at the nation's largest defense center - but they know he is a genius and both sides - those who believe the US should remain whole and those who want the western states to secede - both want him. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-689-312636.

New York: Random House, (1940). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon young adult novel, set at a junior college for women where three students - 2 on scholarships, and one from a ranch in the West - are selected to work with an artist in creating a set of seven murals for the new art building on campus. Includes interesting details on the creation of frescoes and also a good coming-of-age story as these young women learn how to stand up for what is right. 269 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: B003VCCF2U.

New York: Harper & Row, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel for young adults about love, war and sacrifice, one which evokes the unrest of the '60s. For Jonas, 1969 is a summer of choices and decisions that will echo throughout his life and eventually take him back 20 years later to the northern California coastal town where he spent his eighteenth summer. His romance with spirited peace activist Auleen Delange , who is living in a Berkeley commune, conflicts with Jonas' allegiance to a Marine Corps, Vietnam-based father. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-06023055x.

New York: Harper & Row, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult novel set in Atlanta, Georgia and the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1921, a time of turmoil both for the mother and two daughters, and for women as they are fighting for the right to vote, and for society as a whole, with the Ku Klux Klan holding a Grand Konclave at Stone Mountain. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-060230630.

New York: Harper Collins, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel by this award winning New Zealand writer - one which combines fantasy and an understanding of the roots of your own culture. When he was just seven, Eshban Vala witnessed the brutal killing of a native Shinali woman at the hands of his own people, the Navoran Empire, and ever since he dreamed of being a healer. Now, he must struggle between his loyalty to his own people, his love fro the Shinali, and his growing sense of conscience. 338 pp. Dust jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon. ISBN: 0-06028904X.

New York: Atheneum, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Moving young adult novel by this Newbery award winning author, the story of a young soldier in Vietnam who bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog. Told in part thru the view of the dog. INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- happy reading" and with 'woof! woof!' under Kadohata's signature. 312pp. Dust jacket art by Shane Rebenschied. ISBN: 1416906371.

Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, (2007). First edition - Historical mystery for older children set in 1896, winner of an Agatha Award. "Wick and Miles, two brothers touring Europe in the 19th century, become embroiled in a mystery involving Albrecht Durer's knot woodcuts and a secret German society when they go in search of their uncle's enigmatic missing valet." 149 pp plus author's historical note. ISBN: 978-0761453680.

New York: HarperTeen (Harper Collins), (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of a modern day Cyrano de Bergerac, a high school girl who ghostwrites love notes for the boys in her school. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0061238937.

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited. n.d. (ca 1930) dj. Hardcover - An adventure story for boys "based on adventures taken from life . . . in the state of Sumatra when Mrs Ker and I visited it in the year of the eruption" - that is, the eruption of Krakatoa. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Frances Ewan. 296 pp.

New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp plus an author's note. ISBN: 9780670062355.

New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico.INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- rockets away!" and dated in the year of publication. 337 pp plus an author's note. ISBN: 9780670062355.

New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page dated in the year of publication. 337 pp plus an author's note. Postcard laid in. ISBN: 9780670062355.

New York: The Viking Press, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel for young adults set at Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1943 where 11 year old Dewey's father is one of the scientists working on "the gadget." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the 2007 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and Judy Lopez Award for Childrens Literature. Author's note. 321 pp.

New York: Viking, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Bizou, who is 13, is making her first trip to America. Her French father died when she was 3, and she was raised in Paris by Tranquillity, her free-spirited mother, a black fashion model.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel in the award-winning series featuring Vicky Austin. When Vicky is given a trip to Antarctica for her birthday she finds herself caught up in a mystery involving drugs, nuclear waste and family secrets. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-374377839.

New York: Dutton, 1949. dj. Hardcover - (just one month after the first printing.) Tippy Parrish is in a small village in the Bavarian Alps where her father has been stationed after the end of World War II. A slightly 'graver' theme than that usually found in the Parrish books.

New York: Dutton, 1949. Hardcover first edition - A story featuring Christy and the Drayton family. 189 pp.

New York: Dutton, (1959) dj. Hardcover - The second book in the Patty and Ginger series. 185 pp.