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

New York: Dutton, (1945 c 1942). Hardcover - The second book in this series featuring Penny Parrish, the older daughter in the family - the Parrish family has moved to West Point, where David is a cadet, and Penny is beginning to focus on her dreams of becoming an actress. Illustrated title page by Woodi Ishmael. 252 pp

Boston: Candlewick Press, (2008.). First edition - Author's first novel to be published in the US - a young adult novel of a girl who becomes an Apache warrior, inspired by brief historical references to Lozen, a women warrior who rode beside Geronimo. 305 pp plus historical note and bibliography.

New York: Morrow, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical fiction for older children and young adults by this Newbery award winning writer. Set in the Judith River Badlands, Montana in 1874-1878, this is the story of the paleontologists who 'slander, steal from and spy on one another for the glory of science' and of two boys - one American, one British - who form a plan to excavate the bones of a huge dinosaur. Map frontispiece. Author's note and a brief reading list. 378 pp. ISBN: 0-688074332.

New York: Macmillan, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel for older children and young adults about a 14 year old Amish girl who, with her father, travels West to California, during the 1849 Gold Rush. When her father becomes ill, they are abandoned by the other travelers and left to survive - or die - in the snowy mountains near Mt Lassen. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-02-7516709.

New York: Scholastic, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1769, thirteen year old Maria Antonia, daughter of Empress Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her days at the Austrian court and preparations for her to become queen of France. Illustrated with photographs.A title in the Royal Diaries Series. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-439-076668.

New York: Delacorte, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the years right after World War II, this is the story of a boy, taunted for being an albino and called 'ghost boy', who runs away and joins the circus when it comes to town. ISBN: 0-385-327390.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel for young adults - When fires in Oakland lead to racial tension in the San Francisco Bay Area, bi-racial Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, and so she turns to the story of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery (told as a novel within the novel) as a way to understand her roots and her place in the world. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an author's note and questions for discussion, a glossary and sources. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-310727634.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel for young adults - When fires in Oakland lead to racial tension in the San Francisco Bay Area, bi-racial Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, and so she turns to the story of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery (told as a novel within the novel) as a way to understand her roots and her place in the world. INSCRIBED on the title page. Includes an author's note and questions for discussion, a glossary and sources. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-310727634.

New York Morrow, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young adult book about a young woman who befriends an olympic skater and is immediately plunged into a dangerous mystery. ISBN: 0-688-065791.

New York: Greenwillow Books (Harper Collins), (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Eighth-grader Tess has always loved math - and now she finds that algebra can come in handy in and out of the classroom- as a secret code in her journal, as shorthand for social status and even as a tool to help her solve two mysteries. INSCRIBED on the title page. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-061229555.

New York: Greenwillow Books (Harper Collins), (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Eighth-grade is becoming complicated for Tess. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-06122958X.

New York: Greenwillow Books (Harper Collins), (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Eighth-grade is becoming complicated for Tess. SIGNED on the title page. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-06122958X.

New York: Wendy Lamb Books / Random House, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - California author's first novel, a young adult novel about dealing with unexpected death, unexpected feelings and fears in high school. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, 183 pp. ISBN: 0-385-746423.

New York: Wendy Lamb Books / Random House, (2004). First edition - California author's first novel, a young adult novel about dealing with unexpected death, unexpected feelings and fears in high school. 183 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "When the drugs that he takes as part of his chemotherapy transform him from wimp to superhero, sixteen-year-old Fred and his friends plot to rid the town of its most lethal environmental hazard-toxic waste in the water supply." 167 pp. ISBN: 0-06020284X.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. "Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. . . [this book] challenges readers to think about community, creativity and the values they have learned to accept." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014. The second book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' 215 pp. Dust jacket design by Charles Brock. ISBN: 9780547995687.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2014. The third book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' SIGNED and dated on the title page. 215 pp. Dust jacket design by Charles Brock. ISBN: 0-618404414.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel set in the future by this award-winning writer. "Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. . . [this book] challenges readers to think about community, creativity and the values they have learned to accept." SIGNED by Lowry on a bookplate on the front endpaper. The second book in the quartet which began with the Newbery award winning book 'The Giver.' 215 pp. Original dust jacket design by Kathy Black. ISBN: 0-618-055819.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the Newbery award. A haunting novel of a boy who lives in a seemingly idyllic world - without conflict, poverty, unemployment, injustice or inequality - but in his 12th year he sent to a man known only as 'the Giver' and begins to learn the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world. This edition includes a new introduction by Lowry, her Newbery award acceptance speech, and is beautifully illustrated with full color full page paintings by Bagram Ibatoulline. 197 pp. Ribbon marker bound in. ISBN: 0-395-645662.

Philadelphia: Running Press Teens, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A young adult novel with strong female characters: "Every Fairy-Tale Ending Has a Price. . . .Orphaned as a child in the crumbling village of Tulan, Elara is determined to learn her true identity, even if it means wielding a dagger." SIGNED by the author on the title page. 350 pp. ISBN: 9780762451098.

New York: Scholastic, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about high school students set in a Nevada town that is aspiring to be the next entertainment capital of the world. ISBN: 0-590-444360.

London: Andersen Press, (2005). First edition - The first novel for young adults by the prize-winning author of the Inspector Wallander series. An imaginative boy, 11-year-old Joel lives with his father, a lumberjack, in the cold northern part of Sweden, but when he sees a dog outside his window one night, he is compelled to try and find out where it is going. An appealing - and suspenseful - coming of age story, as Joel learns what is important and what is not. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. 171 pp. ISBN: 978-1842704394.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2011.). First edition - Novel by this award winning Australian writer, 328 pp.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2012). SIGNED first edition - "In 1960s Czechoslovakia, Patrik participates in and rebels against the communist regime, knowing that anyone could become an enemy in the blink of an eye.. . As the moments tick toward too late, Patrik takes his family's fate in hand, risking everything for a chance at freedom." INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 2012. 174 pp.

New York: Pyramid Books, (1974.). Black seventeen year-old Jim Scott sees his work-study job as a television news cameraman as a way out of the ghetto. A Pyramid Hi-Lo original. 157 pp.

New York: Atheneum, (1971.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of ten short stories, four of which were originally published in Seventeen Magazine. Each is about a person isolated from others; many of her stories are recollections of her own uncommon adolescent years, "telling of things that happened to her or to those she knew." SIGNED on the title page. 149 pp. Wraparound dust jacket design by Don Crews. ISBN: 0-689-206828.

New York: Hyperion, (2006.). First edition - Although her family thinks that she is being sent to India to work, a young girl from Nepal finds herself 'sold' - forced into prostitution. Finalist for the National Book Award for Young Adult literature. A spare and powerful story of survival against almost unimaginable odds. The author's note at the end comments that every year 12,000 Nepali girls are sold unwittingly by their families into prostitution in India. 263 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1999.). First edition - "In one afternoon, Beth's entire world is torn away from her. When a car accident claims the life of every member of her family, Beth wishes she were dead too" - In addition to adjusting to the loss of her family, she has to deal with living with her aunt and spoiled cousin, with a new school, far away from her friends. Cover Illustration By Kamil Vojuar.