New York: Bradbury Press / Macmillan, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book for older children, which deals with realistic problems of bullying and adjusting to a new school with a bit of fantasy added. "Jonas is miserable as the new kid in his fifth-grade class until a strange girl gives him an even stranger blue marble. He discovers the ball conveys enormous power. . . The invention of a discredited foreign scientist, it has been stolen by the scientist's young daughter, who fears its power and influence over her father." 119 pp. ISBN: 0-027780414.