Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - A fictionalized biography written for older children about the rebellious youth of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, a Spanish boy in a small town in 1886, who resisted his strict doctor father and wanted to become an artist, but grew up to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the nervous system. Illustrated by Arvis Stewart. ISBN: 0-395-194911.

New York: Dutton, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Australian writer's first novel, a coming of age story originally published as 'The Boys from Bondi'. Set in Sydney during the depression and World War II, this is the story of two orphaned Jewish boys, who wind up in a home filled with refugees from the Nazis. ISBN: 0-525-672729.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1948) dj. Hardcover - Contains 19 stories of every type of competitive sports written from the point of view of the modern teen-ager . Illustrated with small drawings. Preface by the author. A title in The Teen-age Library. 250 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers, 2018. First edition - Written for older children, this is the story of how story of how two brilliant female physicistsÕ groundbreaking discoveries in the 1930s led to the creation of the atomic bomb, although neither got the recognition they deserved. Photographs. Glossary, who's who, notes, bibliography. 213 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (1958.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Interesting picture of a time when women's roles were just beginning to questioned in the US. A young girl from a small town goes to a large public university, and participates in the sorority rush, even as she questions whether or not she wants her ability to choose her own life constrained by the expectations of being a Gamma. 158 pp.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, n,d,[c 1913] dj. Hardcover - The struggles of three sisters and their mother on a small ranch in Texas, while their father is away fighting in the Spanish American war. Grace MacGowan Cooke lived, with her sister at Upton Sinclair's Helicon Home Colony and after it burned down in 1907. they moved to the artists' colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea in California (joining such writers as Mary Austin, Jack London, George Sterling and more.) Most of her books were written in collaboration with her sister Alice, but this one was written with the Florida writer Anne McQueen. 252 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel for young adults by this award-winning author, focusing on the story of Metiochos, son of the general Miltiades and on the Battle of Marathon which helped determine the future of Athens. Illustrated with drawings by Erwin Schachner. 246 pp plus epilogue.

Boston: Little Brown, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this Edgar award winning and prolific author of books for children and adolescents. A naval adventure novel featuring three recent graduates from the United States Naval Academy who are not at all certain that they want to remain in the Navy. 246 pp.

New York: Point / Scholastic, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult novel: "Nothing ever happens in Little, CA. Which is just the way Carter Moon likes it. But when Hollywood arrives to film a movie starring former child star turned PR mess Adam Jakes, everything changes. .. . [and Carter gets a] secret offer of a lifetime: playing the role of Adam's girlfriend while he's in town, to improve his public image, in exchange for a hefty paycheck. Her family really needs the money and so Carters agrees. But it turns out Adam isn't at all who she thought he was. As they grow closer, their relationship walks a blurry line between what's real and what's fake." SIGNED on the title page. 299 pp. ISBN: 978-0545627047.

New York: Random House - Wendy Lamb Books, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third novel by this Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winning writer - "Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan." 259 pp. ISBN: 0-385-323077.

New York: Clarion / Houghton Mifflin, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Newbery Award winning author's third novel for older children and young adults set in medieval England. The story of a fourteen year old girl, Matilda, who is an apprentice bonesetter & practicioneer of medicine. Includes an author's historical note and brief bibliography. 167 pp. ISBN: 0-395881560.

New York: Clarion / Houghton Mifflin, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel for older children and young adults by this Newbery Award winning author, set in Elizabethan England. Meggy has been summoned to London from the country town where she was raised, by her alchemist father. Not only does she find London dirty and teeming with thieves, she feels unwanted by her father also. Includes an author's historical note and brief bibliography. 167 pp. ISBN: 978-0547231846.

Chicago: Thompson and Thomas, (c 1902). Hardcover - An adventure story for young adults by this British Victorian author who known for setting his books in exotic locales - Japan, Peru - and in this case, India. Originally published in England in 1863 as "The Nest Hunters" but hard to find in any vintage printing. 396 pp.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1902). Hardcover - An adventure story for young adults by this British Victorian author who known for setting his books in exotic locales - Japan, Peru - and in this case, India. Originally published in England in 1863 as "The Nest Hunters" but hard to find in any vintage printing. 396 pp.

New York: Junior Literary Guild/ Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1935. dj. Hardcover - The story of two young girls and their families in the last days of Imperial Russia and during the first World War and the Russian revolution which followed. The author, Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty was born in Moscow, so she is writing about a world and events she knew well. Illustrated by Kate Seredy. 270 pp.

New York: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin), (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Powerful and sensitive young adult novel - honest and beautifully written - the story of a teenage girl who must decide whether taking care of herself means no longer taking care of her alcoholic mother. SIGNED on the title page. 268 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 9780618720934.

New York: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin), (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Powerful and sensitive young adult novel - honest and beautifully written - the story of a teenage girl who must decide whether taking care of herself means no longer taking care of her alcoholic mother. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. 268 pp. Promotional postcard and author's business card laid in. ISBN: 9780618720934.

Boston: McDougall Littell (Houghton Mifflin), (1997.). Hardcover - Includes this Newbery award winning young adult novel, poems by Ana Castillo and Jacques Prevert, a retelling of a folktale by Yep, a short story by Ruby Dee and more. A title in the Literature Connection series, designed to be used in schools. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-395-775310.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, n.d. (c 1931.). Hardcover - A newspaper mystery thriller for young adults. Illustrated by Manning De V Lee. 237 pp. Reprint for The Parents' Institute, Inc as a title in the 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' series, no date (only orig copyright), probably late 50's or early 60's, bound in dark blue cloth with red magnifying glass on front cover with 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' inside, red panel with title in dark blue on spine. One of a series of books published in a uniform binding.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel - sexy and fun as Luc and Gabe fight for Frannie's soul. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Which would you choose?" 368 pp. ISBN: 9780765328083.

New York: Atheneum, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a coming of age story. "My father specializes in devastation. Not coups and warsÑintentional and systematicÑbut natureÕs acts of violence, random and indiscriminate, destroying regions on a whim. Tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes." and when he flies into Ukraine after an earthquake and is kidnapped, Charlotte and her mother have to find a way to rescue him, even if its not legal. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 978-1-481486996.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion" (Scott Westerfield) for young adult readers, involving a terrorist attack in San Francisco (the title is a reference to 'Big Brother' in Orwell's 1984). Winner of the 2009 John W. Campbell Award. Afterword, bibliography. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-765319853.

New York: Hyperion, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, a young adult novel, inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, about a lost shipwreck off the coast of Maine, "a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life." Boldly SIGNED on the title page and dated in September 2019, that is before publication. 391 pp.

New York: Dutton, (1975) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, for older children and young adults, the story of a 15 year old loner runaway who finally gets another chance. Influenced by the Los Angeles Police Department Explorer Program. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper "For --- All things are possible" and dated in 1983. 152 pp. ISBN: 0-525426906.

New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Young adult novel about the lure of gambling and the world of the casinos. ISBN: 0-670-837334.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover - Seventeen year old Danny Stuart is accused of murdering Jake Tabor over the well-being of a coon-hound named Molly who had run away to have her pups - a novel for all ages which combines suspense, tenderness and adventure. 212 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Robert Alcorn. ISBN: 0-03-0074460.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover - Seventeen year old Danny Stuart is accused of murdering Jake Tabor over the well-being of a coon-hound named Molly who had run away to have her pups - a novel for all ages which combines suspense, tenderness and adventure. 212 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Robert Alcorn. ISBN: 0-03-0074460.

New York: Lippincott, (1969) dj. Hardcover - A high school student uses smoking pot to try and escape from the problems in her life. 187 pp. ISBN: 0-397-310706.

New York: Dutton, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - A 17 year-old former indentured servant, Mercy Short is urged by Cotton Mather to write a diary, which tells of her capture by Indians after the massacre of her family and her ransom by other settlers. Set at the time of the Salem witch trials, the captivity was an experience which led her to believe she was bewitched. Based in part on Cotton Mather's own account of Mercy Short. ISBN: 0-525440143.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2013. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a young adult novel set in modern day Iran. "Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. Theyve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in loveSahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light." 248 pp. ISBN: 978-1616202514.