Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

When push comes to shove, two Kentucky girls find strength in each other.
Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs, two girls from different parts of Kentucky, are participating in the first seventh-grade student exchange program between their schools. The girls will stay at each other’s homes, attend school together, and record their experience in their journals. Catherine and her family have a beautiful home with plenty of space. Since...

After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated, but since Shiloh was the one who ran away and came with him, Shiloh was the one he loved.
Judd, however, has other problems. Anyone who cheats and swears and lies and kicks his dogs has troubles inside himself, and when the man starts drinking, Marty realizes that Shiloh is...

"The last time we saw Roxie and the Hooligans they were stopping a bank robbery and being honored as town heroes. After all that excitement, Roxie is ready for a vacation. So her beloved Uncle Dangerfoot is taking her and her best friend, Norman, to the beach at Buzzard's Roost--along with surprise stowaways. But their vacation is not entirely what it seems, and Uncle Dangerfoot is keeping a big secret . . . so big that it leads to a kidnapping. Can...

"Marty and his best friend, Shiloh are on another adventure. Marty learns when a secret is too dangerous to keep, and that hate can spread like fire"--