Eleven-year-old Gilly Hopkins is famous for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable. None of her foster homes has been able to tame yet. So when Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters - by far the strangest foster family of all - she decides to put her brilliant mind to work

This exciting novel captures the warmth, humor — and squabbles — of three spunky sisters. Meet the Sisters Club: twelve-year-old Alex, aspiring actress and born drama queen; eight-year-old Joey, homework lover and pioneer wannabe; and smack in the middle, ten-year-old Stevie, the glue that holds them together — through dinner disasters, disputes over stolen lucky sweaters, and Alex's going gaga over her leading man. Playfully weaving ...

The Author explores the remarkable bond between a young girl, a boy and a damaged wild bird - a relationship that will touch everyone who reads it. While visiting her father in hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla meets Harry, the first boy to understand her and her love of the outdoors. But Harry is ill, and as his health fails, Isla is determined to help him in the only way she knows how

Maniac Magee is a novel written by American author. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills. He becomes a local legend for feats of athleticism and fearlessness, and his ignorance of sharp racial boundaries in the town. The book is popular in elementary school curricula, and has been used in scholarly studies on the relationship of children to racial identity and reading

This book has 99 activities to coax, cajole and tempt teenagers into learning English in a meaningfuland enjoyable way. The activities can be used alongside any coursebook and have been specifically designed for use with the 11-16 age group

This book includes a comprehensive overview of the research, practical advice for designing tasks and scoring procedures for writing tests, how writing is assessed in major second language tests, consideration of the effects of technology on writing tests

In this book the author builds a comprehensive framework for the assessment of young language learners in both foreign language and second language learning situations. She begins by considering why we need a special book on young learner assessment, and describes the nature of young learner language learning

This study focuses on short- and medium-term solutions. He informs the government about the type of programs and policies that can improve the employment opportunities of young people, paying special attention to areas in which productivity can quickly improve

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself