A series of poems describes a pet cat, Boris, and the companionship between Boris and his owner.

After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of th

Having spent his fifteen years happily alone with his mother, Chip finds his familiar world threatened when she becomes pregnant, refuses to name

Undecided souls who have died while they are not quite ready to go to heaven find themselves in the halfway place known as the Heavenly Village.

When Martha Jane's owner falls ill and has to go to the hospital, the inhabitants of her small town bicker over who will care for the beloved dog

Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. In a heartbreaking narrative that

Relates episodes in the life of eleven-year-old Ellie and her family who live in a coal mining town in West Virginia.

A happy cat lives a wonderful life in the back of a cookie store, where the bakers take loving care of him and he receives special visitors. Incl

Now an old man, John is haunted by memories of enlisting to fight in World War II, a decision which forced him to face the horrors of war and cha

Relates episodes in the life of eleven-year-old Ellie and her family who live in a coal mining town in West Virginia.

The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his

The Van Gogh Cafe, located in Flowers, Kansas, has magic in its walls, causing strange and mysterious events to occur there.