Is Ben a winner or a loser? With his mother no longer alive and his father in prison for arson, teenaged Ben feels like anything but a winner. So he’s lucky to be taken in by the Brennans, kind-hearted people who breed and raise thoroughbred racehorses at Wind Rider Farms in Saratoga Springs. But the stakes are high for both Ben and the racehorses, particularly when a barn fire breaks out and threatens to destroy the farm. Is it arson, and is Ben the guilty one, or did the mysterious Joe Pastore, who haunts and taunts the boy, set the fire? And what about Rachel? What role does she play? Sure, she’s smart and pretty—and Ben has a crush on her. But that doesn’t mean she can’t be a suspect, does it?
Running eighteen chapters and full of the sights, sounds, and smells of horse country, The Winner’s Circle is rich in moral dilemmas and chapter-by-chapter high adventure. It’s a winner!
The story of the boyhood astronomer Edwin Hubble. A country boy who was introduced to the moon and stars by his grandfather, Hubble became an astronomer because he followed his heart. One of the most important astronomers in history, he “discovered” the Big Bang theory of creation. The Hubbl…
Living on her family’s farm in 1814 Vermont, the war seems far away to young Violet Howard. As the war draws nearer so does a song that would later be of great importance, penned first as a poem during a nearby naval battle in Baltimore, Maryland. As Violet learns the words of this patriotic…
The Liberty Pole is based on a true event that took place in Holmes Hole (present day Tisbury) on Martha’s Vineyard sometime between 1775 and 1778. As the story indicates, Tisbury was sympathetic to the patriot cause, but had no choice but to remain neutral in the early years of the war.
Every kid is expected to play one sport a year at South Orange River Middle School. That’s why the school creates a soccer team for a bunch of boys who would rather work on computers, history and English.
