“theodore taylor”

When an irritable ghost of an ancient magician offers to teach Jon to fly, at first it seems to be the answer to his wildest dreams. But then Jon discovers he should be careful of what he wishes for when he flies into some serious trouble.Jon Jeffers is the loneliest nine-year-old on earth. It's 193... More

In this fictional account of real-life legend Billy the Kid, Taylor imagines the fate William Bonney (his real name) had his life of crime taken a very different turn. Includes an Author's Note about the real outlaw.William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney Jr. loves to take risks. But Billy's luck runs out... More

When young Maldonado is wounded in a Mexican migrant camp, he flees to a church. The blood from his wound lands on a statue of Christ and his accidental miracle starts a media frenzy. Now a Showtime original movie directed by Salma Hayek.Twelve-year-old Jose Maldonado used to dream of becoming a fin... More

This latest novel from the acclaimed author of "The Cay" follows two young Inuit brothers as they struggle for survival on an ice floe adrift in the Arctic Ocean. Includes a map, a glossary of Inuit words and phrases, and an Author's Note.The year is 1868, and fourteen-year-old Alika and his younger... More

In this first novel of the Cape Hatteras trilogy, it's 1898, and 12-year-old Ben rescues an English girl named Teetoncey from a shipwreck off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Though Teetoncey becomes part of Ben's family, she never speaks.In 1898, twelve-year-old Ben rescues a near-drowned girl fr... More

In the second book in the Cape Hatteras trilogy, the girl Ben saved from a shipwreck recovers her memory and speech and reveals that two chests full of silver went down with the ship.Now recovered from the shipwreck that killed her parents, Teetoncey reveals a secret: Two chests full of silver went ... More

From the author of "The Cay" comes his classic, powerful story of a misfit determined to make a difference. Having been badly burned in a plane crash, 17 -year-old Chip Clewt fights to save the black bears in the Powhatan National Wildlife Refuge.Chip Clewt, known simply as the weirdo, lives like a ... More

In this classic novel by the author of the acclaimed "The Cay," 15-year-old Ben must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his familys private zoological preserve.When Ben's parents go to Africa, they leave the fourteen-year-old in charge of the family's wild animal pre... More

In 1945, when the Americans liberate the Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, 14-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that the next year he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat, in this long-out-of-print novel by the acclaimed author of "The Cay."It is 194... More