Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family--refugees. In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come...

A littered lot in New York's Alphabet City is transformed into a lush garden by people of the neighborhood. Young Marisol finds a small patch of her own, where she plants a large, flat seed. As it grows up and up, it surprises everyone and becomes the most special plant in the Garden of Happiness. ...

A research psychoanalyst challenges the idea that optimism is genetic, arguing instead that experiences in the first three years of life often shape the neural pathways in the brain. ...

The mouse detectives are back--with a buggy mystery to solve! ...

The supernatural, the violent, and the utterly normal all become routine when Flip Lochner follows a woman with four breasts to South Africa's Devil's Valley, where he becomes involved with Lukas Death's clan and the valley's strange secret....

Nola is a witch--just not a very powerful one. She can cast a few spells, such as one that lets her spy on people, but she can't really do any big magic. Then one day, while using her magic, Nola witnesses a murder. Does the murderer know that Nola witnessed his crime; and if he does, what will he do to her? ...