121 results for "Children"

Save the Tiger

Steve Shagan
Harry Stoner could sell anything. He could sell the public his new line of dresses year after year. He could sell the big store buyers his design in return for such bonuses as the luscious hooker Margo. He could sell his wife on the idea he was faithful, and a teenaged playmate on the idea he was hip. Then came the day when Harry Stoner's empire of fabric and flesh began to fall apart, and Harry had nothing left to sell - except what was left of himself.
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1984-11 195 pages

Basketball (or Something Like It)

Baskin, Nora Raleigh
Basketball clinics, a revolving door of coaches, incensed parents, and the importance of the right sneakers—is that what the game is about? Told from the perspective of four unlikely friends, Nora Raleigh Baskin's poignant novel focuses on the action, drama, and fun of playing ball and explores what it takes to be a winner of the game—both on the court and off.
HarperCollins 2007-01-30 176 pages

The Gloomy Ghost

David Lubar
Does Rory have a ghost of a chance? Now it's happened to Sebastian's little brother, Rory. One minute he's a normal little kid hanging out in his backyard. The next, he finds himself walking through stuff: the back porch, walls, even people! What's a monster-kid gonna do? Rory decides that he'll try and find some other sprits and ask them how to get "un-ghosted." So he heads up to the local haunted house to give it a try. What Rory doesn't know is that if he doesn't get the answer soon, he'll only have a ghost of a chance of ever being a kid again
Scholastic 1998 104 pages

Benya Krik, the Gangster and Other Stories

Isaac Babel
Isaac Babel was born in 1894 in that part of Odessa called Moldavanka. A protege and friend of Maxim Gorky, Babel came to prominence in the early 1920's with the publication of Red Cavalry, but as Stalin's repressive regime made the position of the creative writer increasingly difficult during the next decade, Babel published less and less. In 1939, he was arrested, and his papers, which were seized by the police, vanished with him. The charge against him is not known. A certificate delivered to the family shortly after Stalin died gives March 17, 1941, as the data of Babel's death, but mentions neither its cause nor where it had occurred. He was "rehabilitated" in 1954. His complete works were re-issued in Moscow in 1957.
Schocken 1987-01-01 128 pages