The Four Arrows Fe-as-ko

The Four Arrows Fe-as-ko
Author: Randall Beth Platt
Publisher: Catbird Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1991
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780945774143

When the owner of Four Arrows ranch is accidentally shot, Royal Leckner helps teach his retarded son to run the ranch, among other problems.

The 1898 Baseball Fe-As-Ko

The 1898 Baseball Fe-As-Ko
Author: Randall Beth Platt
Publisher: Catbird Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780945774471

In the third Fe-As-Ko, cowboy Royal Leckner, his wife E. M., and Leviticus and Lou, the mentally out-of-sorts owners of the Four Arrows Ranch, have lassoed themselves a struggling baseball team. They are depending on the team to save the ranch, but getting them ready for the big time makes breaking a bronco look like child's play. In the course of a long winter's training the team and its owners encounter obstacles such as E.M.'s conniving half-sister, her jailbird father, a past baseball scandal, and the team's ruthless opponents. The team is scheduled to play the pennant-winning Boston Beaneaters in a game that will decide everyone's futures.

The Royalscope Fe-as-ko

The Royalscope Fe-as-ko
Author: Randall Beth Platt
Publisher: Catbird Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780945774358

This delightful comic novel evokes the colorful personalities and settings of Hollywood in the days of silent film.

The Cornerstone

The Cornerstone
Author: Randall Beth Platt
Publisher: Catbird Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780945774402

An admiral revisits a camp for boys in Puget Sound where he was sent, 48 years earlier as a social misfit. Rear Admiral Ian McKenzie was 15 at the time, one of a group of boys rehabilitated by a World War II Navy man who fired their enthusiasm with a construction project.

Texas Women Writers

Texas Women Writers
Author: Sylvia Ann Grider
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1997
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780890967652

A critical survey of over 150 years of Texas women writers, including fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, and dramatists.

Incommunicado

Incommunicado
Author: Randall Platt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1632202107

Just about everyone is incommunicado in the small, sleepy Oregon coastal town of Sea Park during winter. Until Pearl Harbor, that is, when it springs to patriotic life. But is Ruby Opal Pearl (a.k.a. Jewels) Stokes the only person to see what’s really happening here? Tommy Kasamoto, the one person in her life who has provided security, shelter, and a smidgeon of respect—and who owns the biggest resort on the coast—is now the cause of the town’s rage. Tommy’s Japanese ancestry makes him the prime target of an angry mob, not to mention he’s also rich, has a shady past, and everyone in town owes him money. As the town's patriotism blossoms into paranoia and turns violent, Jewels has to do something to protect Tommy from internment (or worse), even if that something is going up against the town and the government, not to mention the FBI. Thus begins a fourteen-year-old girl’s war within a war. Randall Platt’s Incommunicado is both timely and timeless. It's about the meaning of courage and the willingness to stand up for what's right, even when it goes against the prevailing attitudes of the time and place. It's also about the insidious way groups and communities can nurture ignorance and prejudice. But most of all, it’s an adventure story set in a town full of unforgettable characters, during a time of great intrigue and peril, no matter which enemy or on what front you fight. Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001

Dictionary of American Young Adult Fiction, 1997-2001
Author: Agnes Regan Perkins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2004-03-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0313061505

Young adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them. This reference provides information about 290 books for young adults. These books received major awards between 1997 and 2001, reflect the voices of 242 different authors, and range from new to familiar themes. Included are nearly 750 alphabetically arranged entries for individual works, authors, characters, and settings. Many of these books were originally written for adults but have become popular among younger readers. Entries for works provide plot summaries and critical assessments, while author entries focus on those aspects of the writers' lives most relevant to literature for young people. The reference is a valuable selection tool for librarians and teachers and a useful guide for students.

The Baseball Novel

The Baseball Novel
Author: Noel Schraufnagel
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-08-29
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786435577

This annotated bibliography covers approximately 400 novels published from 1838 through 2007. A substantial introduction to the history and development of the genre precedes the chronologically arranged entries, which provide bibliographic details and extensive annotations on plot, themes, and compositional strengths and weaknesses. Mainstream novels by writers such as Hemingway, Wolfe, Roth, and DeLillo are included. Appendices provide historical overviews for the primary baseball subgenres, including mystery, fantasy, and science-fiction; lists for novels that foreground issues of race or ethnicity (or both, as in Winegardner's Vera Cruz Blues), gender (Gilbert's A League of Their Own), and class (Hay's The Dixie Association); and the author's rankings of great baseball novels overall and by subgenre.

What Do Young Adults Read Next?

What Do Young Adults Read Next?
Author: Pam Spencer
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Total Pages: 848
Release: 1994
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Contains entries for over 1,300 books aimed at young adult readers. Titles have been selected on the basis of their currency, appeal to readers, and literary merit.