From the moment of his birth, Pagoo the hermit crab learns to rely on his "instint" in order to survive to adulthood in his tide pool home.

Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.

The story of a cottonwood tree growing on the Great Plains, and its contributions to the history of the Southwest.

The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabird, a carved ivory gull.

A small canoe carved by an Indian boy makes a journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other.