STARGIRL is a classic of our time that celebrates being true to ourselves and the thrill of first love. A life-changing read that touches souls of all ages.

Noah, Nadia, Ethan and Julian each have a story to tell about how they became friends: Noah was best man at the wedding of Ethan's grandmother and Nadia's grandfather; Nadia saved a nest of baby turtles; Ethan recounts how he could not let Julian face disaster. And Julian? He valued something important in himself and saw it in the other three.

Joey isn't a bad boy, he just can't sit still for more than a couple of minutes. If he thinks of something, he's just got to do it, like putting his fingers in the pencil sharpener or swallowing his key.

The first in a two-book saga following the 1930s childhood of Joey and Mary Alice as they spend their summers with a formidable grandma in small-town Illinois. If Grandma isn't holding their nasty neighbours at gunpoint, she is doing a spot of poaching or catching the sheriff in his underwear.

Margaret Rose begins her twelfth summer with a miserable experience at camp, from which she is rescued by her beloved, eccentric European uncles. Little does she know that her uncles need rescuing themselves from a tyrannical city council determined to tear down their life's work.

Shawn has cerebral palsy: highly intelligent, he has no control whatsoever over his body or its functions. Yet Shawn's mental life is full of dreams and hopes, love and appreciation of the world. He begins to fear that his father can't recognize this inner life and is planning on ending his misery.