Eve Bunting

Every year a family celebrates Hanukkah by retelling the story of how Grandma and her sister managed to mark the day while in a German concentration camp.

Annie Moore cares for her two younger brothers on board the ship sailing from Ireland to America where she becomes the first immigrant processed through Ellis Island, January 1, 1892, her fifteenth birthday.

Tess and Wee Boy observe the farm animals, wonder at the sword-swallower, hear playing of pipes, and experience all the excitement of a country fair in Ireland.

In the middle of the night, the gargoyles that adorn the walls of a museum come to life and frighten the night watchman.

For his eleventh birthday Ben receives an offer of a ride to the planet Cham with an alien named Iku, but when the appointed meeting time arrives he is not sure if he faces an exciting opportunity or horrible danger.

When he and his parents visit his grandmother in the nursing home where she is recovering from a broken hip, everyone pretends to be happy until Tim helps them express their true feelings.

When a sick boy dies, his friends and classmates remember him by building a schoolyard pond in his memory.

Ten-year-old Danny is bored and lonely when he hops on the back of the exciting and somewhat scary tiger that offers him a ride, but he soon discovers that it's easier to get on the tiger than it is to get off.