Synopsis: From Publishers Weekly"This tongue-in-cheek post-Civil War novel about two friends named Melvin combines rip-roaring adventure with Hite's familiar themes of unrequited love, enduring friendship and the mysterious power of fate," wrote PW. Ages 12-up.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Product DescriptionAbout the AuthorSid grew up in a family of seven in the small town of Bowling Green, Virginia. After high school, he traveled for…

Synopsis: Hallie isn't afraid of anything--that is, anything but storms, which she braves along with her grandmother, huddled beneath a special quilt. When her family joins a wagon train headed west, leaving her grandmother--and everything Hallie has ever known--behind, Hallie knows she will have to be braver than she's ever been before. But can she summon the courage to help a young buffalo stuck on a rocky ridge during a wild storm? The Newbery medalist…