Novels
The Believers
Arcade, 1989
Ages 9 to 13
* Random House paperback
* International Reading
* Association Children’s Choice
* National Council for the Social Studies Notable Book
“This fast-paced, absorbing story…features skillful characterization and avoids the stereotyping that is suggested by the themes of parental neglect and religious fanaticism. … A well written, involving novel.”
– School Library Journal starred review
Germy Blew It
Dutton, 1987
Ages 8 to 12
* Troll, Weekly Reader book clubs
* International Reading Association Children’s Choice
* New York Public Library Best Books for Children
* Featured on CBS Storybreak
* Rangeley Productions screenplay
* Translated by Hutchinson Children’s Books, Beaver Books
“Jeremy Bluett, known to his friends as Germy Blew It, has organized a classroom strike to protest budget cuts at his school.… This one will not have to be sold to kids–word of mouth will do the job.”
– Booklist
Germy Blew It–Again!
Holt, 1988
Ages 8 to 12
* Random House paperback
* Translated by Hutchinson Children’s Books, Beaver Books
“When his parents consent to getting a pair of gerbils, Germy sees profit in their progeny.… A light-hearted look at middle-grade life.”
– Booklist
Germy Blew the Bugle
Arcade, 1990
Ages 8 to 12
* Random House paperback
“Never discouraged, Germy is now planning a money-making scheme: a newspaper for his elementary school. … Such a kid’s-eye view of adults, especially teachers and lunchroom workers, was written by someone who has been there! Buy it!”
– Library Talk
Germy in Charge
Dutton, 1993
Ages 8 to 12
“The funniest in an always amusing series.”
– Booklist
Madeline and the Great (Old) Escape Artist
Dutton, 1983
Ages 8 to 12
“Already unhappy about moving from Chicago to tiny Sycamore after the divorce of her parents, Madeline is even more upset after suffering a surprise seizure at school.… Absorbing and believable.”
– Booklist
Angie and Me
Macmillan, 1981
Ages 8 to 12
* Translated by Wahlstroms Bokfolag
“In Jones’s well-told and unsentimental story, readers feel they are listening to the narrator, Jenna, almost 12 when she’s sent to a children’s hospital for what looms as an endless summer.”
– Publishers Weekly