Rumer Godden

After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town's intolerance and find herself a new home and family.

A troubled European family struggles to make a life in India during WWII in this "absorbing" novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). Eight years ago, Louise Pool left her husband, Charles, in India, fleeing a marriage marked by anger, disillusion, and mistrust. Now, with Europe engulfed in the flames of World War II and Germany's Nazi juggernaut rolling through occupied France, Louise is reluctantly returning to East Bengal,...

There is never any room for Bonnie, the baby mouse, in the flower pot, so she goes looking for a new mouse house.

As he tags along to his spoiled sister's ballet classes, Doone discovers and develops his own rare and special talents.

A young girl and her pony befriend a dour farmer on the Scottish border.

A boy's efforts to create an icon to please the family's new maid helps him to make new friends and discover an artistic talent.