Books published by Griffin Publishing

In the summer of 1955, fourteen-year-old Clement enters a General Store in Money, Mississippi to purchase a soda. Unaware of the consequences of flouting the rules governing black-white relations in the South, this Chicago native lays the nickel on the counter and turns to depart.

Jack, Annie and Tom are three adolescents happily growing up together in the Suffolk countryside. But the innocence of youth is fading and being replaced by an awareness of developing passions that distort their friendship. Jack has come to view Annie in a different light, and Tom no longer seems the amiable playmate he once was. The trials and tribulations the trio are about to encounter are deepened further by the manipulative landowner, Nigel de Vere, who is about to cast his shadow over the entire village community of Upper Bristow.

Is there a right way to die? If so, Joanna DeAngelis has it all wrong. She's consumed by betrayal, spending her numbered days obsessing over Ned McGowan, her much younger ex, and watching him thrive in the spotlight with someone new, while she wastes away.

In Kat Spears' hilarious debut, high school senior Jesse Alderman or "Sway," as he's known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specialises in getting things people want, term papers, a date with the prom queen, fake lDs. He has few close friends and he never lets emotions get in the way. For Jesse, life is a series of business transactions.

Last Chain on Billie charts the growing movement to rescue performing elephants from lives of misery, and tells the story of how one emotionally damaged elephant overcame her past and learned to trust humans again.

Even, or perhaps especially, in tough economic times, everyone wants to live the dream of starting his or her own business. This book tells any would-be entrepreneur exactly how to get started conceiving, starting, building, growing and most important of all, selling a successful business.

Fun with learning activities related to the people, places, and events of the 27 July 2012 London Olympic Games for teachers and parents with kids in K-3 classes. All lessons in this 8 1/2 by 11 workbook meet appropriate state education standards.

Based on years of teaching about commercial women's fiction, this guide provides advice and step-by-step methods for writing and selling a successful chick-lit novel. It includes features such as: the history of chick-lit; a blueprint for writing a chick lit novel; trends in the genre; and, tips and tools for breaking into the market.

Ages 9 to 12 years. Puzzles, riddles, games, and brain teasers are based on the Olympic Games.