A young wild stallion named Sky lives with his band of mustangs in the highlands. When water becomes scarce, Sky--determined to put family first--sets out on his own. Thirsty and lonely, Sky misses his band, especially his best friend, Storm. But Sky lives to run, and his journey is full of wonder, discovery, and new friendships. When Sky is captured by the Pony Express, forced to wear a saddle, and made to run the treacherous trail over the mountains,...

Three years after being kidnapped as a "live specimen" in a cruel experiment to determine the cause of her deafness, Mary Lambert has a grown weary of domestic life on Martha's Vineyard, and even of her once-beloved writing. So when an old acquaintance summons her to an isolated manor house outside Boston to teach a young deaf girl to communicate, Mary agrees. But can a child of eight with no prior language be taught? And is Mary up to the task?...

It's 1942, and twelve-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe. With help and quick thinking Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood. She escapes Paris, landing in a small French village, where the spires of the famous Chateau de Chenonceau rise high into the sky, its bridge across the River Cher like a promise, a fairy tale. But Miri's life is no fairy tale. Her parents are gone--maybe alive, maybe not. When she's...

As a young teacher on Martha's Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc--and bring back their methods to America. But the endeavor comes at a cost: The missionaries' plan to "save" deaf children is questionable...