Stephanie S Tolan Books In Order

Ark Trilogy Books In Order

  1. Welcome to the Ark (1996)
  2. Flight of the Raven (2001)

Applewhites Books In Order

  1. Surviving the Applewhites (2002)
  2. Applewhites at Wit’s End (2012)
  3. Applewhites Coast to Coast (2017)

Novels

  1. The Liberation of Tansy Warner (1980)
  2. The Last of Eden (1980)
  3. No Safe Harbors (1981)
  4. Grandpa and Me (1982)
  5. The Great Skinner Strike (1983)
  6. A Time to Fly Free (1983)
  7. Pride of the Peacock (1985)
  8. The Great Skinner Enterprise (1986)
  9. The Great Skinner Getaway (1987)
  10. A Good Courage (1988)
  11. The Great Skinner Homestead (1988)
  12. Marcy Hooper and the Greatest Treasure in the World (1991)
  13. Sophie and the Sidewalk Man (1992)
  14. The Witch of Maple Park (1992)
  15. Save Halloween! (1993)
  16. Who’s There? (1997)
  17. Face in the Mirror (1998)
  18. Plague Year (1999)
  19. Ordinary Miracles (1999)
  20. Listen! (2006)
  21. Wishworks, Inc. (2009)

Plays

  1. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (2002)

Picture Books

  1. Bartholomew’s Blessing (2004)

Non fiction

  1. Guiding the Gifted Child (1989)
  2. Change Your Story, Change Your Life (2011)

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Stephanie S Tolan Books Overview

Welcome to the Ark

In a world of random violence and multiplying militias, four brilliant young misfits are thrown together in a group home for troubled youth. Isolated by their special abilities, Miranda, Doug, Taryn, and Elijah are unable to cope in a society that regards them as freaks.

But in the experimental program they dub the Ark, the four discover they are not alone. Slowly, as connections form among them, they discover that their minds have a power they could never have imagined. Drawn together by their deep concern for the future, they embark on a mission to stop the violence that is engulfing the world. The challenge seems impossible…
until they face it together.

In this compelling, sensitively written story, Stephanie Tolan paints a disturbing portrait of a violence ridden world. Yet her characters offer a bright ray of hope for anyone who cares about the fate of the earth. The story of the Ark is gripping, suspenseful, heartbreaking, and, ultimately, inspiring.

Flight of the Raven

Elijah Raymond was one of four remarkably gifted children gathered together in an experimental group home called the Ark. In their shared dreams he was always the Raven, flying over the other three. But when the Ark program was discontinued, Elijah ran away. In Flight of the Raven, Elijah has been found by a group of environmental terrorist and taken to their snowy woodland hideout. There he meets Amber, the leaders lonely daughter, who insists that radical change justifies the deaths she calls ‘necessary losses.’ Unable to escape, Elijah discovers that he can shift into ‘dreamtime,’ joining his consciousness with that of creatures who survive in the unforgiving wintry world. Gradually Elijah learns to survive himself. But how can he truly find a home with these violent men and how has Amber?Stephanie S. Tolan follows up her magnificient Welcome To The Ark with the story of EIijah, a boy who is forced to confront the world’s cruelty, accept his own mysterious powers and help himself and Amber learn to fly free.

Surviving the Applewhites

Jake Semple is a scary kid. Word has it that he burned down his old school and then was kicked out of every other school in his home state. Only weeks into September, the middle school in Traybridge, North Carolina, has thrown him out, too. Now there’s only one place left that will take him a home school run by the most outrageous, forgetful, chaotic, quarrelsome family you’ll ever meet. Each and every Applewhite is an artist through and through except E.D., the smart, scruffy girl with a deep longing for order and predictability. E.D. and Jake, so nearly the same age, are quickly paired in the family’s first experiment in ‘cooperative education.’The two clash immediately, of course. The only thing they have in common is the determination to survive the family’s eccentricities. In Stephanie S. Tolan’s hilarious tale, a local production of The Sound of Music directed, stagecrafted, choreographed, and costumed by Apple whites brings the family together and shows E.D. and Jake the value of the special gifts they’ve had all along.

A Time to Fly Free

Ten year old Josh, who finds his private school unbearable, joins forces with an elderly man in tending injured birds.

Pride of the Peacock

After reading a book describing the aftermath of a nuclear war, fourteen year old Whitney becomes obsessed with the inevitability of the earth’s destruction and finds herself more and more paralyzed by fear and depression.

Plague Year

Bran Slocum stands out from the moment he arrives at Ridgewood High, with his oddly unfocused eye and his unusual mode of dress. The immediate target of bullies, he seems strangely aloof and untouched. Sixteen year old Molly Pepper, herself an outsider, is intrigued by his attitude and sets out to befriend him, persuading her best friend David to join her in reaching out to him. Molly and David begin to see that Bran is hiding some sort of secret, but they have no idea how shocking the secret is until the truth hits Ridgewood in headlines that put Bran and his new friends in terrible danger, as the whole town turns against them. Events spin out of control and fear spreads like a deadly contagion. Their friendship deepening as they face the plague of hatred together, Bran, Molly and David can only hope they will be able to stand against it.

Ordinary Miracles

That’s what Mark Filkins has always believed. But it seems as if he’s also gotten a lot he hasn’t asked for, like feeling that he’s a slightly faded copy of his twin brother, or his parents’ plan that both boys will grow up to be preachers. When he meets Dr. Colin Hendrick, a Nobel Prize winning scientist whose research Mark’s family disapproves of, Mark realizes that he can and should make choices for himself. But when Colin reveals a terrible secret, Mark knows the time has come to ask for the most important thing of all…
and put his own faith on the line.

Listen!

Learning to walk again is the easy part.

For twelve year old Charley, recovering from the accident that shattered her leg is nowhere near as difficult as facing the solitude of a summer without her best friend and with a father who does nothing, now, but work. Solitude means time to think, time to hear for the first time the awful silence left in her world two years ago by her mother’s death.

But the summer holds a surprise for Charley, in the form of a mysterious dog who appears in the woods across the lake from her home. In order to connect with this wild spirit she names Coyote, Charley will have to do more than just walk. She will have to follow Coyote into the heart of her memories: the woods her mother loved so much. And she will have to learn to listen past the silence.

This unsentimental, unforgettable story comes straight from the heart of Newbery Honor author Stephanie S. Tolan. As she describes Charley’s difficult emotional and physical journey, she weaves together themes of nature, family, and love into a complex and powerful portrait of recovery.

Wishworks, Inc.

The best dog story you could wish for!Max is handling his parents’ divorce, his new home and school, and a big bully named Nick the only way he knows how: by running away in his head. Through his imagination, he and his wonderful dog King have thrilling adventures; they conquer aliens and slay dragons; they embarrass Nick so he never comes near Max again. If only King were real…
Then Max happens upon a store called Wishworks, Inc., which promises his wish will come true in real life, ‘guaranteed.’ He wishes for a real dog like King to fulfill all his dreams. And then a real dog named Goldie appears on his doorstep…
but she may be a little more real than Max expects!

Bartholomew’s Blessing

In this Christmas story, a mouse is invited by an angel and a fox to make the journey to Bethlehem and be blessed by the Christ Child.

Guiding the Gifted Child

Winner of the American Psychological Association National Media Award Wall Street Journal: ‘It’s the primer on parenthood most of us never had…
an excellent book.’

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