A Likely Place

by Paula Fox

Published August 1968
A little boy who can't spell or ever seem to please his parents spends a week with a kooky babysitter and makes a special friend.

The Slave Dancer

by Paula Fox

Published 1 November 1974
Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.