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  • When we were very young & Now we are six
    Author:
    Milne, A. A.
    Summary:

    From the unabridged collection "A.A. Milne's Pooh Classics," here are all of the poems and verses from When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six.
  • Up in arms
    Author:
    Spottiswoode, Amanda, March, Molly
    Summary:

    A rollicking wartime adventure on the BC coast. A lot has changed in the world since Sophie, Molly, Mark, Harriet, Leticia, and Posy’s last adventure in The Silver Lining. Now it’s 1940, and the Second World War is making life back home...
  • Thinking about child language research to practice
    Author:
    Johnston, Judith R.
    Summary:
  • The Underground Reporters
    Author:
    Kacer, Kathy
    Summary:

    In a quiet village in Czechoslovakia, laws restricted the freedom of Jewish people during WWII. A small plot of land by the river was allocated to the village’s Jewish youth, and it was here that some brave young people decided to...
  • The turn of the screw
    Author:
    James, Henry
    Summary:

    A governess is hired to look after two orphaned children living at their absentee uncle’s grand estate and soon becomes convinced that her charges are controlled by the ghosts of the former governess and her lover. Famous for its rich...
  • The Turn of the Screw
    Author:
    James, Henry
    Summary:

    One of the most daunting ghost stories to ever be written, Henry James' The Turn of the Screw follows the transformation of Miles (age 10) and Flora (age 8) from well-behaved children to deceitful liars. When a governess comes to their...
  • The righteous smuggler
    Author:
    Spring, Debbie
    Summary:

    During World War II, Hendrik, the son of a fisherman, notices his Jewish friends being ostracized. When he realizes the danger that Hitler’s policies ultimately mean for his friends and their families, he hatches a plan to smuggle them...
  • The night spies
    Author:
    Kacer, Kathy
    Summary:

    Based on real events and real characters! It is the middle of World War II, and Gabi and her mother have been lucky so far, eluding the grasp of Nazi soldiers who are sending Jewish people away to unknown fates. But she, her mother and...
  • The Mommy Mafia The Urban Dictionary of Mothers
    Author:
    Charleston, L. J.
    Summary:

    The Mommy Mafia is the Urban Dictionary of Mothers – think of it as Mommy profiling. The politics of motherhood is complicated, yet also highly amusing. If motherhood is akin to the Mafia, which “family” do you belong to? Are you the...
  • The mangrove summer
    Author:
    Lasenby, Jack
    Summary:

    In 1941 there are rumours that the Japanese may invade New Zealand. George's mother decides to send the family to their bach on the east coast of the Coromandel. The children decide that to survive they need to fend for themselves...
  • The last hiccup
    Author:
    Meades, Christopher
    Summary:

    A poignant and surreal fable about the nature of good and evil filled with a dazzling cast of characters … and millions of hiccups

    A darkly funny, tragic, and ultimately heroic novel set in 1930s Russia, The Last...
  • The interrogation
    Author:
    Cook, Thomas H.
    Summary:

    One day in 1952, the strangled body of 10-year-old Cathy Lake is discovered in a public park. A homeless suspect, Albert Jay Smalls, is arrested and held for interrogation. Now, Officers Norman Cohen and Jack Pierce have only 24 hours...
  • The declaration
    Author:
    Malley, Gemma
    Summary:

    In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.
  • The choice
    Author:
    Clark, Kathy
    Summary:

    Thirteen-year-old Jakob’s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, a choice that puts his whole family...
  • The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War
    Author:
    Murphy, Jim
    Summary:

    Includes diary entries, personal letters, and archival photographs to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.
  • The bishop
    Author:
    James, Steven
    Summary:

    FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers' cutting-edge skills are pushed to the limit when a woman is found brutally murdered near Washington, D.C. While her killers continue a spree of perfect crimes, Bowers struggles to discover a...
  • The big swim
    Author:
    Fagan, Cary
    Summary:

    When Ethan arrives at summer camp for the first time, he has just three modest goals. First, to survive. Second, not to be hated. Third, not to be the worst at anything. But these goals turn out to be relatively easy to achieve. Instead...
  • Sit
    Author:
    Ellis, Deborah
    Summary:

    The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own. In each story, a child makes a decision and takes action...
  • Sea change
    Author:
    Viva, Frank
    Summary:

    Follows a young boy who is reluctantly sent to spend the summer in a remote part of Nova Scotia. As the summer wears on, the hero forges solid friendships with other kids in the small fishing community and is changed forever by the...
  • Riley's fire
    Author:
    Byrd, Lee Merrill
    Summary:

    The fire called Riley to his destiny, just like the spinning-wheel called Sleeping Beauty. Now, Riley has third-degree burns on 63% of his body. At the Shriners Burns Institute, he must endure countless skin grafts and searingly painful...

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