Abandoned on the doorstep of an orphanage twelve years ago, Adam has no idea who, or where, his parents are. He has no friends, nothing he's good at, and nowhere he really belongs. Then he wins a competition for a two day workshop...
Friendship
- Author:JONES, V. M.Summary:
- Author:Golding, Theresa MartinSummary:
Carly Chambers spends her summer days delivering mysterious packages for her harsh father but when she sneaks out at night to find some freedom, she faces danger from all sides.
- Author:Burnett, Frances HodgsonSummary:
When Mary is sent to live in a gloomy house in England, she feels very lonely. But then she finds the key to a lost garden, and makes a new friend, Dickon. Can the magical garden help her cousin Colin too?
- Author:Starmer, AaronSummary:
Publisher Marketing: Alistair Cleary is the kid who everyone trusts. Fiona Loomis is "not" the typical girl next door. Alistair hasn't really thought of her since they were little kids until she shows up at his doorstep...
- Author:Wynne-Jones, TimSummary:
Rex Zero and the End of the WorldIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new...
- Author:Cicero, Marcus TulliusSummary:
On Old Age is a gentle text. It has the capacity to soothe us when we read it as much as it must have soothed Cicero to write it. It pleases because of its great good sense and lack of sentimentality; because it deals so...
- Author:Oral, FeridunSummary:
On a cold winter's day, Rabbit leaves his burrow in search of food, but all he can find is a single red apple hanging far out of reach. Maybe his friend Mouse can help get it down for him. But Mouse can't climb that high. Nor...
- Author:DRABBLE, MargaretSummary:
Three women, all brought up in the North of England, at Cambridge together and now all living in London. The social and political changes of 1980's Britain make unforeseen alterations to their expectations.
- Author:Morrissey, DiSummary:
Three women, facing uncertain futures, form an unlikely friendship in Australia's remote opal fields. Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she made many...
- Author:Schlitz, Laura Amy.Summary:
When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently.
- Author:Hicks, Faith ErinSummary:
The Nameless City--held by the rogue Dao prince Erzi--is under siege by a coalition of Dao and Yisun forces who are determined to end the war once and for all... Rat and Kai must infiltrate Erzi's palace and steal back the ancient and...
- Author:Hicks, Faith ErinSummary:
"Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political...
- Author:Hicks, Faith ErinSummary:
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of...
- Author:Mwangi, MejaSummary:
Winner, Children's Africana Book Award - Best Book for Older Readers. For young Kariuki, life in a small village in central Kenya is one great adventure. And when he meets Nigel life becomes even more interesting. Nigel is from England...
- Author:DeMeulemeester, LindaSummary:
A group of friends risks their lives to solve a sinister, supernatural mystery that is plaguing their otherwise-sleepy town. Blending adventure and realism with a speculative twist, The Mystery of Croaker's Island introduces a...
- Author:Kerrin, Jessica ScottSummary:
Trevor Tower doesn’t worry about being short until he is assigned dog-walking duty with Loyola Louden, the tallest person in his class. But the dogs are a wonderful distraction, and even before Trevor and Loyola vow to solve the mystery...
- Author:Gallaher, BillSummary:
A follow-up to The Frog Lake Massacre, The Luck of the Horseman is a cleverly written ride from the days of the Wild West. The story begins ten years after the Frog Lake massacre. Jack Strong is doing a poor job of dealing with a...
- Author:Dowding, PhilippaSummary:
This special three-book bundle collects all the books in the Lost Gargoyle series! In The Gargoyle in My Yard, Katherine meets an ancient wandering gargoyle named Gargoth. He ends up being adopted by her family, but all is not well...
- Author:Saint-Exupéry, Antoine deSummary:
After appearing to the author, whose plane has been forced down in the African desert, the little prince freely shares his experiences with the fascinated pilot, then disappears as mysteriously as he came.
- Author:Muntean, MichaelaSummary:
Little Blue Engine rescues his best friend, the toy clown, from a runaway engine.