A spy for the Government Investigation Bureau, twelve-year-old Zac is sent to Great Icy Pole to learn why planes are suddenly making frequent flights over a remote research station.
Juvenile fiction
- Author:H I LarrySummary:
- Author:Sher, EmilSummary:
T-- lives in a precarious world with very few friends, abused by a trio of bullies he calls Joined at the Hip, and his main refuge is the camera which he uses to capture the unique way he sees the world--but when he photographs the boys...
- Author:King-Smith, DickSummary:
When Joanna finds a large black dog lying unconscious in the road she doesn't realise what chaos he is going to cause at home. Everything turns topsy-turvy when Yob's around but when a burglar breaks in at night he gets a...
- Author:Roy, Jennifer RozinesSummary:
From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
- Author:Körner, MiriamSummary:
Jeremy lives in a small community where winters are long and stray dogs roam the streets. When peer pressure leads Jeremy into a bad prank, he is immediately struck with guilt - and that's when Jeremy's life changes forever. Trying to...
- Author:Nielsen-Fernlund, SusinSummary:
When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich, friendless nerd Ambrose, forced to be home-schooled by his overprotective mother, coerces his neighbor Cosmo into taking him to the West Side...
- Author:CIDDOR, AnnaSummary:
In the world of Viking Magica girl can heal sword cuts with nettle stingsa boy can weave a wolfspell or make the lightning strikean arrow of fire can end a disputeBut can two children stop the Sheriff from turning their families out of...
- Author:Golden, MeishSummary:
Papa Wolf tells bedtime stories to his three cheeky pups.
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to...
- Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:
Keegan Bishop, championship skier, is almost injured in a dangerous trap set for one of his teammates. Snowboard tracks leading away from the trap are the only clue as to who might be responsible. Keegan teaches himself to snowboard so...
- Author:Zimmerman, TracySummary:
Kenny wakes up one morning to a shocking surprise ... he has wings!
- Author:Forrestal, ElaineSummary:
In this dramatic conclusion to the Eden-Glassie quartet, a terrifying cyclone brings down powerlines and creates havoc. A mysterious and threatening prowler is attracted to the homestead, and Auntie Helen is attacked and injured, but...
- Author:MORPURGO, MichaelSummary:
Two children befriend the old man known as the Birdman of Bryher and when a pod of whales beaches on the island's shores, they help him lift a curse from their island.
- Author:White, TaraSummary:
"This moving novel of self-discovery and awareness takes place during the Oka crisis in the summer of 1990. Adopted as an infant, Carrie has always felt out of place somehow. Recurring dreams haunt her, warning that someone close...
- Author:Kerr, JudithSummary:
In 1933, nine-year-old Anna is too young to worry about Adolf Hitler and about being Jewish in pre-war Berlin. Suddenly, however, everything changes..
- Author:Mitchard, JacquelynSummary:
Allie Kim's deathly allergy to sunlight confines her to the night, and without her best friend Juliet, the night feels even darker. Allie knows Juliet killed herself to escape Garrett Tabor, whom they saw commit a horrible crime,...
- Author:Morpurgo, MichaelSummary:
- Author:McIsaac, MeaghanSummary:
Urgle is not a good hunter; he's not good at much of anything, particularly being a big brother to Cubby. But he has no family to fall back on: Urgle and Cubby live among the Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit. One by one, generations of boys...
- Author:Tamaki, MarikoSummary:
Based on the bestselling, cult-favorite graphic novels, this series of middle-grade novels follows the five campers on totally new, action-packed adventures Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for...