From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Wolf, Joan M.Summary:
- Author:McSwigan, MarieSummary:
- Author:Korman, GordonSummary:
Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and gaming for hours in his basement. It's not too hard for him to get away with it ... until he gets so caught up in one game that he...
- Author:Schachner, Judith ByronSummary:
Award-winning author Judy Schachner delivers another entertaining children's book. After sleeping with the birds, Skippyjon Jones is sent to his room to think about what it means to be a Siamese cat. Instead, he imagines he is a...
- Author:Gereaux, TaraSummary:
- Author:O'Dell, ScottSummary:
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.
- Author:Oppel, KennethSummary:
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.
- Author:George, Jessica Day.Summary:
New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George begins a new series of historical thrillers with Silver in the Blood. Spoiled society sisters Dacia and Lou return to their native Romania to do the bidding of the royal Dracula...
- Author:Yee, PaulSummary:
When Shu-Li's school is threatened with closure, she and her friends find unexpected help from a magic pear tree in the back yard of an intriguing neighbour.
- Author:Jennewein, Jim.Summary:
In order to save his one true love and prevent the destruction of the earth, Dane the Defiant must defeat an old--and undead--enemy.
- Author:Ohi, RuthSummary:
"Shh! My brother's napping. He really needs his sleep," admonishes our adorable narrator at the outset of this story. But there are pots to bang, books to read, towers to build, pictures to paint, and all sorts of fun to...
- Author:Gane, CouniosSummary:
"The boys are back! Tony Shepherd's relaxing summer at the lake with his family crashes to a halt when Charlie Wolfe arrives at the cabin after a local man goes missing. Nothing is ever simple when Charlie's around, and...
- Author:Harlow, Joan HiattSummary:
In 1942, fourteen-year-old Jill goes to stay with her grandmother on the coast of Maine, where she is introduced to the often gossipy nature of small-town life, and discovers that the war is closer than she thought.
- Author:Connolly, MarcyKateSummary:
Fans of Serafina and the Black Cloak and The Night Gardener will devour Shadow Weaver, the first in a dark middle-grade fantasy duology that's filled with shadows, danger, magic, and has the feel of a new classic. Emmeline's...
- Author:Khan, JoshuaSummary:
Thorn, a boy sold into slavery who must serve the royalty of Castle Gloom for a year and a day to earn his freedom, and Lilith Shadow, the 13-year-old ruler of Gehenna, who is forbidden to practice the magic that is her heritage, join...
- Author:Chamberlain, PennySummary:
"Twelve-year-old Pepper and her misfit brother, Everett, are spending their summer on Shack Island with Grandma. Pepper has mysterious dreams that foretell the future, so she decides to practice her ESP skills to see if she can get...
- Author:Bishop, Mary HarelkinSummary:
Danny wants to be a farmer. He only wishes that the town bully, Zach, would leave him alone. Is there any way Danny can protect himself?
- Author:Beiko, S. M.Summary:
The first in a new YA fantasy trilogy combines urban fantasy with magical realism mythology, featuring ancient animal totems - American Gods meets Princess Mononoke. As the winter ice begins to thaw, the fury of a demon builds - all...
- Author:Watt, MélanieSummary:
Uncomfortable with the idea of camping outdoors, Scaredy Squirrel engages in a camping venture on his couch away from mosquitoes, skunks and zippers and hopes to watch a camping show on his new television, which requires him to hunt for...
- Author:Pierce, TamoraSummary:
Four elements of power, four mages-in-training learning to control them. In Book 1 of the Circle of Magic Quartet, gifted young weaver Sandry is brought to the Winding Circle community. There she meets Briar, a former thief with a way...