Upon finding a special stone, a child imagines the life of a pterosaur, the ancient flying reptile that lived, died, and was fossilized into that stone. Includes facts about fossils and how they are formed.
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Ewart, ClaireSummary:
- Author:Little, JeanSummary:
In this sequel to Rescue Pup, Shakespeare, the unusual Seeing Eye dog who understands humans, must win over his new master, a desperately unhappy young man who was recently blinded in an accident.
- Author:Corp, CareySummary:
With the witch of Doon on the throne, Jamie believed dead, and Duncan and Mackenna trapped in Alloway, Veronica has no choice but to put her grief aside and prepare her remaining followers for the impending battle against the false...
- Author:Collingwood, HarrySummary:
This is a very well-written and seamanlike book. The hero is young Harry Collingwood, the same as the pseudonym of the author. His father has not returned from a previous voyage to sea, and is presumed to be lost. There are also some...
- Author:Goobie, BethSummary:
In this sequel to Flux, Nellie Joanne Kinnan meets the twin sister she didn't know she had. Together they discover that much of what they had been taught to believe is not true and that one of them is destined to play a crucial...
- Author:Blyton, EnidSummary:
The Five take part in an exciting rescue in the tunnels of Billycock Hill.
- Author:Pierce, TamoraSummary:
- Author:Oppel, KennethSummary:
Griffin, a newborn bat, thinks he's nothing like his heroic father, until he gets dragged to the Underworld and must find his way home while his father braves the odds to get him back as well.
- Author:Son, JohnSummary:
Jin-Han describes his life growing up with his mother and father, immigrants from Korea, and his little sister as they move to different cities with his parents' business.
- Author:Maes, NicholasSummary:
For the first time, the Felix Taylor Adventures are available as together in this two-book bundle. Short-listed for the Snow Willow Young Reader's Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. "An entertaining and...
- Author:Anderson, M. T.Summary:
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
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A collection of short stories with the common theme of love and romance. Suggested level: secondary.
- Author:Levine, Gail CarsonSummary:
Aza's singing is the fairest in all the land, and the most unusual. She can "throw" her voice so it seems to come from anywhere. But singing is only one of the two qualities prized in the Kingdom of Ayortha. Aza doesn...
- Author:Brennan, HerbieSummary:
When a terrible plague takes over the faerie realm and causes its inhabitants to age unnaturally quickly, Henry and Blue must find a cure in order to save the realm.
- Author:Baylor, ByrdSummary:
Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for play and pleasure.
- Author:Savage, J. ScottSummary:
After the battle of Seattle, Trenton and Kallista--along with their friends, Plucky, Simoni, Angus, and Clyde--fly their mechanical dragons south toward San Francisco, looking for any sign of Kallista's father, Leo Babbage.
- Author:Cavanaugh, Nancy J.Summary:
Elsie Mae is pretty sure this'll be the best summer ever. She gets to explore the cool, quiet waters of the Okefenokee Swamp around her grandparents' house with her new dog, Huck, and she's written a letter to President...
- Author:Khan, JoshuaSummary:
Things are dire for the inhabitants of Castle Gloom and the surrounding villages. The undead are leaving their graves in droves, a troll army is on the march from the north, and people are mysteriously disappearing from their homes. The...
- Author:McCaffrey, AnneSummary:
Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
- Author:McCaffrey, AnneSummary:
Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong.