The astonishing adventures of a kind-hearted doctor who talks to animals as he travels to Africa with some of his favourite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Lofting, HughSummary:
- Author:Smith, Jennifer E.Summary:
Twelve-year-olds Ruby and Simon have been growing apart since their parents moved them to a Wisconsin farm, but weird weather events that seem tied to Simon's emotions bring a stranger into their lives who introduces them to the...
- Author:Skuy, DavidSummary:
Cody is no longer the kid with cancer, or the soccer player always sitting on the bench as a substitute. But just when he is getting used to being the striker on the Lions soccer team, as well as being friends with his teammates and a...
- Author:Chima, Cinda WilliamsSummary:
The delicate peace between Wizards and the underguilds (Warriors, Seers, Enchanters, and Sorcerers) still holds by the thinnest of threads, but powerful forces inside and outside the guilds threaten to sever it completely. Emma and...
- Author:Flake, SharonSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
- Author:Lawrence, Iain.Summary:
Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat sinks. The only survivors are Chris and a boy named Frank, who hates Chris immediately. Chris and Frank...
- Author:Hughes, AlisonSummary:
"In this illustrated picture book, a young child learns to find comfort in silence when the world becomes too noisy."--
- Author:White, SusanSummary:
"It is the late 1960s, and the world of twelve-year-old Ruth Iverson pretty much revolves around her friends, a boy she likes, The Monkees and spending time with her dad, doing special stuff like watching the Toronto Maple Leafs win the...
- Author:Monica HughesSummary:
- Author:Sitomer, Alan LawrenceSummary:
Tenth-grader Sonia reveals secrets about her life and her Hispanic family as she studies hard to become the first Rodriguez to finish high school.
- Author:Burnett, Frances HodgsonSummary:
After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the...
- Author:Stilton, GeronimoSummary:
Once again Geronimo Stilton is pulled into the Kingdom of Fantasy, where he is needed to fulfill the ancient Gemstone Prophecy, and prevent Scorcher, the evil Empress of Witches, from obtaining the Royal Sapphire which will give her...
- Author:Farmer, NancySummary:
Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built, swords are being forged." "Is that bad...
- Author:Wertheim, L. Jon, Moskowitz, Tobias J.Summary:
Using the tips, truths, and stats, two dads pack super sports savvy and important math and financial concepts into a fun and heartwarming first novel for kids.
- Author:Crossley-Holland, KevinSummary:
Anouk, Ben and Cara dream of a fabulous treasure buried on the golden island across the harbor. A mysterious and grizzled old man offers them passage on his boat, but only if they can solve seven vexing riddles. If they succeed, a...
- Author:Nielsen, SusinSummary:
When thirteen-year-old Henry and his family move to the city to leave behind a secret tragedy, Henry finds a journal is his best friend.
- 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:Sorensen, JessicaSummary:
My name is Gemma Lucas, and my life's a mess. Alex is gone, my dad's trapped in his own mind, and my mom's working for the dark side. Not to mention that Nicholas refuses to quit haunting me.The world has also entered...
- Author:Buckley, MichaelSummary:
With the help of a long lost relative, and a little magic, Sabrina Grimm and her sister Daphne try to find out who has kidnapped their parents and rescue them.
- Author:MacLean, JillSummary:
Prinny is struggling with reading, bullying, an alcoholic mother, and losing her best friend to the new girl at school. But a special book shows her that life can be full of possibilities and poetry.