While banished to a dusty study one day "to think things over", a boy pulls a book off a shelf and with great reluctance begins to read. As the afternoon passes, the story nabs him and carries him away. Before long, this good...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Maclear, KyoSummary:
- Author:AviSummary:
McKinley, a malamute, is torn between the domestic world of his human family and the wild world of Lupin, a wolf that is trying to recruit dogs to replenish the dwindling wolf pack.
- Author:Simmons, KristenSummary:
In a world where females are scarce and are hunted, then bought and sold at market for their breeding rights, 15-year old Aya has learned how to hide. With a ragtag bunch of other women and girls, she has successfully avoided capture...
- Author:Lowry, LoisSummary:
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
- Author:Miller, BarnabasSummary:
- Author:DeStefano, LaurenSummary:
What if a machine could bring back the ones we love' From New York Times bestseller Lauren DeStefano comes a captivating middle grade tale of loss, love and hope. In this beautiful and poignant novel, acclaimed author Lauren...
- Author:Barnhill, KellySummary:
A young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon must unlock the dangerous magic buried deep inside her in this epic coming-of-age fairy tale from the highly acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy. Every...
- Author:Rivers, KarenSummary:
Eleven-year-old Kammie reflects on her life as she fights claustrophobia while waiting to be rescued from a well she fell into while trying to impress some mean girls.
- Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
"A young girl becomes lost in the woods after wandering too far away from her mother. Scared because she is lost, she encounters a large wolf who reminds her of her own ability to survive and find her mother again."
- Author:Jones, Diana WynneSummary:
Sent to a boisterous family gathering in Ireland by her overly strict grandmother, orphaned Hayley feels out of place until her unruly cousins include her in a special game involving travel through the mythosphere, the place where all...
- Author:An, NaSummary:
Korean American high school student Joyce Kim feels like a nonentity compared to her beautiful older sister, and when her aunt offers to pay for plastic surgery on her eyes, she jumps at the chance, thinking it will change her life for...
- Author:Blakemore, Megan FrazerSummary:
- Author:Sorensen, JessicaSummary:
For eighteen-year-old Gemma, life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she's around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz....
- Author:Koller, Jackie FrenchSummary:
Darek is envious when his older brother, Clep, returns from a quest wearing dragon claws for a necklace. His brother has killed a Great Blue, the largest and most feared of all dragons. The next day the village will hold a great...
- Author:Kelly, HelenSummary:
When two sweet and very well-behaved terriers need to be looked after for a few days while their owner goes to hospital, Ben is happy to help out. That is, until 'well-behaved' flies out the window and is replaced by chaotic...
- Author:Steggall, SusanSummary:
Uses rhyming text to follow different construction vehicles, including bulldozers, diggers, and trucks, as they build a group of houses.
- Author:Koopmans, CarolSummary:
Provides information on the Denesuline also known as the Chipewyan Indians with a focus on their homes, communities, clothing, food, religion, and more.
- Author:Hoover, H. M.Summary:
Having been trained in supernatural knowledge, thirteen-year-old Medea finds herself in a unique position to help when the Greek hero Jason comes to her father's kingdom in search of the Golden Fleece.
- Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:
The evil Librarians are coming! A hero with an incredible talent...for breaking things. A life-or-death mission...to rescue a bag of sand. A fearsome threat from a powerful secret network...the evil Librarians. Alcatraz Smedry doesn...
- Author:Ho, MinfongSummary:
For years war has touched the Cambodian village where 12-year-old Dara lives. Bombs have gradually destroyed the huts and temple. Recently, soldiers marched into town and burned all the rice seed. Now with nothing to eat, Dara and her...