Thunderhead is the engrossing story of Ken's hopes for the mighty Thunderhead and their mountain adventure. It aims to captivate boys and girls alike.
Tom's pet goldfish Frankie is transformed into a zombie goldfish with hypnotic powers when Tom rescues Frankie from the experiments of his evil-scientist older brother, Mark. Book contains two stories, one in which Tom and Frankie go camping, and one in which Frankie gets kidnapped.
When fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians. Fourteen-year-old Liyana Abboud loves to hear her father call her habibi--Arabic for "darling". But she's not prepared for her f…
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
A young girl from a dysfunctional family creates for herself an alternative world which nearly results in her death but which ultimately leads her to reality.
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind.This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year…
Aquila has been found by boys bunking off a geography field trip. They have no idea where it came from or what it does. But Geoff's discovered that when you sit in it these little coloured lights come on, and if you push one of the big blue ones ...Whoosh!
Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur's.
Some of the most haunting tales are about peoples who have disappeared. A few of the missing eventually are found. Others are never seen again. You will never forget these incredible true stories
When Ashley McDowell’s parents first told her they were moving from the big city to a one-stoplight farm town, she was convinced that she was going to hate living in Heaton Corners. But to Ashley’s surprise, she loves it. Everyone is super welcoming, especially her new friends. Plus, it’s October and there’s the town’s Harvest Festival, and, of course, Halloween. But when Ashley start…
When Abby Miller confesses her crush on Jake during a game of Truth or Dare and then receives a text message warning her to stay away from him, she starts suspecting that her stalker is a ghost, and not a jealous classmate.
his is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face of this force they can neither prevent nor co…
Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.
Venice, Italy 1592 - Donata Mocenigo daughter of the city's noble families, leads a life of wealthy privilege constrained by the strict rules of etiquette a young noblewoman must observe - So Donata comes up with a daring plan to escape the palazzo and explore Venice.
After their mother's murder, Sade and her brother are smuggled out of Nigeria and sent to London foster homes. Their father escapes to join them, but will be sent back to Nigeria unless Sade can tell the world what happened to her family. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and a Los Angeles Times" Book Prize Finalist"
A tale inspired by the lives of famous twentieth-century female photographers traces the progression of feminism and photography in various world regions as each woman explores private and public goals while balancing the demands of family and creativity.
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, 7 grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness, a dangerous and magical forest at the edge of Portland, Oregon. And soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants.
The story of a war-weary former military captain during the Civil War, who is inexplicably transported to Mars. He quickly (and reluctantly) becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet.
When a young girl's midnight seance awakens a long-slumbering, malevolent spirit, a band of runaway orphans teams up with an underground collective of saboteurs to rescue friends imprisoned in an industrial wasteland.
Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her glamour to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet ad Cress, Levana lived a very different story. A story that has never been told, until now.
Cinder and her allies are joined in the plot to overthrow Queen Levana by the queen's stepdaughter, Winter, who has long been defying her evil stepmother's wishes by harboring feelings for her personal guard whom she is forbidden from marrying.