Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011 an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters.o This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after …



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.
Ever since Prue McKeel returned home from the Impassable Wilderness, life has been pretty dull. Her mind is constantly returning to the verdant groves and sky-tall trees of Wildwood, where her friend Curtis still remains



Like Life of Pi Beatrice and Virgil uses animals to discuss the human condition in this case to address the atrocities of the Holocaust. At the center of the novel is the relationship between two Henrys a novelist and a taxidermist who collaborate on a play about a donkey and a howler monkey who have survived a genocide. Heartbreaking and utterly original the novel asks enduring questions about…









Callum Challenger is a boy with a mission: to track down supposedly mythological creatures and capture their DNA. But while Callum and his friends want to save these beings, an aggressive pharmaceutical company wants to wipe them out. In a fast-paced, high-tech story, Callum and a group of misfit mates -- a computer hacker, a freerunner, an ex-marine and a pathological liar, criss-cross the glo…


The classic sequel to the Jungle Book

Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.

Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch.

Johnnie was only the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost a shilling, but shomehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.

Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.

With catchy rhyming text, author Karen Shapiro gives readers a very simple lesson in the process of metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly. The spare text, paired with illustrator Jean Cassels' vivid realistic art, follows the fascinating process step-by-step. Readers see the caterpillar being born, eating, growing, shedding skin, gradually changing form inside a chrysalis, then emerging a…


Presents 14 animals that are record holders in such areas as size, strength, speed, and age.K-3

ow that Little Zebra is getting bigger, it's time to done with bottles. It's not easy, but Little Zebra must learn to use a cup. Bye-bye, bottles!