USBBY Outstanding International Books selection. Kiki lives with her mother and father and their very old fat dog, Mona. Life is good except that Kiki's father, a doctor, feels compelled to go off on missions to dangerous and faraway...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Hof, Marjolijn, Prins, Johanna H., Prins, Johanna W.Summary:
- Author:Sutherland, Tui T.Summary:
The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands....
- Author:Poskitt, KjartanSummary:
"Chick chick chick chick CHICKEN!" Agatha and her friends are beyond excited to babysit their school's small flock of newly hatched chicks-until they discover one of the chickens is missing! Where on Odd Street could the...
- Author:Rivard, ÉmilieSummary:
Zélina savait bien qu'un mystère se cachait sous son école. Pourtant, jamais elle n'aurait imaginé qu'il s'agissait d'une agence secrète ! La jeune fille comprend très vite que l'agence Techno Anti-...
- Author:Denman, K. L.Summary:
When a stink bomb at school provides Angus with a chance to talk to Ella Eckles, he claims to share her interest in reading facial expressions. He tells her he plans to become a crime-solving mentalist. When Ella’s treasured sketchbook...
- Author:Jocelyn, MartheSummary:
For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, a spa stay becomes a lot more thrilling when TWO dead bodies are found in this third book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a...
- Author:Webb, SarahSummary:
Quand la fabuleuse Clover, la tante d’Amy, obtient son emploi de rêve en tant que chroniqueuse pour le courrier du cœur d’un magazine pour adolescentes, Potins!, Amy s’aperçoit vite que ce ne sera pas une chronique ordinaire. Bien vite...
- Author:Hamza, NinaSummary:
Ahmed Aziz is having an epically bad year. After his dad gets sick, the family moves from Hawaii to Minnesota for his dad's treatment. Even though his dad grew up there, Ahmed can't imagine a worse place to live. He's one...
- Author:St. Jean, AlanSummary:
Join Aidan and his friends, Lily and McKenzie, as they embark upon the journey of a lifetime. Just before his thirteenth birthday, Aidan learns of a prophecy that holds the key to ending the terrible war. Aidan must leave his home to...
- Author:Colfer, EoinSummary:
A new adventure novel filled with high-action and aerial invention from the bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series. Conor Boekhart is blamed for murdering the king and thrown into prison. While in prison, Conor passes time by...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Akimbo goes to the rescue of a zoologist who is injured on his father's game preserve.
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers.
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
When Akimbo and his park ranger father unintentionally capture a lion cub near an African game park, Akimbo wants to keep the cub.
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
On a trip to the snake park with his Uncle Peter, Akimbo has an adventure involving a deadly green mamba snake.
- Author:Choldenko, GenniferSummary:
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, faces new challenges when his father is promoted to Associate Warden.
- Author:Choldenko, GenniferSummary:
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
- Author:Choldenko, GenniferSummary:
Moose Flanagan, who lives on Alcatraz along with his family and the families of the other prison guards, is frightened when he discovers that noted gangster Al Capone, a prisoner there, wants a favor in return for the help that he...
- Author:Choldenko, GenniferSummary:
Return to Al Capone's Alcatraz with Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko in this charming addition to the beloved series about the son of a prison guard. Moose Flanagan lives on a famous island in California: Alcatraz,...
- Author:Walters, EricSummary:
Phillip vive para el skateboarding. La escuela no es m‡s que un paréntesis entre intentar un aterrizaje difícil y escapar de los guardias de seguridad. Cuando él y su mejor amigo, Wally, conocen a un patinador profesional que graba...
- Author:Pierce, TamoraSummary:
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.