Why Are You Still Here? is from the author of the award-winning Lillian & Kokomis. In this new book in the Lillian mystery series, Lillian discovers her connection with a surprising spirit that returns her to traditional ways,...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Partridge, LyndaSummary:
- Author:Diggs, TayeSummary:
This program is read by Taye Diggs. It contains sound design. A conversation about race. "Daddy?" "Yes, my sweet boy." "Why are those people shouting?" "Our people are shouting because we need to be...
- Author:Cowley, Joy.Summary:
Ginger Paws has a new bike with no training wheels. He has trouble riding until Daddy Paws comes to help.
- Author:Flett, JulieSummary:
Clarence and his grandmother pick wild blueberries and meet ant, spider, and fox in a beautiful woodland landscape. Many key words are provided in n-dialect, or Swampy Cree, from the Cumberland House area. Includes pronunciation guide...
- Author:Mull, BrandonSummary:
As a dark force engulfs the land, the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers who each have forged a rare bond with their spirit beasts -- a bond that gives great powers to all of them.
- Author:Szpirglas, JeffSummary:
In this illustrated early chapter book, a game of trading playing cards gets out of hand at a grade school with big problems.
- Author:Farley, TerriSummary:
The Phantom's lead mare is injured, and Samantha wants to help her. But she can't call the vet - what if he won't let the mare return to the wild? So Sam starts treating the mare's injuries in secret. But the horse seems awfully calm...
- Author:Peterson, CrisSummary:
A view of life in the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, and its efforts to save the American mustang.
- Author:Hobbs, WillSummary:
After fourteen-year-old Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness site of his archaeologist father's death, a storm strands him on Admiralty Island, Alaska, where he manages to survive, encounters unexpected animal...
- Author:Abrams, KelseySummary:
Emily has her heart set on rescuing a wild mustang, but her family gets outbid at an auction. Instead she settles for helping a nearby ranch muck out stalls where some of the mustangs now reside. She quickly earns a reputation as a...
- Author:Jordan, RosaSummary:
Eleven-year-old Danny Ryan and 19-year-old Wendy Marshall think their friendship is only about looking after two baby raccoons that Danny has rescued. But when a bank holdup upsets Wendy so much that she can hardly stand to be around...
- Author:Márquez, Melissa CristinaSummary:
Twelve-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her older brother Feye travel the globe with their parents, the hosts of a suspenseful nature show called Wild Survival! The show features daring animal rescues and the work the family does at...
- Author:Carmichael, ClaySummary:
Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
- Author:Bates, Sonya, Charko, KasiaSummary:
Jake, Tommy and Lexie are on a ski trip. In an attempt to squeeze one last run in for the day, the kids head out on their own to ski down Easy Street. But Lexie and Jake convince Tommy to try Wildcat Run instead. Wildcat Run presents...
- Author:Loughead, DebSummary:
Bridgewood is having one of the hottest summers on record. Despite the strict fire ban, fires keep breaking out, and it's starting to look like arson. Dylan O'Connor, as usual, is right in the thick of things, and his friend...
- Author:Philbrick, RodmanSummary:
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfire as 12-year-old Sam is trapped by explosive flames and deadly smoke that threaten to take his life. Can he survive' Flames race...
- Author:Scott, Briana CorrSummary:
An old woman's wish for a child is granted in the form of a thumb-sized girl born inside a flower. Though the child brings the woman much joy, Wildflower cannot be planted in one place; she must go where the wild wind blows. And if her...
- Author:Meloy, ColinSummary:
When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest in the middle of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among...
- Author:Meloy, ColinSummary:
A young girl's midnight seance awakens a long-slumbering malevolent spirit . . .A band of runaway orphans allies with an underground collective of saboteurs and plans a daring rescue of their friends, imprisoned in the belly of an...
- Author:Morris, ChadSummary:
When her mother dies, twelve-year-old Willa feels lost and alone—until she meets and befriends a humpback whale named Meg While on a whale-watching excursion with her dad, Willa is alone on one side of the boat when she sees a humpback...