Dawn Wind is a historical novel for children and young adults written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1961 by Oxford University Press, with illustrations by Charles Keeping. It takes place in Britain in the sixth century, after...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Sutcliff, RosemarySummary:
- Author:Lester, JuliusSummary:
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
Winner of the Silver Moonbeam Medal for Preteen Historical Fiction. It's 1912, and the lives of two children are twisted together as the Regina cyclone approaches: Ella, a well-to-do young lady, and Billy, a penniless runaway Home Child...
- Author:Ryan, DarleneSummary:
Evie tuvo una bebita y fue obligada a darla en adopción, pero no puede simplemente dejarla con extraños, sobre todo porque tiene la impresión de que no la cuidan bien. Mientras su novio espera en su camioneta, Evie secuestra a la niña y...
- Author:Rousseau, SimonSummary:
Vous cherchez un livre de super héros? Celui-ci n'en est pas un! DEAD, c'est le plus nul des personnages: Il meurt à chaque livre! La reine Gretamalda lance une prime sur la tête du nécromancien Norbert le Noir, qui met en danger la...
- Author:Sicard, L.P.Summary:
Vous cherchez un livre de super héros? Celui-ci n'en est pas un! DEAD, c'est le plus nul des personnages: Il meurt à chaque livre! L'académie des sorciers organise un tournoi. Pour DEAD, c'est l'occasion d'obtenir son premier trophée!...
- Author:Bédard, DavidSummary:
Vous cherchez un livre de super héros? Celui-ci n'en est pas un! DEAD, c'est le plus nul des personnages: Il meurt à chaque livre! Pour le onzième anniversaire de naissance de son fils, le terrible Capitaine Kousto Long-Sabre prévoit...
- Author:Bedard, DavidSummary:
Vous cherchez un livre de super héros ? Celui-ci n'en est pas un ! DEAD, c'est le plus nul des personnages : Il meurt à chaque livre ! Pour le onzième anniversaire de naissance de son fils, le terrible Capitaine Kousto Long...
- Author:Cowley, Joy.Summary:
Mateo's dad puts new batteries in his toy truck so it works again. Mateo is hungry and bored the next day so his dad makes him breakfast and takes him in his truck.
- Author:Craven, ScottSummary:
Jed's not your typical middle school geek. "Cardiovascularly challenged," he is spending his seventh grade year as a target of school bully Robbie and his pack of moronic toadies, which is rapidly becoming unbearable. And so, Jed the...
- Author:St. John, LaurenSummary:
When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a children's home to live with her uncle in Cornwall, she longs for a life of excitement just like the characters in her favourite detective novels.
A real life adventure is on hand as she is...
- Author:Yee, Paul, Chan, HarveySummary:
These ten original ghost stories dramatize the history of Chinese immigration to North America -- from the poor village men who first came searching for gold in the late 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived from Hong Kong in the wake...
- Author:Arden, KatherineSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Small Spaces.
Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling...
- Author:Tate, NikkiSummary:
In this high-interest sports novel for young readers, Ayla must face her fears and make her way back down the mountain after a guide is injured in a climbing accident.
- Author:Avey, PenSummary:
Dethbert Jones is your average ten-year-old – only he lives on the planet Crank with his pet chicken-snail and his robot best friend Andi Social. When he and Andi join the Space Cadets, a Scouts-like organization, they are totally...
- Author:Young, DianneSummary:
One-eyed alien Frazzle recounts his flying adventures in a new journal . He bighearts his little Model 7, but as time passes, it starts making strange sounds, and Frazzle, pressured by friends and co-workers, wonders if he should trade...
- Author:Cleary, BeverlySummary:
Leigh, a sixth grade boy, writes letters to Mr. Henshaw, his favourite author. He begins writing because of a school assignment. Mr. Henshaw writes back and his surprising answers to Leigh's questions change the boy's life.
- Author:Nickel, BarbaraSummary:
Dear Peter, Dear Ulla is an imaginative and beautifully crafted historical middle-grade novel about two cousins who are fast friends even though they have never met. Letters fly back and forth between them, and although Ulla lives in...
- Author:Murphy, JulieSummary:
The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan...
- Author:Cumyn, AlanSummary:
Winner of the OLA's Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express Award. Sylvia Tull -- the girl whose very glance turns Owen's face into a burning tomato -- has moved away from the small village where Owen lives with his parents and two...