The First Nations could hear the singing of the trees. The Sitka spruce, a giant among trees, grows in a rainforest in the Pacific Northwest. The Europeans arrive and clear the old forests. The ancient Sitka shatters. Hope dawns when an...
Juvenile fiction
- Author:Stewart, H. E.Summary:
- Author:MacDonald, SusanSummary:
Being a teenager is hard enough. It’s even more difficult when you have supernatural powers you barely understand. Now that Alec and his terrifying abilities are under the control of the traitorous Anna, it’s up to Riley to save her...
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys.
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.
- Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:
Why does Pop get so angry when Deja brings up anything about the towers? Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness 9/11, but begin to realize how much it colors...
- Author:Latulippe, MartineSummary:
En ce début d'année scolaire, Élizabeth reçoit des menaces anonymes... Normalement, elle en parlerait à Arianne, sa meilleure amie, mais celle-ci s'absente de plus en plus souvent de l'école, alléguant un mal de ventre. Les soucis d'...
- Author:Barnett, MacSummary:
What's Mac B.'s newest top-secret mission? Travel to Iceland and retrieve the ravens that were stolen from the Tower of London...before Britain is ruined. In Iceland, he discovers secret submarines, hungry polar bears,...
- Author:Duchesne, StéphanieSummary:
Bienvenue dans mon univers ! Je m'appelle Johanie, j'ai 13 ans, et je suis une passionnée de mode et d'art dramatique. Mes amies trouvent que j'ai de la chance d'avoir une mère qui travaille pour un magazine...
- Author:Pastis, StephanSummary:
His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs: for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report...
- Author:Pastis, StephanSummary:
Timmy is forced to hit the road in a cross-country trip that includes Timmy's mom, Total the polar bear, Doorman Dave, and smells-like-a-tangerine criminal mastermind Molly Moskins. It's a world gone mad, where good becomes bad, and...
- Author:EDDY, SteveSummary:
Introduction to the beliefs, philosophy and mythology of the native Americans and how this can be applied to everyday life on the 21st century.
- Author:Smith, RolandSummary:
Determined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya.
- Author:Ansloos, Shezza, Ansloos, Jeffrey PaulSummary:
When the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy's grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing--for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise...
- Author:Munsch, RobertSummary:
Another laugh-out-loud book from the author of The Paper Bag Princess! Thomas thinks his new snowsuit is the ugliest thing he has ever seen in his whole entire life. When his mother, his teacher, and even his principal try to get him to...
- Author:Tamaki, JillianSummary:
A young girl describes where she finds colors in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.
- Author:Lia, SimoneSummary:
Marcus is a worm, and a bird named Laurence who looks very much like a chicken is about to eat him for breakfast. So what does Marcus do? He strikes up a conversation, of course! But even after talking his way out of being eaten, Marcus...
- Author:Robinson, TonySummary:
The story of Theseus, saved from death as a baby, narrowly escaping having his legs sliced off by an axe-wielding inn-keeper, he also has time to defeat hoards of pirates and kill the Minotaur!
- Author:Rawlings, Marjorie KinnanSummary:
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
- Author:Terrana, DianeSummary:
After the death of her boyfriend, sixteen-year old Valentine stops going to school, quits seeing her friends and, finally, won't leave her bed. Desperate for her daughter to recover, Valentine's mother takes her on a trek in...
- Author:Horwitz, Sarah JeanSummary:
A stunning debut about a magician's apprentice and a one-winged princess who must vanquish the mechanical monsters that stalk the streets and threaten the faerie kingdom. Aspiring inventor and magician's apprentice Felix...