Children-Middle Grade-Young Adult
Ivan Morrow has spent his short life waiting for things to happen. Now something has happened. An unknown ancestor has entrusted him with something of great value and it has gone missing. But who stole it and how to get it back? He's grown extraordinarily over the last year since turning eleven, but his mind is stuck in a kid-sized brain. Now he must match wits with a desperate thief if he is to h ...
Petulya, a fairy on the world Fyelda, wishes to become a wizard. She steals a magical item from her local wizard and flies through a portal to another world, where she is chased around by dragons.
They had a plan, but it didn't include getting stuck in the nineteenth century! Robert, James and Lucy Baxter are on a mission so important that if they fail, it could prove fatal for one of them. They travel to nineteenth-century London and befriend a young Charles Dickens in the days when he was a child working in a factory. They have to work as a team to find a way through their problems, e ...
Petulya salvages a magical key and graduates from wizardry classes. Hapgood uses his magic as best he can to help save Calliope, who has been grabbed by a mysterious rider. Lilyac appears to have run away with a young elf, but instead she has been kidnapped. Trink and Obrigay have gone missing. Petulya partially decodes a note that says Janolo is trapped on the dragon world. Petulya tries to rescu ...
A family full of magical secrets. An enemy who practices the dark arts. Can Thomas and Julia defeat a fearsome foe and find an enchanted cure? Living with their grandparents, Thomas and Julia's quiet life is cruelly disrupted when their grandfather is stung by a creepy large bee with bat wings. Upset and worried as he grows sicker by the hour, they hope anxiously that their newly discovered great- ...
Maddie's not your typical fifth-grader. With an electric skateboard, a stuntman dad, and a head full of crazy ideas, she often finds herself on the wrong side of Principal Richardson. Maddie Makes Money marks the return of this cheeky, fearsome heroine as she plans to stage the best school play ever... and naturally, she has an idea: a dramatization of the Trojan Wars, complete with makeshift char ...
Twelve-year-old Samantha Wolf, and her best friend Ally, are excited to spend part of their summer break in the mountains of Montana. But unbeknownst to them, Hollow Inn is bathed in mystery and legend. After arriving, they soon discover that things are not going well for Sam's Aunt and Uncle, who own the Inn. There's vandalism, ghostly sightings, and rumors of lost treasures. Determined to help, ...
Meet Kinzie. She has a bunch of fun loving, slightly smelly, Monsters that live in her room. They never let her sleep at night. But that’s ok, her parents always help her out. Until one day they decide it’s time she learns to sleep on her own. What will Kinzie do about her Monsters? What To Do About Your Monsters is a heartfelt story about a girl who has sleep issues. At its core, however, the sto ...
Mojo was a Dodo but his real name was Colin, that’s because dodos weren't allowed to have unusual names. It was just one of the 127 dodo rules Colin had to follow. But Colin was different. He was always asking questions and one day he discovered that the most important Dodo rule wasn't right at all. Beautifully illustrated by Essex artist John Hepburn, Dodos Don’t Fly is a story for all ages. If y ...
History, like magic, has a habit of repeating itself It’s been six months since thirteen-year-old Alyssa McCarthy left magic behind for good. Or so she thought… Then the enchanted objects that protected her disappear. Now a skeleton named Errol has cursed her with magical powers that keep getting her in trouble. Suddenly strange things are happening with disastrous effects, and if Alyssa can’t rem ...
Review from a teacher:
Highly engaging!
I read Being Silly, Not a Bully to my 1st graders. It is the first one in the Discovering The Difference series and a short chapter book that is highly engaging. The children were buzzing about the topics and had a lot in common with the characters. Using the questions in the back, we had a lively discussion. Not only did they ...
Who knew a friendly game of baseball could be so deadly? When a member of the Raging Avocados has a heart attack in the middle of a game, the police determine foul play. They think they’re batting a thousand when they make Maggie’s son, Seth, the prime suspect. Can Maggie get to the bottom of it? A widow, a secretive boyfriend, and a theory-filled best friend keep Maggie swinging at this case. One ...
Adeline Jamieson has been bullied by her used-to-be best friend, Payton, since the seventh grade. She takes every chance she can to make Adeline feel worthless.
As Adeline's life begins its down hill spiral, she befriends Karlee, a captivating girl with Down's Syndrome who shows her that life does go on and that you can’t give up on that small glimmer of hope. Will Karlee teach A ...
Planning Your Day 101: Helping Preteens Make the Most of Every Day (Weekend & Summer Edition) This workbook serves as a creative space for tweens to build their own schedule for weekends and summer days. As they work through the book, preteens will learn important life habits like planning, time management, life balance, and flexibility, to empower preteens to transition into a more open minds ...
Terror was within. Terror was without. Like her mother, she was at the water’s mercy. In the enchanted world of Aeolia, fifteen-year-old Esme Silver faces her hardest task yet. She must master her unruly Gift—the power to observe the past—and uncover the secrets she needs to save her mother, Ariane. In between attending school in the beguiling canal city of Esperance, Esme and her friends—old and ...
he minute our children are born they steal our hearts forever. A book about the unique bond between mothers and daughters.
The idea for this book came from a letter I wrote to my daughter when she was only two years old. As the relationship between a mother and a daughter often goes through hell and high water at around about the time of adolescence, I wanted her to remember that, no ma ...
Join the party!! Megan Thompson is turning fourteen! Around caring for her growing kittens and helping her mom plan her birthday slumber party, Megan is pet sitting. This time she is caring for Bentley Stevenson, a German Shepard mix that doesn't trust many people. He made up to Megan at the Furry Friend Clinic, but how will he react to Megan in his house? Will this ninety-two-pound dog behave for ...
2015 Summer Book Awards Winner from Book of the Day A fable for all ages. Adventure Seekers, Young and Old, Join Toby, Small, but Bold ... He was born underground, at the edge of the world’s destruction. Twelve years old, Toby has never seen the sun. Created by six scientists who accidentally gave him cat ears (and a tail), Toby decides to leave the safety of his cavern world to seek answers. Did ...
"...Deep in the mud in front of her there, lay a huge print-not one from a bear!..." Three adventurous siblings, and their faithful dog, playing in the forest one rainy summer day, see more than the frogs and snails they had set out to find. Join Lily, Ole and Eva in the forest as they see the unexpected, and get into a little trouble along the way...
“Finding My Place" is a heartwarming children's book about a young girl named Aliana who leaves her home country and moves to America with her family. Aliana has mixed emotions about the new opportunities and adventures that await her in her new home, but she quickly realizes that it is challenging trying to learn things all over again. Throughout her journey, Aliana realizes that although she mis ...
Super Agnes is a children's superhero story, which introduces a child superhero named Agnes! Readers get to join Super Agnes as she goes through some hard times, only to discover that she has been granted some exceptionally powers. Agnes wears a costume with the letter "A" inscribed on it, and comes to the aid of kids who are being bullied at school. She also lends a helping hand to a group who ar ...
It's a rainy day...what's a kid to do? Play outside in the rain of course! Mom is usually willing to enjoy the fun, but today, she hasn't even showered yet. When her daughter persists, mom gives in and simply showers in the rain! Join in on the fun any mom can have by going back to being a kid at heart with this whimsical story about a mom trying to handle it all and a child just trying to have a ...
