Jugendbücher

Hope's Crossing

They came from across Long Island Sound, Tories in search of plunder and ransom, bringing terror to Hope Wakeman's Connecticut home. The family is defenseless now that Father is away serving i...

Killing Frost

It's nearly six months since our country was invaded. We've lived in a war zone since January, and now it's July. So short a time, so long a time . . . I'm an expert on fear now. I...

Cajun Home

The Cajun people have a long history of having to leave their homes: first in France, then later in Canada, and even in America, families were broken apart by exile and were scattered across the c...

Beaded Moccasins

On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Mary Campbell gets angry with her mother and storms out of the cabin-never to return. As she picks wild strawberries and plans her apology, Mary is captured...

The Accidental Orphan

Constance Horne

<p><i> Short-listed for the 1999 Silver Birch Award</i> <br><br> Eleven-year-old Ellen finds herself wrongly accused of stealing while selling flowers on the Liverpoo...

Changing the Pattern

Sydell Waxman

<p>When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl’s life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited t...

Changing the Pattern

When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl's life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited to house...

War of the Eagles

Eric Walters

During WWII, Jed’s English father serves as a fighter pilot overseas, while Jed and his mother move back to her Tsimshian community on Canada's west coast. When the military sets up a naval ...

Links in the Chain

Naomi Pasachoff

Rome Antics

A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour through Rome. As we follow the path of this somewhat wayward bird, we discover that Rome is a place where past and present ...

Galena's Gift

Rosemary Nelson

<p>In The Golden Grasshopper, ten-year-old Lisa’s and her cousin Paul’s lives were changed forever when they met Gagar, from the planet Ylepithon. In Galena’s Gift, Gagar returns with ...

Dead of Night

Australia has been invaded. Nothing is as it was. Six teenagers are living out their nightmare in the sanctuary of a hidden valley called Hell. Alone, they make their own rules, protect what is th...

Farseekers

Since their takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of Misfits has flourished, protected by their remoteness. Led by Elspeth Gordie, whose extraordinary powers set her apart even among her Mi...

Mary Poppins

By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the upcoming movie Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever ...

Bronze Bow

In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins a...

Bronze Bow

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witch of Blackbird Po...

Under Emily's Sky

Ann Alma

<p>During a camping trip, 11-year-old Lee finds herself on a rough trail in a Vancouver Island forest. Halfway to an abandoned homestead, Lee trips and is knocked unconscious. She awakens in...

Christy Series: Brotherly Love

Catherine Marshall

"George," Christy said, 'it's time for the lying to stop. Why are you really here in Cutter Gap?"George, Christy's younger brother, is charming and kind. But is he also a t...

Tarantula Toes (Cul-de-sac Kids Book #13)

Backyard Bandit Mystery (Cul-de-sac Kids Book #15)