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The game: Haunting Teen Fiction
By Peter Carver, Teresa Toten. 2001
Dani Webster had played the Game with her sister Kelly for as long as she could remember - they had…
been on a quest to vanquish evil. But everything is hazy now as she recovers from substance abuse at a psychiatric hospital for 'teens with problems'. Dani must confront a deeper emotional trauma - one which she can neither explain nor recognize - to face her family's deep dysfunctions and eliminate the Game for her life forever. For senior high students. Some strong language. 2003.The girls
By Amy Goldman Koss. 2000
Candace, popular leader of a middle school clique, manipulates and ostracizes other kids. Her former friends (each telling her story)…
are hurt and embarrassed, but gradually realize that there are more important issues than being cool. For grades 5-8. 2000.The god beneath the sea
By Edward Blishen, Leon Garfield. 1970
Many of the classical myths of Greece, told as one continuous tale beginning with Chaos, the rule of the Titans…
and their overthrow by the rebellious gods of Olympus. The great violent energy underlying these myths makes timeless what they tell of human passions, tragedy and comedy. Grades 4-7. 1970.The Gingerbread Man loose on the fire truck
By Laura Murray. 2013
When the Gingerbread Man joins the children who made him on a school field trip to a fire station, he…
escapes being eaten by Spot the Dalmatian and rides along to a fire. Grades K-3. 2013.The first rule of punk
By Celia C Perez. 2017
Twelve-year-old Maria Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malu) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and…
starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favour of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos. Grades 5-8. 2017.The funny little woman
By Lafcadio Hearn, Arlene Mosel. 1972
The fire within (The last Dragon Chronicles Ser. #1)
By Chris D'Lacey. 2005
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea…
that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career. Grades 5-8. 2005, c2001.The fairy rebel
By Lynne Reid Banks. 1988
When Tiki, a fairy, is "earthed" on Jan's foot, they both are terrified, but quickly become friends. Jan is sad…
because she cannot have children, and when Tiki performs a forbidden magic, she incurs the wrath of the Fairy Queen who seeks to exact revenge on Jan's family. Grades 3-6. 1988.The eternal spring of Mr. Ito
By Sheila Garrigue. 1985
During her evacuation to Canada, teenager Sara befriends Mr. Ito and his family. When the Ito family is sent to…
an internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Sara realizes the cruelties of war. For junior and senior high readers. c1985.The Dawn Palace: the story of Medea
By H. M Hoover. 2004
Having been trained in supernatural knowledge, thirteen-year-old Medea finds herself in a unique position to help when the Greek hero…
Jason comes to her father's kingdom in search of the Golden Fleece. Junior and Senior High. 2004.The healing time of hickeys
By Karen Rivers. 2003
Sixteen-year-old Haley is in her last year of high school, and she likes to think she's just a normal girl,…
plagued with all the normal teenage problems. But then disaster strikes: she comes down with the chickenpox and no one will speak to her. Worse still, her hippie dad is in trouble with the law. Junior and senior high readers. 2003.The heartbreakers
By Pamela Wells. 2008
When three high school friends experience breakups on the same night, a fourth writes "The Break up Code," which all…
agree to follow as they try to get over the bad relationships and get back in touch with themselves and one another. Junior and Senior High. 2008.The honeydrum: tales from Arab lands
By Gwendolyn MacEwen. 1983
Two of these pieces are original while the other five are derived, rather than translated, from oral and written folk…
tales and legends well-known in the Arabic speaking world. Grades 2-4. c1983.The hidden folk: stories of fairies, dwarves, selkies, and other secret beings
By Lise Lunge-Larsen. 2004
This collection of short stories explores the so-called hidden folk, such as selkies, fairies, gnomes, hill folk, and river sprites,…
and how they can be linked to many parts of our everyday life and our history. Including tales about how parsley was created, and how Lord Nelson learned a strict lesson. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 2-4. 2004.The haunted school (Goosebumps. #59.)
By R. L Stine. 1997
At twelve, Tommy Frazer suddenly finds himself with a new mom, a new house, and a new school. In hopes…
of making friends, he volunteers to be on the decoration committee for the school dance. Everything is going just fine until Tommy has to make a trip to the art room on the third floor where he begins hearing voices. Sequel to "Deep Trouble II". Followed by "Werewolf Skin". Grades 4-7. c1997. (Goosebumps ; 59)The great race
By David Bouchard. 1997
A Chinese fable about the origins of the zodiac. The Great Buddha sends eleven animals and one dragon on a…
great race to the gates of the Jade City. The order that they arrive in, not who wins the race, is what becomes important. Grades 2-4. 1997.The girl who married the moon: tales from Native North America
By Joseph Bruchac, Gayle Ross. 1994
16 Native stories about girls. "The Beauty Way" is a recounting of an Apache rite of passage; "Stonecoat" describes the…
defeat of an evil and powerful medicine man by women who use the power of their "moontime"; and in the title story, a girl not only marries the moon but shares his job with him. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2006, c1994.The gnome's eye
By Anna Kerz. 2010
1954. Theresa's life is changed forever when her family leaves their displaced persons camp and emigrates to Canada. Before they…
leave, her friend Martin gives her a stone he calls the Gnome's Eye, which he says will protect her from all things evil, living or dead. Once in Toronto, Theresa is afraid of everything, but as time goes by, she is finally able to give the Gnome's Eye to someone who needs it more than she does. Grades 3-6. c2010.The glory wind
By Valerie Sherrard. 2010
Rural 1950s Ontario. Gracie is unlike anyone 11-year-old Luke has ever met - fun, charming, imaginative and full of life.…
But when the townsfolk discover that her mother's past is less than completely honourable, they set out to isolate both mother and daughter. Grades 3-6. 2010.The earth under Sky Bear's feet: native American poems of the land
By Joseph Bruchac. 1995