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The cottage at Crescent Beach
By Ann Blades. 1977
Run, Madrina, run!
By Dorothy Wingrove. 1986
A middle-aged woman, suddenly in possession of considerable wealth, leaves her surly husband and safe Canadian home to search for…
her Salvadoran foster-child, Jonatan, about whom she has had premonitions of disaster. 1986.Just a little later with Eevo and Sim
By Henry Shykoff. 2001
Eevo and Sim are reunited with their mother, Shim, and their father, Dedu, who have just returned from their long…
trip to the Wetlands Clan, the former home of Shim. They discover that together, Eevo and Sim have overcome many dangers. Together they return to the Wetlands, where again the brother and sister take on many challenges, make new discoveries, and even encounter the Great One: the much-feared crocodile of the Great River. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "Once upon a time, long, long ago" (RC22037.) 2001.Flotsam
By Herbert R Percy. 1978
A tale of seamen and the sea by a writer who served in the Canadian Navy until 1971. A series…
of flashbacks explains the circumstances which have brought chaos to the personal and working life of a commander in the Royal Canadian Navy. 1978.Cowboys don't quit
By Marilyn Halvorson. 1994
When Shane's dad is a day late from delivering some bulls to a ranch in Montana, Shane is a little…
worried. When two days have gone by and his dad is still not back, Shane decided he can't just wait around. He's going to Montana to find him. But that's not so easy when you're fifteen and you don't have a driver's licence or much money. Sequel to "Cowboys don't cry". Junior and Senior High. 1994.A light in the dunes
By Martha Attema. 1997
Fourteen-year-old Rikst de Bruin is drawn into a journey of discovery and danger after she and a friend discover a…
body on the Dutch island where they live. Junior high. 1997.Fourteen-year-old aviatrix Emmaline Cayley is afraid of one thing - plummeting to her doom - but luckily Robert Burns, an…
indestructible village boy, is not. But before Emmaline can perfect a flying machine with his help, she is sent off to St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies. The school is a strict, severe place that houses a terrible secret and a mysterious way of keeping its prisoners, er, students in line. Grades 5-8. 2006.Torn from Troy (Odyssey of a slave ; #1)
By Homer, Patrick Bowman. 2011
Ancient Troy. After his city is destroyed by the Greeks, 15-year-old orphan Alexi is enslaved and forced aboard a ship…
bound for faraway Ithaca, under the command of the Greek warrior Odysseus. But none could foresee the perils of the cursed voyage to come: a brutal raid on the Cicones, a visit to the bewitching Lotus Eaters, and a grisly encounter with a Cyclops. Alexi has no idea how much worse his life is about to get. Descriptions of violence. Followed by "The sea god's curse". For junior high readers. c2011. (Odyssey of a Slave ; 1)Eating between the lines
By Kevin Major. 1991
Just when Jackson is faced with arguing parents and a love gone sour, he discovers that he has the bizarre…
ability to project himself physically into the books that he reads. Junior and Senior High. 1991.Standard of honor (Templar trilogy. #2.)
By Jack Whyte. 2007
The deadly crusades rage on, with Christian forces being destroyed. Among the knights Templar are cousins Andre St. Clair and…
Alexander Smith. Sequel to "Knights of the Black and White" (DC29465). Followed by "Order in chaos" (DC36300). 2007. (Templar trilogy ; 2)The journey: the Overlanders' quest for gold
By William Samples, Bill Gallaher. 2002
Dozens of "Overlanders" left their wives and families behind as they set out toward a brighter future. As well as…
facing extreme natural dangers, the travellers were torn by religious arguments and personal rivalries, and it took the talents of the leaders to keep the fractious parties working cooperatively. 2002.Une expédition glaciale (Les aventures d'Olivier et Magalie)
By Stéphanie Gervais. 2019
Olivier, Magalie et Alexandra participent à un voyage scientifique en Arctique. À la descente de l'avion, un territoire glacé les…
accueille. Et sur la banquise, les trois amis vont faire une surprenante découverteTrilogy describing the author's journey to Canada from Wyoming with a dream of owning a cattle ranch. In Grass beyond…
the Mountains, Richmond and his companions conquer the tortuous miles and carve out a space for themselves. Also includes Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy and The Rancher Takes a Wife. Strong language and some violence. 1978A treasury of Curious George: Colección de oro Jorge el curioso (Curious George)
By Margret Rey, H. A. Rey. 2011
A collection of eight tales about a mischievous but loveable monkey named George. Includes Curious George Visits a Toy Store,…
Curious George Goes Camping, and Curious George Visits the Library. For grades K-3 and older readers. English/Spanish language. 2011The eagle (The Roman Britain Trilogy Ser. #1)
By Rosemary Sutcliff, Square Fish. 2011
Young Roman centurion Marcus requests an assignment to Britain to discover the fate of the Ninth Legion and recover its…
symbol--the eagle standard. The legion, led by Marcus's father, disappeared in the northern mists. Previously titled The Eagle of the Ninth. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1954The Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles (Looking Glass library)
By Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany. 2010
Recounts the adventures in ancient Greece of Jason and his brave Argonauts, who sought the famous Golden Fleece. Includes mythical…
tales of Orpheus, Atalanta, Theseus, and Pandora and her secret box. Introduction by Rick Riordan. Originally published in 1921. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Newbery Honor. 2010The sixty-eight rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures)
By Greg Call, Marianne Malone, Gina Triplett. 2010
On a sixth-grade field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Ruthie and Jack discover a small magic key that…
shrinks them to fit into the Thorne Rooms--minidioramas from different eras. But Ruthie and Jack are not the first visitors to explore inside these tiny rooms. For grades 4-7. 2010The great and mighty Nikko!: a bilingual counting book
By Xavier Garza. 2015
El gran y poderoso Nikko! Edicion bilingue en ingles y espanol. Para ninos preescolares hasta segundo grado. Nikko's mother wants…
him to stop jumping on his bed, but he's not jumping on his bed, as he tried to convince her. Instead there are luchadors, masked wrestlers, trying to fight him one at a time. In the end, of course, Nikko is the winner: the great and mightly Nikko! Bilingual: English and Spanish. For preschool-grade 2Raven: a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest
By Gerald McDermott. 2001
All the world is in darkness. Raven feels sorry for the people living in the gloomy cold, so he flies…
to the house of the Sky Chief in search of light and warmth. He is a trickster, so he shifts his shape to capture the sun, but his essential nature stays intact throughout his adventures. A retelling of the traditional stories of the Pacific Northwest's Indian cultures. For grades K-3The number devil: a mathematical adventure
By Michael Henry Heim, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Rotraut Susanne Berner. 1998
Robert is unhappy about math until the number devil shows up in his dreams and explains the secrets of numbers.…
By demonstrating the importance of zero and primary digits, the number devil helps Robert learn and understand complex concepts. For grades 5-8