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By Philippa Dowding, Allister Thompson. 2012
Christopher has a problem. He has just moved to Toronto; he’s now in a new school and has no friends.…
But even worse, the park next door is creepy: voices whisper in the bushes, and something throws apples at his window and howls at the moon. But what? Gargoyles! Grades 3-6. 2012.By Andrew P Mayer. 2011
In 1880 women aren’t allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime, but twenty-year-old socialite…
Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes. To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Descriptions of violence. 2011. (Society of steam ; 1)It is 1862, though not the 1862 it should be - time has been altered, and Sir Richard Francis Burton,…
the king's agent, is one of the few people who know that the world is now careening along a very different course from that which Destiny intended. When a clockwork-powered man of brass is found abandoned in Trafalgar Square, Burton and his assistant, the wayward poet Algernon Swinburne, find themselves on the trail of the stolen Garnier Collection - black diamonds rumoured to be fragments of the Lemurian Eye of Naga, a meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, explicit violence. 2011.By Philippa Dowding. 2010
What if your best friend was a naughty 400-year-old gargoyle, and what if he just happened to be in terrible…
danger? Katherine Newberry is friends with a gargoyle named Gargoth of Tallus who lives in her backyard. Gargoth has lost the only creature on the planet who can help him, Ambergine, his greatest friend. What Katherine and Gargoth don't know is that Ambergine is searching for Gargoth too - but so is his greatest enemy. Sequel to "The Gargoyle in My Yard". Grades 5-8. 2010.By Becky Citra, Kathryn Cole. 2016
Twelve-year-old Will Poppy has always been fascinated by writing, but when his mother dies and he has to live with…
his crabby aunt, he finds himself unable to write a word. When he is sent a mysterious package that includes an old picture of his grandparents and a piece of cloth with the words "The Griffin of Darkwood" on it, his aunt takes him to a run-down castle with servants who are up to no good. Now Will must find his way in this new world, and discover the magic all over again. Grades 3-6. 2016.By Vicki Blum. 2005
Pursued by their own herd and by human enemies, two young dragons embark on a dangerous journey. Ember and Brand…
must fly over mountains, desert and sea to save the life of a young boy - and the future of the Dragon Lords. Grades 3-6. 2005.By Ruth Stiles Gannett. 1951
By Greg Trine. 2006
Melvin Beederman's a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and…
flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin, with the help of his friend Candace, manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains like the evil McNasty brothers - once he's airborne (crash!) Grades 2-4. 2006. (Melvin Beederman ; 1)By Wade Albert White. 2017
Anne and her best friends Penelope and Hiro are tasked with an unwanted quest that could start a war between…
the Hierarchy and the dragon clan, and so to avoid disaster and save the world, the three friends must face dragon trials, defeat robots, and circumvent bureaucracy. Sequel to "The adventurer's guide to successful escapes". Grades 5-8. 2017.By Ben Clanton. 2017
Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures. In the first story, Narwhal reveals…
his superhero alter-ego and enlists Jelly to help him figure out what his superpower is. Next, Narwhal uses his superpower to help a friend find his way back home. In the third story, Jelly is feeling blue and Narwhal comes to the rescue. Grades K-3. Sequel to "Narwhal: Unicorn of the sea". 2017.By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.By Frank Viva. 2016
Follows a young boy who is reluctantly sent to spend the summer in a remote part of Nova Scotia. As…
the summer wears on, the hero forges solid friendships with other kids in the small fishing community and is changed forever by the experience. Grades 5-8. 2016.By Anna Humphrey. 2013
Ten-year-old Ruby Goldberg is determined to win her school science fair - she’s snagged second place for the last two…
years. The only trouble is that Ruby has no ideas. When her grandfather’s beloved basset hound dies, Ruby thinks of the perfect thing that will cheer him up and win her first place - an innovative, not-to-be-duplicated Ruby Goldberg invention! Before long Ruby is so busy working on her idea that she ignores everything else in her life, including her best friend, Penny. And what started out as simple turns into something much more complicated! Can Ruby get her priorities - and the mechanisms of her project - in order before it’s too late? Grades 3-6. 2013.By Sarah Ellis. 2014
Lynn’s life is full — choir practice, school, shopping for the perfect jeans, and dealing with her free-spirited mother. Then…
one day her life is saved by a mysterious girl named Blossom, who introduces Lynn to her own world and family — both more bizarre, yet somehow more sane, than Lynn’s own. Blossom’s family is a small band of outcasts and eccentrics who live secretly in an ingenious bunker beneath a city reservoir. The Underlanders forage and trade for the things they need, living off the things “Citizens” throw away. Lynn is enchanted and amazed. But when she inadvertently reveals their secret, she is forced to take measure of her own motives and lifestyle, as she figures out what it really means to be a family, and a friend. Grades 5-8. 2014.By Don Trembath. 2001
Three boys struggle through a series of small-town adventures. Charlie meets "an older woman" after his dog tears a finger…
off her glove; Sydney falls for his karate sparring partner, Joey, whose mother has forbidden them to see each other; and Jeffrey's estranged father leaves a message for his mother about "something important". Grades 4-7. 2001. (The black belt series)By Ted Staunton. 2010
Morgan is not pleased when his parents sign him up to play floor hockey at the community centre; he stinks…
at hockey and it's no fun. So when Aldeen Hummel, the Godzilla of Grade Three and a good hockey player, is unhappily signed up for piano lessons, Morgan crafts a plan to trade places. Grades 2-4. 2010.By Lorna Schultz Nicholson. 2017
Before Madeline's bike accident left her with a traumatic brain injury, she and her twin sister were inseparable. So were…
her parents. But now, Madeline's parents are divorced and Becky has become rebellious, angry, and sneaky. Even worse, she doesn't seem to want Madeline around anymore. At least Madeline knows she can always rely on the miniature therapy horses she visits every week. Justin is a senior and the president of his school's Best Buddies club. Before his sister with autism died, he used to take her to the barn to visit her beloved therapy horses. Now, with Madeline, he goes there to escape the gloom of his mother's grief at home and the pressures of his final year in high school. Together, Justin and Madeline help each other to reconnect with the important people in their lives - and with the lives that they thought they'd lost. Grades 5-8. 2017.By Sharon Jennings. 2009
Lee wants to be a writer, even though her mother tells her that good girls should be teachers or nurses.…
Growing up in the changing days of the 1960s, Lee secretly wishes that she were an orphan like her hero, Anne Shirley, so when Cassandra, a real live orphan, moves in across the street, Lee is thrilled. But Lee comes to realize that being an orphan is not as romantic as she had imagined, as the girls go through a summer that will change both their lives. Grades 5-8. 2009. (A gutsy girl book)By Sophie Plowden. 2015
Jack is not happy when his family moves to the dull suburban town of Curtly Ambrose. But everything changes when…
Jack finds a magic feather inside a book. Jack's magic feather makes whatever he draws come to life. But his grand plans (for a dog, a car and loads of chocolate) don't go quite right and he ends up on the run from the Mayor and taking a sea lion on the bus. Even worse, Jack is constantly being pestered by Coco, the girl next door who is very annoying and possibly insane. Jack needs to get better at drawing or it's going to be a complete disaster! Grades 2-4. 2015.By Anna Humphrey. 2017
Clara and Bradley's friendship is put to the test when they are chosen to compete against each other on their…
favourite quiz show, "Smarty Pants." Sequel to "Clara Humble and the not-so-super powers". Followed by "Clara Humble and the kitten caboodle". Grades 4-7. 2017.