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  • Where She Went
    Mia Hall: Book 2

    Where She Went

    by Gayle Forman

    It's been three years since Adam's promise made Mia choose to live after the accident that annihilated life as she knew it. It has also been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now both living the life they had dreamed of together but living separately, Mia and Adam meet by fate in New York. Both leaving the next day towards the next chapter in their successful lives they choose to... (more)
  • War Horse

    War Horse

    by Michael Morpurgo

    In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him and he is able to find warmth and hope. But his heart aches for Albert,... (more)
  • Dustbin Baby

    Dustbin Baby

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Another unforgettable story for older readers from this bestselling author. April started out in life unceremoniously abandoned in a rubbish bin. Now she’s turned 14, she’s determined to find out the truth about her history. If only she could remember her original birth mother -- or, maybe, she could even find her. It’s not going to be easy but can April forget the old labels and discover who she really is?
  • Aquamarine

    Aquamarine

    by Alice Hoffman

    Twelve year-old best friend Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There, among the seaweed and jellyfish that the summer storm has blown in from the ocean, there is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart--a mermaid named Aquamarine!
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence

    Rabbit-Proof Fence

    The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time

    by Doris Pilkington

    Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-wining author Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement.... (more)
  • Locomotion

    Locomotion

    by Jacqueline Woodson

    Eleven-year-old Lonnie lives with Miss Edna, who is always telling him to be quiet. But there's a lot going on in Lonnie's head. His English teacher, Ms Marcus, encourages him to write everything down, quickly, before his thoughts disappear. So Lonnie writes in poetry, because it's short, and using the many different styles of poem they are learning in class, Lonnie describes his life - memories of his mama and... (more)
  • Bigger than a Bread Box

    Bigger than a Bread Box

    by Laurel Snyder

    A magical breadbox that delivers whatever you wish for—as long as it fits inside? It's too good to be true! Twelve-year-old Rebecca is struggling with her parents' separation, as well as a sudden move to her Gran's house in another state. For a while, the magic bread box, discovered in the attic, makes life away from home a little easier. Then suddenly it starts to make things much, much more difficult, and... (more)
  • Happyface

    Happyface

    by Stephen Emond

    Just put on a happy face! Enter Happyface's journal and get a peek into the life of a shy, artistic boy who decides to reinvent himself as a happy-go-lucky guy after he moves to a new town. See the world through his hilariously self-deprecating eyes as he learns to shed his comic-book-loving, computer-game playing ways. Join him as he makes new friends, tries to hide from his past, and ultimately learns to face... (more)
  • The Things We Do for Love

    The Things We Do for Love

    by Kristin Hannah

    New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah “touches the deepest, most tender corner of our hearts” (Tami Hoag). Her last novel, Between Sisters, was chosen by CBS’s The Early Show as one of the best books of the summer. Now she returns with The Things We Do for Love— a poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood, the joys of coming home, and the price we so willingly pay for love.... (more)
  • Starring Tracy Beaker

    Starring Tracy Beaker

    by Jacqueline Wilson

    Tracy Beaker is back! Jacqueline Wilson’s beloved, award-winning character, who featured in The Story of Tracy Beaker , is back in this hilarious and moving story. Tracy is ten-years-old and lives in a children’s home, where she longs to be reunited with her absent mother. This wonderful new story shows Tracy at her cheekiest and most appealing. From the Hardcover edition.
  • Pirates!

    Pirates!

    The True and Remarkable Stories of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates

    by Celia Rees

    Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates. For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property,... (more)
  • Peace, Locomotion

    Peace, Locomotion

    Companion to Locomotion

    by Jacqueline Woodson

    Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he’s living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it’s his job to be the “rememberer,” to write down everything that happens while they’re growing up. Lonnie’s musings are bittersweet; he’s happy that he and Lili have new families, but though his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries. With a foster... (more)
  • The Dancing Pancake

    The Dancing Pancake

    by Eileen Spinelli

    DELICIOUS PANCAKES!! FREE!! ALL YOU CAN EAT!! COME TO OUR NEW GRAND OPENING!   The grand opening of the Dancing Pancake isn't the only new thing in Bindi's life: new friends, a new apartment, maybe even a cute new crush? But there are other changes, like her dad's move to a new city, that have left Bindi confused and wondering: What will happen to my family? Will this new life ever feel normal? Among the unlikely... (more)
  • Dry as Rain

    Dry as Rain

    by Gina Holmes

    From the bestselling author of Crossing Oceans comes a powerfully moving story that tests the limits of love’s forgiveness. Like many marriages, Eric and Kyra Yoshida’s has fallen apart slowly, one lost dream and misunderstanding at a time, until the ultimate betrayal finally pushes them beyond reconciliation. Just when it looks like forgive and forget is no longer an option, a car accident gives Eric the second... (more)
  • The Everafter

    The Everafter

    by Amy Huntley

    Madison Stanton doesn’t know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this — she is dead. And alone in a vast, dark space. The only company Maddy has in this place are luminescent objects that turn out to be all the things she lost while she was alive. And soon she discovers that, with these artifacts, she can reexperience — and even change — moments from her life. Her first kiss. A trip to Disney... (more)
  • The Red Pyramid
    The Kane Chronicles: Book 1

    The Red Pyramid

    by Rick Riordan

    Life is not normal for the Kane family. They are unique in a way most would not assume. Since his mother's death six years ago, Carter Kane's home has been his suitcase, as he traveling the globe with his father, Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane. But while Carter's been home schooled, his younger sister, Sadie, has been living with their grandparents in London. Sadie has just what Carter wants - friends and a chance... (more)
  • Broken Wing

    Broken Wing

    by Judith James

    Set during the chaotic beginnings of Napoleon's rule, this saga tells the story of Gabriel St. Croix, a street survivor searching for a place to belong. Abandoned as a child and raised in a brothel, he has never known friendship or affection. Hiding physical and emotional scars behind an icy façade, his only relationship is with a young boy he has spent the last five years protecting from the brutal reality of... (more)
  • The Child in Time

    The Child in Time

    by Ian McEwan

    Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone. With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize–winning author Ian McEwan takes us into the dark territory of a marriage... (more)
  • Troll Fell
    Troll: Book 1

    Troll Fell

    by Katherine Langrish

    A secret kingdom of trolls, and their legendary gold, lies in the mysterious shadows of Troll Fell. It is to this eerie and dangerous place that Peer must go after his father's sudden death, to live with his greedy uncles, Baldur and Grim, at their mill. When Peer discovers his uncles' plan to sell children to the trolls, he has to bury his fears and set out to stop them somehow. In a world filled with magic... (more)
  • Child X

    Child X

    by Lee Weatherly

    Juliet is passionate about acting and has been given the chance to star as the lead role in the play Northern Lights (based on Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass ). But at home, her life is not so happy. Her family starts to disintegrate after her father suddenly and unexpectedly leaves home. What exactly is Juliet’s relationship to her flamboyant actor uncle? And what terrible secret is her mother hiding?... (more)
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