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Kensuke's Kingdom

by Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo

When Michael's father loses his job, he buys a boat and convinces Michael and his mother to sail around the world. It's an ideal trip - even Michael's sheepdog can come along. It starts out as the perfect family adventure - until Michael is swept overboard. He's washed up on an island, where he struggles to survive. Then he discovers that he's not alone. His fellow-castaway, Kensuke, is wary of him. But when... (more)

The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Set

by Rick Riordan

Humans and half-bloods alike agree--Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a series fit for heroes! Re-live the adventure from the beginning with this boxed set of the first three books. The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. When his mom tells him the truth about where he came from, she takes him to the one place he'll be safe--Camp... (more)

Two Weeks In Grade Six

by Mary K. Pershall

It is term three of grade six & the peer group is paramount. Kaitlin has been best friends with Shelley forever, when suddenly she is dumped. How will Kaitlin handle this rejection?

Spilled Water

by Sally Grindley

When her husband dies, Lu Si-yan's mother is encouraged to sell her young daughter into domestic service. Lu Si-yan is just eleven when sold by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this powerful and compelling novel Sally Grindley portrays the life of a young girl in China, a young girl whose life is said to be like 'spilled water'. With a brilliant... (more)

Once

by Morris Gleitzman

Wish

by Felice Arena

Sebastian is told by his brother that if he spots 100 planes his wish will come true. Planes very rarely fly over Seb's house, so he sets off on an adventurous journey to the city, where he meets Jack, a city boy who helps him. Sebastian has Down's Syndrome, and a dream that comes true.

Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

by Chris Bradford

Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan, his beloved father and the crew lie slaughtered by ninja pirates. Rescued by a legendary master swordsman and brought under his wing, Jack begins the grueling physical and psychological training needed to become a samurai. Life at Samurai school is fraught with difficulty for Jack who is bullied and treated as an outcast. With his friend the remarkable,... (more)

Rubies in the Snow

by Kate Hubbard

Psychic Serpent Trilogy Part2

by Barb

Two Weeks With the Queen

by Morris Gleitzman

Grade 4–6—Colin's younger brother has cancer, but he refuses to acknowledge that Luke is dying in this novel (Trophy Press, pap. 1993) by Morris Gleitzman. Collin's parents send him to stay with relatives in England until his brother dies. The boy decides that he must find the best oncologist in the UK and bring him back to Australia to help his brother. He contacts doctors and even solicits help from the Queen.... (more)

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

New Windmills: The Silver Sword (Pack of 16) (New Windmills)

New Windmills: The Silver Sword (Pack of 16) (New Windmills)

by Ian Serraillier

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a story of four children trekking from Poland to Switzerland to find their parents after the war.

The Red Tree

by Shaun Tan

When a child awakens with dark leaves drifting into her bedroom, she feels that "sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to, and things go from bad to worse." Feelings too complex for words are rendered into an imaginary landscape where the child wanders, oblivious to the glimmer of promise in the shape of a tiny red leaf. Everything seems hopeless until the child returns to her room and sees the red... (more)

Stand Tall (r/i)

by Joan Bauer

Tree is twelve years old and too tall&150six feet, three and a half inches and growing. He's never really been able to fit in at school or on the basketball team, and since his parents' divorce he isn't even comfortable in his own home. Tree copes by helping people like his grandpa, a Vietnam vet who's just had part of a leg amputated, and Sophie, a new girl at school who is being teased by the popular kids.... (more)

Good Night, Mr. Tom

by Michelle Magorian

Winner of the 1982 IRA Children's Book Award London is poised on the brink of World War 11. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech--the abused child of a single mother--is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to... (more)

Don't Pat the Wombat!

by Elizabeth Honey

Adults won’t find this very tasteful. Sorry, it can’t be helped, it’s what happened. Mark Ryder gives us the good, the bad, and the messy in this antic account of his friends’ misadventures during a week of school-camp in the Australian Outback. Camp is everything the boys expect and more–there are caves to explore, mud fights, bad showers, great food, hidden candy, wombats, and leeches. Then disaster strikes:... (more)

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath

Eleven-year-old Primrose, living in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life after her parents are lost at sea. A Newbery Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book A Parents' Choice Gold Award Book

Harry Potter: Book 7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. It chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Hating Alison Ashley (Puffin Books)

by Robin Klein

Classmates Erica Yurgen and Alison Ashley vie with each other to become the undisputed star of their class.

The Silver Crown

by Robert C. O'Brien

On her tenth birthday, Ellen wakes up to find a silver crown on her pillow; a few minutes later her house burns up, her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek through the woods, a castle full of brainwashed captives, and the powerful Hieronymus Machine which wants her crown.

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by Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo

by Rick Riordan

by Mary K. Pershall

by Sally Grindley

by Morris Gleitzman

by Felice Arena

by Chris Bradford

by Kate Hubbard

by Barb

by Morris Gleitzman

by Natalie Babbitt

by Ian Serraillier

by Shaun Tan

by Joan Bauer

by Michelle Magorian

by Elizabeth Honey

by Polly Horvath

by J. K. Rowling

by Robin Klein

by Robert C. O'Brien