Avi
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to interwine on board ship and in the New World.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Photographer Horace Carpetine is commissioned to do a portrait for society matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht; however, the photos evoke both the image and the ghost of the Von Macht's dead daughter, Eleanora, who has returned to seek vengence on those who killed her.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Thorston, an alchemist who has spent his life trying to decipher the secret to immortality contained in the Book Without Words, is on the brink of realizing his dream when he drops dead, leaving Odo, a talking raven, and Sybil, a servant who was about to be sacrificed to Thorston's plan, to reap the rewards of his work.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
11) The barn
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to interwine on board ship and in the new world.
13) Blue heron
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
While spending the month of August on the Massachusetts shore with her father, stepmother, and their new baby, almost thirteen-year-old Maggie finds beauty in and draws strength from a great blue heron, even as the family around her unravels.
15) The good dog
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
McKinley, a malamute, is torn between the domestic world of his human family and the wild world of Lupin, a wolf that is trying to recruit dogs to replenish the dwindling wolf pack.
20) Midnight magic
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.
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