Age: Fiction

Fiction genre

Island’s End

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

From the acclaimed author of Climbing the Stairs comes a fascinating story set on a remote island untouched by time. Uido is ecstatic about becoming her tribe’s spiritual leader, but her new position brings her older brother’s jealousy and her best friend’s mistrust. And looming above these troubles are the recent visits of strangers from [...]

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White Crow

By Book Importer | Published: August 24, 2011

Some secrets are better left buried; some secrets are so frightening they might make angels weep and the devil crow. Thought provoking as well as intensely scary, White Crow unfolds in three voices. There’s Rebecca, who has come to a small, seaside village to spend the summer, and there’s Ferelith, who offers to show Rebecca the [...]

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Secret Heart

By Book Importer | Published: August 24, 2011

Living with his mother in a small village on the edge of the suburbs, shy, often inarticulate, Joe Maloney frequently dreams of a beautiful, elusive tiger whose significance begins to be clear after he befriends a young trapeze artist who comes to town with a shabby traveling circus.

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Racing the Sun

By Book Importer | Published: August 16, 2011

Being an American in ian wasn’t something twelve-year-old Brandon Rogers liked to advertise. His father had left his Indian heritage behind when he went to college and Brandon had grown up in suburbia-just a regular kid. Who needed embarrassing mumbo-jumbo to make you look different? But then Brandon’s Navajo grandfather moved off the reservation and [...]

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Orani: My Father’s Village

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

As a child, Claire Nivola loved summers in Orani, the village where her father grew up and where her many aunts, uncles, and 50 cousins still lived. She ran freely through the town’s cobbled streets with packs of cousins, who quizzed her about America while she took in all the simple joys and pleasures of [...]

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My Tattooed Dad

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

A young boy describes what life is like when his dad comes home — how he fries up chicken samosas for dinner, how he makes jokes and fools around, and how he carries him off to bed when he is sleepy. His dad also tells wonderful stories of his adventures in far-off lands, often inspired [...]

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I Can Say Thank You

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

I Can Say Thank You follows the same group of friends as together they combine the joys of play with the various joys that nature provides.

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I Can Say Please

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

A delightful picnic between friends is made even sweeter by the ‘magic word’. Learning how to say please was never so much fun.

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When I Love You at Christmas

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Simply tie the front and back covers of this 14-page board book together, and get ready to celebrate! The two envelopes inside contain everything you need to decorate: sheets of stickers, shiny paper, and ornaments to cut out and color, plus tips for creating even more decorations for your very own tree.

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Dying to Tell Me

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Sasha didn’t think her life could get any worse. She was wrong. Her dad decided to move she and her brother to a new town whose residents didn’t seem very glad to have a new policeman – never mind his kids-in town.

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