Theme: actions

Can We Save the Tiger?

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

The team behind the award-winning APE returns with an inspiring look at a range of endangered species sure to engage every child who loves animals. Tigers are pretty special and so are ground iguanas and partula snails and even white-rumped vultures. But these and many other animals are in danger of disappearing altogether, joining the [...]

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Sharp Shot

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

The twins Rich and Jade Chance are once again on the run— but this time, trouble finds them while their father is away on his own mission. After a breathless chase through an amusement park, Jade is taken hostage by a man from Chance’s past who is plotting a dastardly political coup in the Middle [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Science Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Medina Hill

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a [...]

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