Theme: Adventure

The Plant Hunters

By Book Importer | Published: May 11, 2012

Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals.  They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats.  Even the plants themselves could be lethal!  But these intrepid eighteenth and nineteenth century explorers were determined to find and collect new and unusual [...]

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Hero Of Little Street

By Book Importer | Published: May 11, 2012

When a boy being chased through present-day London seeks refuge in the National Gallery, a dog escapes from the painting of one Dutch master and together they leap into the painting of another, where their adventures in seventeenth-century Delft are a prelude to returning to London and continuing the chase.

Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Wordless Book » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Night Knight

By Book Importer | Published: May 11, 2012

Bedtime becomes an unforgettable k-nightly adventure!Come on a bedtime adventure with one little knight as he rides through forests to reach his bedroom, battles crocodiles to brush his teeth and climbs the tallest tower to get into bed. This exciting and imaginative bedtime tale is told through Owen Davey’s charming and witty words and illustrations [...]

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The Whisper

By Book Importer | Published: May 2, 2012

Listen — can you hear it? The explosive sequel to THE ROAR! From a whisper…to a scream! Telepathic twins Mika and Ellie at last are reunited. But if they’re ever to free the brainwashed, microchipped child soldiers, they must pretend to play along with the tyrant Mal Gorman’s maniacal plan, even as they mind-read his [...]

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

Hooey Higgins And The Shark

By Book Importer | Published: May 2, 2012

Hooey Higgins is in love– with the massive chocolate egg in Mr. Danson’s shop window, that is.  But he and his best friend, Twig, have nowhere near the money they need to buy it.  Then a shark is spotted off the coast of Shrimpton-on-Sea, and Hooey and Twig come up with the perfect idea: capture [...]

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Sardine in Outer Space 2

By Book Importer | Published: April 17, 2012

The red-headed space heroine is back! This time, the evil Supermuscleman has developed a device for controlling children-a brainwashing machine! It’s up to Sardine, Little Louie, and Captain Yellow Shoulder to keep him from using it. This installment of twelve more stories is filled with even more strange creatures-including a space Santa Claus, pesky flies [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, France, Graphic Novel, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

The Fairy Ring or Elsie and Frances Fool the World: A True Story

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

Frances was nine when she first saw the fairies. They were tiny men, dressed all in green. Nobody but Frances saw them, so her cousin Elsie painted paper fairies and took photographs of them “dancing” around Frances to make the grown-ups stop teasing. The girls promised each other they would never, ever tell that the [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Book of Wonders

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

Sorcerers, Cyclops, Djinnis . . . Magic. Thirteen-year-old Zardi loves to hear stories about fantastical beings long banned from the kingdom of Arribitha. But anyone who is caught whispering of their powers will feel the rage of the sultan–a terrifying tyrant who, even with his eyes closed, can see all. When her own beloved sister [...]

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Dear Flyary

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

One-eyed alien Frazzle recounts his flying adventures in a new journal (in alien vernacular, of course). He bighearts his little Model 7, but as time passes, it starts making strange sounds, and Frazzle — pressured by friends and co-workers — wonders if he should trade it in. One day, when it goes CLUNK in the [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Froi of the Exiles

By Book Importer | Published: April 10, 2012

Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home . . . or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been taken roughly and lovingly in hand by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, and has learned to control his quick temper with [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment