Theme: Best friend

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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The Year Nick Mcgowan Came To Stay

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Seventeen-year-old Rachel Hill is the girl most likely to succeed. And the girl most likely to have everything under control . . . that is, until her dad invites Nick McGowan, the cutest boy at school, to live with them. Rachel worries that this could only be a recipe for disaster, but her best friend [...]

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Tales from the Waterhole

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Morris the crocodile and his best friend, Billy, a tortoise, like nothing better than messing around at the waterhole with their animal friends. In five amusing stories, Morris and company do just what kids do during a hot summer —- perform ill-timed stunts on the diving board, get beaten in soccer by a team of [...]

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Together

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Have you ever noticed how being with your best friend makes your day brighter? Mousse and Nut have! They love walking together, playing together, and laughing together.Everything is wonderful—until they start to notice there are some things they just can’t do together. Can Mousse and Nut really be friends when they’re so different?Of course they [...]

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Finn’s Going

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Take Finn. He may be the burping champion of the universe. He may be the demon farter of the planet—capable of mind-boggling impressions (a hissing cat, a creaking door in a haunted house, a boiling egg). Or not. Take Danny. He may be the burping champion of the universe. He may be the demon farter [...]

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Magic’s Child (Magic Or Madness)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In the third installment in the Magic or Madness trilogy, the people Reason Cansino loves most are all in danger. Reason’s mother, Sarafina, has disappeared from the mental hospital in Sydney with Reason’s evil grandfather, Jason Blake. Jay-Tee, the closest thing Reason has to a best friend, has used all of her magic and faces [...]

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Hunted

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Brind, who was raised with Sir Edmund’s pack of hunting dogs, is the huntsman of Dowe Manor. Together with his best friend, the mastiff Glaive, and the rest of the pack, he protects Sir Edmund, Lady Beatrice, and their foster daughter, Aurélie. But suddenly a tragedy strikes, one that Brind cannot prevent. In a fit [...]

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Tonight, by Sea

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Seek life. Chache Lavi. That’s what Paulie’s uncle says they must do. But to seek life, Paulie and her family have to leave Haiti-the only home that Paulie has ever known. Since forever, Paulie has run in and out of the little houses nestled under the palms, smelling cocoa-bread and playing on the beach with [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Caribbean, Haiti, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Pig Amarillo

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Amarillo is Pablito’s best friend. They do everything together-run, hide from each other, jump in the mud. They are inseparable, just like many best friends. But Amarillo is a bit different-he is a little yellow pig. When Pablito comes home from school one day and Amarillo isn’t there, Pablito is devastated. Where could he be? [...]

Descriptors: Guatemala, Latin America, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Child of Dandelions

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The river of jubilant people alarmed Sabine as they bobbed along Allidina Visram Street in Kampala….The dark faces drew closer. Women in bright gomesi and headscarves danced, and bare-chested men punched their fists into the air, chanting, “Muhindi, nenda nyumbani! Indian go home.”Sabine felt she was drowning in their cries.In August 1972, President Idi Amin [...]

Descriptors: Africa, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Uganda, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , » 1 Comment