Theme: Brothers and sisters

Desperate Measures

By Book Importer | Published: May 31, 2011

Vicky has always felt responsible for her mentally disabled twin sister, Rhianna, and their feisty little brother, Jamie. So when the foster care system threatens to split them up, they all run away together, heading for a distant relativeÕs home. After a difficult journey, they arriveÑonly to find strangers living there. With nowhere else to [...]

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Under the Green Hill

By Book Importer | Published: May 12, 2011

Meg and her siblings have been sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with elderly relatives. The children are looking forward to exploring the ancient mansion and perhaps discovering a musty old attic or two filled with treasure, but never in their wildest dreams did they expect to find themselves in the [...]

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The Kneebone Boy

By Book Importer | Published: May 12, 2011

Life in a small town can be pretty boring when everyone avoids you like the plague. But after their father unwittingly sends them to stay with an aunt who’s away on holiday, the Hardscrabble children take off on an adventure that begins in the seedy streets of London and ends in a peculiar sea village [...]

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How To Make a Bird

By Book Importer | Published: January 20, 2011

It’s dawn, on an empty road in the countryside. Empty, except for the girl in the long, red evening gown, standing next to a bicycle, and looking back at the home she’s about to leave. Mannie’s ready to start a new life and forget the terrible things that have happened here, but there are questions [...]

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A Tale Dark and Grimm

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms’ fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansela

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Henry’s First-Moon Birthday

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

A young girl helps her grandmother with preparations for the traditional Chinese celebration to welcome her new baby brother.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Five Fakirs of Faizabad

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

John and Philippa Gaunt are all ready for their lives to return to normal now that their mother has given up her djinn powers. But the siblings are quickly drawn into yet another mystery when the world’s luck tips wildly out of balance (to the world’s detriment). The key to the world’s fate lies with [...]

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My House/Mi casa

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

Teaches children the names of common objects in and around the house with pages of delightful illustrations.

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Magda’s Piñata Magic/Magda y la piñata mágica

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

When Tio Manuel brings home a very special piata for Gabriel’s birthday party, his sister Magda figures out an ingenious way to preserve it and still make the party guests happy.

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The Alchemyst : The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 6, 2007

While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.

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