Theme: disappear

Wilderness

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A novel of mothers lost and found. Grainne’s Mom disappeared years ago when her parents were divorced, and Mom moved to the U.S. Now, bafflingly, she’s reappeared and wants to meet. What could she be up to? To get out of the way of this mysterious reunion, Grainne’s half-brothers, Johnny and Tom, go with their [...]

Descriptors: Finland, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland, Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Big Red Hen

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

While caring for their aunt’s chickens, three little Swedish sisters are upset when the big red hen disappears.

Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Sweden » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Good Neighbors

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The Floods may bury relatives in their backyard, grow cobwebs in every room, and eat slugs for breakfast, but this loving family of wizards and witches is a delight to have next door unlike their neighbors the Dents—a mean, nasty family that shatters the calm of the whole block. Maybe a little of the Floods’ [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Mariah Mundi: The Midas Box

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The Prince Regent is no ordinary hotel—powered entirely by steam, run by an eccentric inventor who doesn’t believe in sleep, it’s a place full of shadowy characters and dangerous secrets. Mariah has just started working there as a magician’s assistant, and when he and his coworker Sacha unwittingly learn more than they were meant to [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Heir of Mistmantle

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

King Crispin and Queen Cedar have just had a baby daughter–Princess Catkin–and everyone on Mistmantle Island gathers for the joyful celebration of the Naming Ceremony.  But the day after, the princess suddenly disappears.  Urchin and all the brave captains are dispatched to bring back the princess, but come back empty-handed.  All clues point to Linty, an [...]

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

Ibby’s Magic Weekend

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When straight-arrow Ibby visits her two troublemaking cousins in their chaotic country house, she learns of an old box of magic tricks they found hidden in the attic. Ibby thinks magic is nothing but sleight of hand until her cousin Francis shrinks to the size of her thumb! The trio gets into all sorts of [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Primary (ages 6-9), Wales (UK) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Book of Time

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A statue; a coin; an old book. They look as dusty as everything else in the Faulkner Antiquarian Bookstore, where 14-year-old Sam Faulkner seeks his father, who’s been missing for days. But when Sam slips the coin into the statue, he’s swept back in time — to Scotland in 800 A.D. — where he must [...]

Descriptors: France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Quantum Prophecy: The Gathering

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Years after the supposed disappearance of the world’s superhumans, the secret identities of three newly endowed superheroes are mysteriously leaked to the press, and the teenagers must take refuge at a hidden military installation that houses and trains other new superhumans.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland, Science Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Star of Fear, Star of Hope

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris.

Descriptors: France, Germany, Historical Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Penalty

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as “El Brujito,” while in alternate chapters a slave in old San Juan becomes a powerful voodoo priest.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Mystery, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment