Theme: discovery

Pharaoh’s Boat

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

The author tells the story of how one of the greatest boats of ancient Egypt came to be built—and built again. In the shadow of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the most skilled shipwrights in all of Egypt are building an enormous vessel that will transport Cheops, the mighty pharaoh, across the winding waterway and [...]

Descriptors: Egypt, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Picture Book, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Princess Plot

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Jenna has just won the starring role in a film about a princess. In the wink of an eye, she’s whisked off to a remote, romantic kingdom for the “shoot.” But something’s amiss: First, she finds out she bears an uncanny resemblance to the real princess, who has run away following the death of her [...]

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

Toby Alone

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Toby Lolness may be just one and a half millimeters tall, but he’s the most wanted person in his world — the world of the great oak Tree. Toby’s father has made a groundbreaking discovery: the Tree itself is alive, lowing with vital energy, and there may even be a world beyond it. Greedy developers [...]

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The Sea Singer

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Craig Moodie’s adventure novel tells the story of twelve-year-old Finn, who stows away to search for his lost father and brothers. It’s a journey that brings storms, shipwreck, tense encounters with the inhabitants of an unexplored continent – and a coming of age for Finn, who will in the end, face his father as a young [...]

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

Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In 1911, Hiram Bingham, the young Yale professor, set out on his expedition in search of Inca ruins. Guided the last steps by a young Quechua boy, he discovered not the rumored lost city, but the ruins of Machu Picchu, a city totally unknown to the outside world, and one of the wonders of the [...]

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

Dog Den Mystery

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn’t care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red’s ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo?

Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

The Phantom Mudder

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

All dogs like mud. All dogs like biscuits. This is a fact. But when mud and biscuits happen at the same time, Jack knows there is skulldoggery in the air. Who is mudding the show dogs of Doggeroo?

Descriptors: Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed