Theme: Friendship

Who Cares?

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Rhys loves to tap dance. Knowing how his peers may react, Rhys keeps his passion to himself. Sam spends his days surfing, yet when Rhys spends the weekend at Lorne with him, he seems really keen on Rhys’s tap. Maybe Sam has a secret too.

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Perfect Crane

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2011

A lonely Japanese magician gains friends through the paper crane that he brings to life but then must set free.

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

Everyone Needs A Friend

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Jack the wolf doesn’t mind living alone, but he does get lonely on long winter nights. Then one day Walter the dormouse comes for a visit. Walter is fun to be around, but he certainly does have some annoying habits! Can Jack get over them, or will this be the end of their friendship?

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The Little Humpbacked Horse: A Russian Tale

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

A young peasant, with the help of his faithful horse, captures magical beasts, marries the woman he loves, and becomes Tsar of Russia.

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

First Snow, Magic Snow

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

A little girl made from the magical first snow lives with a lonely man and his wife through the winter, and when she disappears in the spring, the couple set out in search of her.

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Broken Memory

By Book Importer | Published: June 22, 2011

Hiding behind the old sofa, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother’s last words: “You must not die, Emma!” Taken in by [...]

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

Cruisers

By Book Importer | Published: June 22, 2011

Zander and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi start their own newspaper, The Cruiser, as a means for speaking out, keeping the peace, and expressing what they believe. When the school launches a mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are forced to consider the true meaning of democracy and what it costs to stand [...]

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Septimus Heap, Book Six: Darke

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

In the sixth book of the ‘Magykal’ series, Alther Mella has been Banished, a Dark Domaine engulfs the Castle, and a Darke dragon is on the loose. Septimus must use all of his skills to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction; He must enter the Darke. But he cannot do this alone. [...]

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

The Grand Plan To Fix Everything

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

Eleven-year old Dini loves movies—watching them, reading about them, trying to write her own—especially Bollywood movies. But when her mother tells her some big news, it does not at all jive with the script of her life she has in mind. Her family is moving to India…and, not even to Bombay, which is the center [...]

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Snook Alone

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

Through the power of faith, a monk named Abba Jacob and his loyal rat terrier, Snook, are reunited after being separated by a ferocious storm.

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