Theme: Treasures

Revolver

By Book Importer | Published: February 15, 2011

A LOADED GUN. STOLEN GOLD. And a menacing stranger. A taut frontier survivor story, set at the time of the Alaska gold rush.In an isolated cabin, fourteen-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father, who has fallen through the ice and frozen to death only hours earlier. Then comes a stranger claiming that Sig’s [...]

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Pirate Treasure Map: A Fairytale Adventure

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

The creators of FAIRYTALE NEWS mix up favorite tales in a comical quest with a pull-out treasure map.Little Jack Hubbard can’t wait to set sail with Cap’n Horatio Hubbard on a hunt for long-lost treasure. But the ship’s wolfish crew are suspiciously big and bad, and soon Jack is diving into the waves to rescue [...]

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Grandfather’s Dream

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

After the end of the war in Vietnam, a young boy’s grandfather dreams of restoring the wetlands of the Mekong delta, hoping that the large cranes that once lived there will return.

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My Brother, My Sister, And I

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

Living as refugees in Japan in 1947 while trying to locate their missing father, Yoko and her older brother and sister must endure a bad fire, injury, and false charges of arson, theft, and murder. Sequel to So far from the bamboo grove.

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