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Framed

A few things to know about Dylan He is the only boy in his entire town. His best friends are two pet chickens. Criminal instincts run in his family. And one more small thing about nine-year-old Dylan—the crime of the century has just fallen into his lap.
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Mystery, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Mammoth Academy in Trouble!

Oscar, Arabella, and their friends can’t wait to begin their second termat theMammoth Academy. But when they arrive at school on the first day after winter break, there’s a threatening graffiti message waiting for them. It seems the Cave Skool has moved nearby, and its pupils—those wild and dangerous animals called humans—are wreaking havoc. When [...]
Other Descriptors: Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Primary (Gr. K-3) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Dragonfly Pool

A beloved New York Times bestselling author returns to paper! At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But soon she discovers that it’s a wonderful place, where freedom and selfexpression are valued. Enamored of Bergania, a erene and peaceful country led by a noble king, Tally organizes a dance [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley

Neither Susan nor her brother, Colin, ever thought that war would be waged over a simple gemstone in her bracelet. But that’s what happens when the children visit Alderley Edge, a spooky place in a remote part of England. There, they meet the wizard Cadellin, who needs the stone to rouse his allies in the [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Science Fiction » Themes: , » Leave a comment

Celandine (David Fickling Books)

Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Glint

Ellie and her little brother Danny spend their lonely days making up stories about a young girl in a world of dragons and shape-shifters, a girl as brave and cunning as they would like to be. Five years later Danny disappears. The police have no clues. They fear he is dead, but Ellie knows better. [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Savage

Mysterious and utterly mesmerizing, this graphic-novel-within-a-novelpairs the extraordinary prose of David Almond with the visual genius ofDave McKean. Blue Baker is writing a story — not all that stuff about wizards and fairies and happily ever after — a real story, about blood and guts and adventures, because that’s what life’s really like. At least it [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Realistic Fiction » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice, Book One)

For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the country, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is comimg to an end. But who will take over him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried-some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He’s the last hope; the last apprentice. [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Science Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons

“You can’t make alliances with witches and suchlike and hope to avoid being drawn toward the dark.” As the Spook’s apprentice, Thomas Ward’s first duty is to protect the County from ghosts, boggarts, and other dangerous creatures. But now his mother has come back from her homeland to seek his help. One of the most [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Science Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Sharp Shot

The twins Rich and Jade Chance are once again on the run— but this time, trouble finds them while their father is away on his own mission. After a breathless chase through an amusement park, Jade is taken hostage by a man from Chance’s past who is plotting a dastardly political coup in the Middle [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Science Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment
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