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Framed

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
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!

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
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

Celandine (David Fickling Books)

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
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

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
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 Dragonfly Pool

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
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

Medina Hill

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Brothers Story

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
Teenage twins Kit and Christy have grown up amid grinding poverty in their Essex village. As Christy has been “simple” from birth, Kit is literally his brother’s keeper. But the latest hardships visited upon their country home by the Great Frost of 1683–84 bring Kit to frustration and despair, and he abandons Christy to make [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Running On The Cracks

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
Leo’s running from her past. Finlay’s running into trouble. Together, they stumble into a crazy new world of secrets, lies, and Chinese food. But someone is on Leo’s trail . . . Eccentric, unforgettable characters and genuine, heart-pounding suspense make for a stunning combination as celebrated author Julia Donaldson expands her talents in her first [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Savage

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
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

Face Value

By importer | Published: February 22, 2010
Two lifetimes. Two rising stars. One common danger. As a daughter starts her rise in the glamorous London fashion scene, she begins to uncover secrets and clues about the mother she never knew — a beautiful teenage model who became a victim in the high stakes, high pressure world where international fashionistas and mobsters intersect. [...]
Other Descriptors: England (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

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