A timid boy named Tom reluctantly agrees to help Henry Hyssop dispel an IRG ( Incredibly Revolting Ghost) From an old house.
Intermediate (ages 9-14)
Material appropriate for intermediate age groups
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
Life becomes more interesting for Ananka Fishbein when, at the age of twelve, she discovers an underground room in the park across from her New York City apartment and meets a mysterious girl called Kiki Strike who claims that she too wants to explore the subterranean world.
Time Bomb
Now grown, Andy tells the story of the summer of 1949 when, embittered after enduring injustice at their English school and disappointed by the adults in their lives, he and his friends wrestle with thoughts of revenge and deal with several life-changing secrets.
Wind Tamer
Archie learns on his tenth birthday that he is about to inherit the family curse of cowardice unless he fights the powerful hurricane that will take his bravery.
Billy The Fish
After eating Dad’s experimental fish food, Ned’s little brother turns into a cod and finds himself sharing an aquarium tank with Kylie the killer whale.
Cyrano
Ashamed of his ugliness, long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant 17th-century poet and expert swordsman in the French army, helps a rival woo and win Roxane, the beautiful cousin Cyrano loves in silence.
The Pull Of The Ocean
Loosely based on Charles Perrault’s “Tom Thumb,” seven brothers in modern day France flee their poor parents’ farm, led by the youngest who, although mute and unusually small, is exceptionally wise.
When Santa Fell To Earth
The Child In Me
Sybil Wettasinghe’s autobiography set in Sri Lanka
SuDongpo
A biography of Su Dongpo, Chinese poet, civil engineer and statesman, whose appreciation for nature and justice were evident in his works and led him to experience both triumph and adversity in 11th century China.