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.
Intermediate (ages 9-14)
Material appropriate for intermediate age groups
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 marzipan-loving but lightning shy reindeer, Santa and his caravan have come crashing down in a storm just two weeks before Christmas. Santa’s not safe. The ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch plans to put an end to children’s wishes and turn the holiday season into his moneymaking scheme.
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.
When Heaven Fell
When her grandmother reveals that the daughter that she had given up for adoption is coming from America to visit her Vietnamese family, nine-year-old Binh is convinced that her newly discovered aunt is wealthy and will take care of all the family’s needs.
Halmoni’s Day
Jennifer, a Korean American, is worried that her grandmother, visiting from Korea, will embarrass her on her school’s Grandparents’ Day, but the event brings her understanding and acceptance.
Year Of Impossible Goodbyes
In 1945, 10-year-old Sookan’s homeland of North Korea is occupied by the Japanese. Sookan watches her people–forced to renounce their native ways–become increasingly angry and humiliated. When war’s end brings only a new type of domination–from the Russian communists.
Sergio And The Hurricane
A young boy is excited when he ears that a hurricane is coming to his oceanfront home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but when it comes, he learns how dangerous hurricanes can be.