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Phone: (520) 621-9340
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Thomas : Book Three Of The Deptford Histories

Two country mice are tricked into boarding a ship and embark on an adventure during which they try to keep a fragment of a jade egg from falling into the hands of those who wish to use it to return the evil known as Gorscarrigern to the world.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Adventure and adventurers, Mice, Supernatural
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Moneylender’s Daughter

In 1637, Adam Windjammer, now 16 years old, confronts danger in the New World as he tries to restore his family’s fortune, while 14-year-old Jade Van Helson struggles in Amsterdam against her moneylender father’s decree that she marry a wealthy, elderly Englishman.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Pirates, Women and girls
Categories: EuropeEurope, Historical FictionEurope, Historical Fiction, NetherlandsEurope, Historical Fiction, Netherlands, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Frozen Billy

Left in the care of an n’er-do-well uncle, siblings Clarrie and Will devise an elaborate plan involving ventriloquist’s dolls, costumes, and forged boarding passes to reunite their separated family.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Dolls, Family, Siblings
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Death Collector

Three teens and a curator of unclassified artifacts at the British Museum match wits with a madman determined to use unorthodox methods to reanimate the dead, both humans and dinosaurs.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Monsters, Museum, Zombies
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Mystery and ThrillerEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Mystery and Thriller, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Moon Of Gomrath : A Tale Of Alderley

With the help of the wizard Cadellin, Colin and Susan struggle to contain the forces of evil unleashed by the inadvertent awakening of the band of ancient horsemen known as the Wild Hunt.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Adventure, Wizard
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Harriet Bean And The League Of Cheats

Harriet helps her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate cheating at the racetrack by disguising herself as a jockey.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Family, Horses, Sports
Categories: EuropeEurope, Mystery and ThrillerEurope, Mystery and Thriller, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Mystery and Thriller, Primary (ages 6-9), Scotland (UK)

The Princetta

Rebelling against the rigid constraints of her life as Princetta of Galnicia, fifteen-year-old Malva escapes with her maid Philomena and together they embark on a perilous and adventurous journey that will change the course of their lives forever.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Adventure, Coming of age, Parent and child, Princesses, Voyages and travel
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, FranceEurope, Fiction, France, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Golden Compass

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Fantasy
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Scarlett

After being expelled from yet another school in London, 12-year-old Scarlett is sent by her exasperated mother to live with her father, stepmother and stepsister in Ireland. There, with the help of a mysterious boy, she eventually overcomes her anger and resentment and feels part of a family again.

Published: 2006,
Tags: families
Categories: EuropeEurope, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), IrelandEurope, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Ireland, Realistic Fiction

Lucia and the Light

One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Courage, Journey, Sun, Winter
Categories: EuropeEurope, FantasyEurope, Fantasy, NordicEurope, Fantasy, Nordic, Picture BookEurope, Fantasy, Nordic, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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