As she acts out the role of ” Mean Girl”- at school, with her father and brother, and even with her new boyfriend-sixteen-year-old Isabel comes to a dead end and finally confronts issues related to her mother’s death.
England (UK)
Materials from England (UK)
Digory The Dragon Slayer
Digory, a gentle boy who likes to spend time alone in the forest and make up songs to sing, accidentally becomes a knight and reluctantly sets off to rescue damsels in distress, slay dragons, and marry a princess.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Dog For Life
When John, who has a special ability to communicate with animals, finds that his dog, Mouse is scheduled to go to the pound, he and Mouse decide to run away and find his uncle who may be able to help them.
Good Queen Bess : The Story Of Elizabeth I Of England
Follows the life of the strong-willed queen who ruled England in the time of Shakespeare and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Just Like me
Tom is not happy about the arrival of his new baby brother until his parents show that change can be a positive experience.