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Phone: (520) 621-9340
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I’ll Sing You One-O

Reunited with her long-lost twin brother, twelve-year-old Gemma constantly tests the boundaries of acceptable behavior while relying on angels to help her connect with her new family.

Published: ,
Tags: Angels, Choices and decisions, Siblings
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, FictionAmericas, Canada, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Scarecrow And His Servant

A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous adventure as they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family and stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Adventure, Siblings, Voyages and travels
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Broken Bridge

Over the course of a summer in Wales, 16-year-old Ginny, the artist daughter of an English father and a Haitian mother, learns that she has a half-brother from her father’s earlier marriage, and that her own mother may still be alive.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Art and artists, Family, Siblings
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Wales (UK)Europe, Fiction, Wales (UK), Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Isa’s Avocado Tree

Isa plants an avocado and enjoys taking care of her little tree until a typhoon comes and blows it down. As life slowly returns to normal after the storm, Isa is comforted by new life all around her–and a new avocado seed.

Published: 1988,
Tags: Child labor, Siblings
Categories: FictionFiction, GuamFiction, Guam, OceaniaFiction, Guam, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

O Canada

An artist celebrates the beautiful and varied Canadian landscape in these impressionistic descriptions and full-color paintings of Canada’s provinces and territories, from Newfoundland to the Northwest Territories.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Adventure, Siblings
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, NonfictionAmericas, Canada, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

City At Night

Celebrates the night worker in the big city, focusing mainly on Toronto, and the active night life that occurs there.

Published: 1998,
Tags: Siblings
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, NonfictionAmericas, Canada, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Adeline’s Dream

When Linna, 12, moves from Germany with her mother and brother to Canada where her father has been working, she fears that she will be forced to give up her dream of becoming an opera singer.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Orphans, Siblings
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Historical FictionAmericas, Canada, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

Buddha In The Garden

After a small boy is adopted by monks at a Buddhist temple, he spends his time tending the temple gardens and discovering the nature of enlightenment.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Crime and punishment, Revenge, Siblings
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, FictionAsia, China, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Pack Of Wolves

In the forests of Belorussia in 1942 a group of disabled Russian partisans makes its way to a medical unit while being pursued by traitorous partisans, German soldiers, and vicious dogs.

Published: 1981,
Tags: Arab-Israeli conflict, Grief, Siblings, War and conflict
Categories: EuropeEurope, Historical FictionEurope, Historical Fiction, RussiaEurope, Historical Fiction, Russia, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Langley Longears

Teased by his brothers and sisters because his ears are too long, a puppy named Langley is able to rescue them, with help from his new friends Rabbit and a little bird, by using what is between his ears.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Difference, Siblings, teasing
Categories: EuropeEurope, FantasyEurope, Fantasy, GermanyEurope, Fantasy, Germany, Picture BookEurope, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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