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The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
Par Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales from Gold Mountain: stories of the Chinese in the New World
Par Paul Yee. 1989
Girls to the rescue [book #1]: tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world
Par Bruce Lansky. 1995
Ten stories where the clever, brave heroes of fairy tales are girls. In a typical fairy tale, a helpless girl…
waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the heroines in these stories are much too busy saving the day to wait around for Prince Charming. Grades 3-6. 1995.Fairy tale
Par Alice Thomas Ellis. 1996
Eloise declares herself determined to have a baby. Simon doesn't want one, and Eloise's mother Clare sends her best friend…
to deal with the emergency. Clare turns up to join them just as Eloise returns from her wanderings with a newborn baby. Did she steal the baby? Or was she pregnant all along? The baby has startling green eyes, the cat won't stay in the same room with it, and Eloise behaves more and more oddly. 1996.Earth Elder stories: the Pinayzitt path
Par Alexander Wolfe. 1988
Can you guess my name?: traditional tales around the world
Par Judy Sierra. 2002
The second time around
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2003
Lynn Spencer asks financial reporter Carley DeCarlo, her stepsister, to investigate the case of Lynn's missing husband, Nick. Nick's medical…
research company, which may have been on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer, has been left nearly bankrupt by Nick's disappearance along with substantial corporate assets. 2003.Things are looking Grimm, Jill (Orca young readers)
Par Dan Bar-El. 2006
Jill, the spoiled but brave sister of King Jack, has been made a Royal Guard-in-training by Sir Humpty Dumpty. After…
receiving a distress letter from F.G., she sets off to save the women of the neighbouring kingdom of Grimm from a mysterious affliction. With the help of a new friend, Mary (who is very contrary), Jill unravels the mystery while rescuing such fairy tale heroines as Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella and Gretel. Grades 2-4. Winner of the 2008 Silver Birch Express Award. 2006.Ayat jamilah: Beautiful signs : a treasury of Islamic wisdom for children and parents (This little light of mine series)
Par Sarah Conover, Freda Crane. 2004
This treasury of Islamic wisdom gathers stories from the farthest reaches of the Muslim world, which stretches from Morocco in…
the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China in the north to Tanzania in the south. Its stories are drawn from the core of Islamic spirituality and ethics, the Qur'an and the traditions (hadiths), but also from mystical verse, folk tales, and exemplary figures of the Islamic narrative. Grades 5-8. 2004.Watership Down
Par Richard Adams. 1972
Only a few rabbits escape with their lives when men destroy their warren. Many dangers have to be faced as…
they search for a safe place to establish a new one. Followed by "Tales from Watership Down". Grade 5-8. 1972.Monsterology: the fabulous lives of the creepy, the revolting, and the undead
Par Arthur G Slade. 2005
A look inside the lives of 15 creepy characters from literature, mythology, and folklore, including Dracula, the golem, Loki, Sasquatch,…
and the Loch Ness monster. Includes a listing of their loves and hates (Dracula hates tanning, garlic, and girls named Buffy), favourite saying (the Sasquatch's is "Hnnr hra Gaw!"), fashion rating, and high-school memories. Grades 5-8. 2005.The mermaid secret
Par Vicki Blum. 2004
Kallie and Danya are as unalike as twin sisters can be. When a mermaid visits Kallie and tells her that…
her world will be lost forever unless Kallie helps them steal back The Jewel of Life, Kallie accepts right away, while Danya needs more convincing. But soon the twins are taking the plunge together into the amazing undersea world of Ayralon, where adventure - and a secret from their past - awaits them. Grades 3-6. 2004.Full speed (Full novels. #3.)
Par Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes. 2003
Jamie Swift, owner of a local South Carolina newspaper, and her enigmatic partner, millionaire playboy Max Holt, pose as husband…
and wife as they become involved with a corrupt minister, gangsters, a hound dog named Fleas, and a wise-cracking computer whiz. Sequel to "Full tilt". 2003.Full house (Billie Pearce novels ; #1)
Par Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes. 2002
Wealthy polo-playing Nicholas Kaharchek falls in love with single mother Billie Pearce. When a horse injures Billie's foot, Nick foists…
his eccentric cousins on her, ostensibly to help. Meanwhile, a burglar is targeting Billie's Virginia neighbourhood. Bestseller. 2002.Zorro: a novel
Par Isabel Allende. 2005
A retelling of the legend of Zorro. In the early 1800s, Diego de la Vega leaves Southern California and travels…
to Napoleonic Spain for his formal education. There he joins an underground resistance movement and, disguised as Zorro, fights for the oppressed. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. Bestseller 2005. Uniform title: Zorro.The book without words: a fable of medieval magic
Par Avi. 2005
A mysterious book with dangerous secrets and blank pages that can only be read by green-eyed people falls into the…
hands of a medieval alchemist determined to create gold and discover an elixir of immortality. When a local lawman desires the alchemist's book of dark magic for himself, a priest, a poor orphan girl, and a talking raven must keep the book from falling into the wrong hands. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2005.The Titan's curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; #3)
Par Rick Riordan. 2007
The goddess Artemis has disappeared while hunting a rare, ancient monster. A group of her followers joins Percy and his…
friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The Sea of Monsters" (EB74303). 2007. (Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; 3)Where are the children?
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1975
Seven years before, no one, not even her husband, had believed Nancy Harmon's pleas of innocence in the death of…
her two children. She changes her name and starts life over in New England. However, the nightmare returns when her two new children go missing.All around the town
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1992
Four-year-old Laurie Kenyon is kidnapped by Bic and Opal Hawkins, and she develops multiple personalities to cope with two years…
of molestation. Years later, Laurie's personalities resurface after her parents are killed. Because one personality develops an obsessive crush on Laurie's college professor, Laurie is charged with his murder. Meanwhile, Bic and Opal are still ominously lurking. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1992.The seven dials mystery
Par Agatha Christie. 1987
Gerry Wade is a champion sleeper, so the other house guests decide to play a practical joke on him. Eight…
loud alarm clocks are set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30am. But when morning arrives, one clock is missing and the prank backfires with tragic consequences.