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The girl with the wrong name
Par Barnabas Miller. 2016
With no memory of a long ago traumatic night, a seventeen-year-old aspiring documentary maker uses her camera to keep the…
world at a safe distance, but her latest subject, a forlorn and mysterious boy, sends her into a perilous, mind-bending journey. For senior high readers. 2016.The goalie
Par Susan Richards Shreve. 1997
Julie’s mother died when Julie was three and her sister just a baby. Since then Julie, now in sixth grade,…
has made it a point to be the one her father depends on. When he begins dating the mother of a new boy in her class, Julie feels her world begin to crumble. The boy is even competing with her to be goalie on the soccer team. Grades 4-7. 1997.The game: Haunting Teen Fiction
Par Peter Carver, Teresa Toten. 2001
Dani Webster had played the Game with her sister Kelly for as long as she could remember - they had…
been on a quest to vanquish evil. But everything is hazy now as she recovers from substance abuse at a psychiatric hospital for 'teens with problems'. Dani must confront a deeper emotional trauma - one which she can neither explain nor recognize - to face her family's deep dysfunctions and eliminate the Game for her life forever. For senior high students. Some strong language. 2003.The ghost of Avalanche Mountain
Par Julie Lawson. 2000
When Ashley's famous aunt sends her the family goldstone necklace for a birthday present, Ashley is thrilled. She discovers that…
if she sleeps while wearing it, she dreams of the future. However, Ashley finds one particular dream disturbing. It is of a boy named Jonathan, whom she sees not only in her dreams, but in real life as well. The dreams grow more frightening until finally, an avalanche brings her face to face with the boy ghost, who has transcended the bounds of time to recover the goldstone and return its magic to the mountain where it was crafted. Grades 5-8. 2000.The ghost of Lunenburg Manor: a Tom Austen mystery
Par Eric Wilson. 1981
The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
Par Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)The Glory Field
Par Walter Dean Myers. 1994
Follows the two-hundred-fifty-year history of a family through the lives of six teenagers. The story begins in 1753 when Muhammad…
Bilal is brought to the states as a slave and begins work on Curry Island, South Carolina. The story continues with Lizzy in 1864, Elijah in 1900, Luvenia in 1930, Tommy in 1964, and finally Malcolm in 1994, as each does her or his part to sustain the eight acres of land the family calls the Glory Field. Grades 5-8. 1994.The gravesavers
Par Sheree Fitch. 2005
When 12-year-old Minn has to spend a summer with her sour grandmother, she soon gets caught up in an old…
mystery of a tragic shipwreck, and plans to preserve the graves of the victims. While discovering romance and some intriguing information about her grandmother, Minn's plan for the graves unleashes some shocking events. And much depends on her finding the courage to face a terrible secret of her own. For junior high readers. 2005.The good luck glasses: & two more stories
Par Mike Thaler, Laura Driscoll, Sara London. 2000
In "The good luck glasses", Nomi has some bad luck when she turns seven - she can't see the blackboard…
at school, gets in trouble for squinting at her brother, and trips over the cat. A trip to the eye doctor, and a pair of funky orange glasses, solves everything. Grades K-3. 2000. Taped with: "Name that Ed" by Laura Driscoll. Ed goes to a family reunion full of other Eds, like Red Ed and Well-fed Ed. Can Ed get himself a nickname too? Grades K-3. 2002. Taped with: "Cinderella bigfoot" by Mike Thaler. Poor Cinderella's feet are so big that she's considered a safety hazard and isn't invited to the ball! Grades K-3. 1997. Stories for the 2003 CNIB Summer Reading Club.The girl death left behind
Par Lurlene McDaniel. 1999
When fourteen-year-old Beth's entire family is killed in a car accident, she has to live with her aunt and uncle…
and spoiled cousin Terri in another state. Beth misses her family and friends terribly, but with help she learns to cope while never forgetting. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The game of silence (Birchbark House Ser. #Bk. 2)
Par Louise Erdrich. 2005
It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm. The satisfying routines of Omakayas's…
days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "The Birchbark House" (DC21985). c2005.The four seasons of Patrick
Par Susan Hughes. 2013
It's the start of winter, and Patrick is beginning to feel crowded out of his own family. His father's friend,…
Linda, and her seven-year-old daughter, Claire, are coming for dinner again. By the time spring arrives, not only is Patrick's father planning to marry Linda, but she and Claire will be coming to live with them at the summer's end. That just won’t do. So Patrick comes up with a big idea. He'll build a tree house where he can stretch out his arms and breathe. Grades 3-6. 2013.The fisher king (Griot audio)
Par Paule Marshall. 2002
In 1949, Sonny-Rett Payne, a jazz pianist, fled New York for Paris to escape both his family’s disapproval of his…
music and the racism that shadowed his career. Decades later, his eight-year-old grandson is brought to Payne’s old Brooklyn neighborhood to attend a memorial concert in his honor. The child’s visit reveals the persistent family and community rivalries that drove his grandfather into exile. Senior High. 2002.The fortress of Kaspar Snit
Par Cary Fagan. 2004
The Blande family is going on a quest to the Verulian Mountains to find out who is stealing the fountains…
of Rome. Along the way, they must face Kaspar Snit, an evil genius. Grades 3-6. 2004.The first part last
Par Angela Johnson. 2003
Sixteen-year-old Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father. After tragedy strikes, he must care for his…
adored baby daughter, Feather, by himself. Despite mistakes, Bobby's courage and love enable him to carry on with the aid of supportive adults and friends. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2003.The finding
Par Nina Bawden. 1985
The falling between us
Par Ash Parsons. 2018
At fifteen, Joshua Blackbird becomes an international singing star but, as his hometown girlfriend relates, after more than a year,…
the pressures and dangers of fame take a toll and "Shu" disappears. For senior high readers. 2018.The fall (CHERUB ; #7)
Par Robert Muchamore. 2007
When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive.…
Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning! For Junior High readers. Sequel to "Man vs beast" (DC38144). Followed by "Mad dogs". 2007. (CHERUB ; 7)The disturbed girl's dictionary
Par NoNieqa Ramos. 2018
Fifteen-year-old Macy, officially labeled "disturbed" by her school, records her impressions of her rough neighborhood and home life as she…
tries to rescue her brother from Child Protective Services, win back her overachieving best friend after a fight, and figure out whether to tell her incarcerated father about her mother's cheating. For junior and senior high readers. 2018.The falconer's knot
Par Mary Hoffman. 2008
Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit.…
Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring convent and friary. And when they meet they are instantly aware that they are both outsiders, ill at ease with monastic life. Then a grisly murder occurs - followed by another, and then another. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2008.