by Barb Langridge | Oct 21, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Kirsten wonders if the cold Minnesota winter will ever end. It’s crowded in the tiny log cabin, and Kirsten looks forward to the days she’s allowed outside to help her brother Lars with his trap line. One day she brings home a baby raccoon she’s found in the woods,...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 21, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The second book about Nikki and Deja, two African American third-grade girls who are best friends. Deja’s birthday is coming up, and she’s been talking about it for weeks. But just before the big day, Auntie Dee gets called away on a business trip and Deja must stay...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 21, 2011 | Science Fiction
Philip Reeve’s epic city-eat-city adventure series continues with Mortal Engines Book 3: Infernal Devices, now with spectacular new cover art. The mighty engines of Anchorage have been rusted and dead for years. The derelict city no longer roams the Ice Wastes,...
by Katy Manck | Oct 20, 2011 | Paranormal
In the woods of their childhood, Gretchen and Ansel lost their sister – even as the three held hands and ran from the sounds, she was snatched away from them. Their mother died from grief, their father mourns still, their stepmother finally pushing the now-teen...
by Katy Manck | Oct 20, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Toby’s world is now just Dad and Sylvie and their boat after the “red fever” virus killed Mum and so many, many people. Scavenging supplies from the abandoned Scottish coastal towns is complicated by huge packs of wild dogs. It seems like the dogpacks are...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 20, 2011 | Picture Book
En 1883, les riverains de la région de New York suivent depuis quatorze ans la construction d’un pont à l’architecture audacieuse, long d’un kilomètre, qui reliera le district de Brooklyn à l’île de Manhattan. Pour calmer les inquiétudes des New-Yorkais qui doutent de...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 20, 2011 | Sports
In his gripping debut novel, acclaimed picture book author John Coy presents the high stakes world of high school football, where doing what it takes to win doesn’t always mean doing the right thing. When Miles Manning, a successful high school football player,...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 20, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Lord’s classic, bestselling account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor The Day of Infamy began as a quiet morning on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. But as Japan’s deadly torpedoes suddenly rained down on the Pacific fleet, soldiers, generals, and civilians alike...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 19, 2011 | Fantasy
Georgie is eight years old and she believes she can fly. Miss Madeleine Prawn believes in order and hard work. Mr. Ralph Preek cannot see the wonder in nature and believes the answer to his problems lies in a gun. An old goose finds a present bobbing in the pond and...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 18, 2011 | Mystery
Shuffled off to stay during school holiday with relatives he’s never met, Sherlock is not a happy young man. However, strange occurences near his uncle’s country home soon pique his interest, and his new American tutor teaches him observation skills that...
