Juvenile & Young Adult

House Lurcher: Care, Rearing and Training at Home

by Jackie Drakeford

As result of many training enquiries over the years Jackie Drakeford wrote The House Lurcher for owners of pet lurchers and domestic greyhounds. Through the book, the reader learns how to live happily with their...

Merlin's Harp

Merlin's Harp #1

by Anne Crompton

When I was yet a very young woman I threw my heart away. Ever since then I have lived heartless, or almost heartless, the way Humans think all Fey live. Among the towering trees of magical Avalon, where humans...

World Myths and Legends: 25 Projects You Can Build Yourself

by Kathryn Ceceri & Shawn Braley

Providing a window into the history, science, and values of the cultures that produced them, this unique exploration of fearsome gods and brave heroes includes hands-on activities, fun facts, and modern-day...

I Can Be Anything!

by Jerry Spinelli

When I grow up, what shall I be?

This exuberant book offers up everything from a paper plane folder to a puppy dog holder, from a silly joke teller to a snowball smoother.

Newbery-Award winning author Jerry Spinelli's...

The Story of Cirrus Flux

by Matthew Skelton

London, 1783. Orphan Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless villains are conniving to steal the world’s most divine power—The Breath of God—which they believe Cirrus has inherited. Now he faces a perilous...

The Sixty-Eight Rooms

by Marianne Malone & Greg Call

Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the Children’s Galleries of the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms made...

The Very Little Princess: Zoey's Story

by Marion Dane Bauer & Elizabeth Sayles

Regina is only 3-1/4 inches tall, but she knows from the moment she wakes up in her dollhouse bed that she is a princess. Why else would she have such a lovely pink gown? Why else would she have such golden...

Lucky: Maris, Mantle, and My Best Summer Ever

by Wes Tooke

Louis isn’t very good at playing baseball, but he knows and loves the game more than anybody. He loves the purity of the sport, the sound of the crack of a bat, and the smell of freshly cut grass in the stadium....

Hard to Get

by Emma Carlson Berne

Val Rushford has it all: The boyfriend, the looks, the grades, the friends--she's perfect. But when she dumps her cheating boyfriend, Dave, she's bombarded with all types of advances from boys all over school!...

You Are Here

by Jennifer E. Smith

Emma Healy has grown used to being the only ordinary one in her rather extraordinary family. But when she finds a birth certificate for a twin brother she never knew she had, along with a death certificate dated...

Violet Eyes

by Vigui

Seventeen-year-old Violet is amazed when a storm brings the dashing Prince Richard to her impoverished family’s farm. The two fall in love at first sight, but although Richard has given his heart to Violet,...

The Comeback Season

by Jennifer E. Smith

The last place Ryan Walsh should be this afternoon is on a train heading to Wrigley Field. She should be in class, enduring yet another miserable day of her first year of high school. But for once, Ryan isn't...

The Sky Is Everywhere

by Jandy Nelson

Lennie plays second clarinet in the school orchestra and has always happily been second fiddle to her charismatic older sister, Bailey. Then Bailey dies suddenly, and Lennie is left at sea without her anchor....

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I

by Maryrose Wood & Jon Klassen

Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five,...

Northward to the Moon

by Polly Horvath

In this beautiful follow-up to the highly acclaimed My One Hundred Adventures, Jane and her family have moved to Canada . . . but not for long. When her stepfather, Ned, is fired from his job as a high school...

My Big Little Bible

by Stephanie Britt

Three favorite My Little Bible Series books in one big Bible book! My Little Bible series has long been a favorite of young children, Bible stories, Promises, and Prayers simply told with bright friendly illustrations....

Kootenay Silver

by Ann Chandler

In 1910, 12-year-old Addy McLeod waits in a cabin for her brother, Cask, to send for her. She must fight off the advances of her alcoholic stepfather, but then tragedy strikes. She flees and disguises herself...

The Line

by Teri Hall

When Rachel and her mother move to Mrs. Moore's house-the one with the greenhouse, right next to the Line-Rachel starts questioning things. There are so many rumors of horrible things that lie beyond the Line-in...

Ratfink

by Marcia Thornton Jones

Poor Logan. He always seems to be getting into trouble. Fifth grade will be different. That is until Grandpa moves in. Grandpa is becoming more and more forgetful and Logan doesnÆt want him doing embarrassing...

Raymond and Graham: Dancing Dudes: Dancing Dudes

by Mike Knudson

It?s time for the fourth grade?s annual hoedown, and best friends Raymond and Graham are ready to wow the whole school with their great dance moves. But Raymond faces a tough choice when it?s time to pick a...