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The Infamous Ratsos Are Not AfraidBy Kara LaReauIllustrated by Matt Myers Louie and Ralphie Ratso want to build an arcade – not a video game arcade, but the kind you find at a carnival. They decide that if they get to work clearing out a vacant lot, they can transform it into the Big City […]
Big Foot and Little FootBy Ellen PotterIllustrations by Felicita Sala Hugo is a young Sasquatch who lives in the North Woods. His home is in Widdershins Cavern, where a community of Sasquatches lives. They have stores, a barber shop, a post office, and a school. The Sasquatches enjoy leaving their cavern from time to time […]
Eleanor and Park By Rainbow RowellEveryone sits on the bus, one person to a seat and nobody changes seats, nobody moves to let someone else sit down. That’s the unspoken rules of the bus. Eleanor gets on the bus that first day at her new school and knows the rules, but she also knows she has […]
Howard Wallace, P.I.By Casey Lyall Howard Wallace is a twelve-year-old middle schooler. He’s a bit awkward and doesn’t have many friends. However, Howard does have skills that bring people to him; he is a private investigator – one of the best. And although he is often hired for rather minor investigations – such as locating […]
Ten Thousand Skies Above Youby Claudia GrayIn book 2 of the Firebird Series, Claudia Gray continues the cross-dimensional adventures of Marguerite Caine as she tries to save Paul from the person she now knows to be the real enemy. Marguerite and her family are coming to terms with all that has happened in A Thousand Pieces […]
Coyote TalesBy Thomas King With his signature tongue-in-cheek humour, Thomas King presents readers with two tales of Coyote, an important figure in Indigenous stories. Coyote first causes trouble in Coyote Sings to the Moon, when his terrible singing voice causes Moon to dive to the bottom of the pond and hide, plunging the nighttime world […]
UngiftedBy Gordon Korman Donovan Curtis is the class clown and the first to cause mayhem and destruction in Hardcastle Middle School. With the assistance of his two best friends, both named Daniel, Donovan has raised the ire of teachers, principals and even students. Known for his antics, Donovan is definitely not academically inclined. When Donovan […]
Yours Sincerely, GiraffeBy Megumi Iwasa, Illustrations by Jun Takabataka Giraffe is bored and longs for a friend. Pelican is bored and offers to deliver letters. Although Giraffe has never written a letter, he decides to give it a try. Pelican flies Giraffe’s letter beyond the horizon to a faraway place called Whale Sea. Seal is the […]
Words in Deep Blueby Cath CrowleyThis is a beautiful book made even more lovely by the fact that I listened to it as an audiobook, the Australian accent putting me right in Australia, the setting for this tale. Rachel Sweetie and Henry Jones grew up together in Gracetown until Rachel moved to Sea Ridge with […]
by Rob Buyea Featuring a mixed up group of sixth graders, this novel explores the struggles faced by each student and how they evolve to become better human beings by their teachers. When they first enter class, the students discover their assigned teacher is replaced by retiree Mrs. Woods, a no-nonsense straightforward educator. Along with […]