Oh, how we wished and wished For someone just like you. Someone special to share our home And the special times, too. This warm, lyrical picture books tells the story of different adoptive families. It’s the perfect starting point for parents who want to discuss the topic of adoption, and it helps children to understand that every family is special – even though we may not look the same. The author’s royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Engo, a nonprofit non-governmental org...
Runaway Skeleton (Vortex Books) (School Mysteries)
by Kathleen M Muldoon
Less-proficient readers will take a giant step towards confidence as they rush through these cliffhanging chapter books and discover with surprise that they have finished a full-size suspense novel.
Little Flower: A Journey of Caring is the story of a small, potted daisy who is neglected by her family. She finds help and a new place to stay until the people she was living with can learn how to take better care of her. Little Flower also includes healing project ideas for children. These exercises can help other children understand what happens to some children. The activities are useful tools in identifying abuse or neglect and provide a safe forum for discussion with children aged 4 to 8.
A young foster child discovers a magic easel that brings paintings to life and learns the true meaning of family and home. What if art could come alive and guide you home? Twelve-year-old foster child Nova longs to find her one true home. When jealousy of her art ability upends her most cherished placement, Nova’s dropped in the middle of nowhere to live with painter Mr. Russell in his ramshackle farmhouse. While exploring, Nova sneaks into the attic and discovers a magical easel that brings p...
This is the fifth title in a thrilling adventure series about Sherlock Holmes' gang of street-urchin detectives.When Lady Mountjoy's diamond tiara goes missing, Polly, one of the maids, is accused of the theft. But Polly didn't do it. Discovered by the Baker Street Boys, out of a job and with nowhere to go, Polly begs them to help her - and so they find themselves with another mystery to solve. Wiggins hits upon a plan: why doesn't Queenie apply for the newly vacated job, infiltrate the house an...
Brimming with mystery and treasure, this action-packed tale sends a boy in need of luck and girl in need of a friend on an adventure that will change their lives forever.Meet George, the third Lord of Devonshire and the unluckiest boy in London. Why is George so unlucky? First, he's an orphan. Second, unless he sells everything, he's about to lose his house. So when his family's last heirloom, a priceless map to the Star of Victory (a unique gem said to bring its owner success in any battle) is...
“An absorbing historical novel.” — Booklist “Steal. Trade. Survive.” That's what Father tells Rose and Lem moments before he dies of the Great Plague. Orphaned and homeless in London 1665, all Rose and Lem have left are their wits, each other, and three bottles of Thieves Oil — a medicinal blend Father created that can protect people from the sickness. But then Lem goes missing, and Rose is left to fend for herself. As words of Thieves Oil spread to London’s most desperate scavengers, Rose must...
Age range 6 to 9 Mary Lennox, a young English girl, returns to England from India, having suffered the loss of both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as they were a selfish, neglectful and pleasure-seeking couple. Mary is given to the care of her uncle Archibald Craven, whom she has never met. She travels to his home in gloomy Yorkshire, a vast change from the sunny and warm climate she was used to, and she becomes miserable and angry and...
Les vagues de Papa (La S�rie d'�lo, #2)
by Chandra Ghosh Ippen and Erich Ippen
A moving and powerful story about brother and sister, Joe and Annie, who flee from a pitiful existence as servants. They embark on a tough and perilous journey to Manchester in search of their mother who was forced to leave them at the workhouse when they were very young. Their future is tainted by the horrors of their past and as Annie is increasingly troubled by spirits, Joe is forced to make a tough decision. Driven by the lust for freedom, he sells Annie to a fair owner who plans to use her...
Rilla of Ingleside (Arcturus Essential Anne of Green Gables) (Anne of Green Gables series, #8)
by L. M. Montgomery
It's 1914 and the world is on the brink of war. But at almost fifteen, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter, Rilla, dreams only of her first dance and getting her first kiss from the dashing Kenneth Ford. Soon, however, even far-off Ingleside is engulfed by Europe's raging conflict, as Rilla's brothers Jem and Walter both enlist, and Rilla finds herself caring for an orphaned newborn. As the conflict spreads, the Blythes wait anxiously for word of their absent sons, and a bad omen leads them...
Over the Edge (Mysteries in Our National Parks, #7)
by Gloria Skurzynski
The Final Feast (The Beast and the Bethany, #5)
by Jack Meggitt-Phillips
The nation’s favourite blended beastly family is BACK for the fifth and FINAL book of the series from multiple award-winning author Jack Meggitt-Phillips 'Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original – I thought this was brilliant', Sam Copeland, bestselling author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken on The Beast and The Bethany Ebenezer Tweezer has spent the best part of 512 years doing whatever he wanted, but that all cha...
The Shrunken Head (Curiosity House, #1)
by Lauren Oliver and H C Chester
The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head. Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. Philippa is a powerful mentalist, Sam is the world's strongest boy, and Thomas can squeeze himself into a space no bigger than a bread box. The chil...
Rooger y Loki Aprenden Modales (The Boston Terrier Twins Guide to Good Manners)
by Nicholas Aragon