Death in the Air by
After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London's East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime ... and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze performance high above, framed by the stunning glass ceiling of the legendary building. Suddenly, the troupe's star is dropping, screaming and flailing, toward the floor. He lands with a sickening thud just a few feet away, and rolls up almost onto the boy's boots. Unconscious and bleeding profusely, his body is grotesquely twisted. In the mayhem that follows, Sherlock notices something that no one else sees - something is amiss with the trapeze bar! He knows that foul play is afoot. What he doesn't know is that his discovery will put him on a frightening, twisted trail that leads to an entire gang of notorious criminals. Wrapped in the fascinating world of Victorian entertainment, its dangerous performances, and London's dark underworld, Death in the Air raises The Boy Sherlock Holmes to a whole new level.Be sure not to miss Eye of the Crow, The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case.
The Secret Deepens by
"After a soul-shaking Halloween, things have finally gotten back to normal for Cat Peters. Now the big drama in her life isn't a battle against diabolical fairies, but a battle of the sexes on the soccer field. Meanwhile, ever since escaping her imprisonment in Grim Hill, Cat's little sister Sookie has only been interested in one thing: magic. When Sookie discovers an old trunk and experiments with it, a doorway opens to dark and magical world ñ the realm of Father Winter. Unknowingly Sookie has tapped into the same evil magic she experienced in Grim Hill. Father Winter finds a way to manipulate her, and soon an innocent trick she performs at the school's talent show gives the dark fairy lord the means to maintain his kingdom. After Sookie's amazing performance, in which she makes children disappear in the magic trunk and then reappear a moment later, children start getting sick, and a paralyzing winter hits the town. What no one realizes is that the children return not as they were, but as enchanted pieces of oak ñ fairy changelings! Has Father Winter found a way to keep an icy grip on Cat's friends and family forever? What has happened to the children that Sookie made vanish? The mystery leads Cat back to the dreaded Grim Hill. With the help of her rival from the boy's soccer team, she confronts the the powerful beings that dwell there and agrees to a contest that could save their town. But even if they win, can they trust the conniving fairies to let them to go home?"
Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival by
The Starker family is infamous. They’ve been chronicled on blogs, profiled on TV and researched by paranormal investigators. They appear to be cursed: everyone of Starker blood has died after being struck by lightning. Fourteen-year-old Newton Starker is the last of his line―except for his great-grandmother, Enid, a woman as friendly as a pickled wolverine―and he’s determined to survive.
Newton has spent all of his life surviving, following a list of rules for self-preservation, guidelines passed down through generations of Starkers. But Newton wants to try something new. He has enrolled at Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival in Moose Jaw with the hope that he’ll be able to beat the odds―he has a dream of becoming a great chef someday. If he wants to go beyond just getting by, Newton is going to need more than rules. He’s going to need friends.
From the creative mind of award-winning writer Arthur Slade―author of Dust, Tribes and Megiddo’s Shadow―comes a quirky, laugh-out-loud story about dreaming big, standing out and knowing when you need help.
Libertad by
Governor General's Literary Award nominee 2008 - Children's Literature, Text category Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Winner, 2009 2010 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner - Multicultural and International Awareness Books category Golden Oak Award winner, 2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards 2009 finalist On Resource Link's "Best of 2008" List CLA Children's Book of the Year Award Honour Book, 2009 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards shortlist, 2010 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009 - Starred Choice OLA's Silver Birch Fiction nominee 2010 With their father gone to America to make money for his family, Libertad, his little brother Julio and their mother scrape a living out of a dump in Guatemala City. Although it is too late for him, Libertad is determined that his little brother should go to school. Taught to play the marimba by his father, Libertad uses his talent as a street musician to raise enough money for his brother's school supplies. But his dreams for their future are destroyed when their mother is killed in a freak accident. Libertad must face the inevitable truth; they cannot survive on the streets of Guatemala City alone. There is only one thing to do. They must set out on the long and lonely journey to the Rio Grande River, where they plan to cross the water and enter the United States to find their father. A moving story about determination and hope, Libertad is a stunning free verse novel by the author of In the Garage and Walking on Glass.
The Mealworm Diaries by
Mealworms are small creatures that live in dark secret places. Jeremy is a bit like that when he leaves his home in rural Nova Scotia and moves to Toronto with his mother. Lots of things keep him from enjoying his new life, but the worst is his science partner, Aaron, who is more annoying than sand in a bathing suit. Jeremy is also burdened by the secret he carries about the motorcycle accident that injured him and killed his father. Although Jeremy is haunted by his past, he starts to feel at home in Toronto when he realizes he has some skills he can share with his classmates. And when his mealworm project yields some surprising results, Jeremy is finally able to talk about his part in the fatal accident.
The Nine Lives of Travis Keating by
Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature Nominee, 2009 On Resource Link's "Best of 2008" List CLA Children's Book of the Year Award shortlist, 2009 2009 KIND Children's Honor Book Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009"Starred Choice After his mother's death, Travis Keating and his father move to Ratchet, Newfoundland, to start a new life. Some life. Travis soon discovers that only a few oddballs show any interest in him: Cole, a talker who soon makes himself scarce; Hector, a strange kid whose ears stick out; and Prinny, a girl as scraggly as her skinny ponytail. Nobody you can really call a friend. And then there's Hud, the toughest, nastiest bully in school, who hates "townies" and promises to make Travis's life an utter misery. But Travis doesn't care. He's got his "funeral face," a tight mask that gives away nothing and allows him to hide his feelings. Funeral face comes in handy, especially with parents and other adults who think they know what you're feeling every minute of the day. But funeral face can also make him reckless, and Travis decides to visit the dangerous Gulley Cove, with its treacherous wharf and its tumbledown fish shacks, which some of the kids say are haunted. Instead of ghosts, Travis discovers a colony of feral cats, sickly and starving, and unused to kindness. Putting aside his own problems to care for them is about to bring Travis more satisfaction-and more danger-than he ever would have thought possible. A stunning first children's novel, The Nine Lives of Travis Keating is a moving story about coping with grief. But more than that, it's about belonging, learning to be a friend, and finding bravery in the most unexpected of places.
The Odds Get Even by
A Novel.
Boney and Itchy and Squeak are the Odd Fellows, just a bit different from everybody else, and the best of friends. They hang out in their treehouse in Boney's backyard, a refuge from their mortal enemy, Larrry Harry, and his relentless bullying. But the Odds have had enough - it's time to get revenge. They're going to put an end to Larry's reign of terror, and they're going to use their knowledge of science and the local legend of the haunted mill to do so - if they don't get tangled up in their own schemes first!
Forest of Reading 2010 nominee.
Silver Birch Fiction award nominee 2010.
When the Sergeant Came Marching Home by
Donald can't believe it when his father returns after serving in World War II and decides to move the family to a middle-of-nowhere farm, where they work hard trying to make end meet. Full of wry, affectionate humor, this novel shows how one family becomes whole again.
White Cave Escape by
A summer hike in the New Brunswick woods turns into a nightmare when Shawn and his friends find themselvestrapped by a raging forest fire. Now their only chance for survival may be the legendary White Caves...but can they find them in time?Join Shawn, Petra, Craig, Tony, and Hobart the dog--the heroes of Chocolate River Rescue--in their newest wilderness adventure!
Zorgamazoo by
Are You a Believer in Fanciful Things? In Pirates and Dragons and Creatures and Kings? Then sit yourself down in a comfortable seat, with maybe some cocoa and something to eat, and I'll spin you the tale of Katrina Katrell, a girl full of courage (and daring, as well!), who down in the subway, under the ground, saw something fantastical roaming around . . . What was it she saw? I'd rather not say. (Who's ever heard of a Zorgle, anyway?) But if you are curious, clever and brave, if intrepid adventure is something you crave, then open this book and I'll leave it to you to uncover the secret of ZORGAMAZOO! Join Morty the Zorgle and Katrina on a fantastically illustrated, you'll-wanna-read-every-word-aloud, sophisticated rhyming adventure for kids of all ages!
Zorgamazoo by
Are You a Believer in Fanciful Things? In Pirates and Dragons and Creatures and Kings? Then sit yourself down in a comfortable seat, with maybe some cocoa and something to eat, and I'll spin you the tale of Katrina Katrell, a girl full of courage (and daring, as well!), who down in the subway, under the ground, saw something fantastical roaming around . . . What was it she saw? I'd rather not say. (Who's ever heard of a Zorgle, anyway?) But if you are curious, clever and brave, if intrepid adventure is something you crave, then open this book and I'll leave it to you to uncover the secret of ZORGAMAZOO! Join Morty the Zorgle and Katrina on a fantastically illustrated, you'll-wanna-read-every-word-aloud, sophisticated rhyming adventure for kids of all ages!