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On Cue

On Cue

by Cristy Watson
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : special needs, theater, siblings

Can Randi find a way to make it all work out?

Randi wants to be an actress and is excited about practicing her craft in drama class. So she is devastated to learn the program has been cut. When her friends put together a successful proposal to have drama class taught as an extracurricular activity, Randi is thrilled—until reality sinks in. Extracu …

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Stepping Out

Stepping Out

by Laura Langston
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : special needs, siblings

Laughter is fifteen-year-old Paige Larsson’s currency in life. It takes the sting out of life’s tough stuff. It eases the pain of nasty comments, agonizing moments in gym class and awkward pauses at parties. She likes it even more when others laugh with her, so she’s become a YouTube comedy vlogger.

Now Paige is about to step out of her comfor …

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Spirit Level

Spirit Level

by Sarah N. Harvey
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
tagged : dating & sex, alternative family, siblings

Harriet (known as Harry) is a donor-conceived child who has never wanted to reach out to her half-siblings or donor—until now. Feeling adrift after a breakup with her long-time boyfriend, Harry tracks down her half-siblings, two of whom are in Seattle, where Harriet lives. The first girl she meets is fifteen–year-old Lucy, an effervescent half- …

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Set You Free

Set You Free

by Jeff Ross
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
tagged : mysteries & detective stories, thrillers & suspense, siblings

The mayor’s six-year-old son, Ben Carter, is missing—and Lauren’s brother, Tom, is the main suspect. Lauren knows her brother would never harm anyone, but the police don’t agree. Ben’s stepbrother doesn’t agree. The mayor certainly doesn’t agree. To some people in Resurrection Falls, Tom is the freak who, rumor has it, once tried to l …

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Are You Seeing Me?

Are You Seeing Me?

by Darren Groth
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
tagged : disabilities & special needs, self-esteem & self-reliance, siblings

Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest.

It's been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole caregiver for her autistic brother, Perry. Now Perry has been accepted into an assisted-living residence in their hometown, Brisbane, …

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Not For Sale

Not For Sale

by Sara Cassidy & Helen Flook
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : new experience, siblings, adoption

When ten-year-old Cyrus sees a For Sale sign plunged into his front lawn, it’s a complete and utter disaster.

Usually, his younger brother, Rudy, is the scaredy-cat, but for the first time in his life, Cyrus is terrified. He’s lived at 637 Petunia Boulevard since he came to live with his adoptive mom and dad at two months old. Won’t he go hurt …

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Button Hill

Button Hill

by Michael Bradford
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : fantasy & magic, siblings

Dekker isn’t happy that he and his little sister, Riley, are stuck in Button Hill with their weird old great-aunt Primrose.

When he discovers an old clock in the cellar, made entirely of bones and with a skull for a face, he doesn’t think much about it. But when Riley goes missing, a strange boy named Cobb appears in Button Hill. He tells Dekker …

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More Blueberries!

More Blueberries!

by Susan Musgrave, illustrated by Esperança Melo
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age: 0 to 2
Grade: p to 12
Reading age: 0 to 2
tagged : cooking & food, siblings

These young twins can't get enough of their favorite snack—and they aren't the only ones!

With playful rhyming text from award-winning poet Susan Musgrave and gorgeous illustrations by Esperança Melo, this exuberant board book will delight little ones and have everyone happily shouting, "More blueberries!"

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Underhand

Underhand

by M.J. McIsaac
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : siblings, values & virtues

Fifteen-year-old Nick Carver is tired of living in his older brother's shadow.

Markus is the lacrosse team hero, love interest of Nick's longtime crush and now the recipient of a prestigious scholarship from the Philston Weiks Academy. When a mistake at provincials results in Markus's goal being discounted, rumors start going around school that he c …

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Once Upon a Balloon

Once Upon a Balloon

by Bree Galbraith, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
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age: 3 to 5
Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : imagination & play, siblings

Theo is brokenhearted when he accidentally lets go of the string of his party balloon. As he watches it float out of sight, Theo wonders where his balloon might have gone. Luckily, his older brother Zeke knows everything about everything. Zeke explains that it is a little-known fact that all lost balloons end up in Chicago, the Windy City. Then he …

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If Only

If Only

by Becky Citra
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
tagged : siblings, violence, mysteries & detective stories

Fifteen-year-old Pam is assaulted when she and her twin brother, Danny, are walking home through the woods. Danny is frozen with fear and does nothing; luckily, Pam is rescued by a woman out walking her dog. Pam deals with the trauma by isolating herself while Danny struggles with the shame of not protecting his sister. His shame is compounded by t …

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Smuggler's Cave

Smuggler's Cave

by Sonya Spreen Bates, illustrated by Kasia Charko
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : survival stories, boats, ships & underwater craft, siblings

Jake and his younger brother Tommy are visiting family at a beach house on the coast. Having already lost a race to his cousin Lexie, Jake can't resist a second chance at victory when she challenges him again. Only this time it's a boat race-to the legendary Smuggler's Cave and back. The ocean is deep and choppy, and the boat is harder to control t …

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Pirate Island Treasure

Pirate Island Treasure

by Marilyn Helmer, illustrated by David Parkins
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : imagination & play, pirates, siblings

Charlotte and her brother, Jacob, are thrilled to head off on an adventure in their grandpa's boat, The Seawind. As they set sail for Pirate Island, they look forward to a day of beachcombing, playing pirates and storytelling. There are plenty of great treasures to be found, but Charlotte, who can be very bossy, is having trouble sharing with Jacob …

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Night Boy

Night Boy

by Anne Laurel Carter, illustrated by Ninon Pelletier
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age: 4 to 8
Grade: p to 3
Reading age: 4 to 8
tagged : imagination & play, date & time, siblings

Night is a boy who knows it's much more fun to play than go to sleep. When the sun sets, he travels through the night sky in a spaceship with his teddy. Night's favorite game is hide-and-go-seek, which he plays each evening with his older sister, Day. But why can't he ever find her? Night Boy is a unique playful picturebook about a brother and a si …

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Under a Living Sky

Under a Living Sky

by Joseph Simons
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : post-confederation (1867-), homelessness & poverty, siblings

Mary is certain that her parents are giving her new shoes for Christmas, but the Depression has hit her Saskatchewan farming family hard. Mary tries to hide her disappointment when she receives a crude homemade doll instead. She ends up liking the doll much more than she expects, but the doll fuels the rivalry between Mary and her older sister, Jud …

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Thunder Creek Ranch

Thunder Creek Ranch

by Sonya Spreen Bates, illustrated by Kasia Charko
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : farm & ranch life, siblings

In their fourth adventure together, Jake and his younger brother, Tommy, visit their grandparents' farm, Thunder Creek Ranch. When Jake spots a kid on the neighbor's farm, he goes over to investigate and meets Cory McNash, a city kid. Cory thinks he's tough and likes to brag. He offers Jake a ride on a quad bike, and Jake can't resist.

When Cory lea …

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Hurricane Heat

Hurricane Heat

by Steven Barwin
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : baseball & softball, siblings, orphans & foster homes

Everything stops making sense for southpaw Travis Barkley when his parents die in a car crash and he is separated from his sister, Amanda. After years of being in the foster-care system, Travis receives a puzzling postcard from Amanda and heads to southern California to try to find her. His search is a dead-end until he meets Jesse and Ethan. With …

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En el bosque

En el bosque

(In the Woods)
by Robin Stevenson
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : values & virtues, siblings, pregnancy

Cuando Cameron rescata a una bebita abandonada en el bosque, todos dicen que es un milagro, un golpe de suerte que diera la casualidad de que él estuviera ahí paseando en bici por ese sendero y escuchara el llanto de la criatura. Pero Cameron tiene un secreto: no fue sólo suerte. Estuvo ahí porque su hermana gemela Katie le suplicó que fuera. …

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Fallout

Fallout

by Nikki Tate
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : death & dying, poetry, siblings

Tara's sister died a year ago, on the day that Tara didn't answer her phone when Hannah called. And Hannah stepped in front of a bus. Now Tara lives with the guilt of wondering if things would be different if she had been there when Hannah needed her most. Competing in slam poetry competitions is the only way Tara can keep her sister's memory alive …

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Gravity Check

Gravity Check

by Alex Van Tol
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : drugs, alcohol, substance abuse, law & crime, siblings

Jamie is determined that nothing—not even his annoyingly popular younger brother Seth—is going to spoil his fun at a mountain biking camp in the backcountry. Nothing but stumbling on a giant grow-op in the woods, that is. And watching their fellow campers get captured by violent drug dealers. And working with Seth to figure out a way to save th …

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Miracleville

Miracleville

by Polak, Monique
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : diseases, illnesses & injuries, religion & faith, siblings

Sixteen-year-old Ani lives in the tiny Quebec town of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, where her family runs Saintly Souvenirs, a tourist shop catering to the many pilgrims who come to the town seeking a miracle.

The bane of Ani's existence is her hyperactive, over-sexed younger sister, Colette. Ani and her mother, Therese, are devout Catholics; Colette and her …

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Storm Tide

Storm Tide

by Kari Jones
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : mysteries & detective stories, siblings

Left alone for the first time on the island he calls home, Simon is looking forward to a day of personal indulgence. His sister Ellen only wants to make sure they get their chores done. Their parents are busy trying to convince the government not to close the lighthouse that the family operates, and it's up to the kids to make sure everything runs …

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Squeeze

Squeeze

by Rachel Dunstan Muller
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : extreme sports, survival stories, siblings

Byron is psyched when his older brother Jesse invites him on a weekend caving trip—even if it means spending time with Cole, Jesse's obnoxious college roommate. With Jesse's girlfriend Michelle rounding out the group, Byron is sure the excursion will be a success. Things get tense when they near the cave, only to find that the way in is blocked. …

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The Big Dip

The Big Dip

by Melanie Jackson
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : law & crime, siblings, mysteries & detective stories

Joe and his friend Skip are enjoying the thrill of the Big Dip, a famous rollercoaster, until they learn the old man in front of them has been shot. The old man mutters with his dying breath something about getting a Margaret Rose to the police. Joe leaves the crime scene to get on with his life. But someone is desperate for the Margaret Rose and t …

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In the Woods

In the Woods

by Robin Stevenson
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : values & virtues, siblings, pregnancy

When Cameron rescues a baby abandoned in the woods, everyone says it is a miracle. A stroke of luck that he just happened to be there, riding his bike along that trail, and heard the baby's cry. But Cameron has a secret: It wasn't just luck. He was there because his twin sister Katie begged him to go. Did Katie know about the baby? Is she covering …

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Marsh Island

Marsh Island

by Sonya Spreen Bates, illustrated by Kasia Charko
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : camping & outdoor activities, siblings

Jake and his younger brother Tommy are on their first camping trip. While exploring in the woods on Marsh Island, they lose their way. When the boys start to feel like they're not the only ones wandering in the woods, they begin to wonder if the story their dad told them about old Alfred Marsh and his lost fortune is true.

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The Solstice Cup

The Solstice Cup

by Rachel Muller
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : fantasy & magic, adaptations, siblings

Something sinister happened to Mackenzie's twin sister Breanne the last time the two girls were in Ireland. Now they're back and the winter solstice is approaching. Breanne scoffs at their elderly relatives' tales of fair folk and banshees and the thin barrier between two worlds, but Mackenzie remembers what happened to Breanne five years before, a …

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The Shade

The Shade

by K.L. Denman
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : siblings, paranormal, ghost stories

Safira doesn't believe in ghosts, but the girl in her cabin at camp was not a living person, so what was she? Her friend Trinity is convinced Safira's seen a ghost and sets out to discover who the ghost girl is. Safira is too busy dealing with her family to help solve the mystery. Safira has never gotten along with her sister, Mya, and now that Mya …

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Hitmen Triumph

Hitmen Triumph

by Sigmund Brouwer
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : hockey, siblings, mysteries & detective stories

Left winger Nolan Andrews thinks it's great that he can play hockey in Calgary, where his older brother, Nathan, is a star center for the Hitmen. When Nolan finds out that a lot of things about Nate's new life in Calgary don't make sense—or might not even be legal—Nolan has to make some difficult choices that will affect him and his brother for …

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Two Foot Punch

Two Foot Punch

by Anita Daher
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : siblings, law & crime

Nikki blames her brother, Derek, for their parents' death in a house fire, but when Derek gets involved with a gang, Nikki knows she is the only one who can save him. Enlisting the help of a girl named Rain, who uses her athletic abilities to carry out acts of petty thievery, Nikki uses all her gymnastic and free-running skills to stay ahead of the …

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Theodora Bear

Theodora Bear

by Carolyn Jones, illustrated by Barbara Spurll
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : toys, dolls, puppets, siblings, imagination & play
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Hypnotized

Hypnotized

by Don Trembath
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : siblings, visionary & metaphysical, humorous stories

Rufus and his sister Alexa hate each other at the best of times. When Rufus's friend Phil manages to hypnotize Alexa, Rufus is ready to enjoy the power. They begin by ordering Alexa to be kind to her parents and Phil. The plan backfires when Alexa sweetly suggests canceling an expensive family vacation in favor of a week at home playing board games …

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Behind the Sorcerer's Cloak

Behind the Sorcerer's Cloak

by Andrea Spalding
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : fantasy & magic, siblings, other

The four volumes of Andrea Spalding's Summer of Magic Quartet are among her most exciting work. The White Horse Talisman was nominated for the Silver Birch, Hackmatack and Manitoba Readers' Choice Awards. Dance of the Stones was also a Silver Birch nominee. Heart of the Hill left one of her four characters in grave danger. Now, as the Dark Being di …

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The Bonemender's Oath

The Bonemender's Oath

by Holly Bennett
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age: 12
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12
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In The Bonemender, Gabrielle took her talent for healing into battle where her father died in her arms; she fell in love with a man who turned out to be an Elf, with a lifespan many times that of a Human, and she learned that she was not whom she had believed herself to be. Now, the war is over, but the threat from across the mountains has only wit …

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Out and About with the Big Tree Gang

Out and About with the Big Tree Gang

by Jo Ellen Bogart, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : friendship, siblings, mammals

Reg and Keely and Burt and Shawna are back, and ready for new adventures from hunting for treasure to sledding together and building fearsome creatures in the snow.

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The Truth About Rats (and Dogs)

The Truth About Rats (and Dogs)

by Jacqueline Pearce
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : pets, siblings

Unlike his perfect older sister, Jenna, Conner hates his piano lessons and gets bad grades in math.

Conner's really good at bike tricks and he loves animals, but his parents have a no-pets rule and they don't take his bike-riding seriously. When the local animal shelter gets overcrowded, everybody in Conner's pet club agrees to take in a foster pet. …

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Heart of the Hill

Heart of the Hill

by Andrea Spalding
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : fantasy & magic, siblings

In Volume Three of The Summer of Magic Quartet, Adam's turn to lead the adventure has arrived. The Wise One, Myrddin, needs Adam to retrieve his staff from the Crystal Cave deep inside Glastonbury Tor. The quest grows more dangerous, however, and fear rises. Equus and Ava are far away, the Lady will not wake, and Myrddin is in human guise, unable t …

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Spoiled Rotten

Spoiled Rotten

by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : stepfamilies, siblings, survival stories

Jessica loves her yearly backpacking trip with her father, but this year everything has changed. This year Jessica has to share her vacation with her new stepmother and her spoiled new stepsister, Amy. Jessica tries to salvage her holiday by sneaking off for a day hike alone, but Amy follows. Jessica is certain that Amy will ruin the day. Amy rises …

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The Big Tree Gang

The Big Tree Gang

by Jo Ellen Bogart, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : friendship, siblings, mammals

Reg and Keely are twins. Keely loves painting and bugs. Reg loves rocks. Keely sings crazy rhymes. Reg plays softball. Shawna and Burt are their friends. In this series of linked stories, the childrenís deep involvement with their daily activities never falters, from a bug walk, through incidents flying a kite and dividing labor at clean up time, …

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Fixed

Fixed

by Beth Goobie
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : siblings, values & virtues

Nellie Joanne Kinnan is an Advanced Cadet in the Black Core Program at the Detta training center.

Weapons and violence are second nature to this twelve-year-old, but she is never exactly sure what it is she is being trained for. Nellie is a dedicated and skilled cadet. She knows she wants to serve the Goddess and the Empire. But there is so much th …

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Flux

Flux

by Beth Goobie
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : siblings, orphans & foster homes

Several years earlier Nellie and her mother fled the Interior and its hated security police for the Outbacks, a loose-knit resistance of small cities, towns and rural areas. Since then her mother has disappeared and twelve-year-old Nellie is on her own, scrounging a living where she can find it. When loneliness opens her mind to flux, the ability t …

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Dance of the Stones

Dance of the Stones

by Andrea Spalding
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : fantasy & magic, siblings, other

Chantel, Adam, Holly and Owen are eager to begin the next stage of their adventure. "The Stones have stirred," Ava, Hawkwoman and Wise One, tell Owen, "The time is near for the Circle Dance." The stones are the ancient stone circle of Avebury in England. But the Dark Being approaches, and her servant, a wraith, blocks the children’s progress. Whe …

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The White Horse Talisman

The White Horse Talisman

by Andrea Spalding
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : fantasy & magic, siblings, other

In The White Horse Talisman, Chantel, Adam, Holly and Owen must help Equus, the great white horse, find his mate and foal and regain his magical talisman. But as the horse rises, so does the dragon. The age-old battle between good and evil threatens the bond between Chantel and Adam and endangers the quest. This is fantasy as its best, a story that …

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