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Hoping for home : stories of arrival


Various publishers. Yesterday, we landed in Canada! The wait to be passed by the doctor in the immigration shed was agony. the girl ahead of me in the line was held back. Her eyes are infected, so she'll be sent back to England.
Date Published:2011

Poseidon : earth shaker

O'Connor, George.


"A Neal Porter book." Graphic novel. Poseidon. The god of the ocean, is wrathful as a tidal wave and sullen as the ocean's stormy depths. But he cares tenderly for his children, monstrous though they are. The winged horse Pegasus, the merman Triton, the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, and perhaps the worst of them all, the hero Theseus...Mighty Poseidon loves his sons.
Date Published:2013

The dead of night

Lerangis, Peter,


Various publishers. When the Vespers continue their abductions and cross a line by kidnapping Atticus, an 11-year-old non-Cahill civilian and Dan's only friend, Dan and Amy confront their biggest challenge ever in order to keep Atticus alive.
Date Published:2012

Heart of a champion

Schwartz, Ellen, 1949-


Various publishers. A poignant coming-of-age novel set in 1941, about Kenji, a young boy obsessed with baseball, whose life changes drastically when war comes to his Vancouver Japanese community.
Date Published:2016

In a blink

Thorpe, Kiki,


Various publishers. When four friends are whisked out of their ordinary lives to Never Land, home to fairies and mermaids, Queen Clarion and Tinker Bell have to figure out a way for them to get home.
Date Published:2013

Thea Stilton and the ice treasure

Stilton, Geronimo.


Various publishers. Attending an ecological conference in Alaska, the Thea Sisters are introduced to local games and customs by their native Alaskan hosts before discovering that someone is endangering the ecosystem by using explosives to blow up the ice.
Date Published:2008

Big Nate and friends

Peirce, Lincoln,


Graphic novel. Collects sixth-grader Nate Wright's adventures with his best friends, Francis and Teddy, exchange student, Artur, and annoying teacher's pet, Gina.
Date Published:2011

The black circle

Carman, Patrick,


Various publishers. A mysterious telegram sends Amy and Dan Cahill off to Russia, where they search for a treasure stolen by the Nazis, the truth about the end of the Romanov dynasty, and information about the death of their parents.
Date Published:2009

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Various publishers. Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, is being bullied at school, but when he rescues a powerful robot from its evil creator, he acquires a friend and protector--and saves the city from Dr. Stinky.
Date Published:2000

The vile village

Snicket, Lemony,


Various publishers. Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Date Published:2001

The penultimate peril

Snicket, Lemony,


Various publishers. The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as concierges at the Hotel Denouement to determine if there are any villains who threaten the upcoming meeting of volunteers.
Date Published:2005

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Jurassic jackrabbits from Jupiter

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Various publishers. General Jackrabbit and his Robo-Rabbits from Jupiter attempt to take over the world on Ricky Ricotta's birthday.
Date Published:2002

Lunch Lady and the picture day peril

Krosoczka, Jarrett,


Graphic novel. When eccentric photographer Stefani DePino comes to Thompson Brook to take school pictures in the midst of an acne epidemic, Lunch Lady, Betty, and the Breakfast Bunch learn that Stefani is using them to break into the world of high fashion.
Date Published:2012

Minrs

Sylvester, Kevin.


Various publishers. Twelve-year-old Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining's Great Mission to save the earth. When Landers, as the attackers are called, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore, Christopher and a small group of survivors are forced into the maze of mining tunnels below the surface of Perses.
Date Published:2015

Old man's cave

Smith, Jeff, 1960 February 27-


"The chapters in this book were originally published in the comic book Bone"--T.p. verso. Graphic novel. The showdown between the Hooded One and the poeple of the valley begins. Thorn and Phoney Bone seem to be at the center of the maelstrom. Will they survive the Hooded One's sacrificial ceremony by the light of the blood moon?
Date Published:2007

Athena : grey-eyed goddess

O'Connor, George.


Graphic novel. From the moment she emerged, fully grown, from the head of Zeus, Athena was one of the most complex Olympians. This graphic novel retells her many interwoven tales: how she killed Pallas, fought the Gigantes, aided Perseus, and cursed Arachne.
Date Published:2010

The bad guys in Alien vs. Bad Guys

Blabey, Aaron,


Graphic novel. A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing the Bad Guys one by one.
Date Published:2018

Escaping peril

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-


Various publishers. Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission--find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her, will be a help or a hindrance.
Date Published:2015

Broken ground

Schwab, Victoria,


Various publishers. Sequel to: Immortal guardians. When the world of Erdas faces a new threat, four young heroes and their spirit animals are determined to stop it as they embark on a journey that takes them deep underground and to the far corners of the world.
Date Published:2015

Brian's winter

Paulsen, Gary.


Various publishers. Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Date Published:1996