What if you suddenly discovered that everything you’d been told about history, geography, science, yourself, was a lie? What if you learned that, in fact, there aren’t seven continents but ten, and that those three extra continents form what remains of the Free Kingdoms, where Oculators battle valiantly against the encroaching forces of evil, protected [...]
With his father gone, it falls to eleven-year old Gregor to look after his two-year old sister, Boots, and keep an eye on their senile grandmother, since his mother works long hours to support the family. On a hot July afternoon Gregor grabs the laundry, and Boots, and heads for the laundry room to get [...]
Keladry of Mindelan has her heart set on becoming a knight. Though her parents worry that it might prove too difficult a challenge even for a girl with Kel’s courage, she is determined to join the pages being trained at the court of King Jonathan. Since a new proclamation has decreed that girls be permitted, [...]
Ten year-old Lucas Clarke loves dinosaurs, so when he comes across a website advertising a dinosaur-making kit for $19.95, he digs out the last of his birthday money and sends away for it. Lucas is disappointed what arrives in the mail. The small test tube filled with a clear liquid seems to prove his [...]
Twelve year-old Emily Windsnap lives with her mother aboard The King of the Sea, an old sailboat tied up in a marina in the seaside town of Brightport. Because of her mother’s fear of water, Emily has never so much as had a bath, and she has never learned to swim. But swimming lessons [...]
The arrival late one night of a mysterious stranger sets off alarm bells in twelve-year old Meggie’s head. But Mo, her gentle bookbinder father, lets the odd little man into their farmhouse and sends his daughter back to bed. Instead, she listens at the door while Dustfinger, for that is the stranger’s name, [...]
Aislinn has lived by Grams’ rules since she was very small; don’t react to faeries, don’t do anything to bring yourself to their attention, and never, ever, underestimate their power. As long as her rules are followed, Grams will let Aislinn attend high school and continue her growing friendship with Seth, the gentle free-spirited young [...]
Struggling to care for his severely depressed mother, whose illness has meant their downward slide into extreme poverty, Owen must also cope with the whispers and knowing looks of people in the village. “Like father like son. He’ll go the same way,” the neighbours say, not very comforting or supportive when those same neighbours state [...]
Thirteen year-old Cat Peters hates her new high school. Following her parents’ divorce, she and her mother and younger sister, Sookie, have moved to Darkmont because of her mother’s new job as office administrator at Grimoire School, an exclusive private school for girls. But mom can’t afford to send her to Grimoire, so [...]
Blake Winters is not happy to find himself in Oxford, dragged there by his mother who is doing research in the ancient libraries its university colleges. He misses his father, who has remained in Canada, and worries that his parents’ separation will lead to divorce. Accompanied by his younger sister, Duck, Blake spends [...]
