Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The Curse of the Evening Eye by Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman

Molly and Adam Barnett are trying to break a century and a half-old curse to save their father’s life.  Dad’s 35th birthday is only days away, and, if they cannot stop her, Lucinda, the ghost of a long-dead family servant, is going to scare him to death. Lucinda is still furious that, back in the [...]

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Danger at Mason’s Island by Tom Schwartzkopf

Best friends Angela Black and Emmie Seegal have to come up with a way to earn some summer spending money after their baby-sitting job falls through. Fortunately, both of them have lots of experience with animals, so hiring themselves out at pet sitters seems like the perfect solution to their money woes. When [...]

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Shadows on the Train by Melanie Jackson

Dinah Galloway is looking forward to travelling with her friends, Pantelli and Talbot, across the country to Toronto to appear on the television show Tomorrow’s Cool Talent. At twelve years old, Dinah is loud, tactless and very inquisitive, but she possesses a magnificent singing voice, one that will one day make her a star. [...]

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton

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 [...]