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Cold Tom

by Prue, Sally

Struggling to find a place for himself, Tom flees the elven parents who hunt to kill him and becomes involved with human "demons" in the nearby city.

The Wee Free Men

by Pratchett, Terry

A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion...

Talkin' about Bessie

The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

by Grimes, Nikki

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.

Earthborn

by Waugh, Sylvia

Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides ...

Up on Cloud Nine

by Fine, Anne

While Stolly struggles to regain consciousness in a hospital bed, Ian recalls some of their best and worst times together as he writes a biography of his eccen...

Familiar and Haunting

Collected Stories

by Pearce, Philippa

A collection of thirty-seven stories previously published in magazines or books, including tales of animals, ghosts, and everyday life.

Shaper

by Haas, Jessie

While recovering from the loss of his dog Shep, fourteen-year-old Chad tries to learn how to control the family dog Queenie with the help of a friendly new nei...

Mara's Stories

Glimmers in the Darkness

by Schmidt, Gary

Each evening, in one of the barracks of a Nazi death camp, a woman shares stories that push back the darkness, cold, and fear, bringing hope to the women and c...

The Seeing Stone

Arthur Trilogy, Book One

by Crossley-Holland, Kevin

In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legend...

The Boy in the Burning House

by Wynne-Jones, Tim

Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, wh...