Katherine Paterson
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen and is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Gilly Hopkins has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Maime Trotter's endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.
Series
Publisher
Weston Woods
Publication Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Strega Nona: "Never go near my cooking pot, " warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No! Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn. What can he do with it now? Stone soup: When three soldiers come to town, all the townsfolk hide their food. If the soldiers can't find any food, what will they eat? Stone soup, of course!
Publisher
Disributed by All Things Family
Publication Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Louise Bradshaw dreams of the time when she can leave her isolated Chesapeake Bay fishing community and escape the shadow of her beautiful, confident and talented sister Caroline. It takes a special friendship and the birth of a new set of twins on the island to help Louise move beyond jealousy and frustration to discover her own talents and goals.
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment Group
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Louise Bradshaw dreams of the time when she can leave her isolated Chesapeake Bay fishing community and escape the shadow of her beautiful, confident and talented sister Caroline. It takes a special friendship and the birth of a new set of twins on the island to help Louise move beyond jealousy and frustration to discover her own talents and goals.
Series
Publisher
Binge Box
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles of Narnia, the lion, the witch and the wardrobe: Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
Descendants: The teenage son of the king and queen of Auradon offers the trouble-making children of villains a chance to attend prep school in the kingdom.
Enchanted: A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New...



