Tom's Midnight Garden
ISBN 0064404455  EAN: 9780064404457 Harper Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $11.95
Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to play with. Tom just counts the days till he can return home to Peter.Then one night the landlady's antique grandfather clock strikes thirteen times leading Tom to a wonderful, magical discovery and marking the beginning of a secret that's almost too amazing to be true. But it is true, and in the new world that Tom discovers is a special friend named Hatty and more than a summer's worth of adventure for both of them. Now Tom wishes he could stay with his relatives and Hatty -- forever...A mesmerizing tale of a boy's journey across the boundaries of reality, this Carnegie Medal winner has the appeal of such works as Indian in the Cupboard and Behind the Attic Wall. "If I were asked to name a single masterpiece of English children's literature . . . it would be this outstandingly beautiful and absorbing book".--John Rowe Townsend, author of Written for Children.19.08 cms L x 13.36 cms W (0.15 kgs) 240 pages

The Star Of Kazan
ISBN 0142405825 EAN: 9780142405826 Puffin Paperback (12 to 14) WB Price: $14.95
Annika is happy living in the servants' quarters of a house owned by three eccentric professors. She adores Ellie and Sigrid, the cook and housemaid who found her as a baby, abandoned on a church doorstep. In the eleven years since, they have taught her how to bake and clean to perfection. Then one day a glamorous stranger arrives, claiming to be Annika's mother. Annika is no servant, she learns, but an aristocrat whose true home is an ancient castle. But at crumbling Spittal, Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her newfound family. . .21.39 cms L x 15.14 cms W (0.60 kgs) 405 pages Awards: Carnegie Medal | Nominee | Children's | 2004 ; Parents Choice Award (Fall) | Winner | Gold | 2004 ; Young Readers Choice Award | Nominee | Junior/Grades 4-6 | 2007 ; Virginia Readers Choice Award | Nominee | Elementary | 2008 ; Massachusetts Childrens Book Award | Nominee | Children's Book | 2006 - 2007 ; Great Stone Face Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-6 | 2005 - 2006 ; Beehive Awards | Nominee | Young Adult | 2007 

Clementine
ISBN 0786838833 EAN: 9780786838837 Hyperion Paperback (7 to 12) WB Price: 8.95
The "New York Times" bestseller and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year now comes to paperback. The author of "Stewart's Cape" and "Stewart Goes to School" introduces a charmingly flawed, quirky character with an altogether unforgettable voice. Illustrations. Clementine is having not so good a week.- On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cutting off Margaret's hair.- Tuesday, Margaret's mother is mad at her.- Wednesday, she's sent to the principal. . . again.- Thursday, Margaret stops speaking to her.- Friday starts with yucky eggs and gets worse.- And by Saturday, even her mother is mad at her.Okay, fine. Clementine is having a Disastrous week. Awards: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards | Honor Book | Fiction & Poetry | 2007 ; North Carolina Childrens Book Award | Nominee | Junior Book | 2008 ; NAPPA Gold Awards | Winner | Ages 9 & Up | 2006 ; Quill Awards | Nominee | Children's Chapter | 2007 ; Great Stone Face Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-6 | 2007 - 2008 ; Land of Enchantment Book Award | Nominee | Children's | 2008 - 2009 ; Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) | Honor Book | Children/Young Adult | 2007 ; Childrens Book Committee Award | Winner | Fiction | 2007 

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
ISBN 1416950036 EAN: 9781416950035 Aladdin Paperback (6 to 10) WB Price: 8.95
When Ruby's cousin Flying Duck emigrates from China to live with her, Ruby decides the best thing about Flying Duck is that she is a great new friend. BUT the worst thing about Flying Duck is that now, no one speaks English at home. Plus, there's strange food on the table every night and only chopsticks to eat it with. And Flying Duck is deaf, and Ruby doesn't know any Chinese Sign Language.As if that weren't enough, this summer proves to be even more perilous as Ruby faces the dangers of swimming lessons, the joys of summer school, the difficulty of staying with a twelve-step program, the miracle needed to keep a beautiful stray dog that wanders into her life, and much more. Is it all too much for anyone -- even the Empress of Everything -- to handle?19.51 cms L x 10.64 cms W (0.13 kgs) 164 pages

Hana's Suitcase A True Story
ISBN 0807531472 EAN: 9780807531471 Whitman Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: 17.95
In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan. On the outside, in white paint, were these words: Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, and Waisenkind--the German word for orphan. Children who saw the suitcase on display were full of questions. Who was Hana Brady? What happened to her? They wanted Fumiko Ishioka, the center's curator, to find the answers. In a suspenseful journey, Fumiko searches for clues across Europe and North America. The mystery of the suitcase takes her back through seventy years, to a young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis.22.83 cms L x 18.69 cms W (0.32 kgs) 111 pages Awards: National Jewish Book Award | Winner | Special Recognition | 2002 - 2003 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2007 ; Virginia Readers Choice Award | Nominee | Elementary | 2006 ; Childrens Book Committee Award | Winner | Nonfiction | 2004 

Penny From Heaven
ISBN 0375836896 EAN: 9780375836893 Yearling Paperback (10 to 14) WB Price: 11.95
It's 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother's afraid she'll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in a car. Her Nonny cries every time her father's name is mentioned. And the two sides of her family aren't speaking to each other!Inspired by Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm's own Italian American family, "Penny from Heaven "is a shining story about the everyday and the extraordinary, about a time in America's history, not all that long ago, when being Italian meant that you were the enemy. But most of all, it's a story about families--about the things that tear them apart and bring them together. And Holm tells it with all the richness and the layers, the love and the laughter of a Sunday dinner at Nonny's. So pull up a chair and enjoy the feast! Buon appetito! 19.4 cms L x 14.58 cms W (0.20 kgs) 274 pages ; Award: Newbery Medal | Honor Book | Children's | 2007 

Hattie Big Sky
ISBN 0440239419 EAN: 9780440239413 Delacorte Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: 15.95
Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim.For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on her late uncle's homestead claim near Vida, Montana. With a stubborn stick-to-itiveness, Hattie faces frost, drought and blizzards. Despite many hardships, Hattie forges ahead, sharing her adventures with her friends--especially Charlie, fighting in France--through letters and articles for her hometown paper. Her backbreaking quest for a home is lightened by her neighbors, the Muellers. But she feels threatened by pressure to be a " Loyal" American, forbidding friendships with folks of German descent. Despite everything, Hattie's determined to stay until a tragedy causes her to discover the true meaning of home. Awards: Newbery Medal | Honor Book | Children's | 2007 ; Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award | Nominee | Children's | 2008 ; Montana Book Award | Winner | Literary Excellence | 2006 ;20.32 cms L x 13.54 cms W (0.24 kgs) 289 pages

Watership Down
ISBN 0743277708 EAN: 9780743277709 Scribner Paperback (12+) WB Price: 27.95
A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's "Watership Down" is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.Review Quotes:"A classic...A great book."-- "Los Angeles Times",
Spellbinding...Marvelous...A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit and derring-do."-- "Chicago Tribune"20 cms L x 13.7 cms W (0.40 kgs) 476 pages

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party 
ISBN 0805082077 EAN: 9780805082074 Holt Hardcover (10 to 14) WB Price: 28.95 
Nine-year-old Ling is very comfortable in her life; her parents are both dedicated surgeons in the best hospital in Wuhan. But when Comrade Li, one of Mao's political officers, moves into a room in their apartment, Ling begins to witness the gradual disintegration of her world. In an atmosphere of increasing mistrust, Ling fears for the safety of her neighbors and, soon, for herself and family. Over the course of four years, Ling manages to grow and blossom, even as she suffers more horrors than many people face in a lifetime.Drawing from her childhood experience, Ying Chang Compestine brings hope and humor to this compelling story for all ages about a girl fighting to survive during the Cultural Revolution in China.Awards:Parents Choice Award (Fall) | Winner | Silver | 2007 ; Tayshas Reading | Commended | Young Adult | 2008 - 2009 : ALA Notable Book 2008; 20 cms L x 13.56 cms W (0.32 kgs) 248 pages

Colibri
ISBN 0440420520 EAN: 9780440420521 Yearling Paperback (12+) WB Price: $10.50 
She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird." At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them.Awards: ALA Notable Book 2004;17.58 cms L x 10.77 cms W (0.12 kgs) 227 pages

Rules of The Road
ISBN 014240425X EAN: 9780142404256 Puffin Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: 13.95 
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.An eye-opening adventure that teaches both of them the rules of the road--and the rules of life.Awards: ALA Notable Book 1999; L.A. Times Book Prize | Winner | Young Adult Fiction | 1998 ;21.95 cms L x 14.48 cms W (0.32 kgs) 201 pages

The Homework Machine
ISBN 0689876793 EAN: 9780689876790 Puffin Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.95 
Doing homework becomes a thing of the past!Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code-named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don't want when you are keeping a secret.Before long, things start to get out of control, and Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Now the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail...or worse!19.25 cms L x 13.46 cms W (0.13 kgs) 146 pages

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
ISBN 0307389251 EAN: 9780307389251 Vintage Paperback (Young Adult) WB Price: $21.20
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book.By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations, " keeping in touch with himself and the life around him.Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.This book is a lasting testament to his life.20.37 cms L x 14 cms W (0.15 kgs) 131 pages 

The Tree Girl
ISBN 0060090065 EAN: 9780060090067 Tempest Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $14.95 
They call Gabriela Tree Girl. Gabi climbs trees to be within reach of the eagles and watch the sun rise into an empty sky. She is at home among the outstretched branches of the Guatemalan forests.Then one day from the safety of a tree, Gabi witnesses the sights and sounds of an unspeakable massacre. She vows to be Tree Girl no more and joins the hordes of refugees struggling to reach the Mexican border. She has lost her whole family; her entire village has been wiped out. Yet she clings to the hope that she will be reunited with her youngest sister, Alicia. Over dangerous miles and months of hunger and thirst, Gabriela's search for Alicia and for a safe haven becomes a search for self. Having turned her back on her own identity, can she hope to claim a new life? Based on a true story, this novel of civil war in Guatemala tells of mass atrocity through the first-person narrative of Mayan teenager Gabriela Flores, who witnesses the torture, rape, and massacre of Indians, including her own family, before escaping to a refugee camp in Mexico.18.19 cms L x 12.9 cms W (0.16 kgs) 230 pages 

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
ISBN 0385751532 EAN: 9780385751537 David Fickling Paperback (12+) WB Price: $14.95 
Berlin 1942.When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.20.32 cms L x 13.97 cms W (0.18 kgs) 240 pages ; Reviews: "Certain to be one of the publishing sensations of 2006." -"The Observer "(U.K.)"A memorable and moving story." -"The Oxford Times "(U.K.)"A small wonder of a book." -"The Guardian "(U.K.)"A book so simple, so seemingly effortless, that it's almost perfect." -"The Irish Independent

Eggs
ISBN 0316166472 EAN: 9780316166478 Little Brown Paperback (12+) WB Price: $10.95 
In his new novel that has much to say about friendship, loss, and recovery, a Newbery Medalist weaves a powerful, quirky story of an unlikely friendship between two very complicated, damaged children.Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence of the father she never knew. Despite their differences, David and Primrose forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives. This powerful, quirky novel about two very complicated, damaged children has much to say about friendship, loss, and recovery.19.41 cms L x 13.92 cms W (0.21 kgs) 240 pages

The Green Glass Sea
ISBN 0142411493 EAN: 9780142411490 Puffin Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: 13.95 
In this award-winning debut novel, 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father, but no one will tell her exactly where he is. It is 1943 and her destination is New Mexico, where scientists are working on the Manhattan Project. Awards: Locus Awards | Nominee | First Novel | 2007 ; Quill Awards | Nominee | Young Adult/Teen | 2007 ; Nene Award | Recommended | Children's Fiction | 2008 ; Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction | Winner | Historical Fiction | 2007 ; Isinglass Teen Read Award | Nominee | Grades 6-8 | 2007 - 2008 ;19.71 cms L x 12.65 cms W (0.27 kgs) 321 pages 

The Absolutely True Story of A Part-Time Indian
ISBN 0316013692  EAN: 9780316013697 Little Brown Paperback  
(12 to 17) WB Price: 15.95 
In his first book for young adults, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by acclaimed artist Ellen Forney, that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.21.64 cms L x 14.71 cms W (0.35 kgs) 229 pages Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award | Honor Book | Children's Literature | 2008 2008 ; Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards | Winner | Fiction & Poetry | 2008 2008 ; National Book Awards | Winner | Young People's Lit. | 2007 2007 ; L.A. Times Book Prize | Nominee | Young Adult Fiction | 2007 2007;21.18 cms L x 13.87 cms W (0.25 kgs) 288 pages

Toys Go Out
ISBN 00385736614 EAN: 9780385736619 Yearling Paperback (6 to 10) 
WB Price: 10.50 
Lumphy is a stuffed buffalo. StingRay is a stuffed stingray. And Plastic... well, Plastic isn't quite sure "what" she is. They all belong to the Little Girl who lives on the high bed with the fluffy pillows.Together is best for these three best friends. Together they look things up in the dictionary, explore the basement, and argue about the meaning of life. And together they face dogs, school, television commercials, the vastness of the sea and the terrifying bigness of the washing machine.Review Quotes: "Utterly delightful . . . bound to be a favorite with any child who has ever adored an inanimate object.""--School Library Journal, ""An entertaining look at identity, friendship, and belonging." "--Publishers Weekly, "19.33 cms L x 13.31 cms W (0.10 kgs) 117 pages