Gatehouse To Hell
"I was stubborn. I didn't want to stay in Auschwitz. I didn't want to go to the gas chambers. I didn't want to be cremated. I didn't want to die there, and I kept pushing back."
If Home Is Not Here
"I dove into the frigid river, the sudden shock leaving me gasping. By the time that I was two-thirds across the river, my strength was fading . . . Somehow, I managed to reach the shore—the unoccupied zone of France and my entry into freedom."
Black Dog Dream Dog
A huge loveable black dog appears in Sam's backyard. She doesn't know where he came from, but he is definitely the dog of her dreams.
Tenuous Threads/One of the Lucky Ones
"I had always liked to play make-believe, but somehow they made me understand that this game was real. I never gave away my secret."
Little Girl Lost
"The more we felt the Germans' heavy boots in our lives, the more I knew I had to leave . . . but I was scared. Where was I going to go? What would I live on?"
The Circle Cast
After Uter Pendragon kills her father, Morgan le Fay is exiled to Ireland where she learns the black arts of magic and sorcery.
Roxy
Trying to get to grips with her own terrible secret, Roxy sets about unraveling the mysteries that enshroud her family history.
Henry Chow and other stories
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An anthology of short contemporary fiction by emerging writers and established authors.
City Kids
Funny poems to capture the hearts of boys and girls, teachers and parents by the winner of the NCTE Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry.
When the Spirits Dance
When Lawrence's father goes overseas with the Canadian Army during the Second World War, the young Cree boy struggles to grow up while wrestling with the meaning of war.
From Generation to Generation
"The mountains were almost 3,000 metres high . . . We had to climb to the peaks, where it was frozen and slippery. One single misstep could mean certain death."
Fleeing from the Hunter
"I asked myself, Am I a criminal doomed for execution? I was determined to run away . . . that thought never left my mind."
Broken
With purple hair and '90s retro clothes, Ash Perrault is a modern-day Cinderella, but she has a problem Cinderella didn't have—a dangerous problem that keeps getting worse.
On My Walk
Young children will love this simple rhyming story. Come along on a rollicking rainy-day walk!
The Doomsday Mask
Mythology, adventure
