"This Is a Great Book!"
101 events for building enthusiastic readers inside and outside the classroom — from chapter books to young adult novels.
The Weight of Freedom
Nate Leipciger, a thoughtful, shy eleven-year-old boy, is plunged into an incomprehensible web of ghettos, concentration and death camps during the German occupation of Poland.
Across the Rivers of Memory
The name Transnistria did not exist on a map. Yet that is where ten-year-old Felicia Steigman and her parents arrive in 1941, after a cruel deportation and death march overseen by Romanian Nazi collaborators.
A Name Unbroken
Miklos Friedman grows up learning to take risks and seize opportunities. In 1944, as Germany occupies Hungary, he must draw on his wits to survive
Hope's Reprise
David Newman’s gifts as a musician and a teacher carry him through years of brutality during the war.
La mouette aux croustilles
Une mouette devient accro aux croustilles et entraîne sa colonie dans une folle quête… jusqu’à découvrir les effets de la malbouffe.
Where I Belong
An adopted Native Canadian girl finds her birth father and the twin sister she never knew existed.
The Sphere of Septimus
A boy and his friend are hurtled into another dimension and must defeat the evil ruler in order to save the universe and all creation.
Shack Island Summer
Twelve-year-old Pepper explores ESP, dreams, friendship and love over the course of an unforgettable summer.
The Moment
When a devastating train accident results in the loss of his leg, James cannot imagine ever leading a normal life again.
Le grand livre des petits trésors
Un album qui célèbre la curiosité, l’observation et la complicité intergénérationnelle.
Joy Runs Deeper
“I kept asking myself, Was all my suffering worth it? Was it worth staying alive? Nobody was left—no family, no friends . . . Then I remembered that I had Josio and thanked God for that. We joined hands and started walking, ready to face the future."
The Hidden Package
In 1984, Claire Baum receives a letter from a stranger in Holland who has found a package from the war that belongs to Claire’s family.
My Heart is at Ease
What keeps 15-year-old Gerta Solan going in the Auschwitz children’s barracks is dreaming of the normal life that had been torn from her.
Fly Fly
With a dream-like quality, this book allows children to explore wild animals and birds common to the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies.
La petite truie, le vélo et la lune
L’histoire attachante et remplie d’humour d’une petite truie apprendra comment maîtriser l’art de se déplacer sur deux roues.
