Gabrielle, 11, realises that she only knows about Haiti through her parents' stories, while her classmates only know it through television. Her father then suggests that she spend the summer with her grandmother in the countryside, on the island where part of her family was born.
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, Alex and his older cousins awaken the ghost of a serial killer when they dial a mysterious phone number.
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, a mysterious glow in the cemetery near her home leads Clara into a haunted mausoleum.
In this follow-up to My Best Friend Is Extinct, Henry and his friends attend a summer camp led by a shady head counselor. Luckily, there’s still fun to be had: Henry reunites with Yarp, a prehistoric short-faced bear, and discovers a herd of gentle mega sloths. When a wildfire encroaches, everyone has to band together to escape.
In this sequel to the critically acclaimed The Unlovable Alina Butt, after lots of friendship drama and not being able to attend a school trip to Paris, twelve-year-old Alina reluctantly travels back to Pakistan with her family, where she gains a new perspective on family, opportunity and what really matters in life.
Le mari de Yomandé meurt à la chasse en même temps que la lionne. Commence alors un voyage initiatique pour retrouver l'enfant perdu qu'elle a toujours voulu.
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, thirteen-year-old Polly and her friends discover they'll need more than entrepreneurial spirit to make their middle school matchmaking business a success.
In this middle-grade novel, Wolfgang and his mother move in with his grandfather in the wake of his father's death, and Wolfie's new friend Jimmy helps him find solace through hockey. But Wolfgang can't stop wondering why his father's cause of death is such a secret.
Targeted because of their connection to the Ghost Tree, kidnapped by robotic pterodactyl-like creatures, then forced to work at a mining camp, twelve-year-old orphan Ellis and her friends must band together to escape — but can they survive long enough to find the rumored forests of the night?
Lorsque le président de la compagnie de crème glacée Krëmfrette se fait voler son nez lors d'un cambriolage étrange et audacieux, c'est au 32e meilleur détective de la ville, Jimmy Smiss, qu'il revient de résoudre l'affaire.
In this middle-grade novel told in letters, when Sara Salt's little brother is born early, her mom and stepdad send her to stay in Toronto with her half-sister Abby, who is starting a transitional housing park for unhoused people
Leo never thought she’d need to protect her dad’s special carrot seeds from spies, but she’s made it her mission to defend her family’s farm!
In this middle-grade novel, Harmony moves back home with her mom after being in a foster home, but her mom hasn't dealt with her addiction issues and Harmony feels like she's the only one keeping her and her mom together.
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, ten-year-old Zack discovers a hidden horror after he hears a weird noise coming from the walls of his school gymnasium.
Winter 1979. Twelve-year-old Truly has settled in with Andy El at Eagle Shores Trailer Park, but the peace of her new life is shattered when her mother unexpectedly returns after abandoning Truly the previous summer, asking for a second chance. Has her mother really changed? Can Truly ever forgive her?
In 1902 Edinburgh, a clockmaker is found dead inside a locked clocktower. When the clockmaker’s apprentice finds clues inside a seemingly unfixable watch, he races against time to discover the truth of his mentor’s death and a map to a miracle cure that can save a dying friend.
L’enquêteur privé Jimmy Smiss (le 32e meilleur de sa ville!) pourra-t-il prouver l’innocence de son ami Goran, faussement accusé du vol de la langue de Julia Louette?
In this quirky middle-grade novel, Izzy Wong finds the perfect subject for her podcast—investigating the school bathroom flooding that caused damage to classrooms. But the deeper she gets into her reporting, the more she blurs the line between truth and gossip...and right and wrong.
In this second installment in the Book of Screams series, we revisit the ongoing story of Tanya, who is trying to vanquish a sentient ink that steals people's dreams, and delve into other horrors in short-story form, such as a ray of sunshine that kills, a rabbit carcass that haunts a young boy, and a teddy bear that possesses its owner.
Comment apprivoise-t-on un pe`re dont on ignorait l’existence, qui de´barque un beau jour d’un pays lointain et qui ne parle pas un mot de sa propre langue ? Mélie quelque part au milieu offre une lecture lumineuse traverse´e de zones grises, ou` on apprend que les choses qui en valent la peine ne sont pas toujours faciles.
Through the trades that have disappeared, this book recounts extraordinary periods in human history.
Zia’s Story is based on the author’s own experiences as a young mother with a young son having to flee an Afghanistan torn apart by war.
The dying wish of Rose’s father is that she and her brother survive the plague rampaging through London in 1665. Armed with the last creation their father made in his apothecary, Rose and Lem hope to protect themselves against the sickness, but as word about the special oil blend spreads, they must also protect themselves against thieves.
