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1) Shy Willow
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and...
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together. Includes information on the history of the war.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is an old story. It is about a girl named Otilla who runs away. It is also about a house in the woods, and a skull who lives there, and a secret the skull has, and the night that Otilla finds out what that secret is."--
7) Divergent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
Author
Series
Kalamata's kitchen volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tomorrow is Kalamata's first day at a new school, and she's nervous! If only Kalamata and Al Dente could go to back to the Indian spice market they visited this summer, then maybe she'd remember how to feel brave when new experiences seem scary. Luckily for Kalamata, all the magic required for her journey is right in her own kitchen! As Kalamata and her alligator friend, Al Dente, transport themselves to a magical land filled with tasty ingredients,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Invites the reader to join the adoring fans who watch a preschooler performs such daring stunts as eating broccoli, dressing himself, and going to bed without checking for monsters.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore how a mistake can seem enormous and life-changing but, with time, perspective, and reflection, one can move on from even the biggest blunder.
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites youngsters to slam the book shut or find the courage to take a peek inside.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Edmond the Squirrel and George Owl spot a frightening Thing across the river and must summon the courage to learn more about it.
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
462 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With their honor restored, Hal and his fellow Herons leave Skandia again on a new mission--to track down and stop Hal's nemesis, Tursgud, a bullying youth-turned vicious pirate and slave trader.
16) A little courage
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Through the eyes of a child, the world is full of adventure! A teacup-sized little girl discovers a playground in a potted plant, and the perfect swimming pool in a glass of water. Then when she sees a mysterious shadow lurking beyond her books and paper clips, she must summon her courage. But wait! Could this fluffy, purring creature be a friend?"--Publisher's desciption.
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Leonard doesn't like bedtime, especially when there's a five-nosed, seven-tailed, eleven-handed, scaly-waily monster hiding in the corner of his bedroom. It seems like Leonard will never sleep again... until he discovers a mysterious book called How to Frighten Monsters.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
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