Eve Bunting
At the end of The Pirate Captain's Daughter, Catherine and cabin boy William are marooned on Pox Island by the murderous crew of the pirate ship Reprisal. The young lovers see no hope of escape. In Voyage of the Sea Wolf, the continuing saga of Catherine's sea adventures, she and William are rescured from their island prison by the Sea Wolf, a pirate ship pursuing the Reprisal. Catherine worries that these new pirates will send her back to the
...2) SOS Titanic
Fifteen-year-old Barry O’Neill is journeying to New York to reunite with his parents on the maiden voyage of the great ship Titanic. He’s homesick, and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage,...
9) Washday
It is washday. "Are you ready for work, Lizzie girl?" Grandma asks. "I am," Lizzie replies. It's hard for her to set aside her plans for a tea party, but she rolls up her sleeves. Together Lizzie and Grandma haul the steaming washtub to the workbench and shave lye soap into the boiling water. They rub, rub, rub the clothes over the washboard, pull them through the wringer, and hang them out to dry. In the end, the satisfaction of a job well done,
...10) Thunder horse
Share this simple, funny farmyard tale with your preschooler, who will love the energy.
"Hurry! Hurry!" Rooster crows. The crowd gets bigger, faster, and noisier as all the animals follow. "Ready! Ready!" "Go! Go!"
The animals rush to the barn. Will they be in time to greet the tiniest new member of the farm family?
Eve Bunting's simple, energetic text and Jeff Mack's vibrant illustrations come together in a joyful,
...12) Blackwater
"A novel that will long flicker in readers' memories." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Fans of S. E. Hinton and Jerry Spinelli will devour this thrilling story about a harmless prank that goes too far.
Thirteen-year-old Brodie Lynch was ready for the perfect summer of adventure along the awesome Blackwater River. That was before everything changed forever. One act of mischief leads to a tragic death and even
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