Laura Watkinson
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Every night Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter lights the lantern which warns the ships away from the rocks, but when the light goes out one night, a ship is wrecked and Lampie is sent to the Admiral's Black House in disgrace--there she finds and befriends the Admiral's son, who was born with a tail, and together they are pulled into an adventure of mermen and pirates, and secret identities long concealed but soon to be revealed.
Author
Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Deep in the woods, in a crooked house full of stairs, a young boy is kept prisoner by his uncle. He cannot meet other children, or have any friends. He holds the key to a secret. Meanwhile, in a quiet village, Frans the schoolteacher invents incredible stories of perilous deeds, shipwrecks, desert islands, and haunted castles to entertain his pupils, in which he is the hero. Then one stormy evening, a mysterious letter blows onto his doormat, summoning...
5) Red
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Torn between her fear of the bully on the school playground and her sympathy for her classmate, a girl must make a difficult choice"--
6) 189 canaries
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In a cozy room in the heart of Germany, a yellow canary sings rolling melodies to the miners and carpenters of the Harz mountains. But today a bird dealer has arrived, and he will take the canary far, far away from everything he knows...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A little boyum, no, a tiger!tells us all about what he gets up to on an ordinary day: how he wakes up in his tiger den, what he eats for breakfast at his feeding spot, and how little tigers feel when they are wide awake, hungry, thirsty, or in the mood for adventures. But at night, even the wildest of tigers is happy to curl up in bed with Tiger-Mom and Tiger-Dad and become a cuddly little tiger cub.