Nickel Bay Nick
10 best books like Nickel Bay Nick (Dean Pitchford): Dark Matter, Wakenhyrst, Wolf Brother, Turn Left at the Cow, Bot Wars, Stones for My Father, The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail, Aliens on Vacation, Spirit Walker, Soul Eater
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 1409123782 |
January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely, and desperate to change his life, so when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 1788549562 |
1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wakenhyrst. It is the home of Edmund Stearn and his family – a historian, scholar and land-owner, he's an upstanding member of the local community. But all is not well at Wake's End. Edmund dominates his family...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 0060728272 |
Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined.
In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told...
| Author | Lisa Bullard |
| ISBN | 0544029003 |
Thirteen-year-old Trav has always wondered about his dead-before-he-was-born dad. But when he heads from California to his grandmother's house in rural Minnesota, hoping to learn about his past, he gets more than he bargained for.
It turns out his dad was involved in a bank robbery...
| Author | J.V. Kade |
| ISBN | 0803738609 |
Twelve-year-old Trout St. Kroix has been searching for his missing father for the last two years, after his dad disappeared while fighting in the Bot Wars. The Bot Wars began after robots became so advanced that they revolted and demanded more workers' rights, causing the government to declare all...
| Author | Trilby Kent |
| ISBN | 1770492526 |
Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this,...
| Author | Richard Peck |
| ISBN | 0803738382 |
Newbery Award-winning author Richard Peck is at his very best in this fast-paced mystery adventure. Fans of The Tale of Desperaux, A Little Princess, and Stuart Little will all be captivated by this memorable story of a lovable orphan mouse on an amazing quest.
The smallest mouse in London’s...
| Author | Clete Barrett Smith |
| ISBN | 1423133633 |
David, otherwise known as Scrub (don't ask), isn't happy about leaving Florida and his friends to summer with his grandmother in "Middle of Nowhere," Washington. When he arrives at her Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, he isn't surprised by its 60s meets Star Wars decor, but he is surprised by the...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 0060728302 |
A cry echoed through the Forest. He froze. It was not the yowl of a vixen, or a lynx seeking a mate. It was a man. Or something that had once been a man. With a creeping sense of dread, Torak watched the light between the trees begin to fail. . . .
Torak is a boy apart. A boy who can talk to wolves. A boy who...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 1842551140 |
Threat
This is the third book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series and the story continues with Torak and Renn on a mission to rescue Wolf who has been taken captive by Soul Eaters. The soul eaters are a demonic evil power that exists and seems to be targeting him. The rescue is no doubt a trap...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 1842551752 |
Her cry rips the souls from your marrow. With her spear she snares them. She devours them. Eostra truly is an eater of souls.
Winter is coming. Souls' Night draws near. Eostra, the Eagle Owl Mage, holds the clans in the grip of terror. Torak must leave the Forest and seek her lair in the Mountain...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 1409163342 |
The Himalayas, 1935
Kangchenjunga. Third highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all.
Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to tackle the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far - and the mountain is not their only foe.
As mountain sickness...
| Author | Marty Crisp |
| ISBN | 0439712653 |
A simply-told, poignant tale of friendship and survival, set on history's most famous doomed ship!
The year is 1912, and twelve-year-old Sam Harris is traveling from England to America on the grand ship theTitanic. Sam is lonely at first, but is soon delighted to discover that there are dogs...
| Author | Chris Westwood |
| ISBN | 1847801900 |
When Ben Harvester meets the mysterious Mr October in Highgate Cemetery, nothing could have prepared him for the strange and dramatic turn his life is about to take.
Soon Mr October is leading him towards his true calling - his work at the Ministry of Pandemonium, helping to guide the dead to...
| Author | Paula J. Freedman |
| ISBN | 1419708066 |
During the fall leading up to her bat mitzvah, Tara (Hindi for "star") Feinstein has a lot more than her Torah portion on her mind. Between Hebrew school and study sessions with the rabbi, there doesn’t seem to be enough time to hang out with her best friend Ben-o--who might also be her boyfriend--and...
| Author | Jess Keating |
| ISBN | 1402297580 |
Ana Wright's summer just got terrifying. She's finally getting used to living in a zoo (no, seriously—she lives with her family in an actual zoo), when she's assigned to work in the new shark tank. With her worst enemy. Forget about sharks! Ashley is the ultimate predator. And after Ana's favorite...
| Author | Andrea Cheng |
| ISBN | 0547684630 |
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.
When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant...
| Author | Trevor Pryce |
| ISBN | 1613124724 |
I've been reading this book slowly over a matter of months as time allows. Each time I've chosen to pick it up for my "me" time rather than doing something else, I haven't been very disappointed.
The book was very well edited and the illustrations were very charming, almost graphic novel in appearance....
| Author | Joe O'Neill |
| ISBN | 0985196947 |
Prepare for a World of Adventure Go back in time to 1912 Morocco.
An age of mystery.
A time of danger.
A group of children confront the mysteries of an ancient kasbah.
A pirate who is not what he seems.
A British colonel forced to choose between his country and...
| Author | Cory Putman Oakes |
| ISBN | 1492605379 |
Sometimes being different is good...even if it means having a tail and spikes
Everyone knows the dinosaur gene skips a generation. So it wasn't a complete surprise when Sawyer sprouted a tail and spikes before he started fifth grade. After all, his grandfather was part stegosaurus.
Despite...
The Tale of Despereaux: A Junior Novelization
This lively junior novelization of the film The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle...
| Author | Polly Carlson-Voiles |
| ISBN | 0547745915 |
Julie of the Wolves meets Hatchet in this middle grade novel that follows orphaned twelve-year-old Nika and her seven-year-old brother Randall as they leave a California foster home to visit a long-lost uncle in the wilderness lake country of Northern Minnesota. A phone call from their uncle sets...
| Author | Michelle Paver |
| ISBN | 0141343087 |
From a time of myths and ancient magic will come the legend of the lost city of Atlantis, tales of gods and warriors – and the rise of a hero.
His sister is missing. His dog has been killed. High in the Greek mountains, Hylas is running for his life.
The mysterious black warriors want Hylas...
| Author | Caroline Carlson |
| ISBN | 0062194410 |
Hilary Westfield takes on Captain Blacktooth one last time, this time for leadership of the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates. However, there is much more at stake since the Mutineers are plotting once again to take over the kingdom, and this fight might be the only way to stop them. But can Hilary...
| Author | Curtis Jobling |
| ISBN | 0141340495 |
Final rating: 4.5/5 stars
I was captivated by the first two books in the series Rise of the Wolf & Rage of Lions, especially after reading the second book, which proved to be quite cool. This can be sad for Shadow of the Hawk as well.
I have to congratulate Jobling for having interesting...
The Summer I Saved the World . . . in 65 Days
| Author | Michele Weber Hurwitz |
| ISBN | 0385371063 |
It's summertime, and thirteen-year-old Nina Ross is feeling kind of lost. Her beloved grandma died last year; her parents work all the time; her brother's busy; and her best friend is into clothes, makeup, and boys. While Nina doesn't know what "her thing" is yet, it's definitely not shopping and makeup....
