The Waterstone

Author

Patricia C. Wrede

"He doesn't seem very impressed," Cimorene commented in some amusement.
"Why should he be?" Kazul said.
"Well, you're a dragon," Cimorene answered, a little taken aback.
"What difference does that make to a cat?" Before Harry Potter, there was Princess Cimorene, a dragon named Kazul,...

Author	Jeanne Birdsall
ISBN	0375870776

Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member of the family. Some surprises are just wonderful, like neighbor Nick Geiger coming home from war. And some are ridiculous, like Batty's new dog-walking business. Batty is saving up her dog-walking money...

Author	Sarah Miller
ISBN	1416925422

Annie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on a seemingly impossible job -- teaching a child who was deaf, blind, and as ferocious as any wild animal. But Helen Keller needed more than a teacher. She needed...

Author	Maryrose Wood
ISBN	0061791059

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place are no ordinary children, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess, and mysteries abound in this first volume in a new series for ages 9+.

Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander,...

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	0747595380

The winter isn't ending. Nobody knows why.
And Odd has run away from home, even though he can barely walk and has to use a crutch.
Out in the forest he encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle - three creatures with a strange story to tell.
Now Odd is faced with a stranger journey than he had ever imagined.
A...

Author	Michael Morpurgo
ISBN	1405221747

When Michael is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parent's yacht, the Peggy Sue, he struggles to survive on his own. But he soon realises there is someone close by, someone who is watching over him and helping him to stay alive. Following a close-run battle between life and death...

Author	Midori Snyder
ISBN	0142403490

This was a re-read of a book read some time before joining Goodreads. I didn't remember anything about the story other than I had enjoyed it at the time, and in fact was pleased to find I enjoyed it this time too, although in places the writing is a little clunky, for example, the writer often uses a character's...

Author	Midori Snyder
ISBN	0142403458

Two hundred years ago, the Fire Queen destroyed her rival queens of Earth, Air, and Water in the fateful Burning and took power over Oran. No child with a trace of the elemental magic was alloved to live. Years later, the country still trembles under her oppression. But now there are rumors of hope. Four...

Author	Midori Snyder
ISBN	0142403482

I've been sporadically searching for fantasy that includes peasants for a while now, and I am particularly interested in fantasy with peasant rebellions.

This series is one of the few I've encountered. The protagonists are definitely peasants, as compared to the ones in "Mistborn" which...

Author

Remi Aoi

I don't get it. Was this supposed to be sexy or what? It was, frankly, just annoying. This chick was exceedingly dumb. Who the hell doesn't know what people mean when they say "I want to do IT"?

Bitch, please.

Just cause someone is a virgin, doesn't mean they have to be completely ignorant...

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0439888077

Coryn, Soren and the Chaw of Chaws ride a river of wind to discover a realm of endless wonders where dwells a society of mysterious owls, the like of which has never before been seen.

Meanwhile, journeying in the known kingdoms, Primrose and Eglantine stumble upon a plot by Nyra to kill the young...

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0439888069

Soren and the Band are back. Coryn has retrieved the ember and it seems a golden age is dawning at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. But all that is golden in not necessarily good. Soren, Twilight, Gylfie, and Digger face their biggest challenge yet as the young king, haunted by suspicion that haggish blood flows...