Urchin and the Rage Tide

Author	Kate Milford
ISBN	1328828921

Once again, Greenglass House has been inundated at Christmas time, just as it was the previous year. Thirteen-year-old Milo Pine has been struggling with being the odd kid at school, a Chinese adoptee in an insensitive, mostly white, world. He was hoping to nurse his wounds over Christmas break, alone...

Author	Andrew Peterson
ISBN	1400073871

First they found themselves On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. Now they must make their way North! Or Be Eaten . . .

Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby thought they were normal children with normal lives and a normal past. But now they know they're really the Lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary...

Author	S.D. Smith
ISBN	0996436804

The stage is set. It's war. Morbin Blackhawk, slaver and tyrant, threatens to destroy the rabbit resistance forever. Heather and Picket are two young rabbits improbably thrust into pivotal roles.
The fragile alliance forged around the young heir seems certain to fail. Can Heather and Picket...

Author	Linda Williams
ISBN	0064431835

“A splendiferous Halloween story.” — The Horn Book

“A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the...

Author

Eve Bunting

A beginner book for young kids told in rhyme. It’s told from someone’s point of view about the dangers of going out on Halloween with all the ‘monsters’. We see kids dressed up as different ghouls. The end is revealed who is speaking. It’s a nice surprise who it is.

I saw Jan Brett’s...

Author	Jill Thompson
ISBN	1579890156

It's Hannah's first Halloween trick 0r treating with the big kids and she's a teeny bit afraid that there will be monsters. However, she trusts her older cousin to protect her. Big Mistake!

It turns out Hannah's older cousin doesn't want to be slowed down. He and his friends come up with a...

Author	Nathan Hale
ISBN	1419731483

The Frenchman who changed the course of the American Revolution.

Gilbert du Motier became the Marquis de Lafayette at a young age, but he was not satisfied with the comforts of French nobility—he wanted adventure!

A captain at eighteen and a major general by nineteen, he was eager...

Author	Eric A. Kimmel
ISBN	0823412482

I LOVE THIS BOOK. It has long been one of my very favorite children's books for several reasons. 1) Trina Schart Hyman illustrated it, so DUH. 2) I just think Eric Kimmel has a way with words that resonates with me. Subtle humor, nice pacing, lovely filling in of characters that could easily fall flat. My...