Where the River Takes Me: The Hudson's Bay Company Diary of Jenna Sinclair
10 best books like Where the River Takes Me: The Hudson's Bay Company Diary of Jenna Sinclair (Julie Lawson): If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't), The Goldfish Boy, Obasan, Sunstone, Vol. 1, Titanic Crossing, S.O.S. Titanic, The Seven Silly Eaters, Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men, The Forests of Silence, Twelve Kinds of Ice
If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)
| Author | Betty White |
| ISBN | 0399157530 |
It-girl Betty White delivers a hilarious, slyly profound take on love, life, celebrity, and everything in between.
Drawing from a lifetime of lessons learned, seven-time Emmy winner Betty White's wit and wisdom take center stage as she tackles topics like friendship, romantic love, aging,...
Matthew Corbin suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't been to school in weeks. His hands are cracked and bleeding from cleaning. He refuses to leave his bedroom. To pass the time, he observes his neighbors from his bedroom window, making mundane notes about their habits as they...
| Author | Joy Kogawa |
| ISBN | 0385468865 |
The Government makes paper airplanes out of our lives and flies us out the windows. Some people return home. Some do not. War they all say, is war, and some people survive.
Out of all the countries in the world, Canada is the one I have most seriously considered for emigration purposes. The stereotypes...
| Author | Stjepan Šejić |
| ISBN | 1632152126 |
«Sexual nerds. That is what BDSM people are, behind all the pretense...»From critically-acclaimed creator Stjepan Šejić (Death Vigil, Ravine, Aphrodite IX, Witchblade) comes Sunstone, a love story like no other.
Lisa's tastes were always...unique. Longing to be restrained, without...
| Author | Barbara Williams |
| ISBN | 0590944649 |
"Titanic Crossing" is a story about a 13 year old boy named Albert Trask, who is going back to America so he and his family can be closer to Alberts grandmother. Mrs. Trask and little Virginia don't want to leave. But when Albert and Virginia's uncle comes to London, they are left with no choice. Albert is...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0152013059 |
Irish teenager Barry O’Neill is journeying to New York on the Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage.
He’s homesick and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, who have threatened to throw him overboard. Little does Barry know that a struggle with the Flynns is the least of the...
| Author | Mary Ann Hoberman |
| ISBN | 0152024409 |
Five stars thanks to Marla Frazee's illustrations. I loved her work in All the World and am now a devoted fan. Her illustrations of family life just make me feel so happy! I am at once flooded with sweet memories of my own childhood and full of dreams for when I have kids of my own. She creates families and home-life...
Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men
| Author | Ed Brubaker |
| ISBN | 1632152347 |
The white-hot spy series from the creators of Captain America: The Winter Soldier is back!
Everything Velvet Templeton ever believed about the worst night of her life has turned out to be a lie, and now she's coming back to London, taking the hunt back to the hunters, to find the truth or die trying.
Don't...
| Author | Emily Rodda |
| ISBN | 0545010314 |
The evil Shadow Lord is plotting to invade Deltora and enslave its people. All that stands against him is the magic Belt of Deltora with its seven gems of great and mysterious power. When the gems are stolen and hidden in dark terrible places throughout the kingdom, the Shadow Lord triumphs, and Deltora...
| Author | Ellen Bryan Obed |
| ISBN | 0618891293 |
With the first ice—a skim on a sheep pail so thin it breaks when touched—one family’s winter begins in earnest. Next comes ice like panes of glass. And eventually, skating ice! Take a literary skate over field ice and streambed, through sleeping orchards and beyond. The first ice, the second ice,...
| Author | Aaron Renier |
| ISBN | 1596434538 |
Walker Bean never wanted to be a high-seas pirate waging a pitched battle against the forces of the deep. It just worked out that way.
Mild, meek, and a little geeky, Walker is always happiest in his grandfather's workshop, messing around with his inventions. But when his beloved grandfather...
I Knew You Could!: A Book for All the Stops in Your Life
| Author | Craig Dorfman |
| ISBN | 0448431483 |
Celebrate graduation and achievements big or small with The Little Engine That Could!
The determined Little Blue Engine is back, bringing inspiring and enlightening words of wisdom to graduates of all ages as they make the transition from one phase of life to the next. I Knew You Could! provides...
Velvet, Vol. 3: The Man Who Stole the World
| Author | Ed Brubaker |
| ISBN | 1632157276 |
If James Bond were a middle-aged woman, he'd be Velvet.
Somebody, please tell me this isn't the end of Brubaker's stories with this lady because the world needs more of this.
The Man Who Stole the World is the third and (hopefully not) final installation of the arc that started...
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn
| Author | Kenard Pak |
| ISBN | 1627794158 |
A young girl greets the world around her - the morning, the trees, the animals, the wind, and so on - in this lovely picture-book examination of the turning of the seasons. Each entity returns the girl's greeting, describing how they are changing or what they are doing in preparation for the coming of autumn....
| Author | Todd Parr |
| ISBN | 0316506621 |
The Cars and Trucks Book by Todd Parr is nicely illustrated through the use of an iMac drawing pad. It is bright and cheerful, using mostly primary colors with great contrast appropriate for introducing young readers to the world around them. The author personifies the trucks, giving them feelings...
