In Zimbabwe in 2194, General Matsika calls in Africa's most unusual detectives - "the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" - to find his missing children.
Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart?
拉蒙在“恶魔魟鱼”洞里采到一颗硕大无比的黑珍珠，轰动了整个拉巴兹城。他父亲勃拉勒卖珠不成，把黑珍珠献给了圣母。采珠队在海上遇到风暴，由于他父亲自恃有圣母保佑，没有及时躲避，整个船队全部覆没，仅采珠工塞维利亚人生还。拉蒙遭此厄运，以为“恶魔魟鱼”作怪，索要珍珠，所以偷出珍珠准备物归原主。不料塞维利亚人在海上劫持他，逼他同去圭麦斯出售珍珠。后来塞维利亚人杀死“恶魔魟鱼”，自己也在搏斗中丧生。拉蒙在不平凡的经历中破除了种种迷信，成长为大人。他侥幸生还，把珍珠还给教堂，供大家欣赏。
美国西部拓荒时期，男孩马特留守在缅因州看护新家，等待远方的家人迁徙团聚。独自生活诸事不顺，幸亏偶遇海狸部落的印第安祖孙二人帮助。日久见人心，男孩马特和阿天从初的不信任、不友善，逐渐转变为互相钦服，成为对方口中的“白人兄弟”、“印第安兄弟”。本书令人深思：在与不同种族、不熟悉的人群交往中，如何互相尊重，求同存异，并与他人分享一切美好。
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with hisno-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and hassince followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has beenunjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, wherethe warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day,every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. Itdoesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more thancharacter improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys aredigging holes because the warden is looking for something. Stanleytries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humoroustale of crime and punishment--and redemption.
They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn't exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice. Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, "The Giver," as well as "Gathering Blue "and "Messenger "where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry's epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.
Jeff Greene was only seven when Melody, his mother, left him with his reserved, undemonstrative father, the Professor. So when she reenters his life years later with an invitation to spend the summer with her in Charleston, Jeff is captivated by her free spirit and warmth, and he eagerly looks forward to returning for another visit the following year. But Jeff's second summer in Charleston ends with a devastating betrayal, and he returns to his father wounded almost beyond bearing. But out of Jeff's pain grows a deepening awareness of the unexpected and complicated ways of love and loss and of family and friendship -- and the strength to understand his father, his mother, and especially himself. Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.
"Librarians often say that every book is not for every child, but "The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp "is" ("The New York Times"). Meet Bingo and J'miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this rollicking tale and National Book Award Finalist from Newbery Honoree Kathi Appelt. Raccoon brothers Bingo and J'miah are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man--the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp--is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts. Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn is not a member of any such organization. But he loves the swamp something fierce, and he'll do anything to help protect it. And help is surely needed, because world-class alligator wrestler Jaeger Stitch wants to turn Sugar Man swamp into an Alligator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park,
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brotherCharles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for amidnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a mostdisturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "Ijust got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sitdown for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, bythe way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle intime. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of MissL'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the NewberyMedal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time ofMeg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and oneof the most popular boys in high school). They are in search ofMeg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secretwork for the government on the tesseract problem.
Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a long anddifficult sheep drive to the mountains. All the men, that is,except for Miguel. All year long, twelve-year-old Miguel tries toprove that he, too, is up to the challenge'that he, too, is up tothe challenge'that he, too is ready to take the sheep into hisbeloved Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
"Outstanding book with beautiful colored illustrations andmarginal drawings similar to those in his previous books. Wideinterest level including adults." School Library Journal,Starred
Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-millones in the extraodinary Murry family. They garden, make anoccasional A in school, and play baseball. Nothing especiallyinteresting has happened to the twins until they accidentallyinterrupt their father's experiment. Then the two boys are thrown across time and space. They findthemselves alone in the desert, where, if they believe in unicorns,they can find unicorns, and whether they believe or not, mammothsand manticores will find them. The twins are rescued by Japheth, a man from the nearby oasis,but before he can bring them to safety, Dennys gets lost. Each boyis quickly embroiled in the conflicts of this time and place, whosepopulations includes winged seraphim, a few stray mythic beasts,perilous and beautiful nephilim, and small, long lived humans whoconsider Sandy and Dennys giants. The boys find they have more todo in the oasis than simply getting themselves home--they have toreunite an estranged father and son, but it wo
It is November. When Meg comes home from school, CharlesWallace tells her he saw dragons in the twin’s vegetablegarden. That night Meg, Calvin and C.W. go to the vegetablegarden to meet the Teacher (Blajeny) who explains that what theyare seeing isn’t a dragon at all, but a cherubim namedProginoskes. It turns out that C.W. is ill and that Blajeny and Proginoskes are there to make him well – by making himwell, they will keep the balance of the universe in check and saveit from the evil Echthros. Meg, Calvin and Mr. Jenkins (grade school principal) musttravel inside C.W. to have this battle and save Charles’ life aswell as the balance of the universe.
Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze, come smell your way among the trees, come touch rough bark and leathered leaves: Welcome to the night. Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter.Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk.Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time inthe light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies—raspberryleaves!—and coos and sings. Come out to the cool, night wood, and buzz and hoot and howl—butdo beware of the great horned owl—for it’s wild and it’s windy wayout in the woods! This Newbery Honor-winning picture book combines beautifullywritten poetry with facts of the forest and elaborate illustrationsto form a marvelously engaging collection.
Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Somethinginside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. Butwhen the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill,miracles begin to happen. The sap in the trees begins to rise, theleaves begin to turn, and Marly's father starts to bloom again,like the world around them.This wise and moving story is amust-have for every reader's library.
In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader, Philip Malloy, is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention.
Now a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Alexander Skarsgard, and Brenton ThwaitesThis first-ever Lois Lowry single-volume collection includes unabridged editions of the Newbery Medal-winning "The Giver," "Gathering Blue," "Messenger," and "Son." Lois Lowry's groundbreaking dystopian series comes alive in a single portable volume. An affordable addition to the shelves of teen fans and collectors alike.
The 1938 classic tells the story of Mr. Popper, the small-townhousepainter who dreamed of exploring Antarctic regions, andCaptain Cook, the redoubtable penguin who turned Mr. Popper's worldupside down. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book. H. SLJ. NYT. AB.
