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The crazy crawler crane and other very short truck stories

Cuetara, Mittie.


Rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of vehicles and their functions, including moving van, police car, and crawler crane.
Date Published:1998

The hunt for the Mad Wolf's daughter

Magras, Diane,


"A companion to The Mad Wolf's daughter." Junior Library Guild. In 1210 Scotland, twelve-year-old Drest is on the run with a price on her head after rescuing her brothers and father, the Mad Wolf of the North, from captivity.
Date Published:2019

The dungeon

Banks, Lynne Reid


Driven by his grief over the loss of his family and by his longing for adventure, Bruce MacLennan sets out from Scotland for China, where he buys a young girl, who tries to ease his pain but instead is caught up in his desire for vengeance.
Date Published:2002

A Highland Christmas

Beaton, M. C.


"A Hamish MacBeth Mystery." School Library Journal, April 2000. Library Journal, November 1999. Publisher's Weekly, October 1999. Booklist, October 1999. Kirkus Review, November 1999. Police Constable Hamish Macbeth sets out to solve two Christmas crimes and manages to spread a little cheer along the way.
Date Published:1999

Baseball on Mars : Beisball en Marte.

Rivera, Rafael, Jr. and Tim Hoppey


After "traveling to Mars" in Roberto's homemade spaceship, Roberto and his father play a game of catch.
Date Published:2009

Mech cadet Yu. Volume one /

Pak, Greg,


Junior Library Guild. Every year, giant sentient robots from outer space come to Earth and bond forever with a brand new crop of cadets at Sky Corps Academy to help keep the planet safe. But this year, instead of making a connection with a cadet, one of the mechs bonds with Stanford, a young kid working with his Mom as a janitor at Sky Corps. Stanford has the opportunity of a lifetime but he'll first have to earn the trust of his classmates if he's to defend the planet from the monstrous Sharg.
Date Published:2018

Junior Library Guild. Every year, giant sentient robots from outer space come to Earth and bond forever with a brand new crop of cadets at Sky Corps Academy to help keep the planet safe. But this year, instead of making a connection with a cadet, one of the mechs bonds with Stanford, a young kid working with his Mom as a janitor at Sky Corps. Stanford has the opportunity of a lifetime but he'll first have to earn the trust of his classmates if he's to defend the planet from the monstrous Sharg.

Date Published:2018

The fuss on the bus

Pindar, Heather,


There's just one rule on Sid's bus: no fuss. But then the children and animals climb on board, things get out of control! This story includes age-appropriate text and a reading comprehension activity to support emerging readers.
Date Published:2022

Green willow

Dunlop, Eileen.


"First published 1993 in Great Britain by Blackie Children's Books as Green Willow's Secret"--T.p. verso. Kit's discovery of a "secret" Japanese garden is the beginning of a healing process as her family disintegrates and new friendships add new, enriching dimensions to her life.
Date Published:1993

Cat, herself

Hunter, Mollie, 1922-


Previously published as: I'll go my own way. "A Charlotte Zolotow book." Growing up in a family of wandering tinkers in Scotland, Cat McPhie fights for the right to be her own person and live the kind of life she wants.
Date Published:1985

Witch child

Rees, Celia.


"First published 2000 by Bloomsbury plc, London." In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
Date Published:2000

Kidnapped

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.



Date Published:1949

Kidnapped

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.


After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
Date Published:1996

The flawed glass

Strachan, Ian, 1938-


A young girl's life on a remote Scottish island is made difficult by a physical handicap; but, when an American businessman buys the island, she becomes exposed to a computer, and new possibilities open up for her.
Date Published:1989

Belle Prater's boy

White, Ruth, 1942-


When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives.
Date Published:1996

Fitting In.

Bernardo, Anilu


A collection of stories about young girls who as Cuban immigrants to the United States grow in confidence and spirit as they confront painful challenges, meeting them head-on.
Date Published:1996

Jumping Off to Freedom.

Bernardo, Anilu


Courage and desperation lead fifteen-year-old David and his father to flee Cuba's repressive regime and seek freedom by taking to the sea on a raft headed for Miami.
Date Published:1996

Information technology

Stoyles, Pennie.


"A+." Includes index. Horn Book. Discusses two sides of issues related to information technology--how carefully the Internet should be controlled, whether information on the Internet should be subject to copyright laws, and how much information should remain in electronic storage indefinitely.
Date Published:2003

Death of a gossip

Beaton, M. C.



Date Published:1985

Once burned

David, Peter.


Starfleet Captain Mackenzie Calhoun shares the story of the disaster that struck during his tenure as first officer aboard the U.S.S. Grissom.
Date Published:1998

Bunny rabbit rebus

Adler, David A.


After hungry Little Rabbit eats all the food in the house, Mother Rabbit trades favors to friends for lettuce and carrots. Pictures are substituted for words or parts of words in a rebus version of the story.
Date Published:1983