A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet! At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with getting ready for a new baby, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie loves animals and thinks a new puppy to call her own is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's...

In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl that he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.

"Ezomo chases after the leopard he believes killed his father, which leads him and his two friends to open the forbidden magical door that protects their village"--Title verso page.

Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world's garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world's detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them. Written in exquisitely wrought prose, Pigs asks questions about community,...

Lorraine Hutton hasn't set foot outside her home in years. Why leave her lovely old Victorian house when she can have everything she needs delivered by a boy from the local supermarket? One day the boy shows up, not with her order, but with a cart full of orphaned kittens.13 of them! All starving, scared, sick---and about to cause a seismic change in Lorraine's life. Her own baby was ripped away when she was an unwed teen mother, and Lorraine determines...

First published in 1898, this delightful true story, is a biography of a boy growing up in affluent style in 19th century America. Written by famed essayist Laurence Hutton, this book is a snapshot of elite living in a bygone time. Packed full of illustrations and photos, as we follow the author from the hot, endless summer of childhood in the United States to visit family members in St. Andrews in Scotland. This text has been republished here for...

A novel of equestrian life in unexpected places. Jenny's a horsewoman, born and bred. Aidan's a photographer, with a passion for sleek thoroughbreds. Lana has business brains and start-up cash. Together, they're going to bring horse racing's best stories to life. Best friends working on a passion project together: it could be the perfect post-grad life in New York City... if only Jenny wasn't hopelessly in love with Aidan. Unrequited love aside, Jenny...

There's no place like home… Although dog trainer Sally is relatively new to Wagging Tails, the team she works with have quickly become her family and the dogs her friends. But when Andy, the one that got away, turns up for a brief respite from the city, she is at a crossroads. As tempting as a life with him is, she loves her home of West Par, and anyway, she has responsibilities here. Number one on that list is ensuring the dogs' home stays in...

Cheddar is an orange kitten adopted from a pet shelter by a little girl and her mother. Just as he gets comfortable in his new home they have to leave him for a couple of days. Unbeknownst to Cheddar, the little girl said a prayer that he would be ok while they were gone. Unbeknownst to her, a guardian angel mouse appears to Cheddar and keeps him company while they are gone. Written for children who miss their pets while on a trip

Luna was destined to be alpha once he became an adult, but before he got the chance, his own brother, Rajor, framed him for a crime no one committed, leading to Luna being banished from the pack. Declared a lone wolf, never to know the company of another wolf, Luna turns bitter as he learns to accept his new fate. Yet even as he does, other wolves, strange two-legged creatures, and one mockingbird, force themselves into his life, driving him through...