Maroo of the Winter Caves
Title | Maroo of the Winter Caves PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Turnbull |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780618442997 |
Maroo, a girl of the late Ice Age, must take charge after her father is killed, and lead her little brother, mother, and aged grandmother to the safety of the winter camp before the first blizzards strike.
The Boy of the Painted Cave
Title | The Boy of the Painted Cave PDF eBook |
Author | Justin Denzel |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 1996-04-16 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780698113770 |
Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.
Dar and the Spear Thrower
Title | Dar and the Spear Thrower PDF eBook |
Author | Marjorie Cowley |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780395797259 |
A young boy living 15,000 years ago in southeastern France is initiated into manhood by his clan and sets off on a journey to trade his valuable fire rocks for an ivory spear thrower.
A Boy and His Bot
Title | A Boy and His Bot PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel H. Wilson |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2011-01-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1599906724 |
When young Code falls down a hole while following a mysterious robotic insect, he lands in a world that defies all imagination. Everything in Mekhos is made from metal and circuitry, including the citizens-who happen to be robots. To find his way home, Code must first cross Mekhos's bizarre and dangerous landscape to reach the Beam Stalk. There, an artifact known as the Robonomicon is being guarded by an evil ruler who has plans to destroy Mekhos. Can Code free the Robonomicon, save the robots of Mekhos from impending doom, and still get himself back to Earth in time to catch the school bus? With its dazzling array of robots and futuristic gadgetry, this rollicking story will hold special appeal for boys and budding sci-fi lovers everywhere.
No Shame, No Fear
Title | No Shame, No Fear PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Turnbull |
Publisher | Candlewick Press (MA) |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
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In England in 1662, a time of religious persecution, fifteen-year-old Susanna, a poor country girl and a Quaker, and seventeen-year-old William, a wealthy Anglican, meet and fall in love against all odds.
The Ugly One
Title | The Ugly One PDF eBook |
Author | Leanne Statland Ellis |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 261 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0547640234 |
At the height of the Incan empire, a girl called the Ugly One because of a disfiguring scar on her face, seeks to have the scar removed and instead finds a life path as a shaman.
Goodbye, Vietnam
Title | Goodbye, Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | Gloria Whelan |
Publisher | Yearling |
Total Pages | 145 |
Release | 2010-11-24 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0307770184 |
"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination, hope, love, and courage in the face of the most devastating of circumstances and injustices."--Booklist.