Tim Jones
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a disturbing freshman year at New York University, Mimi is happy to get away to her father's remote Canadian cottage only to discover a stranger living there who has never heard of her or her father and who is convinced that Mimi is responsible for leaving sinister tokens around the property.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past twenty-four hours. Where is he? Where is his girlfriend, Bee? In an attempt to flag down the next passing car, he startles the driver, causing a fatal accident. With sirens in the distance and the lingering feeling that he's running from something--or someone--Donovan grabs the dead driver's briefcase and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Accompanying his "sidekick" mom to the shoe store for a daring mission, S.A.M. confronts a shifty clerk before discovering that his brand-new tiger-striped shoes convey the superpower of enabling him to tie his own shoelaces.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In "War at the Snow White Motel," Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at their motel, but a much bigger conflict -- the Vietnam War -- looms large on the horizon. Ant wants to join the #FridaysForFuture movement -- and impressing the new girl at school is only one good reason why. Joseph and Danny are determined to right an old wrong, no matter the consequences. Michel takes...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1962 with everyone nervous about a possible nuclear war, ten-nearly-eleven-year-old Rex, having just moved to Ottawa from Vancouver with his parents and five siblings, faces his own personal challenges as he discovers new friends and a new understanding of the world around him.
8) The maestro
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing from his brutal father, fourteen-year-old Burl arrives at the remote cabin of a genius who in just one day changes the young man's life forever.
10) Zoom at sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A woman fulfills a sea-loving cat's fantasy by transforming her home into an ocean.
11) Percy gets upset
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mommy and Daddy help their son calm down and feel better when situations during the day make him angry.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend -- his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend...
13) Speak no evil
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After befriending a British couple with a mute son, Americans Ben and Louise accept an unusual invitation to bring their daughter for a weekend at an idyllic country estate. Yet when they discover their hosts are hiding sinister motives, Ben and Louise fear their family may be pawns in a disturbing plot"--Container.
Author
Publisher
A Melanie Kroupa Book/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Trying to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance from their rural Canadian community, fourteen-year-old Jim gets help from the disturbed Ruth Rose, who suspects her stepfather, a local pastor.
17) Freda is found
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
On a field trip, Freda is separated from her class, but she remembers just what to do. Includes questions about the text and a note to parents about visual learning.
19) Camille's team
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
At the beach four animal friends work together to make a fabulous sand fort.
20) Good job, Ajay!
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Ajay's friends encourage him as he practices throwing a ball. Includes questions about the text and notes to parents on visual learning.