Follow the life of a puffin pair as they nest, hatch, care for, and teach their "puffling" until it can live independently. A note about Puffin Project concludes this handsome and dramatic book.
Each room of every house holds items, objects, and other surprises that were invented at one time or another. (A kitchen calendar, for example, comes from a 16th century.
Another dystopic tale, this one in a futuristic world in which floods threaten to drown all of civilization. Mara sets out on a flotilla to find food and land, but some of those she encounters suspect she is more than just an ordinary 15-year old.
Lonely teenage Lucas becomes the keeper of some human ashes he finds neglected in a taxicab office. As he searches for their owner, some coincidences (HUGE coincidences!) lead him to realize the ashes may be tied to his M.I.A. father.
Peak is the son of two famous, now-divorced, climbers. (get it? Peak?) When arrested for attempting to scale a large city building, his punishment is to go live with his father.
It's not surprising that this novel has been made into a movie — author Larry Doyle has been a comedy screenwriter for some time, and this book reads like a screenplay.
The first book in Pierce's The Song of The Lioness quartet introduces Alanna, a young noble-born girl who dreams of becoming a knight of Tortall instead of a lady.
Times have changed in the Kingdom of Tortall. Keladry of Mindelan, who dreams of a knight's shield of her own, is the first girl without a disguise to train for knighthood.
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Collard profiles the wide range of research projects conducted by scientists working on a threatened reef habitat.
Luther, a high school sophomore, works for a vet who rehabilitates falcons. His work with these birds leads him to support forest preservation and puts him in conflict with his stepfather, a long-time logger.