Suitable additions to history and geography collections.
Whether read or sung aloud, this essential collection is made to be shared—and no doubt will be, again and again.
Gr 9 Up—Sophia Dee, niece of the mystic John Dee and one of Queen Elizabeth I's Maids of Honor (or secret spies), is struggling to control her psychic powers before a horrifying prophecy destroys the queen, the kingdom, and her friends...
Only the most avid steampunk devotees will be able to overlook the flaws in this otherwise additional purchase for middle grade collections.
A great storytime book, but be prepared for some howling.
A solid addition to middle grade collections; hand this novel to kids who appreciate strong characters and harrowing survival stories—
Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal
Feodora and her mother, Marina, are "wolf wilders" in early-twentieth-century Russia: when aristocrats tire of their pet wolves (a status symbol thought to bring good luck), the girl and her mother reverse the wolves' forced domestication, teaching the animals how to survive in the wild despite the tsar's orders to destroy them. When the tsar's Imperial Army, at the command of bloodthirsty General Rakov, arrests Feo's mother for treason and burns down their house, Feo—with the help of a young soldier, Ilya (who has the heart of a dancer, not a fighter), and her three wolf companions
A solid introduction to the preschool experience.
For young adults considering a future in the arts, Mann's memoir is a visceral experience of that life's risks and triumphs.
As a supplemental title, this book may pique readers' curiosity about monkeys, but it does not provide a consistently unified introduction to the topic. Consider for collections where examples of fine contemporary graphic design are in demand.
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