Synopsis: An inside look at each Clan's fighting secrets: ShadowClan's night ambush technique ThunderClan's surprise Lightning Strike tactic WindClan's secret underground tunneling RiverClan's water maneuvers SkyClan's fearsome "skydrop" movePlus never-before-told stories behind the most significant battles in Clan history!

Synopsis: Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternalwinter.

Synopsis: On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.

Synopsis: In spoken-word song with rhyming text, a turkey describes his life in a large flock, always looking out for other creatures that might find him tasty. (Internet component includes downloadable song) --Provided by publisher

Synopsis: Tired of wearing her hand-me-down boots from her brother Ossie, Jamaica is hurt when her friend Brianna teases her about them. By the author of Jamaica Tag-Along.

Synopsis: This book is a wonderful imagining of how three different animals experience winter. The evocative illustrations show the transitions from eagle to black bear, to deer and back to eagle again, bringing us into the minds of each of the animals.

Synopsis: Sylvia Patterson is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in September 1957, whether the citizens or governor of Arkansas like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to…

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

Synopsis: The captivating sequel to INKHEART, the critically acclaimed, international bestseller by Cornelia Funke, an author who is emerging as a truly modern classic writer for children.Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked…

Synopsis: Annie Richards knows there are a million things to look out for—bicycle accidents, food poisoning, chicken pox, smallpox, typhoid fever, runaway zoo animals, and poison oak. That's why being careful is so important, even if it does mean giving up some of her favorite things, like bike races with her best friend, Rebecca, and hot dogs on the Fourth of July. Everyone keeps telling Annie not to worry so much, that she's just fine. But they thought…

Synopsis: After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on Dove's gentle wing.Three ThunderClan cats, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw, are prophesied to hold the power of the stars in their paws. Now they must work together to unravel the meaning behind the ancient words of the prophecy.As Jayfeather tackles his new responsibilities as the Clan's sole medicine cat and Lionblaze trains his apprentice in the ways of the warrior cats,…

Synopsis: The end of the stars draws near.Three must become four to battlethe darkness that lasts forever. . . .The dark forces that have driven a rift between the four warrior Clans are growing stronger. Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw now know that unless they can unravel the true meaning behind the prophecy that binds them, the warrior code could be destroyed forever.While Lionblaze remains focused on protecting ThunderClan from another deadly…

Synopsis: A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time!This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to SilverIn the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales…

Synopsis: The blue jays and cardinals of Stone-Run Forest have turned against each other. According to legend, only Swordbird, son of the Great Spirit, has the power to conquer evil and restore peace to the land.Teenage author Nancy Yi Fan weaves a captivating tale about the heroism, courage, and resourcefulness in the birds of Stone-Run's quest for peace.

Synopsis: A child of Nova Scotia who loves the fog is transported by it to a secret world of her own.

Synopsis: Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. In her relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that is now caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completely free is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of…

Synopsis: Writing out of his own experience as a boy in India, Dhan Gopal Mukerji tells how Gay Neck's master sent his prized pigeon to serve in Word War I, and of how, because of his exceptional training and his brave heart, Gay Neck served his new masters heroically. Winner of the 1928 Newbery Medal.

Synopsis: A touching novel about a young girl's struggle to deal with the loss of her father, who moved out of the home, and sister, who has moved away to college, describes how, through a series of events and self-reflection, she finds the strength to cope and continue on with her life.