David Almond
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Award-winning author David Almond reintroduces readers to the perceptive, sensitive Mina before the events of Skellig in this lyrical and fantastical work. My Name is Mina is not only a pleasure to read, it is an intimate and enlightening look at a character whose open mind and heart have much to teach us about life, love, and the mysteries that surround us.
Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she gazes...
Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she gazes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Joe Quinn has been telling everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him-no one, that is, except Davie. Davie's felt the inexplicable presence in the Quinns' house and has seen random objects fly through the air. And there's something else...a memory of Davie's beloved sister and a feeling deep down that it might just be possible for ghosts to exist. Full of thoughts of hauntings and grief and God, Davie hovers on a precipice...
4) Skellig
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
182 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Coming of age in the shadow of northern England's shipyards, young Dominic is torn between the extremes of his shipbuilder family's lifestyle, a complex bully to whom he finds himself irresistibly drawn, and the tightrope-walking girl he loves.
6) Clay
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
247 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.
7) Raven summer
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
198 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Led to an abandoned baby by a raven, fourteen-year-old Liam seems fated to meet two foster children who have experienced the world's violence in very different ways as he struggles to understand war, family problems, and friends who grow apart.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stanley Potts's uncle Ernie has developed an over-the-top fascination with canning fish in the house, and life at 69 Fish Quay Lane has turned balmy. But there's darkness in the madness, and when Uncle Ernie's obsession takes an unexpectedly cruel turn, Stan has no choice but to leave. As he journeys away from the life he's always known, he mingles with a carnival full of eccentric characters and meets the legendary Pancho Pirelli, the man who swims...
9) The dam
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition, Reinforced trade edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Before a great dam is finished and water submerges the valley behind it, a father and daughter fill the abandoned houses in the valley with music for the last time.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Joe Quinn believes that there is a poltergeist in his room, but only his friend Davie believes him, as Davie observes objects moving about randomly and wonders if the ghost of his dead sister is present.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
One hot summer morning, only weeks after his father's death, Davie steps out his front door into the familiar streets of the Tyneside town that has always been his home. But this seemingly ordinary day takes on an air of mystery and tragedy as the residents learn that a boy has been killed. Despite the threat of a murderer on the loose, Davie turns away from the gossip and sets off toward the sunlit hill above town, where the real and imaginary worlds...
Author
Language
English
Description
This well-received novel from a cast of acclaimed authors is now available in paperback!A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything.The world's best beloved authors each contribute...
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war.