Our Novels
Wringer
by: Jerry Spinelli
Wringer is about peer pressure. Palmer LaRue dreads his upcoming tenth birthday. In his town, Family Fest is a yearly fundraiser that ends with an annual pigeon shoot, when entrants gun down five thousand live pigeons. Ten-year-old boys are "wringers." Palmer deals with bullying, trying to fit in, and struggling to do what's right.
by: Jerry Spinelli
Wringer is about peer pressure. Palmer LaRue dreads his upcoming tenth birthday. In his town, Family Fest is a yearly fundraiser that ends with an annual pigeon shoot, when entrants gun down five thousand live pigeons. Ten-year-old boys are "wringers." Palmer deals with bullying, trying to fit in, and struggling to do what's right.
Life As We Knew It
by: Susan Beth Pfeffer
After a meteor hits the moon, worldwide natural disasters begin happening. Without shops, food, electricity, heat and water, Miranda and her family face problems together and struggle to survive. This novel, written as a journal, tells the story of survival, and learning what's most important in life.
by: Susan Beth Pfeffer
After a meteor hits the moon, worldwide natural disasters begin happening. Without shops, food, electricity, heat and water, Miranda and her family face problems together and struggle to survive. This novel, written as a journal, tells the story of survival, and learning what's most important in life.
The Giver
by: Lois Lowry
Jonas lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with The Giver, an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves -- a challenge no one has ever completed successfully.
by: Lois Lowry
Jonas lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with The Giver, an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves -- a challenge no one has ever completed successfully.
The Lightning Thief
by: Rick Riordan
Always trouble-prone, the life of teenager Percy Jackson gets a lot more complicated when he learns he's the son of the Greek god Poseidon. At a training ground for the children of deities, Percy learns to harness his divine powers and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime: he must prevent a feud among the Olympians from erupting into a devastating war on Earth, and rescue his mother from the clutches of Hades, god of the underworld.
by: Rick Riordan
Always trouble-prone, the life of teenager Percy Jackson gets a lot more complicated when he learns he's the son of the Greek god Poseidon. At a training ground for the children of deities, Percy learns to harness his divine powers and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime: he must prevent a feud among the Olympians from erupting into a devastating war on Earth, and rescue his mother from the clutches of Hades, god of the underworld.