In this story, Becky's pony Beauty saves her from being swept away by a flood. Mary Hooper is the author of the "Two Naughty Angels" series and "Two Sides of the Story".

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Mina the vampire and her family are on vacation in Transylvania, and Mina has two problems--she has to conceal the fact that she prefers beet juice to blood when she meets great-great-great grandpa Drac, and she needs to rescue a group of tourists who do not realize that they are on the dinner menu.

(Paperback)

Darkus can't believe it when a huge insect drops out of the trouser leg of his horrible new neighbour. It's a giant beetle - and it seems to want to communicate. But how can a boy be friends with a beetle And what does a beetle have to do with the disappearance of his dad and the arrival of Lucretia Cutter, with her taste for creepy jewellery

(Hardback)

A little boy imagines what life was like for his new dog before he was adopted from a shelter. This is a lovely and touching book to encourage people to rescue pets instead of buy.--Candice Bergen. Full color.

(Paperback)

Since her mother died it had been just her, her dad, and her guinea pigs, Lulu and Fifi. A perfect non-nuclear family, but nothing stays the same forever. Ages 9-12.

(Hardback)

An autobiographical novel in which fifteen-year-old Jennifer Johnson convinces her parents to commit her to the Eating Disorders Unit of an upstate New York psychiatric hospital in 1988, where the treatment for her bulimia and anorexia is not what she expects.

(Hardback)

Bernice Buttman is tough, crass, and hilarious, and she just might teach readers a thing or two about empathy in this debut novel reminiscent of "The Great Gilly Hopkins."

When the Hedmans storm Sunday school and take over the annual Christmas pageant, everyone braces for the worst. But no one is prepared for what really happens when the rottenest kids in the world take over the greatest story ever told. Unabridged. 2 CDs.

(Hardback)

Two girls who share a birthday and palindromic names struggle with respective parental challenges and loneliness while gradually overcoming their differences to become close friends.

(Paperback)

A Printz Honor winner and "New York Times"-bestselling YA author brings honesty and charm to her middle-grade debut with the story of a friendship between two girls who are alike in so many ways, but different in all the wrong ways. Is this the perfect friendship, or a recipe for disaster

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All Jane has to do over winter break is be the best man at her brothers wedding, but its not that simple. The bride is a famous heiress, the wedding is to take place at a posh ski resort, and the bellhop is the guy Jane has been crushing on all semester.

Suitable for reading in one sitting, this is a collection of classic Enid Blyton stories.

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When Flora Fox's parents send their daughter off to boarding school, they have no idea that the train will take her back to 1935.

(Paperback)

They say the higher you climb, the harder you fall how will Juliet cope when her perfect world starts to crumble around her

(Hardback)

It's "Freaky Friday" meets "Hannah Montana" when two 12-year-old girls--one a famous TV star, the other an obsessive fan--switch bodies with hilarious and disastrous results.

(Paperback)

Pearl lives on a floating oyster farm with her sister and father, and refuses to set foot on land following the death of her mum. But when Nat comes from the mainland to spend the summer with the family, he shares a secret that forces Pearl to risk everything

(Hardback)

After deciding to leave home to attend New York University and be near the boy she likes, eighteen-year-old Sydney Holman learns that her long-absent father is schizophrenic and she may be, too.

(Paperback, Main)

Faded Gatsby glamour and thrilling gothic horror meet in this gorgeously told, terrifying and dreamy YA romance.

(Hardback)

In the 1890s, sixteen-year-old Eqariusaq, from the village of Itta near Ellesmere, is caught between traditional Inuit life with her lazy husband Angulluk and the world of Lieutenant Peary and his family and crew, who call her Billy Bah.

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Max and the three other members of the top-secret Black Belt Club go to a Celtic-based world where the "Haunted Eye" has taken over all who make the seasons change and life thrive. Learning about balance, nutrition, aikido, and judo, the club defeats the "Haunted Eye" and learns the importance of having balance in life. Illustrations.

(Paperback)

Because she is now over six feet tall everybody expects Juniper to be good at basketball, especially her demanding coach (who also happens to be her father)--but she is not sure that she even likes basketball, and she definitely does not like the pressure that she feels when she misses a shot and her father benches her.

(Hardback, Boxed Set)

A new chapter begins far from the old-fashioned charm of New England. Under the hot Florida sun, Nick Vargas and his annoying new stepsister, Laurie, stumble upon the faerie world. A nixie asks for their help to save her sisters and before they know it, Nick and Laurie are outrunning giants, negotiating with mermaids, and battling a monster.

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(Board book)

Illustrations and brief text show many different ways to hug.