NCW Libraries

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Conner learns that the only place to fight the Masked Man's literary army is inside his own short stories. When the twins and their friends enter worlds crafted from Conner's imagination, the race begins to put an end to the Masked Man's reign of terror. Can the twins finally restore peace in the fairy tale world?

"Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner"--

"A Year Without Mom follows twelve-year-old Dasha through a year full of turmoil after her mother leaves for America. It is the early 1990s in Moscow, and political change is in the air. But Dasha is more worried about her own challenges as she negotiates family, friendships and school without her mother. Just as she begins to find her own feet, she gets word that she is to join her mother in America -- a place that seems impossibly far from everything...

"Describes cat shows, including the groups that organize them, how they are run and judged, and how owners prepare for them"--

A very clever yeti eludes the traps of children as he hides in the snow-covered mountains he calls home.

It's Halloween! Time to dress up and trick-or-treat!

Three friends go on a hike searching for fall leaves.

Nikki tries to be a pet sitter, but realizes it's harder work than she thought.

"When a leprechaun makes mischief at the school, the Gingerbread Man follows his clues and sets a trap to outsmart him"--