DescriptionFrancesca is at the beginning of her second term in Year 11 at an all boy's school that has just started accepting girls. She still misses her old friends, and, to make things worse, her mother has had a breakdown and can barely move from her bed. But Francesca had not counted on the fierce loyalty of her new friends, or falling in love, or finding that it's within her power to bring her family back together.
DescriptionWilliam Wilstinki, also known as Stinky, is new in town. Already he's a member of the Dare Devils. Breanna, head of The New Bardots, wants to kiss him. And now Big M, the school principal, tells him to "shape up or ship out". Life's one big dare or double dare for Stinky, until a very cold episode with a huge iceblock gives Stinky's life a new twist.
DescriptionSchool can be kind of scary for someone who is just starting, but Betsy is trying very hard to be brave. It turns out that school is not what she thought it would be: school can be fun! She makes lots of new friends, her teacher is really nice, and the classroom is bright and sunny. She learns something new all the time and throughout the school year there are many surprising adventures waiting for her. Author Carolyn Haywood has penned more than 40 books, including this American classic, in which children have found familiar characters and predicaments.
DescriptionSomething is wrong at Cheshunt. Nathanial feels it the moment he arrives. It is not the model neighborhood it appears to be; strange things happen, despite the curfew. And soon Nathanial learns that his presence is no accident. As the dark calls its own, so does the light draw its champions, and Nathanial finds he must confront phantoms from his own past in his battle to stop the Gathering and its creator.
