Shannon is excited about spending a week at her friend Rina's house, but she's a little nervous too. Rina seems to be able to do everything better than she can and her home is chaotic compared to Shannon's own. When things fall apart, Rin...
Young Emily Carr has no interest in learning to be a lady. She loves animals and the outdoors, and she is beginning to discover that what she loves most of all is drawing and painting. Will she find a way to develop her talent in the straitlaced worl...
In the sequel to Discovering Emily, Emily Carr is determined to become an artist.Emily's parents have died, and she and her siblings are ruled by the iron-willed eldest, Dede. Dede is more concerned with decorum than with ridiculous dreams and is not...
Having a dog who has earned the name Dumpster is embarrassing. Ever since Erika's best friend, Lisa, moved away, Erika has been miserable at school because Kyla, a girl in her class, is an expert tease and Erika is her target. When a new girl with an...
Unlike his perfect older sister, Jenna, Conner hates his piano lessons and gets bad grades in math.Conner's really good at bike tricks and he loves animals, but his parents have a no-pets rule and they don't take his bike-riding seriously. When the l...
Dana is excited about her school trip to Japan despite the fact that she is surrounded by the Melly Mob, "in-crowd" kids who make fun of her.Dana is certain she will be less of an outsider in Japan, home of manga and anime. But she soon discovers tha...
Sara loves her grandmother's bakery. It's a special place--not only because of its delicious Japanese buns and pastries. She enjoys spending time with her obaachan, her grandmother. But things aren't going well for the bakery. When the bakery's lucky...
Revinport. Ancient Indlayan city of commerce and trade. Home of the Cathedral of All Indlay, where monuments to the mighty Seraphim turn their eyes forever away from the wickedness of Man. A city besieged by savage, random nighttime attacks that le...
The shapeshifting Myar clans have taken Indlay. Aided and abetted by Indlayan Turnbloods, the Myar have successfully conquered the entire country. Watchtowers dominate the landscape, and intimidated into submission by the threat of the rapacious...
Tom loves running through cow fields with his best friend, Peggy, and his dog, Amos -- especially when he's pretending to be his favorite radio hero, the Lone Ranger. But when Tom learns the nearby Fraser River is about to flood, he may have to becom...
The Railway Mania has gripped England. The Iron Horse rules supreme, and endlessly proliferating railway lines have created the shadowy zone known as The Underarches, that lurks beneath the very boot-heels of progress. Welcome to a steam-driven Vi...
The Caramel Tree Readers Level 5 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 9 to 12. With approximately 4,000 words each, the stories provide students the opportunity to expand their reading skills by witnessing character developme...