Jane Yolen
Author
Series
Emerald circus volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Yolen breaks open ... [classic fairy tales and legends] to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and ... refined"--Provided by publisher.
28) Dragon's heart
Author
Series
Pit Dragon Chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Having been presumed dead, Jakkin and Akki finally return to Austar IV with newfound skills, and the knowledge that what they have learned could either transform their planet or destroy it.
29) Heart's blood
Author
Series
Pit Dragon Chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004], c1996
Description
When a plea arrives from his beloved Akki, Jakkin becomes a spy and risks his dragon Heart's Blood, her five hatchlings, and his freedom to go to the rescue.
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Hannah, a typical American teenager, resents stories of her Jewish heritage, until a mystical Passover seder results in her being magically transported to Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why it is important to remember the past.
35) Giant island
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
36) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
. . . Around the castle there grew a hedge of thorns, which every year grew higher, and at last there was nothing more to be seen, not even the flag upon the roof. But the story of the beautiful sleeping princess, Briar Rose, went about the country so that from time to time the King's sons came and tried to get through the thorny hedge . . . So goes the German fairy tale of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty ... an old, old tale, yet so potent that few...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
James, an earl's son and bothersome child, may hold the key to saving Cranford Abbey, a dilapidated school where he is sent to be educated, that newly-appointed Abbot Aelian thinks can be saved if he can make cider from the golden apples now being eaten by ravenous unicorns.