A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages, the second part of a quartet appearing at two yearly intervals, richly illustrated by the author. Film rights sold to Disney for USD8 million on the paintings alone. The Abarat:a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands -- one for each hour of the day, plus an island out of time. Candy Quackenbush, escaping her dull, dull life from the most boring place in our world, Chickentown, USA, finds that in the Abarat she has another existence entirely, one which links her to marvels and mysteries; and even to murder...In this, the second volume in Clive Barker's extraordinary fantasy for both adults and children, Candy's adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the Hour. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchmen to capture her. Why? she wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of the Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn't even remember learning? There is a mystery here. And Carrion, along with his fiendish grandmother, Mater Motley, suspects that whatever Candy is, she could spoil his plans to take control of the Abarat. Now Candy's companions must race against time to save her from the clutches of Carrion, and she must solve the mystery of her past before the forces of Night and Day clash and Absolute Midnight descends upon the islands. A final war is about to begin. And Candy is going to need to make some choices that will change her life forever...

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

Barker/Clive

Joanna Cotler

Loser

jerry-spinelli

Teen & Young Adult

Toby is at it again.    When Toby and his parents go on a picnic, there's no telling who he'll pretend to be. An owl? A bat? A turtle? Can you guess?   One thing is for sure: There's lots of fun in store for Toby -- and you!

Toby, Who Are You?

Children's Books

STEIG, WILLIAM

Animals

Grow Up

What are you going to be when you grow up?
"What are you going to be when you grow up?" is probably the most often asked question of a child, but it has NEVER been answered like this before! A fun-filled romp through one boy's dreams of all the things he will be reveals endless possibilities - each more enticing than the next. A cowboy? A dentist? A zookeeper? A bricklayer? Filled with the whimsical, fresh style that has made Sandy Turner an international sensation, Grow Up is a delight for the eyes and a feast for the imagination.

Turner, Sandy

Education & Reference

Otto the elephant is made fun of by the rest of the elephants in the school yard because of his small trunk, but one Friday morning everything changes for him.

Otto's Trunk (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))

This book includes Three Western tales, Complete with Sheriff, Hard as nails, A Lonesome Cowboy, Thief, and Horse, Conniption fits, Despair, remorse; Two broken hearts, Miss Lou-Lou, and Miss Lou-Lou's paw, A snake-oil man; A Dreadful Stranger Bustin' in, A duel that smells As vile as sin, At Gizzard's Grill. And for dessert A slab of lemon pie Don't hurt.

Tales from Gizzard's Grill

Steig, Jeanne

Literature & Fiction

After

The shootings in Pleasant Valley were fifty miles away, but at Central High a grief and crisis counselor is hired, security is increased, and privileges are being taken away. 
 No one knows why. 
 If you break the new rules the punishment is severe. And the rules keep changing every day. 
 School feels like a prison. 
 It's for their protection, yet fifteen-year-old Tom Bishop and his friends learn that things are far more sinister than they seem. Students and teachers begin disappearing. 
 There's no way to stop it. 
 Nationally best-selling and acclaimed author Francine Prose has written a haunting novel about what happens when protection goes too far and what it means to have freedom extinguished -- in the name of safety.

Prose, Francine

This is the story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody wore a hat.

When Everybody Wore a Hat

Biographies

Draws on family history to present an account of a lesser-known element of America's past, describing the 1880s race to the Oklahoma Territory of many freed African Americans that were hoping to establish new lives.

I Have Heard of a Land

Thomas, Joyce Carol

Winona waved her kerchief and called: "Good-bye, cat! Good-bye, swing! Don't forget me!" 
 Like so many Americans in the late 1930s, Winona's family must flee the dust bowl and begin the long trip west to California in hopes of starting a better life. The road they travel is Route 66, now a celebrated historic highway. Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson's beautiful text and the illuminated artwork of Kimberly Bulcken Root bring this one journey of thousands to life. don't forget winona is not only a stirring portrait of the migration westward that would reshape the face of America, but it is also a celebration of how the strength of a family can weather the most difficult of times.

Don't Forget Winona

Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse

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