Monica Hughes

Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game.

Invitation to the Game

Since Olwen has spent her entire life on an uninhabited planet, adapting to its environment, when a spaceship from Earth appears, Olwen, although a human being, finds the new arrivals repelled by her appearance.

The Keeper of the Isis Light

The Game

Shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association’s Red Maple Award, The Other Place is Monica Hughes’ latest young adult hit, a futuristic tale with a political edge. All of the trademark elements that make Hughes’ books so successful are here—intelligent and fast-paced plotting, subjects that resonate with today’s kids, believable characters who come to rely on the power of their hearts and minds and, most important, a terrific story that grabs readers right from the first paragraph. The Other Place is set in a not-too-distant future world, one in which pre-teen Alison and her family have just been charged with crimes of subversion against the all-powerful World Government. Banished to a penal colony in the anonymous Habitat W, they join the shadowy ranks of the “disappeareds.” When Alison’s brother Billy escapes from their prison, Alison begins to discover “the other place”—and a new hope for the future. A prolific author (her newest book, Storm Warning, will be published in September 2000; please see opposite), Monica Hughes has kids lined up and waiting for each new book. The Other Place doesn’t disappoint.

Other Place Mm

Then I hear the whistle of the train, and the sound takes me back to the farm near Cornell, back to the winter of 1930... All his life, Blaine has dreamed of being somewhere else. Growing up on a farm during the lean years of the depression, he must be content to watch the trains thunder past his home, count the cars, and pray that one day he will escape his life of poverty. It isn't until World war Two that Blaine sees his chance. He lies about his age, volunteers, and is shipped off to England. A brilliant coming-of-age novel by a master storyteller. In a novel with panoramic, historical sweep, a young boy's growth to manhood is recorded with warmth and insight. Through his memory, Monica Hughes offers an exceptionally evocative story.

Blaine's Way

"A young girl is 'shipped off' to a Scottish boarding school during the Second World War, where she uncovers a 'secret society,' and learns about the Celtic lore of the land" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998.

The Seven Magpies

In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother Ian on a dangerous journey across a Canada ravaged by drought and the collapse of civilization.

The Crystal Drop

Little Nippers is a collection of first information books for young learners. This strand - Now and Then - looks at the past and compares it with life today. Young readers will be able to compare their own experience with that of older people. Everyday subjects such as toys, clothes, journeys and families are explored.

Toys

Fourteen-year-old Lenora is an unwilling participant in a camping expedition in the Alberta foothills with her new family when she meets a young escapee from jail.

Log Jam

Nikki Gamble

Thelma Page

Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales are fully decodable so children can read some of the best known stories from around the world for themselves! A poor man arrives in town with three magic rocks, promising that he can use them to make dinner for everyone.

Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales: Stage 4: Three Rocks

A retelling of the traditional story Stone Soup.

Three Rocks

Ann Tracey

One of a series which takes a look at first experiences, exploring how young children feel about important events. Each book explores how a particular event changes life, and how we can deal with new experiences and the feelings that accompany them.

My First Holiday Abroad

Tells what it is like to take a vacation to another country, from getting ready to going home again.

First Vacation

Joanna is everything Joan wants to be. She's a sleek warrior with cascading raven hair, a girl who is smart and brave. The catch? Joanna exists only in the Virtual Reality program of Joan's computer. Devastated by her recent accident, and confined to a wheelchair, Joan is searching for a new reality. She thinks she's found one in an exciting experimental computer game she plays with her new friend "Whizkid." But Joan and Whizkid are discovering that their game is becoming too a little too real - and dangerous. There's only one way out: Joan and Steve must confront the faces of their own fears ... "... a gripping story of triumph over the fears that keep people from being free to be themselves." - Quill & Quire

Faces Of Fear

Sixteen-year-old Olwen, who lives alone on the planet Isis with her faithful robot, falls tragically in love with an arrival from earth who is unaware that her natural form has been hidden in a humanlike space suit.

Pearson Education

Josie's bedroom is a mess Mum asks her to tidy up, and they find all sorts of things in the process. Opportunity for making a list. Illustrated by Lisa Smith.

Tidy Up, Josie

While visiting Conshelf Ten, an underwater colony on Earth, a young Moon boy becomes involved with dissident Gillmen whose plans threaten the whole world.

Crisis on Conshelf Ten

Fin is a bad lad. When he tries to rob a bank, his plans are foiled by policeman Stan, who swiftly locks him up.

A Bad Lad

Princess Rania is forced to leave everything she loves when she is apprenticed to a desert-dwelling ascetic, but she soon develops a love for her new life that will conflict with her eventual return to the world.

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