Little Sanctuary takes place in a Global South falling apart and wracked by war. Teenaged Sabel and her younger siblings are sent for safekeeping to a boarding school on a distant island. After discovering their guardians mean to do them harm, Sabel rallies the others and plots a dangerous escape.

Faced with a tyrannical emperor determined to wage war, three sisters, sublimely gifted in music, manage to fend for themselves and their parents with the power and magic they create with their instruments. Can the beauty of their music change the emperor's heart and bring peace?

Suleikha, Leo and Kai, a group of 12-year-olds known as the Freezies, befriend the intriguing and larger-than-life Mr Christaki, a traveller who camps with his converted school bus on their village green. When revealed as a refugee from Syria, he disappears with his four-year-old adopted daughter. The Freezies come up with a risky and audacious scheme to expose his desperate plight on national TV in an attempt to prevent his deportation.

Closely following the lives of three young people in today's Britain, The Freezies is a call for compassion and understanding for those fleeing war and oppression in our troubled times.

Take care of your mother, twelve-year-old Zia's father whispers to him just as he is arrested-never to be seen again. Soon afterward, the Russian army pulls out of Afghanistan, and the country falls into a devastating civil war.

The Taliban takes over, establishing a regime of great brutality and creating an atmosphere of fear-women are not allowed to work nor can girls go to school. Many thousands join the perilous journey to neighbouring Pakistan seeking refuge--Zia and his mother among them.

In Wampanoag Seasons a young Wampanoag child takes readers on a seasonal journey through Aquinnah, on Neope, known as Martha's Vineyard. Spring brings the return of wildlife; summer brings beach adventures and clambakes; fall is for harvesting cranberries and making jams; and winter features cozy gatherings and heartfelt traditions. Each season showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Wampanoag people. With striking illustrations and lyrical prose, this book is about an appreciation of the land and the joy the joy of coming together with our community all year round.

In Michael Rosen's humorous retelling of the classic tale Jack and the Beanstalk, poor Jack swaps his cow for magical beans that sprout into a towering beanstalk. He climbs up, finds a giant's castle, and steals a goose that lays golden eggs. When the giant chases him, Jack chops down the beanstalk, securing riches for himself and his mother.

Take care of your mother, twelve-year-old Zia's father whispers to him just as he is arrested-never to be seen again. Soon afterward, the Russian army pulls out of Afghanistan, and the country falls into a devastating civil war.

The Taliban takes over, establishing a regime of great brutality and creating an atmosphere of fear-women are not allowed to work nor can girls go to school. Many thousands join the perilous journey to neighbouring Pakistan seeking refuge--Zia and his mother among them.

It's 1976 in South Africa

In the black township of Soweto, Zanele, who also works as a nightclub singer, is plotting against the apartheid government. The police can't know. Her mother and sister can't know. No one can know. On the affluent white side of town, Jack Craven plans to spend the last days of his break before university burning miles on his beat-up Mustang, and crashing other people's parties.

Their chance meeting changes everything. Already a chain of events is in motion; a failed plot, a murdered teacher, a powerful police agent with a vendetta, and a secret network of students across the township. The students will rise. And there will be violence when morning comes.

Introducing readers to a remarkable young literary talent, When Morning Comes offers an impeccably researched and vivid snapshot of South African society on the eve of the uprising that changed it forever.

Avec humour et une touche de poésie, cet album met en scène un marin nommé Lalo et Rosa, un poisson rouge, confrontés à la pollution causée par les bouteilles d'eau en plastique. Lalo veut trouver un endroit convenable et propre pour son ami poisson, mais partout où ils vont, tout est envahi par des bouteilles d'eau en plastique.

In this vibrant and exquisitely illustrated picture book written by Commonwealth Prize-winning Jamaican Canadian Olive Senior, and with pictures by the acclaimed artist Laura James (the team that created Anna Carries Water), a young girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage voluminous and boonoonoonous hair.

Alphabet Antics celebrates the many shapes of the lower case letters in short rhymes and vibrant illustrations. By encouraging readers to see the many shapes of the letters, it adds a fresh dimension to the alphabet.

Children and adults alike will love reading about the antics the small letters get up to in this lively, distinctive book.

Noisy, disruptive, and unruly--younger sisters can be more than annoying at times. When you're in a hurry, they can be as slow as sloths. And when you build an extra tall tower of blocks, they knock it down, mischievous as mice.

In this playful picture book, the narrator, who is both practical and reserved, struggles with the rowdy antics of her younger sister. Beatrice never, ever, ever listens and marches to the beat of her own drum. It isn't until the big sister wishes Bea away that she realizes life just isn't the same without her.

Twelve-year-old science nerd Emma Sakamoto wants to reinvent herself when she starts high school. When stylish new girl Poppy asks for Emma's help getting the attention of her crush, Cole, Emma lies and tells Poppy that she's writing a book about the science of boys. Emma's friend, George, offers to help Emma apply scientific principles to the mystery of getting a boyfriend. But George has an ulterior motive!

Real science and enthusiasm for scientific principles are interwoven into this humorous story of friendship, family and what it means to truly belong.

Crocs play baseball, basketball, golf and table tennis on the wrong fields and courts, using the incorrect equipment with no respect for the rules. A game of tag is played by crocodiles dressed in tennis shorts, soccer players play hide and seek, and foot-ballers play ring-around-the-rosie.

Tras perder a sus padres, Victoria, de 14 años, se muda con sus dos hermanitos gemelos a vivir con su tía. Pero el novio de esta no tarda en intentar abusar de la recién llegada, quien decide huir y buscarse la vida en las peligrosas calles de Paraná, Argentina. Ahí se hace de algunos amigos, pero también tiene que vérselas con pandillas asesinas y narcotraficantes, incluyendo el temible capo conocido como El Capitán. No obstante, la gran tenacidad de Victoria la lleva a vencer todas las dificultades que se le presentan y a forjarse, con ayuda de sus amigos, una nueva vida para ella y sus hermanitos.