Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+6603+6634+7105 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1111634 When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1354158 Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharoahs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1057413 Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=977776 Hoping to earn money to attend Space Camp, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire gets a job as a dog walker, then enlists the aid of his friends Ben and Aretha to help with experiments using the dogs slobber. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=833656 Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=833657 Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1021611 Ever since Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back in Sorens life, but shes been through an ordeal too terrible for words. And Ezylryb, Sorens mentor, has disappeared. Deep within Sorens gizzard, something more powerful than knowledge tells him theres a connection between these mysterious events. In order to rescue Ezylryb, Soren embarks on a perilous quest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=833655 After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Drer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=833099 The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=754483 Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=761811 When his new best friend, Ben, decides to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment--cultivating exhibits for a mold museum. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=825406 When twelve-year-old Tys brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=790959 In ancient Greece, Medusa Jones, a gorgon, and her friends, a minotaur and a centaur, are mocked and sneered at by the other Acropolis Academy children whose parents are kings and gods, but when they go on a school camping trip together, the freaks become true heroes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=770527 Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=786642 When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=754489 The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767039 In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a familys freedom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=761801 Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=809929 When seventh-grader Calder Pillay disappears from a remote English village-- along with an Alexander Calder sculpture to which he has felt strangely drawn-- his friends Petra and Tommy fly from Chicago to help his father find him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=763402 Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their fathers extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbors health, fights with their best friends, and boys. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=770528 When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncles estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773814 Thirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual project was accidentally opened. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773813 Starting in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances deemed bourgeois, and people of laughter. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706375 Branded as traitors by the kings authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726142 The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706377 Life is usually easy for popular fifth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=751305 The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a no talking contest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=722713 Twelve-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City, where he joins forces with Princess Lexa and Ripred the rat to defend the Underlanders and the Nibblers from the army led by the adolescent rat king, the Bane. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726171 Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=741540 As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her fathers death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=712741 When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemiss own--as they try to prevent catastrophe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735240 Thirteen-year-old Bethanys parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743900 Twelve-year-old djinn twins Philippa and John and their friend Dybbuk have further adventures as they travel the world in search of a priceless talisman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=743909 Pushed from his nest, an owlet is captured by agents of the mysterious and ill-intentioned St. Aegolius Academy, where orphaned owls are brainwashed and enlisted in an evil attempt to take over the owl world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=722714 Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735242 Warring factions of blue jays and cardinals call on Swordbird, the heroic bird of peace, to rescue them from the evil machinations of Turnatt, the tyrant hawk lord who plans to enslave them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=751304 Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger make a harrowing journey to the Great GaHoole Tree--a mythical place where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds--seeking help to fight the evil afoot in the owl world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726170 Fifteen-year-old Princess Meg uses magic and her wits to rescue a baby dragon and escape the unwanted attentions of princes hoping to gain her hand in marriage through a contest arranged by her father, the king. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=706371 Teased for his youth and diminutive stature, twelve-year-old Fletcher Moon is a fully-licensed detective who, while investigating his first case, is framed for arson and must team up with his prime suspect to clear his name and find the real criminal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735241 A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767956 A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=738980 When twelve-year-old Gregor finally learns the ancient prophecy which foretells his death, he must gather his courage to defend Regalia from the army of rats, take his mother and sister home safely, and fight his own dark side. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=746309 Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=655197 Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670966 Enjoying the freedom afforded her while dressing as a boy in order to earn higher pay after emigrating from Ireland, Jennie Hodgers serves in the 95th Illinois Infantry as Private Albert Cashier, a Union soldier in the American Civil War. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=655198 In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physicians case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=641433 Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=655199 Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russells huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684145 In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wrights famous Robie House from being demolished. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=663803 Alexa reveals the origin of the Land of Elyon while defending it against the evil Abaddon and his sinister forces, with not only the last Jocasta at stake but also the nature of the land itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670968 Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teachers pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=655200 Noahs daughter, daughters-in-law, sons, wife, and the animals describe what it was like to be aboard the ark while they watched everyone around them drown. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=663804 While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670969 While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636145 Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=690866 After returning home from their latest adventure, Mallory, Jared, and Simon find Mulgarath, an ogre and leader the goblins, has taken captive their mother along with Uncle Arthurs field guide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=663806 Hoping to escape from himself for awhile, Kit auditions for a controversial school play and discovers his talent for acting, struggles with coming out, and both he and his costar face crises in their view of themselves and in their close relationships. Told from two points of view. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=627503 When thirteen-year-old Alexa embarks on a mysterious quest, she finds her old friends Yipes the little man, Murphy the squirrel, Odessa the wolf, and Squire the hawk have been designated to help her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=676736 While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684141 During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mothers death two years earlier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=676733 After Mallory is kidnapped at her fencing meet, Jared and Simon search for her near an old quarry and find themselves amidst dwarves and goblins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636166 Dorothys aunt and uncle get acquainted with Oz after they lose their farm and Ozma invites them to live with her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=631642 This book has large print and Braille text, and full color and fully embossed pictures. Beginning readers, sighted, blind or visually impaired can enjoy Sadie Can Count with their friends and family. The tactile and visual qualities of this book promote sensory integration for all readers including populations as diverse as Montessori students and children with autism. -- publishers web page. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636146 When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucindas worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=641249 Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=691467 When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their small Tennessee town by arresting a local high school teacher for teaching about evolution, the resulting 1925 Scopes trial prompts fifteen-year-old Frances to rethink many of her beliefs about religion and truth, as well as her relationship with her father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684131 Fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boys quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670409 Eleven-year-old April is delighted when President and Mrs. Hoover build a school near her Madison County, Virginia, home but her familys poverty, grief over the accidental death of her brother, and other problems may mean that April can never learn to read from the wonderful teacher, Miss Vest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=687234 Comic misadventures ensue when seventh-grader Jack tries to write the great American novel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=634216 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=649177 When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=643050 When the Scarecrow, now the ruler of the Emerald City, is driven out by General Jinjur and her all-girl army, his friends--the Tin Woodman, a boy named Tip, and Jack Pumpkinhead--try to restore peace. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=691465 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=641447 After returning from a trip to the library, eleven-year-old Anne and her younger brother and sister discover a magic book which sends them on adventures in which they meet Robin Hood, giant bugs, and a dark, sinister man with a wolfish face. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=592920 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potters sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point in the midst of the storm of this battle of good and evil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613231 The Book Without Words appears to be a volume of blank parchment pages. But for a green-eyed reader filled with great desire, it may reveal the forgotten magical arts of making gold and achieving immortality. For generations, its magic has been protected from those who would exploit it. But on a terrible day of death and destruction, the Book Without Words falls into the hands of a desperate boy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613232 Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=608119 Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=620688 A boy, a patchwork girl, and a glass cat go on a mission to find the ingredients for a charm which will transform some people turned to marble. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=613233 When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=621107 With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=609161 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=566718 Rose Campbell returns to the Aunt Hill after two years of traveling around the world and is surrounded by male admirers eager to marry her, but before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=606847 After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis Fowls mind was wiped of memories of the world belowground and any goodness grudgingly learned is now gone with the young genius reverting to his criminal lifestyle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=543595 Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=504480 Two thirteen-year-old boys share neighborhood adventures, complaints about their older sisters, family secrets, and even guilt that bind them together in a special friendship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=535959 In long-ago China, Prince Zong, the mortal young Starlord chosen to save humankind from destruction, joins the twin outlaws, White Streak and Black Whirlwind, to fight the Lord of the Dead and his demon hordes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=504481 The Malloy girls and the Hatford boys continue to get in trouble as they try to outdo each other in bottle racing, spelling, and baseball. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=562565 Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. It is 1850, and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm: they build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. The satisfying routines of Omakayass days are interrupted by a surprise visit from a group of desperate and mysterious people. From them, she learns that all their lives may drastically change. The chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island in Lake Superior and move farther west. Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, is in danger: Her home. Her way of life.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=554283 A fictionalized account of the voyages of explorer John Cabot, particulary his 1498 journey to the New World from which he and two of his sons never returned, inspiring his middle son Sebastian to eventually make his own voyages of exploration looking for the northwest passage to Asia and for some trace of his long lost father and brothers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=535961 Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=531929 In seeking to avenge his unjustly accused father, young Myles Falworth is knighted and wins the friendship of King Henry IV. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=550606 When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=554337 The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin familys unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=554226 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=544991 Kansas sixteen-year-old Jeff Bussey is thrilled to join the Union army so he can fight against the Confederates, but he faces a difficult decision when he is sent to infiltrate enemy forces as a spy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=554336 When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=471458 Despite a New Years resolution to be nice to their neighbors the Malloy girls, the Hatford boys find themselves continuing their rivalry and war of practical jokes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=459441 While on a bicycling tour of Ireland, Nancy, Bess, and George find themselves involved in a dangerous mystery when they begin to suspect that someone is targeting the tour members. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=475531 By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.