Peter Dickinson
Author
Series
James Pibble mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Formats
Description
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year: The murder of the leader of a pygmy tribe introduces us to James Pibble, the Scotland Yard superintendent with a knack for solving the most extraordinary of crimes Oddball cases are James Pibble’s specialty. But the brutal bludgeoning of the revered elder of a New Guinea tribesman may be his strangest yet. The corpse, in striped pajamas, lies in the middle of a room completely absent...
Author
Series
Tales of elemental spirits volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"Changelings, gryphons, and gods get in the way of us mortals who are struggling to find someone to fall in love with, something interesting to do, somewhere to run to"--
3) The kin
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Four children embark on a quest for a new land at the dawn of human history Africa, two hundred thousand years ago: Suth and Noli were orphaned the night the murderous strangers came, speaking an unfamiliar language and bringing violence to the peaceful Moonhawk tribe. Determined not to die in the desert, Suth and Noli slip away with Ko and Mana. Suth, the eldest, leads them; Noli's dreams of the future guide them. Ko gives them courage; Mana gives...
5) Eva
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
After a terrible accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee.
Author
Series
The Kin volume 1
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When cut off from their kin and lost in the desert 200,000 years ago, Suth and five other orphans struggle to survive and to find their way to safety.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.
9) Angel Isle
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 26
Description
Saranja, Maja, and Ribek must outwit the Watchers, twenty-four of the empire's most powerful and evil magicians, while seeking the Ropemaker to restore the ancient magic that will protect their valley.
10) Noli's story
Author
Series
The Kin volume 2
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
After she and Suth rescue four small children following an attack on Good Place about 200,000 years ago, Noli heeds the warnings of Moonhawk and leads the group to safety.
11) Po's story
Author
Series
The Kin volume 3
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
As a member of the Kin, a band of people living in prehistoric times, young Po wants to prove his bravery but finds that doing so requires overcoming great obstacles.
Author
Series
Tales of elemental spirits volume 1
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14