Much Ado about Grubstake

Much Ado about Grubstake

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780545074674

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When two city folks arrive in the depressed mining town of Grubstake, Colorado, in 1888, sixteen-year-old orphaned Arley tries to discover why they want to buy the supposedly worthless mines in the area.


Much Ado about Grubstake

Much Ado about Grubstake

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 9780152057060

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When two city folks arrive in the depressed mining town of Grubstake, Colorado, in 1888, sixteen-year-old orphaned Arley tries to discover why they want to buy the supposedly worthless mines in the area.


Booktalks and Beyond

Booktalks and Beyond

Author: Lucy Schall

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-05-30

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0313094691

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Promote today's best and most popular YA books with help from this practical guide. Focusing on titles published after 2000, Schall provides you with background information, ready-to-use (or adapt) booktalks, read-aloud selections, learning activities, and related reads for approximately 100 fiction and nonfiction books with broad teen appeal. Organized by genres and themes, it has something for every teen reader. Whether you are a public or school librarian, teacher, or teen group leader, you'll find this collection helpful in motivating teens to read, building their appreciation of books, and in extending learning opportunities beyond the reading experience. Grades 6-12.


Love Among the Walnuts

Love Among the Walnuts

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2008-03-01

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0547541759

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Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, moneygrubbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake. Luckily, those conniving uncles prove yet again that they can't do anything right. Instead of bumping off the whole family, they put Sandy's mom and dad and their pet chicken into mysterious comas. Sandy joins forces with his loyal butler and a wise and wacky nurse to save his parents and squelch his uncles' felonious high jinks.


Once Upon a Marigold

Once Upon a Marigold

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780152050849

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In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, a commoner, falls for Princess Marigold, and it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom.


Thrice Upon a Marigold

Thrice Upon a Marigold

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0547738463

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The companion to Ferris' madcap "Once Upon a Marigold" and "Twice Upon a Marigold" offers evil plot-twists, sweet romance, and the kidnapping of the royal princess.


Thrice Upon a Marigold

Thrice Upon a Marigold

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0547868731

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The trilogy finale! “A tale well-stocked with broadly drawn characters and fairy-tale conventions knocked slightly askew . . . A delicious confection.” —Kirkus Reviews Princess Poppy, the bouncing baby daughter of Queen Marigold and King Christian of Zandelphia-Beaurivage, is in terrible danger. The kingdom’s former torturer-in-chief and poisoner-in-chief have joined forces to kidnap the baby as an act of revenge for their exile! Can a ragtag parade of rescuers—including the king and queen, the evil kidnappers’ mortified children, five dogs, a white elephant, and a washed-up wizard—save Princess Poppy in time? “An upbeat fairy-tale adventure, this final installment in the trilogy is sure to entertain fans of the first two books . . . The story is filled with humor, both witty and ridiculous.” —School Library Journal “Ferris leisurely combines elements of adventure, fantasy, romance, and humor.” —Booklist


Value-Packed Booktalks

Value-Packed Booktalks

Author: Lucy Schall

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1598847368

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In this guide, 100 recommended books and booktalks offer the perfect way to start value discussions with teens and teen/adult book groups. With its focus on current, popular titles, Value-Packed Booktalks: Genre Talks and More for Teen Readers is a flexible tool for all educators—from Young Adult (YA) librarians and readers' advisors at public libraries to school librarians and teachers. Booktalks are provided for young adult literature published between 2006 and 2010, organized by values addressed in specific genres. Examples of discussions show how these booktalks can help teens define what is personally important to them and why. Unique in that it ties current popular genres to values (courage with adventure titles, problem-solving with mystery/suspense), the book focuses on 100 recently published YA fiction and nonfiction titles, offering summaries, lists of themes, values statements, booktalks, and curriculum connections. It also cites passages appropriate for read-aloud booktalks, designates a general grade-range (middle, junior, or senior high school), notes gender appeal for the titles (male, female, or cross gender), and lists similar or related works, some published before 2006.


Twice Upon a Marigold

Twice Upon a Marigold

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2009-04-06

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0547546076

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Since Queen Olympia's fateful fall into the river, newlyweds Christian and Marigold have been living happily ever after. And they had every intention of keeping it that way--until they find out that Olympia may not be as gone as they thought. Turns out Olympia is alive and well in a faraway village, having lost her memory after her ill-timed tumble. But one day she awakes and remembers her previous glory as queen. Accompanied by Lazy Susan (Sleeping Beauty's slacker sister) and Stan Lucasa (a gentleman with a surprising destiny), Olympia returns, determined to take back the kingdom. Yet, thanks to a cast of familiar characters, grabbing the throne may not be as easy as Olympia thinks!


Uncle Boris in the Yukon, and Other Shaggy Dog Stories

Uncle Boris in the Yukon, and Other Shaggy Dog Stories

Author: Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0684856328

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From the hilarious and subversive children's author, essayist and NPR commentator, true tales drawn from his cordial--if dysfunctional--relationships with the dogs in his life. illustrations.