Helen Plum Library

Gracie prefers blogging anonymously about her high school classmates to befriending them-and she likes being an outsider just fine, thanks. But when a new student discovers Gracie's identity, she's forced to make a decision. Will she choose belonging-and a wonderful new friend-or will she keep her distance?

A stunningly illustrated fable about cultural humility and the transcendent power of stories. A young teacher sets out for the Amazon rain forest, eager to share geography, science, and math with the remote community of Las Delicias. The town's children love the books the young teacher brings, and yet they keep repeating legends about a great and dangerous serpent. The young teacher can't believe her students still care about that nonsense. But...

Les aventures de Manbat la grenouille. Manbat la grenouille s'ennuie sur son étang et rêve d'aventure. Un jour elle part, son baluchon sur l'épaule, sans se douter un instant de ce qui l’attend! Et si, finalement, la véritable aventure était de rester soi-même? Découvrez un récit attachant qui invite à une réflexion sur l'importance de rester soi-même! EXTRAIT Eh oui, Armol a raison, c'est bien Rastène la Méchante comme tout le...

Set in late-1920s Sydney Mines, Us & Them is the story of sixteen-year-old JW Donaldson, who interrupts his high school education to work in the coal mine to help support his family. A fatal accident in the mine awakens JW to just how dangerous working conditions are and to how management seems to care more about production than about the men and boys who are the means of that production. JW enlists the aid of union activist and local hero, JB McLachlan,...

Have you ever felt devastated, tears rolling down your face, because you once again failed God? You promised yourself you'd never fall into the same sin again. You've prayed about it over and over, but it has tripped you up at the most inopportune times, knocking you back several steps. Maybe like Aaron, and millions of Christians around the world, you have felt powerless to overcome the same one or two pitfalls that repeatedly cause you to question,...

Gabrielle is back home but trouble still seems to find her wherever... Fresh off her ordeal in Boston, Gabbie comes home finding her parents have divorced and sister, Khadi is becoming a young teenage horror. A new guy, Maleek, Ummi's co-worker is trying too hard to be in with her family, quickly adding to the urban nostalgia. Gabrielle's friends could be a source of help but their childish behavior at a local mall will turn into an unbelievable adventure...

J.C. is excited to go to the Spring Flower Festival with Nana and Pop-Pop! But then his best friends, Amir and Vicky, invite J.C. to go to the zoo at the same time. Can J.C. figure out a way to make it to both events?

Max est un enfant différent des autres... Il ressent, beaucoup. Il pense, tout le temps. Il essaie de comprendre le monde qui l'entoure, sans jamais s'arrêter. L'isolement dû à sa différence inquiète et débouchera sur une dénomination imagée mais tellement appropriée : il est un zèbre. Malgré ses déboires, ce pré-adolescent s'accroche et retire de son expérience et de ses rencontres les éléments positifs sur lesquels il pourra...

Gavin y sus amigos no saben bien qué pensar de Keops, su nuevo compañero de clase. Es indudable que no actúa como los otros niños ni se les parece... ¡y ellos sospechan que se ha robado la bici de Gavin! Mientras tanto, Myrtle, la tía abuela de Gavin, está nuevamente de visita, y Gavin está seguro de que se pondrá del lado de su hermana para mandonearlo todo el tiempo. ¿Sobrevivirá Gavin a la tía Myrtle? ¿Podrá entender qué es lo que...

For readers of psychological thriller books and wilderness survival stories, a gripping thriller about Magda who's desperate to get over a scandal at her New York private school. Fans of We Were Liars and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will find themselves swept up in What She Found in the Woods! This is Magda's last chance. Recovering from a scandal at her elite New York City private school that threw life into a tailspin, she is shipped off to live...