Wendy Orr
1) Mokie & Bik
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
For two rambunctious twins, living on a boat means always being underfoot or overboard.
2) Nim's island
Author
Series
Nim series volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Honey's family decides to get away from the world to avoid a spreading illness, they drive off in their converted ice cream truck, stumbling upon the valley of horses. Once there, Honey's family can't find the bridge they used to enter, trapping them in the tranquil valley. Seven years pass, and Honey's family has been perfectly self-sufficient, until her father falls ill. To save her father, Honey must find a way to escape the valley of horses."--...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Bronze-Age Crete, before horses were common on the island, potter's-daughter Clio continues to raise and train them even though an accident has left her unable to ride. After a series of difficult years in the community, the threat of raiders prompts the town's ruling Lady to demand the sacrifice of a maiden between ages twelve and fourteen, who will be selected at the spring equinox. Certain that she will be named the sacrifice, Clio struggles...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces. And the earth goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness. After the resulting tsunami, society descends into chaos; the status and privilege of being noble-born...
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