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“A wonderful,
important
book…I’d recommend
Little Brother
over pretty much any
book I’ve read
this year, and I’d
want to get it
into the hands of as
many smart
thirteen-year-olds,
male and
female, as I can.
Because I think
it’ll change lives.
Because some
kids, maybe just a
few, won’t be
the same after
they’ve read it.
Maybe they’ll change
politically,
maybe
technologically.
Maybe it’ll just be the first book they loved or that spoke to their inner
geek. Maybe they’ll want to argue about it and disagree with it. Maybe
they’ll want to open their computer and see what’s in there. I don’t
know. It made me want to be thirteen again right now, and reading it
for the first time.” —Neil Gaiman, author of Sandman and American
Gods on Little Brother
During WWI, the battle
for the tiny Belgium
town Passchendaele
was one of the most
significant tests of
Canadian courage
and expertise. British
Commander-in-
Chief General Douglas
Haig had devised
one of the most
controversial
stratagems of the
entire war: Allied
forces would attack
headlong into the
heavily fortified
German
entrenchments,
capture the town of
Passchendaele and its
highlands, and drive
toward the coast to destroy German submarine bases.
A new adventure
series for horse
lovers.
Sharon Siamon, the
author of the widely
successful Mustang
Mountain series,
introduces a set of
brand new equine
adventures -- the
Saddle Island
series.
Set on the wild and
windswept
landscape of Nova
Scotia's Eastern
shore, the first title
in this exciting
series is packed full of suspense, intrigue, and adventure. Kelsie is the
spirited protagonist who tries to rescue a rebellious horse named
Caspar. Kelsie plans to swim this horse to Mackay's Island, a
mysterious deserted island with a dark past, before the horse's owner,
Hank Harefield, ships him off for auction. Along the way a violent
storm puts Kelsie and Caspar in grave danger. Will they make i