Mary Casanova
1) Frozen
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Sadie Rose hasn't said a word in eleven years—ever since the day she was found lying in a snowbank during a howling storm. Like her voice, her memories of her mother and what happened that night were frozen.
Set during the roaring 1920s in the beautiful, wild area on Rainy Lake where Minnesota meets Canada, Frozen tells the remarkable story of Sadie Rose, whose mother died under strange circumstances
5) Jess
Author
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Jess with her parents on an archeological dig of ancient Maya ruins in Belize, can't wait for her adventure to begin.
6) Some dog!
Author
Language
English
Description
A stray dog moves into George's formerly peaceful home, dazzling the man and woman of the house with lively tricks and antics that just leave George exhausted.
7) McKenna
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks, who lives for gymnastics, struggles with school work until Josie, a tutor confined to a wheelchair, helps her with reading comprehension and much more.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When outlaw Dirk Yeller arrives in Cowtown looking for something to take away his cat-scratch fever, young Sam, whose pa says he is "a world-a-trouble and curious as a tomcat," knows just what this dangerous and jittery criminal needs to calm him down.
9) Some cat!
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Violet the cat is adopted she has trouble sharing her new kingdom with the family dogs until they save her from some home invaders.
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Series
Girl of the year. 2015: Grace volume 2
American girls collection
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 2
Girl of the year. Grace volume 2
American girls collection
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 2
Girl of the year. Grace volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her grandparents' bakery and her recent visit to Paris, nine-year-old Grace leads her friends in starting La Petite Patisserie, making and selling French pastries at school and special events, but they soon discover that starting a new business is not always easy--or fun.
12) Grace
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2015: Grace volume 1
American girls collection
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 1
Girl of the year. Grace volume 1
American girls collection
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 1
Girl of the year. Grace volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas when she goes to Paris with her mother and has trouble getting along with her cousin, while at home her friends start the business she proposed without her.
13) Chrissa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chrissa Maxwell moves to a new school in the middle of the year, and the girls in her fourth-grade class are decidedly unfriendly. On the advice of her grandmother, Chrissa tries first to be nice, and then to ignore the mean girls. But they just won't quit, and when the teasing turns into serious bullying, Chrissa must find the courage to stand strong and speak out.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Grace is crushed to learn that her grandparents' bakery might close after thirty years and wonders how her own business, which they inspired, can survive if theirs cannot, but she and her friends use their talents and newly-acquired business skills to try to save the day.