Carol Matas: 9 books

Death and dying are difficult subjects to discuss with children. If you are looking for a way to talk about death to your child or grandchild, When I Die, a short but powerful meditation on death by award-winning children's author, Carol Matas, can give you a safe place to start.(N.B.:...

Changing the world was impossible. Creating another one was worse. And escape was out. She was trapped. A collaboration between acclaimed writers Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman, this roller coaster of an adventure is filled with twists and turns, excitement and fun. It is an extraordinary creative...

Aaron and Zev have been protected from serving in the czar's army for very different reasons -- Aaron's father pays to keep his scholarly son free and Zev works as a khapper, kidnapping other poor, young Jewish boys to fulfill the czar's arm quotas. Zev's jealousy of Aaron turns to hate when he discovers...

Suddenly transported against their will, the Princess Lenora and her fiancé, Prince Coren, find themselves in a strange place—bone-chilling cold and snow outside, garish marketplaces and angry people inside. The inhabitants call it the city of Winnipeg. Lenora and Coren, however, have no idea where...

The headstrong Princess Lenora craves an adventure, and defeating the giant who has appeared up north would be a great one. The trouble is, no one will let her help. They want her to stay behind and plan her wedding to Prince Coren of Andilla, but Lenora has absolutely no use for color schemes or...

Princess Lenora and Prince Coren are finally getting married at the court of Andilla, Coren's homeland, where everyone lives in their imagination. There's just one problem: The Andillans' powers aren’t working, and the wedding can't proceed when the sacred Balance is so out of whack. For the headstrong...

This dramatic story tells of 11-year-old Devorah's efforts to help her cousin and pen pal Sarah emigrate from Paris before the Nazis deport the Jews to internment camps.Devorah learns that 5,000 Jewish children in France have visas to leave the country, but the Canadian government will not let them...

A Suspenseful Sci-Fi Thriller for Middle Grades and YA A new updated edition that combines Canadian bestseller, Cloning Miranda, with its two sequels, The Second Clone and The Dark Clone into a single gripping adventure. Fourteen-year-old Miranda has it all: beauty, brains, talent, perfect...

2014 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST in the Children's and Young Adult category. Appropriate for Middle Grades and up (age 9 plus). “Papa is a tyrant; that’s what he is — a tyrant! And I will always be subject to his whims!” When her father decides to run for mayor...