Penny: 1780 books

When Toby breathes on Mama Inez's bird-shaped invitations, giving them the power to fly, plans for the Serendipity Market begin. Soon, eleven honored guests travel from afar and make their way to the storytellers' tent to share their stories. Each tale proves what Mama Inez knows—that magic is everywhere....

Ella is surprised by her birthday gift from her father: a Brownie camera and the advice to seek pictures of things that ‘don’t belong’. This is how Ella first notices Billy, a boy at her school. They become good friends, although Ella is sure Billy is keeping something from her. Ella soon realizes...

It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. But the world she knows is collapsing, and people everywhere are losing their jobs and their homes. Soon Ruby's...

It's 1931 . . . and Ruby and her family have lost everything in the Great Depression.� Leaving behind her dad, her school friends and everything she knows, Ruby must move to Kettle Farm to stay with her cousins.� Life in the country is new and strange, and Ruby has never felt like such an outsider.�...

It's 1931 . . .and Ruby is settling into life at her school in the country.� But when a desperately poor family moves to the area, no one wants to be friends with them.� Ruby will have to choose sides, and she has already made one enemy at school - Doris Spinks.� Will Ruby do what she believes...

Bittersweet love through the ages Eighteen tales of bittersweet love. Before Bella & Edward, before Katniss & Peeta, before Luce & Daniel, there was Romeo & Juliet, Orpheus & Eurydice, Heathcliff & Cathy. Discover the timeless love stories that inspired your favourite authors....

High above the crashing waves on the rugged west coast of Canada stands the lighthouse Nell calls home. It’s a tiny world, just the ocean in front and the rainforest in back, but she loves every inch. So when Nell’s father wants to send her away to school in Victoria, she refuses to go. Nell decides...

An infamous prison may hold a secret only the Code Busters can uncover. Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may all have different talents, but they share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own club, with a secret hideout and...

Finn is furious when his parents head off on another scientific mission to the other side of the world, and he has to stay with his grandmother on her farm in southern Manitoba. Not only are the kids at school far less than welcoming, he also has to deal with his cantankerous great-grandfather who...

Mom, Rose, Sammy, and their dog Jelly have no idea what’s in store for them when they meet Clever, a very well-spoken bird. Clever wants to go back to his home that’s “just across the river,” and the family agrees to take him. But Clever fails to mention which river they had to cross or just...

Their lives couldn't be more different, but Emmie can't help liking Bertha Schippan. She's funny and knowing and wild, and she distracts Emmie from the monotony of farm life in their tiny, isolated community. But, as Emmie soon discovers, Bertha has secrets. Terrible secrets. This heartbreaking story...

Robin’s got everything it takes to be a principal dancer: the body, the feet, the strength and the passion. But his devil-may-care attitude plays havoc with discipline at the Premier Dance School. One more prank may be one too many. That’s why everyone is shocked when he’s the only student dancer...

Murphy wants to grow up fast and be a fisherman. It's what men do in his small Newfoundland community. Then one cold day in 1929, a tsunami strikes the Burin Peninsula, destroying most of the out port and killing many people. Suddenly the twelve-year-old is doing a man' work, saving lives and caring...

Amy and Rudy plan quite a surprise, So that Grandpa and Grandma will open their eyes. Changing up Christmas helped all of them see, What the meaning of Christmas really should be.   “Train a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6, KJV)