Sweep

Author: Jonathan Auxier
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683354060
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys”—orphans owned by chimney sweeps—to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived—and a girl. With her wits and will, she’s managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature—a golem—made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life—saving one another in the process. By one of today’s most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope.

Sweep

Author: Louise Greig
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534439080
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
From award-winning author Louise Greig and acclaimed illustrator Júlia Sardà comes an uplifting story about how to confront big emotions. Ed’s bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all. But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole town. Can Ed sweep his troubles away?

Book of Shadows

Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110117658X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149

Book Description
Morgan and her best friend, Bree, are introduced to Wicca when a gorgeous senior named Cal invites them to join his new coven. Morgan falls for Cal immediately? and discovers that she has strong,inexplicable powers.

Strife

Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780142410240
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Morgan desperately searches for strength as her parents get angry with her for neglecting her schoolwork to pursue her magical studies, and as her coven-mates are persecuted for their beliefs.

Dark Magick

Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110117661X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Evil forces are after Morgan, forces connected with a dark wave of magick. And she knows something is wrong with the way Cal is acting, although she can?t put her finger on it. Cal is definitely hiding something, but is he out to hurt her, as Hunter says?

Clean Sweep

Author: Ilona Andrews
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781494388584
Category : Bed and breakfast accommodations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Dina Demille runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town... but her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn thinks for itself, and is a lodging for otherworldly visitors. The only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can't leave the grounds because she's responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. Now something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night. To keep her neighbors and guests safe, Dina has to juggle dealing with annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans-- an alpha-strain werewolf -- and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland.

Blood Witch

Author: Cate Tiernan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141314020
Category : Morgan (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
In Blood Witch, Morgan continues to unravel her past and the story of her birth-mother as her relationship with Cal develops. But she can't seem to settle with him and the mysterious Hunter begins to feature more heavily into her life.

Toning the Sweep

Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590481427
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Spanning three generations of African-American women, each holding on to a separate truth, this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel details the struggle these women face in finding a common ground upon which to share their love, friendship, and hardships.

Operation Clean Sweep

Author: Darleen Bailey Beard
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 9780374380342
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Mom for mayor! Election day is fast approaching, and twelve-year-old Cornelius Sanwick discovers a secret: his mom is running for mayor! That would be pretty neat, except that his dad is the incumbent. Corn feels torn -- surely he should warn his father. But if he does, his mother won't stand a chance. In 1916, Oregon is one of only eleven states in which women can vote, and they have to take office by stealth. Corn wonders what kind of mayor his mom would make. Would she be able to get the streetlights turned back on? Would she corral the chickens and keep their poop off the streets? And what would she do if the pickpocket Sticky Fingers Fred showed up in Umatilla? Friendship, first love, and above all filial devotion play their parts in this charming story set during the Great War and based on a true episode in the history of Umatilla, Oregon -- the female takeover of the town's government.

Sweeping Up the Heart

Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062852574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
From two-time Newbery Honor and New York Times–bestselling author Kevin Henkes, this timeless novel about loss, loneliness, and friendship tells the story of the spring break that changes seventh-grader Amelia Albright’s life forever. Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father—a cranky and stubborn English professor—has decided Florida is too much adventure. Now Amelia is stuck at home with him and her babysitter, the beloved Mrs. O’Brien. The week ahead promises to be boring, until Amelia meets Casey at her neighborhood art studio. Amelia has never been friends with a boy before, and the experience is both fraught and thrilling. When Casey claims to see the spirit of Amelia’s mother (who died ten years before), the pair embarks on an altogether different journey in their attempt to find her. Using crisp, lyrical, literary writing and moments of humor and truth, award-winning author Kevin Henkes deftly captures how it feels to be almost thirteen. With themes of family, death, grief, creativity, and loyalty, Sweeping Up the Heart is for readers of Kate DiCamillo, Rebecca Stead, Lauren Wolk, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and Pam Muñoz Ryan.