Lake Monster Mix-up

The DBTRC has 6 copies of this book.

LOCATION: St. Jerome

LABATT, MARY
LAKE MONSTER MIX-UP

Look out, Woodford, Sam's in town, and she's no ordinary dog! This canine detective with attitude has a nose for trouble and an appetite for adventure.

Sam and her best friends, ten-year-olds Jennie and Beth, are going on vacation. Sagagwa Lake seems pretty dull at first. But when the girls find an old diary, Sam is quickly on the scent of a new mystery. What is glowing underwater? Why are there webbed footprints on the beach? Who knows the secret of Sagawa Lake?

Join Sam and her friends as they investigate the Lake Monster Mix-up!

Missing

The DBTRC has 6 copies of this book.

LOCATION: Holy Spirit

SPIRN, M. SOBEL
MISSING

Sam is a liar. He lies to his teachers, his parents, and his friends. So it is no surprise that no one believes his story about seeing two suspicious men kidnap his dad from their house. With the help of the only person he can convince, his friend, Josh, Sam puts his amateur detective skills to the test in an attempt to rescue his missing dad. The closer they get to figuring out the truth however, the more dangerous things become. Sam's trail of lies has led him straight into a life and death situation, and his dad is still missing.

RL: 1.9 GRL: O

Time for Andrew

The DBTRC has 90 copies of this book.


LOCATION: St. Emily, St. Stephen, Convent Glen


HAHN, MARY DOWNING
TIME FOR ANDREW


What could be scarier than ghosts in the attic? The possibility of becoming a ghost yourself! Eleven-year-old Andrew switches places with a ghost and travels back tot he year 1910. Will he be able to fight his way back through time to reclaim his place in the present? Or will the host steal his life, and leave him trapped in the past forever?


RL: 5.9 GRL: S

The Sloppy Copy Slipup

The DBTRC has 30 copies of this book.


LOCATION: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton


DISALVO, DYANNE
THE SLOPPY COPY SLIPUP


Brian Higman is about to be in major trouble. He didn't do the "sloppy copy", or first draft, of his writing assignment -- another big red zero is headed his way. His teacher, known as The General, is waiting. But how can he make her understand that his impossible five-year-old brother, a rock band rehearsal at his house, and the disappearance of his entire life savings all kept him from doing his homework?


RL: 3.3

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

The DBTRC has 30 copies of this book. Includes audio cass.

LOCATION: St. Gabriel

COERR, ELEANOR
SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES

The hardest race of Sadako's life...the race against time.

Hiroshima-bron Sadako is lively and athletic -- the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, an aftereffect of the atom bomb that fell on her city when she was only an infant, Sadako approaches her illness as she did her running -- with irrepressible spirit. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.

RL: 5.2 GRL: R

The Littles

The DBTRC has 30 copies of this book. Includes audio cass.


LOCATION: Prince of Peace



PETERSON, JOHN
THE LITTLES


Tiny family. Huge adventures.


The Littles live in the walls of the Biggs' house. But when the Biggs go on vacation and a messy family comes to stay, the trouble begins. Mice! Cats! How much can one small family take? Will Tom and Lucy, the littlest Littles of all, be able to save the day?


RL: 3 GRL: M

Ghost of Lunenburg Manor

The DBTRC has 30 copies of this book



LOCATION: St. Bernard


WILSON, ERIC
GHOST OF LUNENBURG MANOR


A fire burning on the seas...icy fingers in the night...a dog that suddenly won't go near its master's bedroom...a host of strange characters with names like Black Dog, Henneyberry, and Roger Eliot-Stanton...These are the baffling ingredients of the spine-chilling mystery that begins when Professor Zinck invites Tom Austen and his sister, Liz, to visit a haunted house.

Because of Winn-Dixie

The DBTRC has 30 copies of this book.



LOCATION: St. Jerome


DICAMILLO, KATE
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE


When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida with her father, she doesn't know what to expect -- least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they meet. Before long, Opal and her father realize -- with a little help from Winn-Dixie -- that while they've both tasted a bit of melancholy in their lives, they still have a whole lot to be thankful for.


RL: 4 GRL : R

Angel Square

The DBTRC has 30 copies of this book.

LOCATION: St. Patrick Intermediate


DOYLE, BRIAN
ANGEL SQUARE

Young Tommy, aka The Shadow, is seeing Angel Square through new eyes. Someone who hates Jews has beaten up his best friend's father, and beaten him up for real. The Shadow won't rest until he finds out who did it.

Award-winning author Brian Doyle brings his powerful blend of humour and wisdom to bear in this mystery which confronts the issue of racial hatred.