5/13/2023 0 Comments Sun Signs by Shelley Hrdlitschka![]() ![]() When a surge of electricity wakes up the mummy, Alex and his best friend Freddie fall through a door into the night sky and find themselves on a mission to help a cadaver named Costas to cross the river Styx and clear his name from a false accusation for murder. Kids Can Press 2005 1-55337-709-5 IL: 5-7ġ2 year old Alex’s mother died three years ago and his still grieving father is opening a museum of oddities that features an ancient Greek corpse. Oliver soon becomes involved, with his new friends, in a fight to save the pond, for creatures that he had never before given a second thought. Suddenly, he enters the pond world where he becomes friends with a salamander named Mooch and crow named Antoine. Amazing things start to happen when Oliver finds a magical gem, which allows him to change into what ever pond creature he is touching. ![]() Then his family moves to a run down house near a pond. Oliver is a lonely 10 year old boy who loves to watch TV and pull the wings off flies just to hear them snap. However, healing comes about in some unexpected ways… Things become even more complicated when her mother hires Angus, a patient from the local mental hospital to work their fields, despite the neighbors’ disapproval. Groundwood Books 2005 0-88899-695-0 IL: 5-8įor 12 year old Emaline, losing her father, her dog and her health because of a terrible farm accident seems like an insurmountable tragedy. ![]()
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