The story begins on the Mayflower coming to the Americas in 1620. The ship lands in a place only inhabited by Native Americans instead of Jamestown, their original intended landing location. Jamestown was already established and was gaining interest of settlers from England. The main character, Sarah Bailey, and her husband, along with other settlers decide to build their own plantation called Plimouth.
Wally is the new kid at school and is struggling to feel accepted and find new friends. He even sometimes feels bullied by the students who push him down and don't invite him to sit by them. After a hard day at school, Wally meets a magical wizard named the "Tailor" who makes tails for all the creatures. The Tailor asks Wally if he would like a tail because maybe having a tail will help him to feel more accepted. Wally tries a few tails but doesn't end up finding the tails are the answer to his feeling unaccepted.
Florenda is so excited! She has found out that her school is offering a new class next year: band. She is surrounded by support, but unfortunately, she is not so lucky on all fronts. It seems that students will have to purchase their own instrument in order to join the school’s band program. Instruments are expensive. While encouragement envelopes Florenda, money for extra items, like an instrument of her own, is not abundant.
When eleven-year-old Nicole Kinders is traveling on her way to school with her younger sister Ashley in their small town of Gartendoft, Austria, they aren’t prepared for what will happen. A great confectioner named Boznik approaches the girls and asks if they would like some sweets before going to school. Ashley of course wants her favorite, a Linzer pig cookie, but Boznik says he has something truly special and different for Nicole. He offers her a magical candy cane.
Growing up a girl and becoming a woman in the current culture of our world is difficult at times and confusing for women as they try to find self-worth and empowerment. Dr. Elinsky has written a book that offers solutions to the self-worth, relationship, and often mental health troubles that women feel because of patriarchal messages and misogynistic ideals. Her book begins in part one with her personal experiences with men, both positive and negative, as she was growing up and entering romantic relationships.
M.C. Ryder has written the all things to know about standing up for yourself when it comes to bullying. It is a heartfelt book that teaches why people become a bully and what you can really do to stand up to a bully. Ryder has a way of genuinely talking about a tough subject from a compassionate but firm viewpoint. Stand up to Bullying covers everything from standing up to your bully by saying, "no," to ignoring the bully, to finding kindness as a way to throw off your bully.
In a post-Apocalyptic future, Fren Welp and his father, Sven, are attacked in their village by beasts from a far away kingdom. After a fight in which Fren is threatened and a family friend has been kidnapped, father and son travel to the kingdom to face their sworn enemies. Unfortunately, the fight becomes personal when they learn that some of the kingdom’s subjects are closer to them than they originally thought.
Decker Brown and the Monster Club is about a nerdy group of friends who live in a small town and have to deal with normal small town occurrences like bullies and walking by themselves through the quiet and safe neighborhood at all hours. After finding out that his family might have to move out of town, Decker decides he wants to have an actual adventure, which comes in the form of exploring the dangerous, boarded-up cave that the adults warn them not to go into. As Decker ropes his friends into getting involved with his questionable scheme, weird things start happening.
In Seeking For Eldorado by Samuel Holloway, the main character Laslo is a 15 year old boy who lives in poverty in Kentville, Ontario with his episodically drunk and periodically absent father and dedicated, loving mother and younger brother, Ernie. A preacher comes to the area and aside from his sermonizing and prayers, he turns out to be a suspiciously good poker player which gets him a seat in the local game at Lazlo’s house. The preacher is always accompanied by his pretty red headed daughter, Lizzie (short for Elizabeth).
In a small western town of Silverbrook lived a young boy named Hugo who was always so eager to try new things. In doing so, he found himself having issues concentrating on just one thing at a time. His thoughts would be like wild horses running all around without any organization or calm to them. He wanted to build a doghouse, learn how to paint, learn about the earth, and even plant a garden, but he couldn’t sit still long enough to complete any creative idea he came up with. This frustrated him to the point of asking his grandmother and cowboy uncle for help.
