Justine McKeen, Thermostat Chat

Justine McKeen, Thermostat Chat
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459812026

Justine McKeen is on another mission, this time to rid homes and schools of energy vampires. Justine and her friends, with the help of Principal Proctor, are working to reduce the energy consumption of electronics that suck power from the school when they aren't being used. By cutting down on the miscellaneous electrical load of these electronics, the team is also saving money, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fighting global warming. Too bad they didn't warn Grandpa Blatzo before they started slaying the vampires! Justine McKeen, Thermostat Chat is part of the Justine McKeen series featuring the Queen of Green.

Justine McKeen, Pooper Scooper

Justine McKeen, Pooper Scooper
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459803175

Justine McKeen, the Queen of Green is ready for her third adventure! Justine McKeen talks a little too much, bosses a little too much, and tells the truth, just not all at once. She's trying to save the planet, one person at a time, and when she decides to get something done, it's a lot of fun. In Justine McKeen, Pooper Scooper, the third book in the Justine McKeen series, Justine gets her friends to help her clean up the dog poop in the park across from the school board's offices in an effort to get the attention of the superintendent of schools. She hopes the efforts of her crew of cheerful pooper scoopers will help get the superintendent to see that bringing their school librarian back to work is the right thing to do.

Wild Cards

Wild Cards
Author: Jeff Szpirglas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781536404562

In this illustrated early chapter book, a game of trading playing cards gets out of hand at a grade school with big problems.

Devil's Pass

Devil's Pass
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1554699398

Seventeen-year-old Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets of Toronto by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher. When Webb's grandfather dies, his will stipulates that his grandsons fulfill specific requests. Webb's task takes him to the Canol Trail in Canada's Far North, where he finds out that there are much scarier things than the cold and the occasional grizzly bear. With an Indigenous guide, two German tourists and his guitar for company, Webb is forced to confront terrible events in his grandfather's past and somehow deal with the pain and confusion of his own life. Webb's adventures start in Barracuda, part of The Seven Prequels and continue in Tin Soldier, part of The Seven Sequels.

Justine Mckeen Vs. the Queen of Mean

Justine Mckeen Vs. the Queen of Mean
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2014-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459803981

In the sixth installment of the Justine McKeen, Queen of Green series, Justine is faced with the challenge of convincing the Queen of Mean that being environmentally conscious is worthwhile.

Justine McKeen, Walk the Talk

Justine McKeen, Walk the Talk
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 145980242X

Meet Justine McKeen. She's the Queen of Green! She talks a little too much, bosses a little too much and tells the truth, just not all at once. She's trying to save the planet, one person at a time, and when she decides to get something done, it's a lot of fun. In Justine McKeen, Walk the Talk, the second book in the Justine McKeen series, Justine decides there are too many cars idling in front of her school. So she comes up with a solution that should help keep the air cleaner. But she soon discovers not many adults trust her crazy ideas.

Dead Man's Switch

Dead Man's Switch
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0736957235

Sigmund Brouwer, with nearly three million books in print, will have thrill seekers of all ages on the edge of their seats with this captivating young adult novel. When a teen boy receives a written warning from his friend to avoid his church and leave his remote island town immediately, he’s terrified—his friend died weeks ago! He knows danger is up ahead when he realizes that his friend’s dead man’s switch computer program has been activated. Unsure who to trust, he sets out alone to unravel a dark conspiracy. Soon, the seeker soon becomes the hunted in an unknown wilderness. The only hope for escape is a trigger-happy hermit—a man with his own secrets to hide. Fiction fans who love a great mystery and the quest for justice will talk about and think about this book long after the last chapter is read.

Leggings Revolt

Leggings Revolt
Author: Monique Polak
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459811917

Eric and his buddies have left behind their all boys school to attend high school with girls. Eager to find his place in this exciting new world, Eric joins the student life committee, unaware that he is expected to enforce the school’s strict dress code. The dress code is particularly harsh on the girls he is keen to get to know. Eric finds this awkward, but it’s nothing compared to the position he finds himself in when the whole school revolts. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

Bagels Come Home!

Bagels Come Home!
Author: Joan Betty Stuchner
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459803485

When eight-year-old Josh and his family adopt an energetic puppy with a big personality and a talent for escaping, everyone is sure that obedience school will teach him good manners. But Bagels turns out to be a bigger handful than anyone predicted. He gets into the laundry, the groceries and the neighbor’s koi pond. He even gets expelled from obedience school. Josh and his little sister, Becky, are worried that if Bagels doesn’t shape up, their parents will send him back to the shelter. Can Bagels redeem himself before it’s too late? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Thief of Glory

Thief of Glory
Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307446492

A boy coming of age in a time of war…the love that inspires him to survive. For ten year-old Jeremiah Prins, a life of privilege as the son of a school headmaster in the Dutch East Indies comes crashing to a halt in 1942. When the Japanese Imperialist army invades the Southeast Pacific, and his father and older stepbrothers are separated from the rest of the family, Jeremiah takes on the responsibility of caring for his younger siblings. But he is surprised by what life in the camp reveals about his frail, troubled mother—a woman he barely knows. Amidst starvation, brutality, sacrifice and generosity, Jeremiah draws on all of his courage and cunning to fill in the gap his father and brothers left behind. Life in the camps is made more tolerable as Jeremiah’s boyhood infatuation with his close friend Laura deepens into a friendship from which they both draw strength. When the darkest sides of humanity threaten to overwhelm Jeremiah and Laura, they reach for God’s light and grace, shining through his people. Time and war will test their fortitude and the only thing that will bring them safely to the other side is the most enduring bond of all.