Sara Nickerson

Sally Wern Comport

With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a 12-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest.

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

Margaret sait bien que sa famille est un peu bizarre. Elle-même préfère s'enfermer dans les toilettes du collège pour déjeuner. Quant à sa mère, qui somnole devant la télé à longueur de temps, elle ne parle presque plus. Et surtout pas du père de Margaret, mort quatre ans plus tôt de façon mystérieuse. Mais le jour où la jeune fille apprend qu'un manoir à l'abandon et une étrange BD font partie de son histoire, elle s'apprête à découvrir une vérité affreuse, fascinante et merveilleusement bizarre. Le récit insolite et envoûtant d'une héroïne qui décide à douze ans d'aimer la vie coûte que coûte.

Comment disparaître et ne jamais être retrouvé

Il mistero della casa sull'isola

A moving new middle grade novel about childhood anxiety and grief, from the author of The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose, and Me. Eleven-year-old Josh Duncan has never had much luck making friends--not the real kind, anyway. Moving to a new town is supposed to be a chance to leave behind the problems that plagued Josh at his last school. Problems like Big Brother, Josh's favorite and best friend. Because, as Josh's parents tell him, he's too old to still have imaginary friends. But even before the first day of school is over, Big Brother reappears--and he's not alone. Only this time one of Josh's imaginary friends seems to be interacting with another boy at school, Lucas Hernandez. Can Lucas see them, too? Brought together by an unusual classroom experiment and a mysterious invitation to join something called the Gorilla Club, Josh and Lucas are about to discover how a unique way of seeing the world can reveal a real-life friend.

Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club

"First published in the United States of America by Dutton Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015"--Title page verso.

The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose and Me

Determined to make some extra money, twelve-year-old Missy and her older brother Patrick get summer jobs picking blueberries at a local farm. For Missy, though, blueberry picking quickly becomes about more than just money? it's the perfect distraction from the fact that her two best friends have gone off to summer camp without her and that her dad is getting remarried. Why can't everything go back to the way it used to be? Back to normal? But, Missy soon discovers that the summer is full of secrets: the secrets to making her family feel whole again; the secrets to keeping her two best friends from changing and leaving her behind; the secrets of a local farm's blood feud; and most importantly, the secrets of blueberries. Author Sara Nickerson infuses warmth and emotion into this relatable story about finding something special within yourself and a place to call your own in even the most tumultuous of times.

Sara Nickerson

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