New Releases by Jackie French

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Princess Arenelle, a promising young Witch, undertakes the quest to become the new Apprentice Keeper.

Adventurous monkeys have a series of mishaps and escapades involving a bike, a golf cart, a canoe, a restaurant, and a hotel.

The fearsome knight Horace tries to prove to his niece that he is as good as his brother, the King, while all she really wants is someone to help her stop missing her father.

The reality of slavery, the poverty of the Southern Army and chaos of war is a shock to Charlie, and his escape is not the glorious return of the conquering hero he imagined. This book explores the strange story of how a colonial ''gentleman'' from New South Wales, went to serve in the American Civil War.

Ghostly story. 8 yrs+

Howard and the monster under his bed decide on a plan to convince their mothers that both of them have reason to be afraid after dark.

One day, while Mole is out shopping, he overhears Buzzard telling someone that she is going to have Rabbit and his family for dinner. Could this be true? Could Buzzard be plotting to eat the whole Rabbit clan? It''s up to Mole and his brave friend Shrew to get to the bottom of the situation. Illustrations.

In the third title about this pair of friends, Mole and Shrew are short of cash, so they head into the working world with hysterical results. Illustrations.

The dragonling''s adventure among humans begins in this three- books-in-one set.

It''s Matt''s first Christmas without his mother, and he is doing everything he can to keep her traditions alive, from decorating the Christmas tree with pokeberry candles to asking Pa to tell the story of the Christmas miracle when animals were given the power of speech. When a hungry bear comes out of hibernation and surprises Matt and his Labrador retriever, Sara, in the. Mattescapes up a tree, but while defending him, Sara is mauled by the frustrated bear. Matt must get help for his beloved dog; the only problem is that snow is coming and he is completely lost. Suddenly, he hears a voice telling him the way. Is it Sara''s? Or is it Ma''s? Before Matt will leave, he makes Sara promise she''ll be alive when he returns. This jewel of a novel from acclaimed author Jackie French Koller beautifully portrays the loving bond between a boy and his dog.

While running from the truth to escape painful memories of losing his eye, seventeen-year-old Luke gets himself into a series of dangerous situations.

Some people eat stories as they would a banana or potato chips: something delicious just for fun. A collection of short connected stories from this popular award-winning author about a \"phaery\" named Phredde and her friend Prudence and a cast of werewolves, vampires and dragons. A punkish and funny treatment of fairyland.

At first his whole world had been the pouch; the sweet scent of his mother, her warmth, and the steady thud of her pulse. Now, he wants to find another world. the warrior is ready to explore. But finding a world, his world, away from the safety of the creel flat and his mother\''9291s hole, is hard and dangerous. And for the warrior to make a new world his, he has to overcome his fears and the 㟴he Enemy. Ages 8+

Finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother''s Dragonquest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people in trying to return it to the Valley of the Dragons.

When his father moves away to find work and his mother becomes ill, Danny struggles to help his family during the Great Depression.

An American Library Association Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age.

Paperback edition of a book first published in 1991, about an eccentric aunt, trainer of racehorses, and collector of stray animals, who has an unfulfilled ambition P to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup. She enters Fred, her pet Kangaroo.