New Releases by Kenneth Oppel

When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.

A blue glow is slowly spreading over Aunt Lillian. This wrinkle cream is going too far. Giles'' aunt has become a kid again, and everybody''s treating her like one. It''s time for Barnes and the Brains to outsmart the super-goo, and get Giles''s kooky Aunt Lillian back into her own skin.

Peg was born upon the bright blue sea. A big, strapping lass, she isn''t one to do things in half measures. Anything she turns her hand to, she''s good at. But she wants more than that. She wants big, she wants better, she wants best. She wants to be the world''s best fisherman.... Now that Peg''s pushing seven, she figures it''s high time she caught herself a whale. So she packs up her fishing rod and signs on with the whaling ship Viper. Peg is ready to catch a whale. But is the whale ready for Peg? In this humorous nautical tall tale, Kenneth Oppel and Terry Widener have created a feisty, independent child hero for the ages.

Shade is a young bat, the runt of the Silverwing colony. When he gets lost during a perilous migration he must prove his strength to find his flock again. A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children.

When Giles, Tina, and Kevin see books moving by themselves in the library, they know they have to investigate.

Giles Barnes and his family have just moved into a very strange house. Creeks, rustles, and fluttering sounds fill his bedroom. His mother says there are no such things as ghosts, but Giles decides to investigate. With help from new friends Tina and Kevin Quark and their ghostometer, the team solves the mystery, and gets rid of the ghosts for good!

Humourous stories - robots - fiction.

"What is the strange creature floating around in the swimming pool? Barnes and the Brains have been hired to solve the murky mystery" Cf. Our choice, 2002.

Shade, a young bat, searches for his father and struggles to prevent the eviljungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun.

Emma is contest crazy. The only problem is, she never wins anything. Then one day a huge crate arrives on her doorstep. This must be the best prize ever, thinks Emma. Breathless with excitement, she opens the crate to reveal - an emu! What will Emma do with her remarkable new pet? And what on earth will her mother say?

Eleven-year-old Colin discovers that the spaceships in his favourite video game are actually controlled by tiny men, who promise to help him in an upcoming contest.