Henry Carter Hull

Age : 9-12 ans Niveau de lecture : CM1-6e Un soir de décembre 1781, Lulu, pianiste prodige, profite d'un voyage en Hollande pour fuir son père, musicien raté et violent. En plein hiver, le long des canaux gelés, Lulu rencontre Elsje, la sirène qui raccommode les filets des pêcheurs de Rotterdam, et Rod, le chevalier sanguinaire, de retour du Pérou. Le trio décide de rejoindre la mer. Le pianiste, la sirène et le chevalier traversent les...

Sixteen-year-old Salvador "Slam" Amaro thinks being the assistant coach of the Brookfield High School girls' basketball team will be an easy gig. Show up, run a few drills and pad his resumé so he can win a spot on the Ontario Provincial Under-17 team. But Slam's job suddenly gets a lot harder when the girls' coach and her daughter, the star point-guard, vanish after being threatened. Getting to the bottom of their disappearance puts Slam in confrontation...

An adventurous short story about one girl's quest for bravery, for fans of Skyward and Enders Game.Ahs is the coward girl. And yet, her only dream is to join the ranks of the guardians, powerful protectors of weaker planets. With the help of a loudmouthed friend and with a haunting memory chasing her, Ahs enters a grueling series of tests to see if she has what it takes to be accepted into the Academy to become a guardian. When a new danger arises...

A thrilling, classic children's adventure with a courageous heroine, from the beloved author of Ballet Shoes. Margaret Thursday was named after the day she was found on the church steps as a baby. But she isn't really an orphan - each year a bag of gold coins is left at the church for her keep. However, when Margaret is eleven years old, the money suddenly stops and her guardians have no choice but to send her away to an orphanage. The orphanage is...

Owen's plan to sail away on an adventure puts him on a collision course with some very dangerous people. When Owen's parents leave him on his own for a week, the sixteen-year-old gets bored and hatches a crazy idea: sneak onto the yacht that's visiting the sleepy Pacific Coast Island where he lives and stow away on an adventure! Once on board the vessel, Owen quickly finds this is anything but innocent fun. The ship is packed with teenagers from Central...

Sequel to The Touchstone Superpowered teen Sam, and his boyfriend, Harry, are already struggling to navigate being gifted in a normal world, and their problems are about to get deadlier. Their oldest enemy, Caleb Reed, will stop at nothing to capture Sam and force him to use his abilities for Reed's benefit. Though their team of friends and allies steps up to watch their backs, Reed sneaks past their defenses time and time again, leading Sam to wonder...

The year is 1903, and Charlie Sutherland, a sixteen-year-old orphan, is on the run. Three years earlier, he was sent by Dr. Barnardo's Home in England to work on the remote Alberta homestead of Albert and Buck Brooks. Charlie has been treated poorly by the two brothers, but he has endured. However, when Albert dies under curious circumstances, and Buck accuses him of murder, Charlie has no choice but to run. He ends up in Frank, a coal-mining town...

Every time Kelsie Martin kisses a boy, chaos happens. The sixteen-year-old succubus has just come into her powers and doesn't know how to control them. Anytime Kelsie locks lips with someone she likes, she drains their essence. After nearly killing her last candidate, her family suggests an arranged marriage, but Kelsie wants to fall in love with someone she chooses. Victor Duquette thinks love isn't for him. He can't date females his age. None...

Jessica Walsh is starting her freshman year at Nightshade High and trying to forget about the tragic events surrounding her brother's graduation. She wants to have a normal high school experience. But that's easier said than done in Nightshade. There's a new guy at school who seems to be turning the girls into lovesick zombies. And Jessica has other worries-like her crush on a cute but moody lead singer, and the mysterious tattoo that appeared on...

An exciting novel for tweens that captures the dawn of the American Revolution. Life is tough for thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, an indentured servant in colonial Virginia. Then in a twist of luck, he meets Basil, a kind schoolmaster, and an arrangement is struck lending Nathaniel's labor to a Williamsburg carriage maker. Basil introduces Nathaniel to music, books, and philosophies that open his mind to new attitudes about equality. The year is...