NEW YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Anne of Avonlea
L.M. Montgomery
This is the popular sequel to
Anne of Green Gables
(
also available from Freedom Publishing).
As Anne herself notes:
“
You might think I'd have grown out of getting myself into scrapes now that I'm
half past sixteen. But between being vexed by my freckles, taunted by a brazen Jersey cow and kept on
my toes by the new twins, Dora and Davy, life at Green Gables is just as eventful as ever.
I do try to be a little more grown-up now that I'm a school teacher. The other day I asked the class, 'If you
had three candies in one hand and two in the other, how many would you have altogether?' One of my
pupil's piped up, 'A mouthful.' Could you have kept a straight face?!”
ISBN: 978-0-09958-265-6
448
pages
$9.99
John Diamond
Leon Garfield
What is the matter with old Mr. Jones? Endless footsteps and low groans can be heard from his room in
the dead of night. Only his son William knows the terrible secret: his father betrayed his business partner
Mr. Diamond, and swindled him out of a great fortune. William resolves to go to London, find Mr.
Diamond and make amends. But the murky big city, with its sinister characters and treacherous back
streets, is no place for a boy of twelve. And Mr. Diamond's own son is not the sort of person to forgive
and forget. Danger and deceit lie waiting...
ISBN: 978-0-09958-327-1
256
pages
$9.99
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map showing the way to Captain Flint's treasure, he and Squire
Trelawney set sail on the
Hispaniola
to search for the gold. Little do they know that among their crew is
the dastardly pirate Long John Silver. Silver has a devious plan to keep the gold all to himself. Can brave
Jim outwit the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas? Will he escape from Treasure Island alive?
ISBN: 978-0-09957-303-6
368
pages
$9.99
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most
disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also
horribly lonely. Then one day she hears about a garden in the grounds of the Manor that has been kept
locked and hidden for years. And when a friendly robin helps Mary find the key, she discovers the most
magical place anyone could imagine...
ISBN: 978-0-09957-295-4
384
pages
$9.99
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very hard for Sara Crewe to like her new life at
boarding school. Luckily Sara is always dreaming up wonderful things and her power of telling stories
wins her lots of friends. When a letter arrives that brings disastrous news, the wicked headmistress Miss
Minchin forces Sara to become a servant. Her lovely clothes and toys are taken away from her. She
must work from dawn until midnight. How will Sara cope with her new found poverty? Can her
imagination help her overcome this horrible situation?
ISBN: 978-0-09957-372-2
352
pages
$9.99
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