letters

Written as a series of letters to her dead mother, nearly eighteen-year-old Rhea leaves Ireland for America in 1999, struggling with grief and confusion and seeking answers about her mother's past.

"Sophie Brown was just settling in to her new town and her new role as the keeper of some highly unusual chickens, chickens with secret superpowers. But the arrival of two more magical chickens, plus some unusual eggs to be incubated and hatched, plus an impending inspection from theUnusual Poultry Committee has Sophie feeling pretty stressed out. And as if that wasn't enough, Sophie's a little nervousabout her rapidly approaching first day at a new school. What if she doesn't fit in? What if her chickens get lonely?This girl might need some superpowers of her own to keep her flock and herself together"--Dust jacket.

"Ollie and Moritz might never meet, but their friendship knows no bounds. Their letters carry on as Ollie embarks on his first road trip away from the woods--no easy feat for a boy allergic to electricity--and Moritz decides which new school would best suit an eyeless boy who prefers to be alone. Along the way they meet other teens like them, other products of strange science who lead seemingly normal lives in ways Ollie and Moritz never imagined possible""--Provided by publisher.

"[Readers are invited to] follow Winston the mouse as he sets out to deliver Oliver's letter to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. He has a lot of very exciting adventures on this very important mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Like an advent calendar counting down to Christmas, each day also features festive things to make and do"--OCLC.

"O Canada, in Christmastime! Come with Juliette and her "crazy Canuck cousin" as they take a holiday trip across the country, all the way from Prince Edward Island and vieux Qu?bec to Winnipeg and Vancouver. Along the way Juliette gets really cool Canadian gifts--like 8 bears a-swimming, 6 Mounties marching, and a loon in a maple tree!"--Amazon.com.

In Australia, Lucy tries to balance her life at home surrounded by her Chinese immigrant family, with her life at a pretentious private school.

Juliet Young has always written letters to her mother, a world famous photojournalist--even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave.

"Augusta writes letters to her younger sister, Louie, about life in middle school, from tackling a new school building to meeting new people like the assistant principal, the class pet, and the renegade"--OCLC.

The true story of how the author learned that one tiny act of kindness can have a huge impact after she gives a thank you letter to her mail carrier.

In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.