Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody knows her family‚'s world-famous rhubarb farm is magical. The plants taste like chocolate, jewels appear in the soil, bugs talk to her, and her best friend is a rhubarb plant named Harry. But the most magical thing is that every single Monday, at exactly 1:00, it rains. Until the Monday when the rain just stops. Now it‚'s up to Polly to figure out why‚ and whether her brother‚'s mysterious illness and her glamorous aunt Edith‚'s sudden desire to sell the farm have anything to do with it. Most of all, Polly has to make it start raining again before it‚'s too late. Her brother‚'s life, the plants‚' survival, and her family‚'s future all depend on it.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The Story of Cirrus Flux
In 1783 London, the destiny of an orphaned boy and girl becomes intertwined as the boy, Cirrus Flux, is pursued by a sinister woman mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel, all of whom believe that he possesses an orb containing a divine power.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Whistle Bright Magic: A Nutfolk Tale
Hard times have befallen the fairy town of Nutfolk Wood, but Whistle Bright is determined to stay in his forest village, even though humans are sure to destroy it. And Zelly wants to stay in the small town of Plunkit, even though her mother insists that they return to their lives in the big city. Zelly is convinced that she belongs in Plunkit, and only there will she find out more about her father, who disappeared when she was three.
In their quest to stay in the place that they love, the tiny Nutfolk boy and the human girl become allies, and both are surprised by the unexpected things that can happen in life.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
The Hallelujah Flight
Documents the heroic efforts of Depression-era pilot James Banning and his co-pilot and mechanic, Thomas Allen, to become the first African-Americans to fly across the country, an effort that was challenged by their dilapidated plane, treacherous weather and formidable racial barriers.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Young Zeus
"This is the story of how young Zeus, with a little help from six monsters, five gods, an enchanted she-goat (that's me), and his mother, became god of gods, master of lightning and thunder, and ruler over all"
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