Most Popular Books by Sarah N. Harvey

Amy is abducted and locked away, forced to write essays about the error of her ways.

When Jack develops an interest in something, he puts his all into it, making lists, doing research and learning all he can. When his best friend Leah decides to have plastic surgery for her sixteenth birthday, Jack is horrified—and then determined to stop her. Researching the surgery and the results, he finds that there are unscrupulous surgeons operating on the very young, and no one does anything about it. Jack organizes a protest and becomes an instant celebrity. But when someone else takes up the cause and the protest turns violent, Jack is forced to make some tough decisions. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

What''s it like to see the world through the eyes of a child? This beautifully illustrated board book celebrates the point of view of children who are too small to tell you what they see but not too small to experience the joy of small things such as a colorful mobile, a favorite teddy, an older brother''s Lego castle or a trip to the park. Young readers will take pleasure in finding all the objects the baby sees, and adults will enjoy the depiction of how a child''s world expands on almost a daily basis.

Sid, who lives happily with his foster parents, is disturbedto learn the story about his birth family and his troubled younger brother. He decides to leave and help find the sibling.

Eight teens are dropped off on a remote west-coast island for a week-long treatment program called INTRO (Into Nature to Renew Ourselves). The story is told by two of them: Alice, whose police-officer mother believes Alice might have a substance-abuse problem, and Caleb, who assaulted his abusive stepfather. They are joined by six other miscreants and three staff: a psychologist, a social worker and an ex-cop. On the first night, one of the girls disappears from her cabin. There is a panicked search of the island, but she is nowhere to be found. The adults seem oddly ineffectual in dealing with the crisis—and then the ex-cop gets sick and dies. The radio has been sabotaged, and there is no way to call for help. When the social worker also becomes ill, the kids decide to take matters into their own hands and track down the killer.

When eleven puppies are born on Mollie''s family''s boat, chaos ensues. Mollie''s mother wonders what to do, but Mollie has an idea. She will host a tea party in order to find homes for Charlotte, Heidi, Stuart, Margalo, Max, Pippi, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger. But Wilbur...Wilbur is special. Not just any home will do for him.

March has a perfect life: beauty, popularity, a great job, a loving family and a hot boyfriend. So when she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her, she is hurt and enraged. When she lashes out at him, he falls and is badly injured. March panics, flees the scene and then watches her perfect life spiral out of control. In a misguided attempt to atone for her crime, March changes her appearance, quits her job and tries to become invisible until an unlikely friendship and a new job force her to re-engage with life. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

Royce (aka Rolly) is having a bad year. Not only has his mother dragged him across the country in order to be close to her aged father Arthur, a celebrated cellist, but he''s also recovering from mono. When he convinces his mother to let him finish the school year by correspondence, he''s left feeling isolated and lonely, and spends his time watching TV and plotting ways to get back to his friends in Nova Scotia. But before his plans can be implemented, his grandfather has a small stroke. Suddenly Arthur needs more care than Royce''s mother can provide and, after a couple of hired care aides quit, Royce is pressed into service. Looking after a ninety-five-year-old—especially one as cantankerous, crafty and stubborn as Arthur—is a challenge. But as Royce gets to know the eccentric old man—who loves the Pussycat Dolls, hates Anderson Cooper and never listens to the kind of music that made him famous—he gradually comes to appreciate that his grandfather''s life still has meaning. Even if Arthur himself seems to want it to end.

Julia and Ruth have been unlikely best friends since they first met in Sunday school—Ruth was standing on the Bible-crafts table belting out "Jesus Loves Me." Now that they''re a year away from graduation, they''re putting the finishing touches on their getaway plans. But their dream of a funky big-city loft and rich, interesting older men is threatened when preacher''s daughter Ruth goes to a wild party without studious Julia, and all hell breaks loose. Ruth gets pregnant; Julia gets creative. Determined to support her friend and stay on track for life after high school, Julia comes up with a plan that will require all her intelligence, compassion, ingenuity and patience. Drawing on some great (and some not-so-great) works of literature, Julia proves that you can learn a lot just by opening up a book.

Harriet is a donor-conceived child who is connecting with her half-siblings in this work of young adult fiction.

After Emily''s aunt dies, Emily learns that everything she has always believed is a lie, and her world crumbles. Forced to face the fact that her mother is not who she thought she was, Emily tries to find the truth about her past and make sense of her future. Turning to graffiti and vandalism as a way to deal with her anger, she comes to realize that there is more to a family than shared DNA. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! Available in Spanish as El blanco.

Combining evocative haiku, informative text and luminous illustrations, Great Lakes and Rugged Ground is a celebration, for our youngest readers, of more than four hundred years of Ontario''s history. Each detail-rich illustration depicts a particular moment in the province''s dynamic saga from first European contact, the War of 1812, the building of the railroad and the Rideau Canal, the early development of the industries that have made the province the backbone of the national economy, through the emergence of a unique Canadian cultural identity, the hardships of two World Wars and modern industrial development. Great Lakes and Rugged Ground will give young readers a vivid sense of Ontario''s rich history.

Trauer, Gemeinheit, Witz und Freundschaft ganz dicht beieinander Royce ist siebzehn und hat neuerdings eine Aufgabe: Gegen Cash soll er sich um seinen uralten Großvater Arthur kümmern, der alle um sich herum in den Wahnsinn treibt. Keine leichte Herausforderung, meint auch seine Mutter Nina. Aber aus der reinen Geschäftsbeziehung wird bald mehr, und Royce und der greise Arthur werden ziemlich beste Freunde.

Después de la muerte de su tía, Emily se entera de que todo lo que siempre ha creído es una mentira y su mundo entero se derrumba. Obligada a enfrentar el hecho de que madre no es quien ella creía, Emily trata de descubrir la verdad sobre su pasado y encontrarle sentido al futuro. Para manejar su ira, Emily se vuelca al grafiti y al vandalismo, pero al fin se da cuenta de que la familia es mucho más que solo ADN en común. Disponible en inglés: Bull''s Eye.

" -Tu m''as manqué, répète-t-il en baissant les yeux. Sans toi, rien n''est pareil. Traduisez: Je ne sais pas cuisiner, je n''ai plus une seule chemise propre, et l''aspirateur refuse obstinément de sortir de son placard depuis que tu es partie. " Non, Alex ne craquera pas. Elle ne retournera pas dans les bras de celui qui l''a allègrement trompée avec sa prof de gym. Même si rompre est difficile - n''a-t-elle pas passé six ans avec Max ? -, ses copines ont bien raison pas la peine de pleurer cet homme, il ne le mérite pas. Aussi, lorsque ses fidèles acolytes, Emma et Serena, lui proposent de soigner le mal par le mâle en organisant une chasse à l''homme, Alex finit par se laisser convaincre. Mais, peu sûre d''elle et pas du tout dévergondée malgré ses efforts, soir après soir elle rentre bredouille. Pas facile d''être ce qu''on n''est pas !

Passionné de bandes dessinées, Sid a seize ans. Il a été recueilli très jeune par Megan et Caleb, sa famille d''accueil, auprès desquels il vit heureux. Réservé, il ne s''attache pas facilement, sauf quand arrive Fariza, la dernière petite fille mutique que le couple a recueillie. Mais un jour, tout bascule : un homme dénommé Phil, l''ami de sa mère, Devi, vient frapper à la porte pour annoncer à Sid qu''il a un demi-frère, et que ce dernier a disparu... Sid accepte de partir à la recherche de ce garçon, sans vraiment savoir ce qu''il va trouver au bout du voyage. Mais ce qui est sûr, c''est que sa vie en sera à jamais changée. Un livre beau et émouvant, qui pourrait aussi s''appeler La vie comme elle va (c''est-à-dire pas toujours bien) : ainsi pourrait-on résumer cette chronique familiale aux personnages terriblement attachants. Deux mondes se côtoient dans ce petit coin de British Columbia, sur la côte ouest du Canada. D''un côté, une petite communauté ilienne soudée de gens simples aux valeurs vraies. De l''autre, les « gens de la ville », sur le continent, englués dans les problèmes de chômage, de détresse et de solitude. L''auteur procède par petites touches - comme Sid quand il dessine - pour faire le portrait de ses personnages (leurs doutes, leurs fêlures, mais aussi leurs espoirs et tous leurs bonheurs), maniant le non-dit et la suggestion pour dire que rien n''est tout à fait perdu si l''on sait donner une chance aux autres et à la vie !

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.

This Teaching Guide provides age-appropriate discussion questions and lessons about literary devices, relevant vocabulary, grammar points and more.