Tim Wynne-Jones
2) Zoom at sea
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Series
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English
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Zoom the cat realizes his lifelong dream of nautical adventure in the home of a mysterious woman with magical powers.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Accompanying his "sidekick" mom to the shoe store for a daring mission, S.A.M. confronts a shifty clerk before discovering that his brand-new tiger-striped shoes convey the superpower of enabling him to tie his own shoelaces.
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English
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"In "War at the Snow White Motel," Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at their motel, but a much bigger conflict -- the Vietnam War -- looms large on the horizon. Ant wants to join the #FridaysForFuture movement -- and impressing the new girl at school is only one good reason why. Joseph and Danny are determined to right an old wrong, no matter the consequences. Michel takes...
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English
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Description
After a disturbing freshman year at New York University, Mimi is happy to get away to her father's remote Canadian cottage only to discover a stranger living there who has never heard of her or her father and who is convinced that Mimi is responsible for leaving sinister tokens around the property.
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Series
Rex Zero volume 3
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English
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In 1963, when his family moves across town to a new school district in Ottawa, Canada, twelve-year-old Rex conspires with best friends James, Kathy, and Buster to attend the school in his old neighborhood.
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English
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"Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend -- his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past twenty-four hours. Where is he? Where is his girlfriend, Bee? In an attempt to flag down the next passing car, he startles the driver, causing a fatal accident. With sirens in the distance and the lingering feeling that he's running from something--or someone--Donovan grabs the dead driver's briefcase and...
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Series
Rex Zero volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1962 with everyone nervous about a possible nuclear war, ten-nearly-eleven-year-old Rex, having just moved to Ottawa from Vancouver with his parents and five siblings, faces his own personal challenges as he discovers new friends and a new understanding of the world around him.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The death of an apparent stranger in the Steeple family's old home triggers troubling questions for sixteen-year-old Declan as he tries to make sense of his fragmented dreams, random memories, and unexplained coincidences, hoping to learn the truth about the mother who suddenly left when he was ten.
16) Zoom upstream
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Zoom the cat follows a mysterious trail through a bookshelf to Egypt, where he joins his friend Maria in a search for his Uncle Roy.
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Publisher
DK Ink
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
At the age of fifteen Stephen begins having nightmares like the ones that drove his older brother away from home, and eventually the dreams lead to a discovery that is shocking but that ultimately allows his family to come back together.
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Series
Rex Zero volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
In 1962 Ottawa, eleven-year-old Rex Norton-Norton faces several confusing mysteries, including his father's troubling secrets from World War II, the problems of a beautiful but unhappy woman named Natasha, what to do about his mean and vindictive teacher, and whether or not he should even be concerned about these things.
20) The Zoom trilogy
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Publisher
Akadine Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
In Zoom at sea, Zoom the cat realizes his lifelong dream of nautical adventure in the home of a mysterious woman with magical powers. In Zoom away, Zoom and his friend Maria search the North Pole for elusive Uncle Roy. In Zoom upstream, Zoom follows a mysterious trail through a bookshelf to Egypt, where he joins his friend Maria in a search for his Uncle Roy.