Mary Casanova crée des histoires qui comptent et que les jeunes lecteurs ne peuvent pas lâcher. Ses récits, souvent tirés de ses expériences de vie à la frontière entre le Minnesota et le Canada ou de ses recherches approfondies à l'étranger, explorent des thèmes qui résonnent profondément auprès des enfants. Elle considère la récompense ultime comme la déclaration d'un enfant qui aime ses livres, considérant l'écriture comme une forme vitale de communication de l'auteur au lecteur. Casanova décrit les mots comme son pinceau, son outil pour explorer le monde, et elle se délecte de partager sa passion pour l'écriture et la lecture avec un public de tous âges.
Chrissa's had a good summer, practicing for swim team tryouts. Then her world is shaken when she and her friends get mean text messages and there's an accident at the pool. Can one girl put an end to the bullying?
When ten-year-old Jess McConnell meets a new friend on her trip to the ancient Maya ruins in Belize, she is invited on an eco-adventure and makes some real discoveries--about the dangers in the Belizean jungle, about the people who have lived there since long ago, and about herself.
Set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Norway in 1942, a determined twelve-year-old girl named Marit embarks on a risky mission despite her grandfather's concerns. As she strives to contribute to the Resistance by cracking a secret code, the story explores the courage of ordinary Norwegians standing up for their freedoms, highlighting the grim reality of the German secret police's actions against educators. With vivid descriptions of island life, the novel delves into themes of trust, secrecy, and the sacrifices made for dignity during wartime.
Twelve-year-old Cecile Revel is given a change to leave her peasant life and serve at King Louis XIV's court. She finds life within the palace gates is not as full of ease and elegance as she had imagined. Faced with a test of conscience, Cecile shows that behaving in a noble matter has little to do with one's place at birth.
After being sent to work with her father in Minnesota, young Alex gets stranded on a small island with a wounded eagle and must manage to keep the other animals at a distance while trying to find a way to get back to her own home. Reprint.
When Kit arrives in Kentucky to visit her aunt and brother she finds trouble brewing and locals blaming the CCC workers, leaving Kit to find the real culprit before things get worse.