Monica Hughes

This book helps readers to understand some of the amazing natural phenomena in the world around them. The series introduces patterns and cycles that take place in nature using a range of examples from around the world.

Then I hear the whistle of the train, and the sound takes me back to the farm near Cornell, back to the winter of 1930... All his life, Blaine has dreamed of being somewhere else. Growing up on a farm during the lean years of the depression, he must be content to watch the trains thunder past his home, count the cars, and pray that one day he will escape his life of poverty. It isn't until World war Two that Blaine sees his chance. He lies about his age, volunteers, and is shipped off to England. A brilliant coming-of-age novel by a master storyteller. In a novel with panoramic, historical sweep, a young boy's growth to manhood is recorded with warmth and insight. Through his memory, Monica Hughes offers an exceptionally evocative story.

A la mort de leur mère, Megan et son jeune frère Ian entreprennent un dangereux voyage à travers le Canada, dans la pleine canicule de l'été 2011, en direction des Rocheuses où habite l'oncle Greg. En cours de route, ils doivent se tirer de nombreuses embûches dressées par la nature mais surtout par les humains. [SDM].

A young boy tries on many different hats while trying to decide which one to wear.

Aliens arrive on Earth in a spaceship and enlist the help of a pair of telepathic twins in their search for an earthly substance to save their dying race.

Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game.