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Search for treasure / by Monroe, Mary Alice.; May, Angela M.;
Jake Potter is back on Dewees Island for another summer with his beloved grandmother, and to cheer his dad and his friends up he decides they should try and find a special treasure box hidden somewhere nearby.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Fathers and sons; Treasure troves; Quests (Expeditions); Friendship;

No place like home / by Nguyen, Linh S.;
Sweeping in scope and timeless in tone, No Place like Home is a middle-grade portal fantasy unlike any other. Lan, a teenager who recently came to Canada from Vietnam, spends every day searching for a sense of belonging. Books are the only things that make her feel at ease. But it comes as a shock when a mysterious wind whisks her right into the pages of her latest fantasy read. More shocking still is the fact that she herself summoned this wind! Plunged into the magical world of Silva, Lan realizes she has much to offer protagonists Annabelle and Marlow. Once a homesick reader and bystander rooting for the very characters that now stand before her, Lan is a budding witch who suddenly has the power to help their quest. Somewhere inside her lies the ability to not only save Annabelle and Marlow's home, but also to shape a familiar tale into something new. As Lan faces off against tree guardians, moving corn mazes, heart-eaters and thoughtless kings, she finds that Silva is not so different from Toronto: new homes can be messy. Now, torn between several places at once, Lan begins to confront an important question: how do you redefine a lost home?
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Vietnamese Canadians; Immigrants; Books and reading; Magic; Quests (Expeditions);

Dandelion / by Liew, Jamie Chai Yun,author.;
"When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily's previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Brunei. Years later, still affected by Swee Hua's disappearance, Lily's family is nonetheless stubbornly silent to her questioning. But eventually, an old family friend provides a clue that sends Lily to Southeast Asia to find out the truth. Winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award from the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, Dandelion is a beautifully written and affecting novel about motherhood, family secrets, migration, isolation, and mental illness. With clarity and care, it delves into the many ways we define home, identity, and above all, belonging."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Absentee mothers; Family secrets; Identity (Psychology); Missing persons; Motherhood; Quests (Expeditions); Social isolation;

Robin Hood : the one who looked good in green / by Mass, Wendy,1967-;
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Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Robin Hood (Legendary character); Maid Marian (Legendary character); Quests (Expeditions); Cooperativeness; Fairy tales;

The fast and the frozen / by Stilton, Geronimo.;
Grades 2-4.007-010.
Subjects: Stiltonoot, Geronimo (Fictitious character); Humorous stories, Italian.; Quests (Expeditions); Prehistoric peoples; Journalists; Mice; Historical fiction, Italian.;
© c2013., Scholastic,

Godkiller / by Kaner, Hannah,author.;
You are not welcome here, godkiller. Kissen's family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins. Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favor. Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning -- something is rotting at the heart of the kingdom, and only they can be the ones to stop it.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Bisexual fiction.; Novels.; Bisexual women; Gods; Imaginary places; Knights and knighthood; Nobility; People with disabilities; Quests (Expeditions);

Atlas : the story of Pa Salt / by Riley, Lucinda,1965-2021,author.; Whittaker, Harry,author.;
1928, Paris : A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn't dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is. As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one's safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more. 2008, the Aegean. The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly. To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed, another question emerges. The sisters must confront the idea that their adored father was someone they barely knew. And even more shockingly: that these long-buried secrets may still have consequences for them today.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Adopted children; Families; Family secrets; Fathers; Generations; Quests (Expeditions); Sisters;

Crystal keepers / by Mull, Brandon,1974-;
"Cole Randolph ventures to a new kingdom as he continues his search for his friends<U+2014>and also pursues his quest to mend what has gone awry with the magic in The Outskirts. Can he overcome the challenges ahead, or will he be stranded forever in a world between reality and imagination?"--www.bookmanager.com.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Missing persons; Quests (Expeditions); Imaginary places; Kings and rulers; Enemies; Magic;
© 2015., Aladdin,

Pearly Everlasting : a novel / by Armstrong, Tammy,author.;
"New Brunswick, 1934. When a cook in a logging camp finds an orphaned baby bear, he brings it home to his wife, who names the cub Bruno and raises him alongside her newborn daughter, Pearly Everlasting. During the Great Depression, amidst severe poverty and dangerous work conditions, Pearly's family and the woodsmen form a close-knit community that embraces the tame, young bear in their camp. But when a new camp supervisor--who increasingly endangers the lives of the loggers for profit--arrives, he is less accepting of Bruno. When the supervisor is found dead, Bruno is blamed, and soon after is kidnapped and sold to an animal trader. Pearly, now a teenager, has no choice but to find Bruno and sets off on a hazardous solo journey through the forest--her first trip to "the Outside"--to rescue him. To make her way home again, Pearly will have to tramp more than fifty miles through ice and snow, elude the malevolent spirit of Jack in the Dark and confront the modern-day cruelty of villagers fearful of her family's way of life. Over those harrowing miles, Pearly will discover what it really means to be family to a bear."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Bears; Human-animal relationships; Lumber camps; Quests (Expeditions); Voyages and travels; Young women;

Wind and truth / by Sanderson, Brandon,author.;
"Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare--and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium's place has thrown everythinginto disarray. Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide--Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah. The former assassin Szeth must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons--and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Good and evil; Imaginary places; Imaginary wars and battles; Knights and knighthood; Magic; Ocean travel; Quests (Expeditions);

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