Author: Becky Citra
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: readers, orca, days
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 1551432560
ISBN-13: 9781551432564

Brady is a dreadful card player and he doesn’t like dogs. His mother has moved him across the country to be near to his grandfather who insists on playing (and winning) endless games of Crazy Eights and whose ornery, ancient dog makes Brady’s life miserable. Abra, next door, is nice to him, but she dresses like a witch and she’s a girl. The only way that Brady can see to make real friends in his new home is to enter the upcoming dog show, but how is he going to do that without a dog?

Author: Holly Bennett
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: bonemender
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1551433362
ISBN-13: 9781551433363

Gabrielle is a bonemender of extraordinary talent. Between her work as a healer and her duties as one of the royal family of Verdeau, her life is busy, comfortable and predictable—until the day a stranger arrives at her gate, desperately seeking help for his injured friend. To Gabrielle’s wonder, they are Elves, a people not seen in Verdeau in many years. And they bring news of a coming invasion that threatens the freedom of the entire Krylian basin, human and Elvish alike. As Verdeau arms for war, Gabrielle must mobilize the bonemenders and prepare herself for the nightmarish work of

Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: readers, orca, underdog
Number of Pages: 167
Published: 2004-09-30
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 1551433028
ISBN-13: 9781551433028

Underdog is the seventh installment in Eric Walter’s popular basketball series for young readers.

Author: Norah McClintock
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: soundings, orca, picture
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1554691389
ISBN-13: 9781554691388

Ethan lives in a foster home, struggling to put his life on the right track. Involved in a photography program for at-risk kids, he finds himself threatened again and again by someone who wants his camera. What does Ethan know? And what is on his camera that someone is willing to kill for? Struggling to stay out of trouble and solve the mystery, he discovers he has all the answers. He just has to figure out the questions. (20091022)

Author: Dayle Campbell Gaetz
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: soundings, orca, problem
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1551432315
ISBN-13: 9781551432311

Curt seems to have it all—a girlfriend, friends, a good summer job and a guaranteed position on the baseball team with the promise of a professional career. Then, one misstep causes his world to unravel and his life to plummet into the depths of depression and addiction. A bleak yet ultimately hopeful story about one teen’s struggle with the pressures of growing up, fitting in and getting by.

Author: H. J. Hutchins
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: readers, orca, rockets
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 2004-10-15
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 1551433001
ISBN-13: 9781551433004

TJ overcame his fear of cats in TJ and the Cats and his fear of ghosts in TJ and the Haunted House. Now, he’s not so keen on facing his fear of failure. His best friend Seymour is determined to come up with the latest greatest invention and TJ’s gran expects TJ to build a rocket. The kittens, T-Rex and Alaska, are eager to get involved. When the first rocket that TJ builds plummets out of the sky, no parachute in sight, TJ is sure that his efforts are doomed. But are they?

Author: Pam Withers
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Keywords: soundings, orca, breathless
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1551434806
ISBN-13: 9781551434803

Beverly is in Hawaii, helping her uncle at his dive shop, learning how to dive and trying to lose weight and get a boyfriend. When Garth, an accomplished diver, shows an interest in her, Beverly is ecstatic, until it turns out Garth is only interested in one thing. Struggling with failing strength from her self-imposed starvation diet, Beverly finds herself in deep trouble when she has to fight Garth off underwater. (20060301)