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NPL - Juvenile Book Club Sets

The Nelson Public Library has a selection of book sets that can be borrowed individually or as a whole. These sets are available for teachers to use as a class set or for a couple friends to read together.

14 items

  • 24 copies available | Reading Level: Grades 5+ | Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their…
    BookToronto : Puffin Canada, 2020. — BCSET J F ROB
  • 20 copies available | Reading Level: Grades 4-7 | Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in their old school bus to save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.
    BookNew York : Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — BCSET J F GEM
  • 24 copies available | Reading Level: Grade 5+ | It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for…
    Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Puffin Books, 2020. — BCSET J F WAL
  • 23 copies available | Reading Level: Grade 5+ | Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but deeply shy, Aggie hasn't got much to do since the death of her beloved father . . . until…
    Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra, 2021. — BCSET J F JOC
  • 11 copies available | Reading Level: Grade 7+ | Mel and her mother, Cecily, know what it’s like to live rough, whether it’s on the streets or in the apartment of an abusive man. When Cecily announces that they’ve had enough and that they…
    BookToronto : Tundra Books, 2012. — BCSET J F SAN
  • 9 copies available | Reading Level: Middle grade, ages 10-12 | Fifteen-year-old cabin boy, Matt Cruse, lives in a world in which travel is done primarily by hot air balloon cruise ships. Matt's ship is attacked by pirates, he helps…
    BookToronto, ON : HarperTrophy, c2004. — BCSET J F OPP
  • Milton's Secret [Bookclub Set]

    An Adventure of Discovery Through Then, When, and the Power of Now

    Tolle, Eckhart, 1948-
    6 copies available | Reading Level: Grades 3-6 | A young boy learns to overcome his fears by living in the present, rather than the past or the future.
    BookCharlottesville, VA : Hampton Roads Pub. ; Vancouver, Canada : Namaste, c2008. — BCSET J F TOL
  • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

    Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall,
    25 copies available | Reading Level: Middle Grades to Highschool, with stand alone engaging chapters | Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique…
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]. — ON ORDER
  • 6 copies available | Reading Level: Grades 3 to 7 |A modern, beautifully written story set against the backdrop of the controversial issue of fracking that explores the timely themes of poverty, environmental protection, what makes a…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, [2018] — BCS J F HEL
  • 6 copies available | Reading Level: Grades 6-9 | From award-winning author Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says is a breathtaking testament to the lasting echoes of trauma, the redemptive power of humor, and the courage it takes to move forward…
    BookToronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2023] — BCS J F BOW
  • 6 copies available| Reading Level: Grades 3 to 7| Kyle Keeley is the class clown and a huge fan of all games—board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in…
    BookNew York : Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2013. — J F GRA
  • 6 copies available | Reading Level: Grades 3 to 7 | A captivating fantasy-adventure about a boy, a bat, and an amazing transformation. The first book in an enchanting trilogy, Forest of Wonders richly explores the links between magic and…
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — BCS J F PAR
  • 6 copies available | Reading Level: Middle Grades | The Library of Ever is an instant classic for middle grade readers and booklovers everywhere―an adventure across time and space, as a young girl becomes a warrior for the forces of…
    BookNew York : Imprint, 2019. — BCS J F ALE
  • 6 copies available | Reading level: Grades 4 to 8 | Ever since she washed ashore as a baby during a hurricane, Mo LoBeau has made her home in Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, with the Colonel, a café owner with a forgotten past of his own,…
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012. — BCS J F TUR