Kirjahaku

See the girl in the trees. Catch her if you can.Several centuries ago, a group of ecologists escaped the breakdown of a societyravaged by climate change by vanishing into giant, genetically engineered forests inthe North American west. Dwelling among vast canopies that hover several thousandfeet above the earth, their descendants fear the cannibals roaming far beneath themand cling to the teachings of their sacred text, The Book of Silvanus.Sixteen year-old Ostrya considers it a burden to train as the canopy's next doctor. Buther life's work has been preordained-and she's desperate to reclaim her mother's love.When a cataclysmic storm wracks the canopy, Ostrya begins to face her doubts aboutthe teachings of the book and the laws of the canopy. If she is to survive, she will haveto decide if her destiny is in the treetops or on the forest floor.

Nora the not-so-big cat shares everything with her sharp-eyed boy: pillows and books and toys. Everything-except for one mystery shut inside a secret room. When the door is left open one evening, Nora sneaks through. She will need all her bravery and little cat powers to protect her friends from the monster that lurks inside.Nora and the Lake Monster is a storybook about how the adventures we read inside books can inspire our own imaginations.