Bruno and Boots - Go Jump in the Pool

Gordon Korman

York Academy and Macdonald Hall have always been big rivals in both academics and their sports programs, but when Bruno Walton and Boots O' Neal. learns that Macdonald Hall is about to lose some of its best students to York because the Hall doesn't h ave a swimming pool, he goes on the warpath, determined to save the school. Though the Fish (Headmaster Sturgeon) feels it would be nice to have a pool, the school budget is short on the construction costs by $25,000; in a weak moment he agrees to allow Bruno and the students to try and raise the necessary funds, and Bruno's wonderful but warped mind goes right to work. Through rummage sales, talent shows, and contest entries, the Macdonald Hall boys are able to raise their first couple thousand dollars, but the campus is in an uproar ... and when Bruno announces a funny photo contest and the students start playing practical jokes on one another, the school is engulfed in total chaos. Will the Fish decides he has had enough, and forbids all further fund-raising activities? How far will Bruno go to keep his friends at Macdonald Hall? No matter the length, nothing may be enough, and the Hall's survival may rest in the hands of Boots' mortal enemy. morehide

Bruno and Boots - This can't be happening at Macdonald Hall

Gordon Korman

Bruno Walton and Melvin (Boots) O' Neal love their shared dorm room in the Topnotch Canadian boarding school, Macdonald Hall, but when their practical jokes get out of hand, Headmaster Sturgeon (The Fish) feels his best choice is to separate the life long friends. Bruno is forced to move in with Elmer Drimsdale, the eccentric school genius who raises fish in the bathtub, plants in the dresser, and who's idea of a good time is to stay up 'til the wee hours studying the Crab Nebula with his telescope, while Boots is saddled with George Wexford-Smyth III, a hypochondriac yuppie snob who believes it vitally important to sterilize his dorm room daily. Life is not good. Though Bruno comes up with one wild scheme after another to convince the Headmaster to put the two back together, it seems that nothing will work. Has the Fish managed to put a permanent end to Bruno and Boots' friendship? Not if Bruno has anything to say about it. This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall was Gordon Korman's first book, written as an English project when he was only 12 years old, and in it he introduced many of the Macdonald Hall characters that would remain favorites for many books to come. morehide

Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Anderson

Hans Anderson was a master storyteller. This selection of his stories includes favourites like 'The Little Mermaid', who wanted to walk on land, 'The Emperor's New Clothes' (that weren't there at all!), 'The Ugly Duckling', 'The Tinder Box' and 'The Snow Queen' who chilled the heart of Gerda's beloved friend. Also included are some fascinating but less well known stories such as ' The Wild Swan' and 'Big Claus and Little Claus'. morehide

The Cow and the Fly

Philip Ennis

What is the matter with Cow? Why is she snorting and cavorting all over the field? Something is driving her crazy - and her three bird friends are determined to help.

Calico Bush

Rachel Field

The classic pioneer story of Marguerite, a young French orphan in the New World, who promises to serve the Sargent family for six long years in retum for shelter, food and clothing.