Books with author MacLachlan

Three young girls are kidnapped with no clues as to who took them or why. Six years later, they’re finally found, living naked and feral in the wilderness. Two of the girls are recovered by authorities, but the third escapes. After years of emotional and physical rehabilitation, sixteen-year-olds Skylar and Haley are ready to rejoin society and enter high school. But, when Skylar begins receiving threatening letters written in animal blood, she realizes that the normal life they’ve been constructing is about to fall apart around them.Skylar quickly joins the yearbook club and begins learning how to navigate the complex social hierarchy of teenagers, but Haley remains reclusive and withdrawn. Haley dreads that if they interact and get too close to their peers, someone will eventually uncover their past. A life Haley still misses, but Skylar doesn’t.Skylar becomes attracted to Trevor, the fallen school heartthrob, after she discovers his scent is strangely familiar to her. But Trevor shows no interest in Skylar despite her flirtatious and often animalistic advances. As the blood letters escalate in intensity and an unforeseen obstacle creates even more confusion, Skylar must risk exposing their past – and her own buried, horrible secret – to uncover the stalker before it’s too late.A secret that can turn her back into the feral creature she once was and loathes.

Zee (short for Zara) lives in a quiet suburb of Belfast, with an apparently idyllic family life. But Zee's father was shot dead in front of them all, and the whole family is still struggling with the extent of grief and pain that this has caused. Her brother Gary has become a rabid anti-Catholic, and a fervent Orange-man. And Zee? She's trying desperately to continue a normal life. Unfortunately as a teenager, this means finding boyfriends, and she is irresistibly drawn to local boy Conor, who's from the token Catholic family. Gary will kill him if he realises, and even the adults will separate them by all means if they are discovered. As Zee and Conor keep up a double life, and argue over the need to do so in what is, after all, their own hometown, the jealousies and petty hatreds of those around them come to a head. Conor is beaten up - but Zee pays for her 'disloyalty' by having her face slashed unmercifully and losing her looks forever.

Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped above her mother's typewriter:Fact and fiction are different truths. She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello and play Mozart the way he deserves to be played.Minna soon discovers that some things can't be found-they just have to happen. And as she waits for her vibrato to happen, Minna begins to understand some facts and fictions about herself.

Ewan Cameron of Glenard Farm is a boy with a mission. His dog, Ben, has just killed his father’s prize ram and Ewan intends to run away to save him. However, Ben has other ideas. The startling revelation that Ben can speak shows Ewan another world, a world of wizards and elves, fairies and goblins, and a whole host of animals who can not only talk, but who are waging war against an ancient evil, which Ewan and Ben must evade in a race against time to get the Healing Water back to Glenard before the Sickness carried by the prize ram infects all the animals.

The scientific innovations of Galileo Galilei are pivotal to our understanding of the laws of the natural world. Drawing on his diverse studies in philosophy, mathematics, mechanics, music, astronomy, and engineering, Galileo developed revolutionary theories that thoroughly changed the disciplines of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and technology. Galileo Galilei traces the great scientist's education, describes his maverick experiments in Padua and Pisa, and recreates the ingenious pathway of his famous discoveries. Often censored and imprisoned for his radical ideas that clashed with fundamental Church doctrines, Galileo persisted in his pursuit of scientific truths to bestow upon future generations the inspiration to challenge conventional views. His theories about the motions of falling bodies, his study of pendulums, and his major discoveries in astronomy made with a self-built telescope are all clearly explained in this volume. Heavily illustrated with photographs, graphics, and technical schemes, Galileo Galilei also features a number of sidebars elucidating important details of the great mans contributions.Oxford Portraits in Science is a collection of scientific biographies for young adults. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.

Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Medal–winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall, weaves a poignant story that celebrates how our unique "small truths" make each of us magical and brave in our own ways.When Robbie spends the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, he revels in his grandmother's easy, relaxed ways. Robbie has always felt as if something is missing in his life—his parents don't always act like they love him. Maddy helps him understand that an experience his mother had long ago is at the heart of the problem in his family. With this knowledge, Robbie finds the courage to try to make things right.Publishers Weekly Best Children's BookALA Booklist Notable Children's Books NomineeNew York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

This book is about one of the most interesting and important group of islands in the world. It explains what helped form the isolated islands, and how its unique ecosystem developed way out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The book goes on to talk about when the islands were first discovered and talks about the incredibly important theory Charles Darwin developed there that help change science forever. The book concludes by talking more about its unique features and animals and explains what visiting the islands is like.

From the Newbery Award–winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall comes a story about one brave girl who saves her family from losing everything.Everyone in Lucy’s family sings. Opera. Rap. Lullabies. Everyone, except Lucy. Lucy can’t sing; her voice just won’t come out. Just like singing, helping Aunt Frankie prepare for flooding season is a family tradition—even if Frankie doesn’t want the help. And this year, when the flood arrives, danger finds its way into the heart of Lucy’s family, and Lucy will need to find her voice to save her brother.