Books with title The Toll Bridge

Far to the north of the Old Kingdom, the Greenwash Bridge Company has been building a bridge for almost a hundred years. It is not an easy task, for many dangers threaten the bridge builders, from nomad raiders to Free Magic sorcerers. Despite the danger, Morghan wants nothing more than to join the Bridge Company as a cadet. But the company takes only the best, the most skillful Charter mages, and trains them hard, for the night might come when only a single young cadet must hold the bridge against many foes. Will Morghan be that cadet?

The night of her stroke, Tilda Chantyman saw the future of her teenaged grandsons; they were influencing world leaders. What she didn't see was the fire they would walk through to achieve this. After her death, Tyler and Chester would be forced to leave tranquil Nazko and live with their estranged mother and her new husband in Quesnel, a bustling forestry city. From a small, rural, predominantly Aboriginal, school, they would be thrust into a crowded, multicultural high school being controlled by two gangs, the Warriors and the Machetes. The new principal of West Side High, Ms. Conrankie, had been hired to fix the problem. With the bearing of a fuhrer and ten years of prison management under her belt, she wasn't supposed to fail.Rivalry was nothing new to the Chantymans. They'd been battling over Tonya Clement for years. Though she and Tyler were best friends, Chester had never stopped fighting for her heart.The Bridge changed everything.

Trog Rumble lives under a useless bridge to nowhere. But when he learns it was once part of a great project, he starts to dream: ‘Could my home become something wonderful for everyone?’Welcome to the magical world of Fairy Forest, full of fairies, elves, pixies, unicorns and glow guards! Young readers love these whimsical ‘fairy tales’ about courage, perseverance, trust and friendship.This book's Lexile measure is 600L. Search for other books in the Fairy Forest series!Perfect for ages 6–9Short chapters and age-appropriate length (1300-1700 words)Gorgeous illustrationsTroll Bridge is published by Reading Eggs, the educators with more than 30 years' experience publishing quality literacy resources for children all over the world.

Although she has been raised by her father, sixteen-year-old Ginny has always felt a bond with her mother, a Haitian painter whom she has never known. Like her mother, Ginny is a talented and passionate artist. As the only mixed-race teen in a small Welsh village, Ginny hasn't always had an easy life, but her love for art has always helped her get along. Then her world is turned upside down. First she learns that she has a white half brother, the child of her father's first marriage. Then she uncovers some startling news about her mother. Suddenly, her whole life seems like a lie. Desperate and confused, Ginny sets off on an urgent quest to find the truth about her past - and lay claim to her true identity.