Kenneth Oppel: 25 books

The hunt for a dinosaur skeleton buried in the Badlands, bitter rivalries, and a forbidden romance come together in this “fantastic” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that’s Romeo and Juliet meets Indiana Jones. Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries-buried rock and...

The forest heaves and splits in a terrible quake, and Griffin, a newborn Silverwing, is sucked deep into the earth. Drawn into the underworld, he must confront the ghosts of his father’s past before they threaten to take him, too. When Griffin is sucked into the Underworld, his father Shade...

Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life. Desperately...

The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark on the adventure of his life! When Will ends up in possession of the key to a train car containing priceless treasures, he becomes the target of...

A train gets waylaid in the middle of nowhere, and Luke and his dad find themselves with four hours to kill before it’s fixed. Just enough time for a trip to the mysterious, decrepit old museum on the edge of town. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.

For as long as he can remember, Paul has looked after his younger, weaker brother Sam. But when Sam leaves home to work as a research assistant in Watertown, he disappears into the dark folds of the city's noxious slum. When Paul goes looking for Sam in Watertown, he learns a dark secret: something...

From the Printz-Honor-winning author of Airborn comes an absorbing YA novel about a teen boy whose scientist parents take in a chimpanzee to be part of the family. For thirteen years, Ben Tomlin was an only child. But all that changes when his mother brings home Zan -- an eight-day-old chimpanzee....

**"Astonishing"—The New York Times Book Review A brilliantly funny, highly illustrated story about how a little ink splot changes a family forever. Perfect for those who love Hoot, Holes, or Frindle!** The Rylance family is stuck. Dad's got writer's block. Ethan promised to illustrate...

Las intenciones más puras pueden traer a la vida las más oscuras obsesiones. Los jóvenes hermanos Víctor y Konrad llevan una apacible vida en el castillo familiar. Junto con su prima Elizabeth se han convertido en inseparables, en cómplices de juegos y aventuras. Reciben clases privadas,...

“La science moderne m’a déçu. L’alchimie m’a déçu. Je ne crois plus en rien, mais je suis prêt à tout.” - Victor Frankenstein La Bibliothèque obscure n’est plus. Les livres ont été brulés et la cave murée. Pourtant, un livre de métal rouge résiste au brasier et s’avère...

Victor, Konrad et Elizabeth vivent une jeunesse de rêve entre les murs du château Frankenstein. Jusqu’à ce que Konrad tombe gravement malade et que Victor se rende compte qu’il est amoureux de leur cousine Elizabeth, tout comme lui. Heureusement, un vieux bouquin traitant d’alchimie, découvert...