Wendy Orr: 15 books

Book cover of The House at Evelyn's Pond
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001

When Ruth, with a love of flying that leads her to become an Auxiliary Pilot during WWII in England, meets Canadian navigator, Bill, on a fog-bound country airstrip, they know it's something special. And it is, until Bill's death some fifty years later. Recently widowed, Ruth returns to England for...
Book cover of Mokie and Bik
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014

From Mokie and Bik: Mokie and Bik lived on a boat called Bullfrog. They lived in it, on it, all around it—monkeying up ladders and down ropes, over the wheelhouse and across the cabin floor. "Twins!" their mother shouted, because the lines of her Art jiggled and jarred when Mokie...
Book cover of Because of Shoe and Other Dog Stories
by Margarita Engle, Valerie Hobbs, Jon J Muth
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012

Hilarious and heartwarming stories by nine renowned authors: · Ann M. Martin · Wendy Orr · Pam Muñoz Ryan · Mark Teague · Thacher Hurd · Valerie Hobbs · Margarita Engle · Matt de la Peña · Jon J Muth Adventures abound...
Book cover of Swallow's Dance
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018

I wonder if the first day of Learning is always like this - do the girls on the hill always feel the ground tremble under their feet? Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces....
Book cover of STOLEN! A Pony Called Pebbles
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012

Amy lives and breathes horses, but all her horses are in books or in her head. So when she goes on a picnic with her friend Hannah's family, Hannah thinks Amy is imagining things when she says she heard a horse neigh nearby. But then Hannah hears a neigh, too! What's a horse doing in the park? With...
Book cover of WANTED! A Guinea Pig Called Henry
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

Sam wants a pet for her birthday, but her mom and dad have already said that their apartment is too small for a cat or a dog. A trip to Rainbow Street Shelter to look at the smaller animals can't hurt, though! At the shelter, Sam finds the perfect pet for her, a fluffy black guinea pig named...
Book cover of ABANDONED! A Lion Called Kiki
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012

Mona's uncle Matthew works in a circus, and he always gives pretty great birthday presents. But when Mona turns eight, he gives her something better than juggling balls or stilts—a baby lion cub! His note says that the cub's mother couldn't care for it properly, and he knows Mona and her grandparents...
Book cover of Peeling the Onion

Peeling the Onion

A gripping story, told with honesty and biting humour

by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006

*Jenny rushes in; stops and turns pale at the sight of my scaffolded neck. This isn't what she expected to see - and for a moment Jenny, sunny, effervescent, ever-optimistic Jenny, stares at me and can't speak. 'They made a mistake - I broke my neck after all.' Jenny begins to cry. And...
Book cover of Nim's Island
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008

A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on...
Book cover of MISSING! A Cat Called Buster
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011

Buster isn't fluffy or pretty like other cats—he's a crazy orange cat with attitude. And Mr. Larsen is the exact right person for him. Every morning Buster and Mr. Larsen sit on their porch in the sun, and every morning Josh sees them when he walks to school. When Mr. Larsen goes to the hospital...
Book cover of Nim at Sea
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008

This time Nim’s the fish-out-of-water as she stows away on a cruise ship to save her kidnapped sea lion friend. Accompanied by her likeable iguana, Fred, the island girl lands with a splash in Manhattan, on the run from of a very Bad Guy, and on her way to reunite with her friend, cowardly adventure...
Book cover of LOST! A Dog Called Bear
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011

Logan is moving from the farm to the city. He'll miss all the things he's leaving behind, but at least he has Bear. He loves Bear more than anything else in the world—because Bear is his dog. Hannah lives in the city. What she wants, more than anything else in the world, is a dog of her own. At...
Book cover of Rescue on Nim's Island
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014

Nim lives on an island with her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, and their friend Alex Rover, the adventure writer. Nim's island is the most beautiful place in the world, and she wouldn't swap live anywhere else. When Jack invites a group of scientists to...
Book cover of DISCOVERED! A Beagle Called Bella
by Wendy Orr
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013

From the moment she's born, the adorable beagle puppy named Bella has a lot of energy. She runs, she chases, she somersaults, she chews, and she sniffs . . . and sniffs and sniffs and sniffs. Her new owners love her, but they soon realize that Bella is bored while they're out of the house all day,...
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