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A Gift from Childhood

Memories of an African Boyhood

by Diakité, Baba Wagué

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tra...

Saving the Baghdad Zoo

A True Story of Hope and Heroes

by Halls, Kelly Milner

The baghdad zoo was once home to more than six hundred magnificent animals. But after the war in Iraq began in 2003, the city faced widespread destruction. Whe...

Alchemy and Meggy Swann

by Cushman, Karen

Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was ...

Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol

by Krieg, Jim

Twelve-year-old Griff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime. Because Griff’s not just any kid—he’s a kid with a badge. And if you are a crimin...

Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down!

How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me and Mom

by Stamaty, Mark Alan

FOR HIS EIGHTH birthday, Mark Alan Stamaty’s parents gave him his very own radio. Little did his mother realize that that innocent-looking plastic box would ...

The Not-So-Great Depression

by Koss, Amy Goldman

A TIMELY, WARMHEARTED NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN HARD ECONOMIC TIMES.Jacki’s ninth–grade teacher is always going on about the unemployment index and the recession...

The Dreamer

by Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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Once

by Gleitzman, Morris

Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn't know anything about the war, and t...

Kiss

by Wilson, Jacqueline

HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT. Sylvie is sure Carl loves her, so why hasn’t he kissed her?Sylvie and Carl have always been best friends, and Sylvie’s always...

Ashes

by Lasky, Kathryn

Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm’s favorite pastime is reading. With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gaby turns to her books for comf...