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Well Witched

by Hardinge, Frances

Three friends fall prey to the demands of the Well Witch when they trespass in her wishing well and steal some coins.

Lady Liberty

A Biography

by Rappaport, Doreen

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The London Eye Mystery

by Dowd, Siobhan

When Ted and Kat's cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently...

Forever Rose

by McKay, Hilary

Rose knows that nothing stays the same forever.Still, it's hard to watch her sisters and brother growing up and moving so far ahead of her. Caddy is back, but ...

Rex Zero, King of Nothing

by Wynne-Jones, Tim

In sixth grade now, the wildly imaginative Rex Zero and his friends hatch a plan to replace Miss Garr, the substitute teacher from hell, and Rex takes on the p...

How the Hangman Lost His Heart

by Grant, K. M.

When her Uncle Frank is executed for treason against England's King George in 1746 and his severed head is mounted on a pike for public viewing, daring Alice t...

Who Was First?

Discovering the Americas

by Freedman, Russell

"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage...

Elijah of Buxton

by Curtis, Christopher Paul

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and...

Whale Port

by Foster, Mark

Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A fe...

The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio

by Alexander, Lloyd

Naive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities o...