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A Faraway Island

by Thor, Annika

Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden.It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-...

Signal

by DeFelice, Cynthia

After moving with his emotionally distant father to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, twelve-year-old Owen faces a lonely summer until he meets an a...

Giants of Science

Albert Einstein

by Krull, Kathleen

Albert Einstein. His name has become a synonym for genius. His wild case of bedhead and playful sense of humor made him a media superstar—the first, maybe on...

The Day of the Pelican

by Paterson, Katherine

Meli Lleshi is positive that her drawing of her teacher with his pelican nose started it all. The Lleshis are Albanians living in Kosovo, a country trying to f...

The Georges and the Jewels

by Smiley, Jane

A Pulitzer Prize winner makes her debut for young readers.Jane Smiley makes her debut for young readers in this stirring novel set on a California horse ranch ...

The Georges and the Jewels

by Smiley, Jane

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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

by Stewart, Trenton Lee

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their fami...

Notes from the Dog

by Paulsen, Gary

When Johanna shows up at the beginning of summer to house-sit next door to Finn, he has no idea of the profound effect she will have on his life by the time su...

Crows & Cards

by Helgerson, Joseph

Three warnings for readers who hate surprises: 1. Beware of slivers, 2. and gamblers, 3. and aces. Zebulon Crabtree found all that out the hard way back in 184...

A Kiss in Time

by Flinn, Alex

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