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Lydia, Queen of Palestine

by Orlev, Uri & Halkin, Hillel

Ten-year-old Lydia describes her childhood escapades in pre-World War II Romania, her struggles to understand her parents' divorce amid the chaos of the war, a...

The Boggart

by Cooper, Susan

After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brough...

Letters from Rifka

by Hesse, Karen

In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a...

Missing May

by Rylant, Cynthia

After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to ...

Monkey Island

by Fox, Paula

Forced to live on the streets of New York after his mother disappears from their hotel room, eleven-year-old Clay is befriended by two men who help him survive.

The Wright Brothers

How They Invented the Airplane

by Freedman, Russell & Wright, Wilbur & Wright, Orville

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

Antar and the Eagles

by Mayne, William

Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles.