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Almost Astronauts

13 Women Who Dared to Dream

by Stone, Tanya Lee

They had the right stuff. They defied the prejudices of the time. And they blazed a trail for generations of women to follow.What does it take to be an astrona...

Our White House

Looking In, Looking Out

by Not Available

More than one hundred leading authors and illustrators donate their talents to a collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry which ...

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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Princess Ben

by Murdock, Catherine Gilbert

A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit...

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 ...

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...

The Bearskinner

A Tale of the Brothers Grimm

by Schlitz, Laura Amy

A retelling of the Grimm fairy tale in which a despondent soldier makes a pact to do the devil's bidding for seven years in return for as much money and proper...

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...