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Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones

by Sanderson, Brandon

Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soul-stealing...

The Diamond of Darkhold

by DuPrau, Jeanne

When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hope...

The Smile

by Napoli, Donna Jo

In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is about t...

The Dragonfly Pool

by Ibbotson, Eva

At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and selfexpressi...

The Midnight Twins

by Mitchard, Jacquelyn

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Jane Goodall

by Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta

Biography of Jane Goodall who at age twenty-six started a six-month project at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve on Lake Tanganyika, Africa which became her ...

Playing with Flying Keys

by Lang, Lang & French, Michael

Life story of Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist, from his early days of poverty and sacrifice to his coming-of-age as a renowned musician.

Crossing to Paradise

by Crossley-Holland, Kevin

When fifteen-year-old Gatty, an illiterate field-girl who sings beautifully, is selected for a pilgrimage, she travels from her home on an English estate to Lo...

Keeping the Night Watch

by Smith, Hope Anita

A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with ...

Genius Squad

by Jinks, Catherine

After the Axis Institute is blown up, fifteen-year-old Cadell Piggot is unhappily stuck in foster care with constant police surveillance to protect him from th...