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Shakespeare Makes the Playoffsby Koertge, RonFielding his social life is a bigger challenge for Kevin than hitting a fastball in Ron Koertge’s funny, insightful sequel to SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP.Fourte... |
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The Last Summer of the Death Warriorsby Stork, Francisco X.When Pancho arrives at St. Anthony's Home, he knows his time there will be short: If his plans succeed, he'll soon be arrested for the murder of his sister's k... |
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War GamesA Novel Based on a True Storyby Couloumbis, Audrey & Couloumbis, AkilaBased on a true story of World War II.For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels unreal and far away. What’s real is working in his papa’s garden. Playing ... |
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The Carbon Diaries 2015by Lloyd, SaciIt's the year 2015, a time when global warming has begun to ravage the environment. In response, the United Kingdom becomes the first country to mandate carbon... |
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Marcelo in the Real Worldby Stork, Francisco X.Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he... |
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Sunrise over Fallujahby Myers, Walter DeanIn 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking Africa... |
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Rex Zero, King of Nothingby Wynne-Jones, TimIn 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... |
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Elijah of Buxtonby Curtis, Christopher PaulIn 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... |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indianby Alexie, ShermanBudding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is t... |
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The Wednesday Warsby Schmidt, Gary D.During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in ... |
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