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A Gift from Childhood

Memories of an African Boyhood

by Diakité, Baba Wagué

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tra...

Saving the Baghdad Zoo

A True Story of Hope and Heroes

by Halls, Kelly Milner

The baghdad zoo was once home to more than six hundred magnificent animals. But after the war in Iraq began in 2003, the city faced widespread destruction. Whe...

Planet Hunter

Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths

by Wittenstein, Vicki Oransky

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Alchemy and Meggy Swann

by Cushman, Karen

Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was ...

The Story of Cirrus Flux

by Skelton, Matthew

London, 1783. Orphan Cirrus Flux is being watched. Merciless villains are conniving to steal the world’s most divine power—The Breath of God—which they b...

Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol

by Krieg, Jim

Twelve-year-old Griff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime. Because Griff’s not just any kid—he’s a kid with a badge. And if you are a crimin...

Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down!

How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me and Mom

by Stamaty, Mark Alan

FOR HIS EIGHTH birthday, Mark Alan Stamaty’s parents gave him his very own radio. Little did his mother realize that that innocent-looking plastic box would ...

Fever Crumb

by Reeve, Philip

Fever Crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the order of Engineers, where she serves as apprentice. In a time and place whe...

The Dreamer

by Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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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-...