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Sources of Light

by McMullan, Margaret

It's 1962, a year after the death of Sam's father--he was a war hero--and Sam and her mother must move, along with their very liberal views, to Jackson, Missis...

The Not-So-Great Depression

by Koss, Amy Goldman

A TIMELY, WARMHEARTED NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN HARD ECONOMIC TIMES.Jacki’s ninth–grade teacher is always going on about the unemployment index and the recession...

The Dreamer

by Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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Once

by Gleitzman, Morris

Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn't know anything about the war, and t...

Kiss

by Wilson, Jacqueline

HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT. Sylvie is sure Carl loves her, so why hasn’t he kissed her?Sylvie and Carl have always been best friends, and Sylvie’s always...

Ashes

by Lasky, Kathryn

Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm’s favorite pastime is reading. With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gaby turns to her books for comf...

White Heat

The Perfect Fire Trilogy, Book Two

by Grant, K. M.

Picking up where Blue Flame left readers, Raimon has escaped the pyre and is hiding deep within the mountains of the Occitan. He longs to follow Yolanda to Par...

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux

by McCaughrean, Geraldine

Pepper's fourteenth birthday is a momentous one. It's the day he's supposed to die. Everyone seems resigned to it—even Pepper, although he would much prefer ...

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Roald Dahl's Tales from Childhood

by Dahl, Roald

Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school.

Player's Ruse [Knight and Rogue]

by Bell, Hilari

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