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The Champion of Children

The Story of Janusz Korczak

by Bogacki, Tomek

In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children...

The Storm in the Barn

by Phelan, Matt

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Crossing Stones

by Frost, Helen

Maybe you won’t rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. H...

The Lost Conspiracy

by Hardinge, Frances

On an island of sandy beaches, dense jungles, and slumbering volcanoes, colonists seek to apply archaic laws to a new land, bounty hunters stalk the living for...

When You Reach Me

by Stead, Rebecca

Four mysterious letters change Miranda’s world forever.By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhoo...

Mission Control, This Is Apollo

The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon

by Chaikin, Andrew

July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history, the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. Missi...

Hannah's Winter

by Meehan, Kierin

Hannah would much rather be back in Australia, starting high school with her friends. But Japan turns out to be nothing like she d imagined, and when Hannah an...

Heart of a Shepherd

by Parry, Rosanne

Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his fathe...

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...

Ways to Live Forever

by Nicholls, Sally

Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish...