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Mudville

by Scaletta, Kurtis

For twenty-two years, since a fateful baseball game against their rival town, it has rained in Moundville, so when the rain finally stops, twelve-year-old Roy,...

Lyonesse

The Well Between the Worlds

by Llewellyn, Sam

Eleven-year-old Idris Limpet, living with his family in the once noble but now evil and corrupt island country of Lyonesse, finds his life taking a dramatic tu...

The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair

by Martin, Russell & Nibley, Lydia

Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, and his wife, Lydia Nibley, tell the story of how a lock of Ludwig von Beethoven's hair, clipped from the composer'...

Flygirl

by Smith, Sherri L.

During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had

by Levine, Kristin

The last thing Harry “Dit” Sims expects when Emma Walker comes to town is to become friends. Proper -talking, brainy Emma doesn’t play baseball or fi sh ...

The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

by Cochrane, Mick

For an eighth grader, Molly Williams has more than her fair share of problems. Her father has just died in a car accident, and her mother has become a withdraw...

Toby Alone

by Fombelle, Timothée de

This book presents an awards-laden adventure of heroism, friendship and survival - with a powerful ecological message - set in a captivating miniature world. T...

Diego

Bigger than Life

by Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.

"The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life"--Provided by publisher.

Happenstance Found

The Books of Umber

by Catanese, P. W.

Twelve-year-old Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. Soon a mysterious trio arrives to take him away: the exp...

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...