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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Selznick, Brian

When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddau...

Witness to Disaster

Hurricanes

by Fradin, Dennis B. & Fradin, Judith Bloom

Step into the eye of the storm. Follow the action, from the first news reports of a hurricane called Katrina gathering out at sea, to eyewitness accounts of th...

Underwater

by Levy, Debbie

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Igneous Rock

by Faulkner, Rebecca

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Dragon's egg

by Thomson, Sarah L.

Mella, a young girl trained as a dragon keeper, learns that the legends of old are true when she is entrusted with carrying a dragon's egg to the fabled Hatchi...

Elephant Run

by Smith, Roland

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A Crooked Kind of Perfect

by Urban, Linda

Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact o...

Yellow Flag

by Lipsyte, Robert

In any race, there are drivers and, at the front of the pack, there are racers. In the final laps, it's the racer who moves his car through the sweet spot, pic...

Standard Hero Behavior

by Anderson, John David

When fifteen-year-old Mason Quayle finds out that their town of Darlington is about to be attacked by orcs, goblins, ogres, and trolls, he goes in search of so...

Gabriel's Triumph

by Hart, Alison

The year is 1864 and twelve-year-old Gabriel, a recently freed slave, is making a name for himself throughout the state of Kentucky. Blessed with a competitive...