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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...

Underwater

by Levy, Debbie

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First Shot

by Sorrells, Walter

As David enters his senior year of high school, a family secret emerges that could solve the mystery of why his mother was murdered two years ago.

Don't call me Ishmael

by Bauer, Michael W.

Fourteen-year-old Ishmael Leseur is certain that his name is the cause of his unhappy school life as the victim of the worst bully in his class, but when a new...

Don't Call Me Ishmael

by Bauer, Michael W.

Fourteen-year-old Ishmael Leseur is certain that his name is the cause of his unhappy school life as the victim of the worst bully in his class, but when a new...

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...

Satchel Paige

Striking Out Jim Crow

by Sturm, James L. & Tommaso, Rich

Satchel Paige began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him ou...

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...

Number 8

by Fienberg, Anna

While hiding out from the mob in the suburbs with his mother, a singer, Jackson uses his fascination with math and numbers to make friends, but strange phone c...