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Magenta McPhee

by Bateson, Catherine

Life is treating Magenta McPhee pretty well. She's writing the next great fantasy trilogy, and she's going to be in her mom's upcoming wedding. But what to do ...

A Faraway Island

by Thor, Annika

Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden.It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-...

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...

Born to Fly

by Ferrari, Michael

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Manjiro

The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries

by McCully, Emily Arnold

This is the true story of a determined and resourceful young man whose intimate knowledge of two cultures later led him to play an important role in the openin...

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Jane Goodall

by Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta

Biography of Jane Goodall who at age twenty-six started a six-month project at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve on Lake Tanganyika, Africa which became her ...

Chancey of the Maury River

by Amateau, Gigi

After being abandoned, Chancey, an albino Appaloosa horse, finds a new home with Claire who needs him as much as he needs her, but as his eyesight deteriorates...

Naked Bunyip Dancing

by Herrick, Steven

Herrick delves into the murky waters of a Year 6 classroom, complete with nerdy vegetarian teacher, Mr Carey. What a crazy class! And what a funny, unpredictab...

Finest Kind

by Wait, Lea

WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE TWELVE YEARS OLD AND YOUR WORLD IS FALLING APART?It's 1838. Jake's father has lost his job and his savings. Hearing of work in Main...

The Prophet of Yonwood

The Third Book of Ember

by DuPrau, Jeanne

While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witness...