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The Smile

by Napoli, Donna Jo

In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is about t...

Voices in First Person

Reflections on Latino Identity

by Carlson, Lori Marie

WANTING TO BELONG. WANTING TO GO HOME. LOVE. REGRET. FAMILY LEGENDS. DREAMS. REVENGE. ENGLISH. SPANISH.This eclectic, gritty, and groundbreaking collection of ...

Princess Ben

by Murdock, Catherine Gilbert

A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit...

House of Many Ways

by Jones, Diana Wynne

When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house...

After Tupac and D Foster

by Woodson, Jacqueline

In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpr...

The King's Arrow

by Cadnum, Michael

In England's New Forest on the second day of August, 1100, eighteen-year-old Simon Foldre, delighted to be allowed to participate in a royal hunt as squire to ...

Starcross

A Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats

by Reeve, Philip

Art, Myrtle and their mother accept the kind invitation of a holiday to an up-and-coming asteroid resort. But they set out with visions of rest and relaxation ...