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Louisa

The Life of Louisa May Alcott

by McDonough, Yona Zeldis

When Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was published in 1868 it was an instant success. Louisa drew on her experiences in writing the novel, but there’s a l...

The Hard Kind of Promise

by Willner-Pardo, Gina

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My Invisible Sister

by Colin, Beatrice & Pinto, Sara

Ten-year-old Frank and his family have moved nine times in eleven years, and Frank has had it. This is the last move. No more new schools and new friends. This...

The Case That Time Forgot (The Sherlock Files)

by Barrett, Tracy

Xander’s classmate gives a report at school about a famous amulet of the Egyptian god of time, Thoth. It was thought to be so powerful that it could turn bac...

A Gift from Childhood

Memories of an African Boyhood

by Diakité, Baba Wagué

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassaro to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tra...

Pop!

The Invention of Bubble Gum

by McCarthy, Meghan

Gum has been around for centuries. The ancient Greeks chewed sap from mastic trees. The American Indians chewed spruce resin. Men in top hats and women in puff...

Mrs. Kaputnik's Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium

by Arato, Rona

Treat yourself to a visit to the wackiest restaurant ever!Ten-year-old Shoshi and her eight-year-old brother, Moshe, arrive in New York in 1898 from Russia wit...

SPA-CENICIENTA

by Bracken, Beth

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Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum?

And Other Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask

by Donovan, Sandy

It takes seven years to digest swallowed gum. A penny placed on a train track can cause a train to derail. The average human consumes four spiders per year whi...

Noonie's Masterpiece

by Railsback, Lisa & Frieden, Sarajo

Fantastic illustrations with a fresh, contemporary look enrich this debut novel about a 10-year-old aspiring artist stuck living with an aunt, uncle, and cousi...