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One Crazy Summerby Williams-Garcia, RitaEleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though... |
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War GamesA Novel Based on a True Storyby Couloumbis, Audrey & Couloumbis, AkilaBased on a true story of World War II.For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels unreal and far away. What’s real is working in his papa’s garden. Playing ... |
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An Eye for ColorThe Story of Josef Albersby Wing, NatashaAs a child, Josef Albers loved to watch his handyman father paint houses.When Josef grew up and became an artist, he reduced each image to its simplest shapes,... |
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Half-Minute Horrorsby Rich, Susan |
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When You Reach Meby Stead, RebeccaFour mysterious letters change Miranda’s world forever.By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhoo... |
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Orangutan TongsPoems to Tangle Your Tongueby Agee, JonHave you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Of course--everyone has! It can be sometimes frustrating, but it's alway... |
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Ways to Live Foreverby Nicholls, SallyEleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish... |
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The Graveyard Bookby Gaiman, Neil & McKean, DaveAfter the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of... |
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Way Up and Over Everythingby McGill, Alice |
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Duel!Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Wordsby Fradin, Dennis BrindellIn the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the o... |
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