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Amelia takes command Amelia takes command Marissa Moss After successfully commanding the Discovery shuttle mission at Space Camp, Amelia returns to fifth grade where she deals with the bully who has been making her life miserable. OL106892W
Hannah's Journal Hannah's Journal Marissa Moss In the Russian shtetl where she and her family live, Hannah is given a diary for her tenth birthday, and in it she records the dramatic story of her journey to America. OL106894W
Catherine Catherine Kristiana Gregory Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother's efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empres… OL121796W
We are patriots We are patriots Kristiana Gregory In her diary, ten-year-old Hope writes about her life as a patriot in 1777 Philadelphia, as the Redcoats try to take over her city and defeat the Continental Army. Includes historical notes. OL121805W
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Kristiana Gregory Now that we're in the North Platte River Valley the air feels dry and thin. My lips are so chapped they bleed when I talk. The only thing to do is dip our fingers in to the bucket of axle grease and … OL121808W
Spud Spud John Van de Ruit It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling. Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison. And Spud Milton—thirteen-year-old, prepubescent choirboy extraordinaire—is about to start his first year at an el… OL12253538W
Color Me Dark Color Me Dark Patricia McKissack An ordinary girl living extraordinary events. Her family, Love, characterizes her comfortable, secure world in Bradford Corners, TN. Until Uncle Pace is murdered by the KKK. The Author gradually e… OL14860530W
Josef's journal and the letter J Josef's journal and the letter J Cynthia Fitterer Klingel A simple story about a boy named Josef and the journal he keeps introduces the letter "j". OL14860816W
One night that changes everything One night that changes everything Lauren Barnholdt Two years ago, when Eliza Sellman was in ninth grade, her dad found out he was being transfered and the family was going to move. Having always been shy and not so confident about her body, Eliza too… OL14954263W
Acceleration Acceleration Graham McNamee It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the … OL14958026W
Sondok, princess of the moon and stars Sondok, princess of the moon and stars Sheri Holman In a series of messages placed in her grandmother's ancestral jar, a seventh-century princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla vents her frustration at not being permitted to study ast… OL15212905W
When freedom comes When freedom comes Kristiana Gregory In her diary, eleven-year-old Hope writes about her life in 1778 Philadelphia as British Redcoats take over her family's house, her father fights with the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and she ga… OL15213438W
Kristina Kristina Carolyn Meyer Carolyn Meyer, author of best-selling ROYAL DIARIES Isabel and Anastasia, now brings to the series this compelling story of Kristina, The Girl King, from 17th-century Sweden. Upon discovering that… OL15267946W
Dork Diaries 3 Dork Diaries 3 Rachel Renée Russell When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's st… OL15739796W
Then he ate my boy entrancers Then he ate my boy entrancers Louise Rennison After trying to take Hamburgeragogoland, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many… OL15822392W
Victoria, May blossom of Britannia Victoria, May blossom of Britannia Anna Kirwan In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess. Includes information on the reign, marriage, and family life of Queen Victoria and English civilization d… OL15840807W
Miss Smithers Miss Smithers Susan Juby Sixteen-year-old Alice MacLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in th… OL15965078W
The FitzOsbornes in exile The FitzOsbornes in exile Michelle Cooper,Michelle Cooper In January 1937, as Sophia FitzOsborne continues to record in her journal, the members of Montmaray's royal family are living in luxurious exile in England but, even as they participate in the social… OL15998728W
Trial by journal Trial by journal Kate Klise In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation… OL16050057W
Christmas wombat Christmas wombat Jackie French "Christmas from a wombat's point of view, including competition for the carrots children have left out for Santa's reindeer, and guess who gets stuck in the chimney?"-- OL16518129W
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