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Christmas at Stony Creek
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Stephanie Greene |
The pond at Stony Creek is perfect for ice skating, and a blanket of snow is on the ground. It's almost Christmas. Pipsqueak wishes she could spend the days at the pond, then curl up in front of a gl… |
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Under the wolf, under the dog
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Adam Rapp |
Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide. |
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Don't call me Beanhead!
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Susan Wojciechowski |
The test - Glamour nails - The star sweater - The tooth - The talent show. |
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The Yearling
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag after a fatal encounter with his mother and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as … |
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The cry of the crow
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Jean Craighead George |
While caring for a baby crow, Mandy begins to look at her family and herself in a different light. |
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Dancing on the edge
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Han Nolan |
A young girl from a dysfunctional family creates for herself an alternative world which nearly results in her death but which ultimately leads her to reality. |
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The Wheatstone Pond
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Robert Westall |
When an archaeological dig begins at the Whetstone pond, the pond seems to have ideas of its own. Violence and aggression builds up in the people who work there. The corpse of a baby is found. A moto… |
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The storyteller's daughter
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Jean Thesman |
Fifteen-year-old Quinn, the middle child in a Depression-era working class family, learns some secrets about her beloved father, who has always been a source of strength and optimism for his family, … |
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Mouse TV
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Matt Novak |
Each member of the Mouse family wants to watch something different on television, but they discover a solution to their problem one night when the television does not work. |
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Clarice Bean, guess who's babysitting?
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Lauren Child |
When her Uncle Ted, the fireman, comes to stay with Clarice and her brothers and sister while her mother is away, things get somewhat hectic. |
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The life of glass
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Jillian Cantor |
Before he died, Melissa's father told her about stars. He told her that the brightest stars weren't always the most beautiful—that if people took the time to look at the smaller stars, if they looked… |
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The fiesta dress
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Caren McNelly McCormack |
While Eva and her family prepare for her quinceañera, no one is paying attention to her younger sister, but when the dog gets out of the laundry room and steals Eva's sash, her little sister comes t… |
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The smell of old lady perfume
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Claudia Guadalupe Martinez |
When sixth-grader Chela Gonzalez's father has a stroke and her grandmother moves in to help take care of the family, her world is turned upside down. |
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What planet are you from Clarice Bean?
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Lauren Child |
When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street. |
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The Many Troubles of Andy Russell
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David A. Adler |
When some of his gerbils escape and he gets in trouble for not paying attention in class, fourth-grader Andy Russell worries about asking if a friend can move in with his family--especially when he l… |
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Dangerously Alice
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
First semester of 11th Grade Alice sheds her "good girl" image by taking risks and considers becoming sexually involved with her boyfriend.
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The trouble with Mark Hopper
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Elissa Brent Weissman |
Mark Hopper is the smartest student in the sixth grade, and he knows it. When another Mark Hopper moves to town (the same age, with similar looks), Mark Hopper makes trouble for Mark Hopper. The Mark… |
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Sucks to be me
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Kimberly Pauley |
When sixteen-year-old Mina is forced to take a class to help her decide whether or not to become a vampire like her parents, she also faces a choice between her life-long best friend and the boy she … |
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Party
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Tom Leveen |
It's saturday night in Santa Barbara and school is done for the year. Everyone is headed to the same party. Or at least it seems that way. The place is packed. The beer is flowing. Simple, right? But… |
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Toenails, tonsils, and tornadoes
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Bonnie Pryor |
Martin weathers the fourth grade while suffering through the prolonged visit of a difficult aunt and enduring the trials of a classic "middle child." |
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