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Love, Aubrey Love, Aubrey Suzanne M. LaFleur "I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it would just be me and Sammy--the two of us, and no one else."A tragic accident has turned eleven-year-old… OL12048498W
The twelve days of Christmas in North Carolina The twelve days of Christmas in North Carolina Judy Stead On each of the twelve days of her Christmas visit with her cousin Mike, Abby sends her parents a letter describing the history, geography, animals, and interesting sights of North Carolina. Uses the … OL13646736W
Peace, Locomotion Peace, Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson Twelve-year-old Lonnie is fi nally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer"—and write down ev… OL14952466W
Regarding the bees Regarding the bees Kate Klise The seventh graders at Geyser Creek Middle School are preparing for a spelling bee and a horrible standardized test called the BEE, and try to smuggle their mascot--a bee that spells--into the local … OL15839439W
Why we broke up Why we broke up Daniel Handler Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foret… OL15946518W
A book of letters A book of letters Ken Wilson-Max A circle of young friends pass on a chain of "letters" starting from A and going all the way to Z. OL16315244W
The twelve days of Christmas in Illinois The twelve days of Christmas in Illinois Gina Bellisario Mia writes a letter home each of the twelve days she spends exploring the state of Illinois at Christmastime, as her cousin Sam shows her everything from the state capital, Springfield, to historic R… OL16318211W
Same Sun Here Same Sun Here Silas House,Neela Vaswani An Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a boy in rural Kentucky become pen pals who find they share some ways of being. They support each other through various life difficulties. OL16423197W
Ketchup clouds Ketchup clouds Annabel Pitcher Zoe, a teenager in Bath, England, writes letters to a death-row inmate in Texas, hoping to find comfort in sharing her guilty secret over the death of a friend with someone who can never tell her fam… OL17823673W
Dear Martin Dear Martin Nic Stone "Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down "Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys … OL17876380W
The graham cracker plot The graham cracker plot Shelley Tougas Calamity ensues when almost twelve-year-old Daisy and her sometimes best friend Graham try to break Daisy's father out of prison. OL17906406W
The twelve days of Christmas in California The twelve days of Christmas in California Laura Rader Brad writes a letter home each of the twelve days he spends exploring the state of California at Christmastime, as his cousin Teri shows him everything from a little quail in a miniature redwood tree… OL1868776W
Letters from the Corrugated Castle Letters from the Corrugated Castle Joan W. Blos A series of letters and newspaper articles reveals life in California in the 1850s, especially for thirteen-year-old Eldora, who was raised in Massachusetts as an orphan only to meet her influential … OL1869468W
Lucy and Linh Lucy and Linh Alice Pung In Australia, Lucy tries to balance her life at home surrounded by her Chinese immigrant family, with her life at a pretentious private school. OL19669781W
Lost in Ireland Lost in Ireland Cindy Callaghan When superstitious Meghan receives a chain letter from Ireland, she takes a shortcut in its directions, and soon finds herself in a streak of bad luck that she must travel to Ireland to break. OL19713819W
Loch Ness punster Loch Ness punster Kate Klise Twelve-year-old Seymour Hope and his ghostly "mother" Olive go to Scotland to claim a castle inherited from Ignatius Grumply's punster uncle, Ian, but while they tend an aged tortoise and face an uns… OL20001504W
Whisper to me Whisper to me Nick Lake Told through letter-writing flashbacks, Cassie is a New Jersey shore teen who over the course of one summer experiences the exhilarating highs of new love, the frightening free-falls of personal demo… OL20025852W
Letters from Father Christmas Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien A collection of illustrated letters from Father Christmas recapping the activities of the preceding year at the North Pole. The letters were written by the author to his children. OL27497W
Clementine's Letter (Clementine) Clementine's Letter (Clementine) Sara Pennypacker Clementine can't believe her ears, her beloved teacher, Mr D'Matz, might be leaving them for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt! No other teacher has ever understood her impulsive… OL3942224W
I can't tell you I can't tell you Hillary Frank While fighting with his best friend and college roommate over a girl, Jake says something he regrets, then begins communicating only through notes and letters, but when he wants to tell the girl how … OL5707558W
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