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Double trouble squared
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Kathryn Lasky |
July and Liberty Starbuck, twins, and their family are busy exploring the streets of London where their father has accepted a new job. A voice that only the twins can hear needs their help. In their … |
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The Battle of Jericho
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Sharon M. Draper |
When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the h… |
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Outrageously Alice
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Alice is in the eighth grade, and while she wants her life to be exciting and outrageous, she also wants to feel protected and safe. |
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The Call of the Wild
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Jack London |
As Buck, a mixed breed dog, is taken away from his home, instead of facing a feast for breakfast and the comforts of home, he faces the hardships of being a sled dog. Soon he lands in the wrong hands… |
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Heroes of the valley
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Jonathan Stroud |
Blood feuds, epic battles and a undersized hero come together in this brilliant new fantasy adventure from the author of the bestselling Bartimaeus trilogyListen then, and I'll tell you again of the … |
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The Red Pyramid
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Rick Riordan |
Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Eg… |
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Cemetery Street
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Brenda Seabrooke |
Courtney Carmichael, her younger brother, and her depressed, newly-divorced, out-of-work mother move from New Hampshire to Florida into a decrepit house on Cemetery Street, where spooky occurences ma… |
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Winning ways
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Sue Macy |
Photographic documentation of two centuries of women athletes, discussing some of the controversies that arose over women's participation in traditionally male arenas, and celebrating their accomplis… |
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Days of Magic, Nights of War
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Clive Barker |
Candy Quackenbush, a sixteen-year-old girl, is bored with her life and is desperate for something new. She lives in Chickentown, Minnesota, has a drunkard father, and is often made fun of by other ki… |
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Ariel
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Grace Tiffany |
Ariel is beautiful and magical, a creator of dreams and of mischief. Sprung from the mind of a dazed sailor shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, she rules half of her enchanted isle, dreaming of the … |
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A Time Apart
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Diane Stanley |
"The last thing Ginny wants is to be sent away...."But when her mother is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, she's packed off to England to stay with Hugh, the father she hardly knows. Hugh i… |
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The Serpent's Shadow
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Rick Riordan |
He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kane… |
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Number the Stars
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Lois Lowry |
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the… |
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Messenger (The Giver #3)
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Lois Lowry,David Morse,Fikret Topalli |
Second installment to Youth classic, "The Giver." Required in numerous 8th/9th grade English classrooms. Introducing the idea of a utopian society to youth for the 1st time. The well known Trilogy a… |
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Green Thumb
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Rob Thomas |
While spending the summer in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil doing botanical research, thirteen-year-old Grady discovers a secret language used by the trees to communicate with each other and falls … |
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The Tree of Life
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Peter Sís |
Presents the life of the famous nineteenth-century naturalist using text from Darwin's writings and detailed drawings by Sis |
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Through the hidden door
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Rosemary Wells |
Two boys stumble upon the remains of an ancient underground civilization. |
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Out of Bounds
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Beverley Naidoo |
Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their l… |
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Following Fake Man
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Barbara Ware Holmes |
Homer Aldrich Winthrop was a neurologist who died of a neurological illness. That's all Homer Jr.'s mother will say about his father, who died when he was 2, and any prodding for details results in s… |
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Fish & Bones
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Ray Prather |
Thirteen-year-old Bones, intent on collecting the reward for finding a bank robber, discovers some of the ugly secrets hidden in his small Florida town. |
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