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Her stories
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Leo Dillon,Virginia Hamilton,Diane Dillon |
A few folktales, animal tales, fairy tales and even some actually true herstories collected and retold by Virginia Hamilton. |
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Chasing Vermeer
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Blue Balliett |
When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. |
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Witch weed
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
"One of the most feared of a witch's powers is that of the evil eye..."
After throwing Mrs. Tuggle's evil glass eye into the creek, Lynn and her best friend, Mouse, anticipate a soothing summer. But… |
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Bernie Magruder & the bats in the belfry
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's family, they worry that the dangerous In… |
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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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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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Torn thread
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Anne Isaacs |
In an attempt to save his daughter's life, Eva's father sends her from Poland to a labor camp in Czechoslovakia where she and her sister survive the war. |
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Saving Kabul Corner
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N. H. Senzai |
Twelve-year-old Ariana, a tomboy, and her ladylike cousin Laila, recently arrived from Afghanistan, do not get along but they pull together when a rival Afghani grocery store opens, rekindling an old… |
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Day of Tears
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Julius Lester |
In this masterpiece of historical fiction, award-winning novelist Julius Lester tells the story of Emma -- a slave of Pierce Butler and caretaker of his two daughters -- and Pierce, a man with a moun… |
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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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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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Goody Hall
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Natalie Babbitt |
The new tutor at Goody Hall is pleased with his job but can't help feeling there is something peculiar about the household. |
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
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Kimberly Willis Holt,Kimberly Willis Holt |
This book is about Toby and Cal, they run upon a trailer. In it is supposed to be the fattest man in the world. Cal and Toby go into the trailer and meet him. They have many questions but soon enough… |
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Wintersmith
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Terry Pratchett |
Tiffany Aching accidentally starts to transform into an anthropomorphic representation of Summer, due to her being unable to resist a good dance, meanwhile the Wintersmith is looking for his destined… |
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Siberia
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Ann Halam |
After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to r… |
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Dangling
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Lillian Eige |
Eleven-year-old Ben recalls his relationship with his unusual friend Ring, who walked into the river and disappeared one day. |
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Shakespeare's secret
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Elise Broach |
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an in… |
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Looking for Bobowicz
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
Upon moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, a boy convinces his two new friends to help him track down the mysterious phantom who stole his bicycle, as well as Arthur Bobowicz, owner of a giant chicken that … |
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