Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Julie's Journey Julie's Journey Megan McDonald It's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday. Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train in honor of the Bicentennial. The journey is filled with adventures, c… OL104344W
The year of the bomb The year of the bomb Ronald Kidd In 1955 California, as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is filmed in their hometown, thirteen-year-old Arnie discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go against a young government agent deter… OL15122474W
Grandmama's song Grandmama's song Margaree King Mitchell An eight-year-old girl accompanies her grandmother on a singing tour of the segregated South, both of them knowing that Grandmama's songs have the power to bring people together. OL158234W
Insight Insight Diana Greenwood After ten-year-old Elvira's father goes missing in World War II and her mother gives birth to a daughter who is a seer, the family leaves their rural Wisconsin home, along with Elvira's cantankerous … OL16125986W
War & watermelon War & watermelon Rich Wallace As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tens… OL16261056W
The Lucky Ones (Bright Young Things Series, Book 3) The Lucky Ones (Bright Young Things Series, Book 3) Anna Godbersen While Cordelia Gray's high-profile romance with celebrity pilot Max is threatened by secrets, ambitious Letty becomes a target in cutthroat Hollywood and newlywed Astrid finds herself in the company … OL17746705W
The Hired Girl The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz Ever since the untimely death of her mother, 14 year-old Joan Skraggs has been desperately unhappy. Under the thumb of her cruel father and three sullen brothers, Joan lives like a servant on their f… OL18020192W
Two roads Two roads Joseph Bruchac Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: Pop is actually a Creek Indian, which means Cal is too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to a government boarding school for Native Americans in Oklahoma … OL19761558W
The spy catchers of Maple Hill The spy catchers of Maple Hill Megan Frazer Blakemore Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town, amidst the fervor of Cold War era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than … OL19979162W
Full of beans Full of beans Jennifer L. Holm Grown-ups lie. That s one truth Beans knows for sure. He and his gang know how to spot a whopper a mile away, because they are the savviest bunch of barefoot conchs (that means locals ) in all of Ke… OL20033927W
Record breaker Record breaker Robin Stevenson With the world mourning over President Kennedy's assassination and his family reeling from the death of his baby sister, Jack decides that setting a world record will help his family heal. OL23273294W
January 1905 January 1905 Katharine Boling In a 1905 mill town, eleven-year-old twin sisters, Pauline, who goes to work with the rest of the family, and Arlene, whose crippled foot keeps her home doing the cooking, cleaning, and washing, are … OL6031627W