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Come Sing, Jimmy Jo -- by Katherine Paterson (Author) (Book - Child)

"Newbery Medal winner Katherine Paterson tells the story of Jimmy Jo, and 11-year-old country music singer. When Jimmy Jo's talent brings fame to his family, he suddenly becomes a target for fans--and...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Nobody's Baby Now -- by Carol Benjamin (Author) (Book - Child)

"Fifteen-year-old Olivia, unhappy because she is overweight and because she must care for her invalid grandmother after school every day, at first denies, then struggles to come to terms with both...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Alice's Adventure in Wonderland -- by Lewis Carroll (Author) (Book - Child)

"Alice's life changes the minute she follows the nattily attired white rabbit down his hole. Suddenly, she is lost in a world where illogic is logic and vice versa. Lewis Carroll's timeless satirical...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Tom's Midnight Garden -- by Philippa Pearce (Author) (Book - Child)

"Tom is furious. His brother, Peter, has measles, so now Tom is being shipped off to stay with Aunt Gwen and Uncle Alan in their boring old apartment. There'll be nothing to do there and no one to...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Beloved Benjamine Is Waiting -- by Jean Karl (Author) (Book - Child)

"Hound by a gang of kids after her mother's disappearance leaving her on her own, Lucinda hides in the abandoned caretaker's house the local cementery where she makes contact with intelligent being...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Across Five Aprils -- by Irene Hunt (Author) (Book - Child)

"Narrator Terry Bregy adopts an appropriately boyish tone for his reading of Across Five Aprils By Irene Hunt, A Newbery Honor Book in 1965. Bregy compels readers to hear young Jethro Creighton's...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Johnny Tremain -- by Esther Forbes (Author) (Book - Child)

"This story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad. Winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1944, Esther Forbes's...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)

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Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle: A Fictional Account of Charles Darwin's Work and Adventures During the Five-Year Long Voyage -- by Felicia Law (Author) (Book - Child)

"This delightful episodic biography of Charles Darwin lets readers experience a sea voyage around the world in a 19th Century English three-masted brig. In December 1831, the ship, HMS beagle, set...

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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Cider Days -- by Mary Stolz (Author) (Book - Child)

"A young girls persistent overtures to a new neighbor result in friendship." From Card Catalog

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Age groups: School Age (6-12)

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There Are Two Kinds of Terrible -- by Peggy Mann (Author) (Book - Child)

"After his beloved mother dies of cancer, a boy must learn to relate to hsi father who has withdrawn into his own shell of suffering."

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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)

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