Amy's Eyes -- by Richard Kennedy (Author) (Book - Child)
"Amy's sailor doll turns into a real live person, and she becomes a doll in this epic voyage that blends humor, fairy tale and adventure." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wingman -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"To escape the problems of being poor and Chinese, Donald begins to cut school to climbe the George Washington Bridge where he meets Wingman, a sort of Chinese superman." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe -- by Penelope Lively (Author) (Book - Child)
"The ghost of a seventeenth-century sorcerer emergies as a poltergeist and attempts to make young James his apprentice." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun -- by Rhoda Blumberg (Author) (Book - Child)
"First it is a well-written story of Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan-American trade and whaling ports. The account is sensitive to the extreme cultural differences that both the Japanese and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Smith -- by Leon Garfield (Author) (Book - Child)
"This brilliant, picaresque novel follows the adventures of an illiterate young ragamuffin known onnly as Smith. Smith picks the pocket of a stranger, only to witness immediately the strangers murder....
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark -- by Ruth Chew, Ann McGovern (Authors) (Book - Child)
"One Saturday, when Eugenie Clark was nine years old, her mother took her into the city to visit the Aquarium. Eugenie was fascinated by the fish she saw there, especially the biggest--the shark....
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl -- by Anne Frank (Author) (Book - Child)
"Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Gentle Ben -- by Walter Morey (Author) (Book - Child)
"Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle -- by Hugh Lofting (Author) (Book - Child)
"The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness." ...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Eavesdropping on Space: The Quest of Radio Astronomy -- by David Knight (Author) (Book - Child)
"Discusses radio astronomy, its history, major types of telescopes and the knowledge gained from both radio and radar astronomy." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
