The 18th Emergency -- by Betsy Byars (Author) (Book - Child)
"When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Mustard -- by Charlotte Graeber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Eight-year-old Alex and his family try to come to terms with the old age and death of their beloved cat." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? -- by Jean Fritz (Author) (Book - Child)
"A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Cricket in Times Square -- by George Selden (Author) (Book - Child)
"Mario is elated to find Chester. He begs his parents to let him keep the shiny insect in the newsstand, assuring his bug-fearing mother that crickets are harmless, maybe even good luck. What ensues...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Mean Jake and the Devils -- by William Hooks (Author) (Book - Child)
"Over the years Mean Jake has several run-ins with Big Daddy Devil, Devil Junior, and Baby Deviline." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Billions of Bats -- by Miriam Schlein (Author) (Book - Child)
Discusses several unusual varieties of the more than 800 different kinds of bats, such as the vampire bat, the flying fox, the tomb bat and the sword-nosed bat." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
How I Learned To Think Things Through -- by Lawrence Shapiro (Author) (Book - Child)
"This storybook is aboiut Emily and her best friend Andrew. They are impulsive children, and think that no one will really mind if they take candy from the drug store, cheat on their homework, or mess...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Great Gilly Hopkins -- by Katherine Paterson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Gilly Hopkins is a determined-to-be-unpleasant 11-year-old foster kid who the reader can't help but like by the end. Gilly has been in the foster system all her lifen and she dreams of getting back...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Julie of the Wolves -- by Jean George (Author) (Book - Child)
"Miyaz, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate -- by Ellen Conford (Author) (Book - Child)
"When she takes on the advice column for her school newspaper, Carrie encounters more problems than she expects." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
