Abel's Island -- by William Steig (Author) (Book - Child)
"One summer day, newlywed Abel and Amanda are out for a picnic in the woods when they are caught in a sudden storm. As they take refuge in a cave, a wind stoops up Amanda's scarf, and Abel foolishly...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Twenty-one Balloons -- by William du Bois (Author) (Book - Child)
"Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitant and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Ghosts I Have Been -- by Richard Peck (Author) (Book - Child)
"Blossom Culp is the outspoken outcast of Bluff City, always getting into trouble. No one wants to cross her, especially now that she's revealed that she can see the Unseen. Then Blossom herself is...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dragonwings -- by Laurence Yep (Author) (Book - Child)
"The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind -- by Athena Lord (Author) (Book - Child)
"Twelve-year-old Binnie, whose mother runsa company boarding house in Lowell, Massachusetts, begins working in a textile mill and is caught up in the 1836 strike of women workers." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea -- by Scott O'Dell (Author) (Book - Child)
"Once again O' Dell turns to the Native American for his subject, in this novel he brings to life the mysterious Shoshone girl Sacagawea, interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark. Told for...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Pushcart War -- by Jean Merrill (Author) (Book - Child)
"The pushcarts have declared war! New York City's streets are clogged with huge, rude trucks that park where they want, hold up traffic and bulldoze into anything that is in their way, and the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
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 Yearling -- by Marjorie Rawlings (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fighting off a pack of starving wolves, wresting alligators in the swamp, romping with bear cubs, drawing off the venom of a giant rattlesnake bite with the heart of a fresh-killed deer--it's all in...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Huckleberry Finn -- by Mark Twain (Author) (Book - Child)
"Revered by all of the town's children and readed by all of its mothers, Huckleberry Finn is indisputably the most appealing child-hero in American literature. Unlike the tall-tale, idyllic world of...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
