Homecoming -- by Cynthia Voigt (Author) (Book - Child)
"Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Year in the Life of Rosie Bernard -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"During a year spent living with relatives after her mother's death, Rosie struggles with the painful experience of accepting her father's choice of a new wife." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Egypt Game -- by Zilpha Snyder (Author) (Book - Child)
"Two girls get involved in an elaborate 'Egypt game,' a fantasy game that soon leads to strange, unexplainable happenings. PW called the characters in Snyder's Newbery Honor winner 'true originals.'" ...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub -- by Jamie Gilson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Hobie Hanson knows that the sounds coming from across the hall can mean only one thing: 4A has a substitute teacher. And she's sinking fast. Hobie's certain 4B will never be so lucky. Their regular...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Earthfasts -- by William Mayne (Author) (Book - Child)
"Two boys meet an eighteenth century drummer boy who has arisen from the earth with a astrange candle that triggers a series of odd events." From Choosing Books for Kids
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Beginnings: Creation Myths of the World -- by Penelope Farmer (Author) (Book - Child)
"Stories and poems from many countries explaining the Creation and the different ways people have tried to interpret their world and experiences from the beginning of time." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
No Such Thing As a Witch -- by Ruth Chew (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Nora and Tad observe a squirrel reading a little newspaper and their dog behaving strangely, they decide their new neighbor is a witch." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Halfway Down Paddy Lane -- by Jean Marzollo (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fifteen-year-old Kate finds herself transported back in time to 1850 in her Massachusetts town, where she must adjust to the prejudices against Irish immigrants, working long hours in a cotton mill,...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond -- by Elizabeth Speare (Author) (Book - Child)
"Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Young and Female -- by Pat Ross (Author) (Book - Child)
"Vivid excerpts full of wit and courage from the lives of a group of American women. Shirley MacLaine.--Shirley Chisholm.--Dorothy Day.--Emily Hahn.--Margaret Sanger.--Althea Gibson.--Edna...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)