If You Had To Choose, What Would You Do? -- by Sandra Humphrey, Brian Strassburg (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Is it wrong to cheat on a test if everybody else is doing it? If your sister makes you promise not to tell that she's doing something wrong, should you tell your parents? Is it all right to make fun...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
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)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- by Barbara Robinson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Called one of America's favorite Christmas stories, and now a class television movie, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever has been a favorite of young readers the world over since 1972. Funny, ...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Moves Make the Man -- by Bruce Brooks (Author) (Book - Child)
"A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Very Touchy Subject -- by Todd Strasser (Author) (Book - Child)
"The summer before Scott's senior year, when his libido is especially high, he befriends his neighbor, a troubled girl of questionable repute, and suprisingly develops a new slant on life." From Card...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
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)
The Dark Is Rising -- by Susan Cooper (Author) (Book - Child)
"With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no more boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Boat to Nowhere -- by Maureen Wartski (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fleeing from agents of the new communist government in Vietnam, an old man and three children begin an endless and seemingly hopeless struggle for survival as boat people." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry -- by Mildred Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Sports Hero: Magic Johnson -- by Marshall Burchard (Author) (Book - Child)
"A biography of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to the professional basketball championship in his rookie year." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)