In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson -- by Bette Lord (Author) (Book - Child)
"Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Spook Birds -- by Eve Bunting (Author) (Book - Child)
"Larry witnesses some mysterious goings-on at his rich grandmother's house when the stuffed birds in her glass case suddenly come alive." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Little Sister and the Month Brothers -- by Beatrice De Regniers (Author) (Book - Child)
"A retelling of the Slavic folktale in which the Month Brother's magic helps Little Sister fulfill seemingly impossible tasks which prove the undoing of her greedy stepmother and stepsister." From...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Shrinking of Treehorn -- by Florence Parry (Author) (Book - Child)
"Treehorn is clearly shrinking, and his parents aren't the least bit interested. His mother is obsessed with whether or not cake will rise. His father, at one point addressing a son who can barely see...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Book of Pigericks: Pig Limericks -- by Arnold Lobel (Author) (Book - Child)
"Thirty-eight original limericks about all manner of pigs." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
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...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
My Side of the Mountain -- by Jean George (Author) (Book - Child)
"Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Youn Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dorp Dead -- by Julia Cunningham (Author) (Book - Child)
"Youngsters...will like this spine-tingling horror story and its hero who can't spell." From School Library Journal
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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)