Jumanji -- by Chris Allsburg (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Judy and Peter find a board game in the park, they take it home, hoping to alleviate their boredom. One live lion, an erupting volcano, and a dozen destructive monkeys later, the children are no...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Kid's Computer Capers -- by Sandra Markle (Author) (Book - Child)
"Presents the history of computers, investigates what computers can and cannot do, explores how they work, and explains how to operate a computer and write programs. Includes puzzles, activities, and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Up and Down the River: Boat Poems -- by Claudia Lewis (Author) (Book - Child)
"Thirteen poems that characterize the different kinds of boats that said down a busy river." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Call It Courage -- by Armstrong Sperry (Author) (Book - Child)
"Mafatu's name means 'Stout Heart,' but his people call him a coward. Ever since the see took his mother's life and spared his own, he has lived with deep fear. An even though his father is the Great...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Confessions of a Prime Time Kid -- by Mark Harris (Author) (Book - Child)
"A thirteen-year-old television star writes her memoirs, explaining the difficulties and joys of her unusual life." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Outsiders -- by S. Hinton (Author) (Book - Child)
"According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for 'social') has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Amy's Eyes -- by Richard Kennedy (Author) (Book - Child)
"Amy's sailor doll turns into a real live person, and she becomes a doll in this epic voyage that blends humor, fairy tale and adventure." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wingman -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"To escape the problems of being poor and Chinese, Donald begins to cut school to climbe the George Washington Bridge where he meets Wingman, a sort of Chinese superman." From Card Catalog
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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
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)