The Muffin Fiend -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"From Pinkwater we expect the pure wackiness of a mind given to bizarre bolts of imagination. Absurdities and a few gaps in logic aside, we get it in spades. Someone is stealing all the muffins in...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Real Thief -- by William Steig (Author) (Book - Child)
"Who hasn't known the sickening, demoralizing feeling of being falsely accused? In the Real Thief, William Steig explores this injustice with the keen insight of a good psychologist and the skillful...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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)