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All-of-a-Kind Family -- by Sydney Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"There's something to be said for a book that makes you wish you'd been part of a poor immigrant family living in New York's upper east side on the eve of World War I. Life is rich for the five...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago -- by Lloyd Newman, LeAlan Jones, David Isay, John Brooks (Authors) (Book)
"Every once in a while, voices emerge from a part of the world that we have forgotten or chosen to ignore. Sometimes their words ignite our conscience and rekindle our sense of justice "Our America",...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Gender and Poverty in the North -- by Caroline Sweetman (Author) (Book)
"International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialized countries of the North, focusing on appropriate...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
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...
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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)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi -- by Chris Allsburg (Author) (Book - Child)
"Sometimes that very thin line between illusion and reality is not clearly defined as we would like it to be. It certainty wasn't the day that Alan Mitz stumbled into the garden of Abdul Gasazi. For...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
An Insect's Body -- by Joanna Cole (Author) (Book - Child)
"Examines the common house cricket and shows why its body is ideally suited for survivaly." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Blowfish Live in the Sea -- by Paula Fox (Author) (Book - Child)
"Carrie's half-brother Ben has long felt rejected by his father until, on a strange visit in Boston, he is able to see that hsi father really needs him." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Cay -- by Theodore Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"This award-winning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, survival. In 1942, 11-year-old Phillip Enright lives with his parents on the Dutch Island of Curacao, but when the war moves...
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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)