The 18th Emergency -- by Betsy Byars (Author) (Book - Child)
"When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Hundred Penny Box -- by Sharon Mathis (Author) (Book - Child)
"Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to intercede with his mother, who wants to toss out all her old things." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wagon Wheels -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Enormous Egg -- by Oliver Butterworth (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Nate Twitchell discovers that one of his family's hens has the biggest egg he has ever seen, he is determined to see it hatch. And when it does, neither he nor his parents, townspeople, the...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Swineherd -- by Hans Andersen (Author) (Book - Child)
"It's probably the pinnacle of cheek to revise the works of a master like Andersen, but auther/artist Hahn takes the gamble and wins. In her version, 'Hans' narrates while a motley assortment of...
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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)
Circle of Fire -- by William Hooks (Author) (Book - Child)
"Shortly before Christmas, 1936, eleven-year old Harrison overhears a notorious local bigot planning a Ku Kluz Klan raid on a band of Irish tinkers camped nearby and realizes he must do something to...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Year in the Life of Rosie Bernard -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"During a year spent living with relatives after her mother's death, Rosie struggles with the painful experience of accepting her father's choice of a new wife." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Hocus-Pocus Dilemma -- by Pat Kibbe (Author) (Book - Child)
"Convinced she has psychical powers, a ten-year-old girl makes predictions for the members of her large family which seem to come true." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Are You There, God? - It's Me, Margaret -- by Judy Blume (Author) (Book - Child)
"Judy Blume and her character Margaret Simon were the first to say out loud (and in a book even) that it is normal for girls to wonder when they are ever going to fill out their training bras. Puberty...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)