The Wizard Children of Finn -- by Mary Tannen (Author) (Book - Child)
"Ten-year-old Fiona and her younger brother are transported back in time to ancient Ireland where they share extraordinary adventures with the boy who claims leadership of the Fianna." From Card...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Anne of Green Gables -- by L.M. Montgomery (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, 'But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl.' It's not long,...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft -- by Thor Heyerdahl (Author) (Book - Child)
"Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspecteed that...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle: A Fictional Account of Charles Darwin's Work and Adventures During the Five-Year Long Voyage -- by Felicia Law (Author) (Book - Child)
"This delightful episodic biography of Charles Darwin lets readers experience a sea voyage around the world in a 19th Century English three-masted brig. In December 1831, the ship, HMS beagle, set...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep -- by Jack Prelutsky (Author) (Book - Child)
"Twelve poems featuring a vampire, werewolf, ghoul, and other monsters." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Empty Window -- by Eve Bunting (Author) (Book - Child)
"With his younger brother's help, C.G. captures a wild parrot for his friend who is dying." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Killing Season -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"Her interest in photography and wildlife, especially the bears living near her home in the mountains of eastern Pennsylvania, provide 16-year-old Allie with opportunites to rebuild her life after her...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Chimney Sweeps Yesterday and Today -- by James Giblin (Author) (Book - Child)
"From the first chimneys of the Norman Castle builders to the reviving of sweeps in the 80's, Giblin's narrative is colorful and entertaining." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Astonishing Stereoscope -- by Jane Langton (Author) (Book - Child)
"By discovering they can enter the three-dimensional world of the stereoscope, two children learn something about reality." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Tourette Syndrome: The Facts -- by Simon Baron-Cohen, Mary Robertson (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (or Tourette's Syndrome), is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting about 5 people in every 10,000. It is characterized by motor and vocal tics, and upsetting...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)