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The Writing on the Wall
Author: Wendy Lichtman
Summary: Math-loving eighth-grader Tess learns that sometimes life has no solutions and that she must take risks and find her own answers. |
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
Author: Katie Smith Milway;
Illustrator: Eugenie Fernandes
Summary: From a single hen purchased with the aid of a tiny loan, young Kojo eventually builds up the largest poultry operation in his country. |
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Rabbit's Gift
Author: George Shannon;
Illustrator: Laura Dronzek
Summary: Woodland animals, each thinking of his neighbor, share a turnip left on their doorstep. |
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Leepike Ridge
Author: N.D. Wilson
Summary: While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom, presumed dead after slipping underground while drifting down a river, finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by murderous treasure hunters. |
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The Rising Star of Rusty Nail
Author: Lesley M. M. Blume
Summary: In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented, ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the community. |
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Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac
Author: Avi; Illustrator: C.B. Mordon
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes a job aboard the ironclad Monitor during the Civil War.
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Goodnight, Sweet Pig
Author: Linda Bailey;
Illustrator: Josée Masse
Summary: An appealing, rhyming counting book. |
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Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend
Author: Mélanie Watt
Summary: Scaredy Squirrel realizes that in order to make a friend, he must take a risk.
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I Heard a Little Baa (Board Book)
Author: Elizabeth MacLeod;
Illustrator: Louise Phillips
Summary: A rhyming game and animal fun all rolled into one. |
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Being Teddy Roosevelt
Author: Claudia Mills; Illustrator: R.W. Alley
Summary: Nine-year-old Riley O'Rourke is assigned a biography report on Teddy Roosevelt. Chapter book. |
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Whales on Stilts
Author: M.T. Anderson; Illustrator: Kurt Cyrus
Summary: Twelve-year-old Lily Gefelty is an ordinary girl who gets caught up in a mad scientist's evil plot to take over the world using . . . whales on stilts. |
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Sheep
Author: Valerie Hobbs
Summary: After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners. He learns about life as he seeks a home, and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep. |
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The Peace Book
Author: Todd Parr
Summary: A bright, bold, joyful celebration of peace. |
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