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Sand dollar summer
Kimberly K. Jones
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When twelve-year-old Lise spends the summer on an island in Maine with her self-reliant mother and bright--but oddly mute--younger brother, her formerly safe world is complicated by an aged Indian neighbor, her mother's childhood friend, and a hurricane
2008; 206 p.; isbn:9781416958345 More Information |
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Weedflower
Cynthia Kadohata
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After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop
2006; 260 p.; isbn:0689865740 More Information |
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Escaping the giant wave
Peg Kehret
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When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years
2003; 151 p.; isbn:0689852738 More Information |
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What to do about Alice? : how Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy!
by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
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A brief biography in pictures and simple text of Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife
2008; 1 v.; isbn:0439922313 More Information |
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The abduction
Gordon Korman
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When Aiden's sister, Meg, is kidnapped, he teams up with the FBI to try to find her by tracking down clues only a brother could recognize
2006; 137 p.; isbn:043984777X More Information |
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The search
Gordon Korman
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Despite the efforts of her brother, the FBI, and her parents, Meg Falconer is still missing and even Meg's kidnappers cannot find her since she always seems to give them the slip
2006; 138 p.; isbn:0439847788 More Information |
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Facing the lion : growing up Maasai on the African savanna
by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton with Herman Viola.
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A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, travelled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia.
2003; 127 p.; isbn:0792251253 More Information |
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Gossamer
Lois Lowry
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While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream-giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds
2006; 140 p.; isbn:0618685502 More Information |
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Heat
Mike Lupica
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Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof
2006; 220 p.; isbn:0399243011 More Information |
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Porch lies : tales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters
by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by André Carrilho
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A collection of tales, told to the author by her grandparents, combines humor, legend, and horror and is based on early-20th-century African-American oral history
2006; 146 p.; isbn:0375836195 More Information |
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Quest for the tree kangaroo : an expedition to the cloud forest of New Guinea
text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop
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Follow a group of explorers and scientists as they travel to Papua New Guinea to find a type of kangaroo that lives in trees
2006; 79 p.; isbn:0618496416 More Information |
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We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball
words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; forward by Hank Aaron
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Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson
2008; 88 p.; isbn:0786808322 More Information |
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