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Victory
Susan Cooper
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Alternating chapters follow the mysterious connection between a homesick English girl living in present-day America and an eleven-year-old boy serving in the British Royal Navy in 1803, aboard the H.M.S. Victory, commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson
2006; 190 p.; isbn:1416914773 More Information |
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The graveyard book
Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean
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Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard
2008; 312 p.; isbn:9780060530921 More Information |
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The liberation of Gabriel King
K.L. Going.
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In Georgia during the summer of 1976, Gabriel, a white boy who is being bullied, and Frita, an African American girl who is facing prejudice, decide to overcome their many fears together as they enter fifth grade.
2005; 151 p.; isbn:039923991X More Information |
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Double identity
Margaret Peterson Haddix.
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Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
2005; 218 p.; isbn:0689873743 More Information |
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The old Willis place : a ghost story
Mary Downing Hahn.
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Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened," twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the spirit of an evil,crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place.
2004; 199 p.; isbn:0618430180 More Information |
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Letters from Rifka
Karen Hesse
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In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America
1992; 148 p.; isbn:0805019642 More Information |
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Crossing the wire
Will Hobbs
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Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico
2006; 216 p.; isbn:0060741384 More Information |
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Defiance
Valerie Hobbs
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While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow
2005; 116 p.; isbn:0374308470 More Information |
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The mysterious edge of the heroic world
E.L. Konigsburg
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When Amedeo moves to the Navy town of St. Malo, Florida, he finds an unlikely friend in William Wilcox when, while working together on a house sale for Amedeo's eccentric neighbor, they become caught up in a story that dates back to Nazi Germany, which teaches them the true meaning of heroism
2007; 244 p.; isbn:1416949720 More Information |
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Day of tears : a novel in dialogue
Julius Lester
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When gambling debts and greed enter into the Butler household, Pierce Butler decides to host the biggest slave auction in American history and breaks a promise by selling Emma, his most-valued slave and caretaker of his children--a decision that brings about unthinkable consequences
2005; 177 p.; isbn:0786804904 More Information |
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The best bad luck I ever had
Kristin Levine
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In Moundville, Alabama, in 1917, twelve-year-old Dit hopes the new postmaster will have a son his age, but instead he meets Emma, who is black, and their friendship challenges accepted ways of thinking and leads them to save the life of a condemned man
2009; 266 p.; isbn:9780399250903 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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