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Hardcover : $16.95 Buy	The Road to Home MJ Auch Henry Holt and Co. Following Journey to Nowhere and Frozen Summer, this is the third novel in a powerful American pioneer trilogy. "I knew I couldn't count on Papa any more,...

Trade Paperback : $8.95 Buy	Swish! Bill Martin Jr, Michael Sampson and Michael Chesworth Square Fish A fast-paced book about two girls' basketball teams fighting for the championship. "The Cardinals and Bluejays are in the final game of the championship....

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Grand Mothers

Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About The Keepers Of Our Traditions

Edited by Nikki Giovanni Henry Holt and Co.

"While contributions from established writers....act as lures, the real treasure here are offered by relatively unkown authors. A diverse and moving...

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Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon

Jeannine Atkins; Illustrated by Michael Dooling Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The girl who found the first sea reptile fossil Mary Anning loved to scour the shores of Lyme Regis, England, where she was born in 1799, for stone sea...

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The Money Tree

Sarah Stewart; Illustrated by David Small Square Fish

Miss McGillicuddy's simple country routine continues through-out the year in spite of a very unusual tree growing in her yard.

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Quest for a Maid

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Meg Wright is nine when she hides under a table and hears her sister Inge kill the King of Scotland by witchcraft, setting in motion a treacherous power...

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The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies

Their Lives, Times, and Issues

Edited by Edith P. Mayo; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton Henry Holt and Co.

America's first ladies are forty-three remarkable women whose individual stories and causes reflect the history of all American women. This is the first...

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Hardcover : $16.95 Buy	The Four Gallant Sisters Eric A. Kimmel; Illustrated by Tatyana Yuditskaya Henry Holt and Co. Four orphaned sisters disguise themselves as men so as to go out into the world and learn a trade. Once each sister has become highly skilled, they join the...

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Keeping Secrets

Mary E. Lyons Henry Holt and Co.

"A collection of seven literary biographies liberally sprinkled with brief quotations from the subjects’ diaries, written when they were young adults."...

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Trade Paperback : $8.99 Buy	Amelia's Fantastic Flight Rose Bursik; Illustrated by the author Henry Holt and Co. Amelia's little spin covers six continents and takes her to fourteen countries. Two full-spread maps, plus smaller inset maps throughout, enable children to...

Hardcover : $17.95 Buy	Anne Frank Yona Zeldis McDonough; Illustrated by Malcah Zeldis Henry Holt and Co. Here is the story of Anne Frank, who, from 1942 to 1944, hid from the Nazis with her family in a secret apartment in Amsterdam. As Hitler carried out his plans...

Hardcover : $15.95 Buy	Daughter, Have I Told You? Rachel Coyne; Illustrated by Virginia Halstead Henry Holt and Co. Through powerful words and images, this joyful picture book celebrates the special bond that is shared between mothers and daughters--across ages, colors, and...

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Betsy Ross

Patriot of Philadelphia

Judith St. George; Illustrated by Sasha Meret Henry Holt and Co.

In the spring of 1776, George Washington stopped at Betsy Ross's little upholstery shop and asked her to sew a flag-- a flag that would unite the thirteen...

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Trade Paperback : $12.99 Buy	I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine Poems For Young Feminists Carol Ann Duffy, Editor; Illustrated By Trisha Rafferty Henry Holt and Co. With readable, richly varied contributions from women poets both famous and unknown, both young and old, both English-speaking and in-translation, I Wouldn't...

Trade Paperback : $6.95 Buy	Rapunzel Alix Berenzy; Illustrated by the Author Henry Holt and Co. Alix Berenzy's Rapunzel, based on sources that predate Grimm, portrays a strong heroine who survives many hardships before finding her fairytale ending. Rich,...

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Play Like a Girl

A Celebration of Women in Sports

Sue Macy and Jane Gottesman Henry Holt and Co.

It used to be that women and girls had to fight just to get a chance to compete on a track, or a soccer field, or basketball court. Now, female athletes are...

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Hardcover : $18.95 Buy	Understood Betsy Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root; Introduction and afterword by Eden Ross Lipson Henry Holt and Co. For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer...

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Bicycle Madness

Jane Kurtz; illustrated by Beth Peck Henry Holt and Co.

A compelling story about the importance of standing up for what is right "I was almost home when I saw our new next-door neighbor, Miss Frances Willard,...

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The Other Girl

A Midvale Academy Novel

Sarah Miller St. Martin's Griffin

Molly McGarry is about to learn that the only thing more traumatizing than spending six months trapped in your boyfriend’s head is being stuck inside your...

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Marvelous Mattie

How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor

Emily Arnold McCully Farrar, Straus and Giroux

With her sketchbook labeled My Inventions and her father’s toolbox, Mattie could make almost anything – toys, sleds, and a foot warmer. When she was just...

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Adventurous Women

Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference

Penny Colman Henry Holt and Co.

The adventures of eight inspiring women of the twentieth century. Mary Gibson Henry risked her life following her passion for new botanical species. During...

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Derby Girl

Shauna Cross Henry Holt and Co.

Meet Bliss Cavendar, a blue haired, indie-rock loving misfit stuck in the tiny town of Bodeen, Texas. Her pageant-addicted mother expects her to compete for...

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Patience Wright

American Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy

Pegi Deitz Shea; illustrations by Bethanne Andersen Henry Holt and Co.

The intriguing story of one of America’s first spies—a woman! Born in 1725 in the American colonies, Patience Wright discovered her talent for art at an...

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Cruel Summer

Alyson Noël St. Martin's Griffin

“This was supposed to be my best summer yet, the one I’ve been working toward since practically forever. Now I’m being banished from everything I know and...

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