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Is eternal life a blessing or a curse?
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There’s a new kid in Derek Fallon’s class. His name is Umberto and he uses a wheelchair. Derek’s family is still fostering Frank the monkey, and Derek thinks...
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Derek Fallon has trouble sitting still and reading. But creating cartoons of his vocabulary words comes easy. If only life were as simple!...
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Derek Fallon gets the opportunity of a lifetime—to be a stunt boy in a major movie featuring a pretty teen starlet. After accepting the job he learns that he...
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A humorous, thrilling novel about a girl who can fly and the institute for normalcy that wants to bring her down.
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Twelve-year-old underachiever Rob has better things to do than read. His parents give him lots of books but most of them just end up in the messy pile of junk...
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The latest creature to emerge from Rob’s closet is a cross between Chewbacca from Star Wars and Harry Potter. Rob names him “Potterwookiee” (“Hairy” for short)...
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Pearl’s older sister, Lexie, is in eighth grade and has a boyfriend. Pearl’s only boyfriend is the family’s crabby cat, Bitey. Lexie is popular. Pearl is not,...
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A deeply felt, deeply personal story of immigration from beloved Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse.
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In this National Book Award finalist, Joey Pigza tries hard to be a good kid trapped in a wired body.
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Despite all attempts to avoid reading and extra work, Charlie Joe Jackson finds himself in a terrible dream he can’t wake up from: Camp Rituhbukkee (pronounced...
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Hiding is Roo Fanshaw’s special skill. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to disappear at a moment’s notice. When her parents are...
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A deeply poetic and affecting novel about the contemporary immigrant experience.
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A seventh grade boy must choose between being a witness to bullying—or becoming a victim.
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Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Now available in paperback: her National Book Award–wining story, told by the incomparable Phillip...
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The red words painted on the trailer caused quite a buzz around town and before an hour was up, half of Antler was standing in line with two dollars clutched...
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In this Newbery Honor winner, Joey finds out his dad is just as wired as he is.
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Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she’s been deaf since the age of six, Joey’s mother has never allowed her to...
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Sherlock Holmes’s great-great-great-grandkids are using modern technology to crack his unsolved cases.
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Once you’ve finally captured the most enormous frog in Carter, Georgia, what exactly are you supposed to do with it?
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Haven’t you ever just known something deep in your heart without reason?
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Eleven-year-old musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, was supposed to win the most coveted reality show on television, Tween Star. None of the other contestants even...
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My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.
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The loyalty and devotion of a dog has no bounds.
