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In this powerful novel, a teenage heroine delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school.
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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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In this National Book Award finalist, Joey Pigza tries hard to be a good kid trapped in a wired body.
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In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand...
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A seventh grade boy must choose between being a witness to bullying—or becoming a victim.
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Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green...
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A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist’s perspective.
Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to...
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An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices
Viginia Euwer Wolff’s groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of...
Now & Ben
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Biography and history come to life in this celebration of the inventions and ideas of Benjamin Franklin and how they’ve stood the test of time....
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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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Voices that must be heard. Voices we must never forget.
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In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing...
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In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness.
"A rich...
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The loyalty and devotion of a dog has no bounds.
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Winner of the Caldecott Honor Medal and the Coretta Scott King Medal, this picture book tribute to Rosa Parks celebrates the 50th anniversary of her refusal to...
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Young children will treasure this collection of Latin American nursery rhymes. Preserved through oral tradition, these rhymes have been passed on from...
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When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane’s mother dies, social services sends him to a home for boys where intimidation and violence keep order. After a number of...
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"Leon's Story is a powerful, wonderful thing!" -- Nikki Giovanni
I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my...
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How does a scrawny kid deal with a bully?Knowledge equals power.
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This whimsical take on Little Red Riding Hood brings new life to an old favorite.
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A Storytelling World magazine award winner
In turns funny, poignant, and wise, these nine lively stories are peopled with an array of unusual characters,...
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The mata gente.
The “people killer.”
An ordinary freight train.
And the only way North without paying a peso.
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So what if Stuey isn’t the world’s best reader, is only allowed to trick or treat around one block, doesn’t get to play on his soccer dream team, and has to...
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Mrs. Bobbin isn’t feeling very well and can’t deliver the beautiful ball gown she’s made for the duchess to wear that very evening. Even though it’s snowing...
