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Girl of Kosovo

Alice Mead Farrar, Straus and Giroux

*"Based on the experience of one Albanian family caught upo in the ethnic wars in Kosovo, this moving novel tells the story through the eyes of a young girl."...

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The Clay Marble

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Fleeing war-torn Cambodia in 1980, Dara, her mother, and her older brother find sanctuary in a refugee settlement on the Thailand border, but when fighting...

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The Great Turkey Walk

Kathleen Karr Sunburst Paperbacks

Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys? Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be book smart, but...

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When a Roman ship is wrecked off the coast of Britain, an infant, Beric, is the only survivor. He is rescued by a British tribe who raise him as their own...

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The Shining Company

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Life is secure and peaceful for young Prosper, second son of Gerontius, until the day Prince Gorthyn arrives with his hunting party. Prosper's unusual daring...

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Warrior Scarlet

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In Bronze Age Britain, young Drem must overcome his disability-a withered arm-if he is to prove his manhood and become a warrior.

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A Chapel of Thieves

Bruce Clements Farrar, Straus and Giroux

In this captivating sequel to I Tell a Lie Every So Often, a National Book Award finalist, it is 1849 and Henry Desant is on a mission from frontier St. Louis...

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Upon the Head of the Goat

A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944

Aranka Siegal Sunburst Paperbacks

Upon the Head of the Goat is the winner of the 1982 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and a 1982 Newbery Honor Book.

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Wise Guy

The Life and Philosophy of Socrates

M. D. Usher; pictures by William Bramhall Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Greek philosophy for kids “I know that I know nothing.” With this classic statement, uttered over two thousand years ago, Socrates set the standard for...

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Hidden Child

Isaac Millman Frances Foster Books

A powerful story of survival, loss, and hope Isaac was seven when the Germans invaded France and his life changed forever. First his father was taken away,...

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Georgie's Moon

Chris Woodworth Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Georgie Collins knows exactly how to make it through life in a new town. Before her father left for Vietnam, he gave her standing orders never to let anyone...

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Under Siege!

Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg

Andrea Warren Melanie Kroupa Books

“Living in a cave under the ground for six weeks . . . I do not think a child could have passed through what I did and have forgotten it.” – Lucy McRae, age...

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A Family Secret

Eric Heuvel; Translated by Lorraine T. Miller Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR Paper

While searching his grandmother’s attic for likely items to sell at a yard sale, Jeroen finds a photo album that brings back hard memories for his grandmother,...

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Guerrilla Season

Pat Hughes Sunburst Paperbacks

The Civil War in Missouri In 1863, at fifteen, Matt Howard is old enough to join the Southern guerrillas and help protect Missouri from Union forces. But...

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Soldier Mom

Alice Mead Sunburst Paperbacks

Jasmyn Williams is shocked and angry when her mother, a member of the Army Reserve, is called up for service during the Persian Gulf War. While Jas comes to...

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The Lantern Bearers

The Roman Britain Trilogy #3

Rosemary Sutcliff Square Fish

The barbarians are coming! The Lantern Bearers is the 1959 winner of the Carnegie Medal in Literature.

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The Silver Branch

The Roman Britain Trilogy #2

Rosemary Sutcliff Square Fish

More than a century after The Eagle of the Ninth leaves off, two cousins join the Roman side in the fight against a tyrannical British emperor....

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Claudette Colvin

Twice Toward Justice

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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 Eagle

The Roman Britain Trilogy #1

Rosemary Sutcliff Square Fish

The bestselling classic is now a Major Motion Picture from Focus Features

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The Longitude Prize

Joan Dash; Illustrated by Dusan Petricic Frances Foster Books

A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book By the start of the eighteenth century, many thousands of sailors had perished at sea because their captains had no way of...

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The Apprentice

Pilar Molina Llorente; Pictures by Juan Ramón Alonso; Translated by Robin Longshaw Sunburst Paperbacks

In Renaissance Florence, thirteen-year-old apprentice Arduino's dreams of being a painter are challenged after he discovers the extreme measures the Maestro...

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The Examination

Malcolm Bosse Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through fifteenth century China as Chen...

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Trade Paperback : $8.99 Buy	George Washington's Cows David Small; Illustrated by the author Sunburst Paperbacks "George Washington's cows were kept upstairs, And given their own special room. They never were seen by light of day. No matter for what or by...

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Outcast

Rosemary Sutcliff; Illustrated by Richard Kennedy Sunburst Paperbacks

When a Roman ship is wrecked off the coast of Britain, an infant, Beric, is the only survivor. He is rescued by a British tribe who raise him as their own...

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