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First, there was a rat: With his mother away for the evening, he's invited her over to share a secret. When he pulls the sealed rectangle of black wax paper from his desk drawer, though, she feels herself go cold. Jeffrey Magee, orphaned at three years old, runs away from his aunt and uncle's house once he hits eleven. And literally runs—he runs for days and finally slows down when he gets to the town of Two Mills, Pennsylvania. He wows the residents of Two Mills with his extreme athletic prowess an Get to know the man behind the legend and the famous ride in a clearly written and handsomely laid out biography amply illustrated with stately brown-toned portraits, paintings, reproductions, maps, and photographs.
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Paper planes whizzed through the air. They were the worst behaved class in the whole school. Reading this biographical novel, narrated by Anne Sullivan and based on her many letters, I was reminded once again why I, like so many others, have always been captivated by the story of Anne and Helen Keller, the little girl whose life she transformed.
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Award-winning author Polly Horvath sets up a perfectly preposterous premise and a romping pace that will keep readers hooked. Madeline, a human child, finds her ordinary world intertwining with the local animal societies when she comes home to discover that her spacey hippie parents have be Maxine and Nick actually do when they discover the cozy abode of Mrs. Noodlekugel, her cat Mr. Fuzzface, and four farsighted mice hidden behind their apartment building.
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Nate the Great ReadKiddoRead. He hoped it would be someone calling about missing diamonds or a million dollars, but it's just Annie. She has lost a picture of her dog, Fang. Nate tells Annie that he'll be over in five minutes. Think of a subject — any subject: Navigating Early is a survival story in every sense, physically and emotionally. Jack is adrift after his mother dies and his dad, just back from WWII, enrolls him in a boarding school in Maine.
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In spite of being called on to give his oral social studies report on India, he is determined to stick with his experiment of staying silent for an entire day. Reading a book about Mahatma Ga Terra Rose Cooper can't seem to escape. A permanent port-wine stain birthmarks her face, which causes stares from any and everyone she meets. Friends and family are no help. Her map-maker father discourages her from any surgery, but als Did you ever notice how serious, somber, and edgy so many YA books are, with all those screwed up teens, life and death dystopian situations, not to mention never-ending angst and alienation?
When's the last time you laughed out loud while reading a YA novel? Oh, right, Sherman Alexie's The Abso With the dubious help of a shifty friend, his father h She is good at lots of things. She is very good at wearing people out. She even wears herself out. Mike picks up a hitchhiker and is lured to a graveyard for those who died too young. As the specters rise, he hears hair-raising stories about their untimely deaths. Set outside of Chicago, Mike is driving home one night long past his curfew w She feels guilty that her older sister Agatha ran away in the first place There are many poignant and inspirational middle grade novels about the civil rights era - The Watsons Go to Birmingham, is one outstanding example - but until now, almost none about its more radical aftermath.
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The Big Easy has been anything but easy on Josie. Josie has tried distancing herself from her mother, Louise. Moved by the story of Owen, the orphaned b He stayed, hopping aboard the mail wagon each day for a ride to the train depo The Gaither sisters — Delphine, who narrates their story, Vonetta, and Fern -- are returning to Brooklyn after spending the summer of with their formerly estranged mother, Cecile, a poet who lives in Oakland, California and is active in the Black Panther Party.
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These two characters experienced something that bonded them together; however, as years passed, they had drifted apart.
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In a new series, Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl introduces two gutsy new heroes in an action-adventure blend of sci-fi, steampunk, horror, and humor that will leave readers gasping for more. In the same city, in the same house, unbeknownst to each other, two teens are being tested — one is Fifth and sixth graders who think they like scary books are going to clamor for this one, the first in a series of five, once they see the dark and foreboding moonlit cover, but let me warn you—it's really scary.
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As he laments his life underwater he wishes for more colorful friends while swimming past beautiful coral and tropical fish , endless possibilities while in the midst Filled with intriguing details and written with dramatic intensity, this riveting account of the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition reads like a gripping adventure novel. In , Sir Ernest Shackleton attempted to be the first explorer to cross Antarctica by foot "from sea to sea.
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Maybe you had to read too many serious anth I got a present! It's a box as big as he is, wrapped in polka dotted paper and ribbon. A big brown box! He names the littl There's no place he can hide in the The Bloomswell Diaries is a steampunk adventure story, centered on eight-year-old Benjamin Bloomswell. Think Jules Verne, steam-powered machines, airships, and Victorian aspects.
While Benjamin is no hero, the How can humans be so beautiful and glorious…and so ugly and destructive? For teens who are ready to explore this question with author Markus Zusak, The Book Thief will be an unforgettable journey and quite a read. First, before you dig in to this handsome picture book biography about inventor, Philo pronounced Phil-o Farnsworth, the author includes a one-page essay about life on a farm in the American West in , where Philo was born in a log cabin in Utah.
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In their first thrilling case together, they come to the assistance of elegant greyhound, Molly Kirkpatrick, who seeks their he Fifth grader Drake Doyle, scientific genius, and his nature-loving lab partner, Nell Fossey, take on four tough cases. Eggs, bacon, toothpaste and dirt. King, dog detective, will have to sniff it out.
But he's working alone these days, without his human partner Kayla, since she and Mom and Dad disappeared and King If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It looks so yellow, so mellow, and so tasty. Defying the posted rules and regulations, which state, "The cheese stands alone," the rat grabs a napkin and In fact, he only had one fault, but it was a big one. He was candy mad.
He devoured it every day, never shared it, and spent all of his money to buy more. In this modern-day cautionary tale, whic In the City of Ember in year , the sky is always dark. There is no moon, or even sun in Ember. The electric lights come on every morning at six, and go out every night at nine. The city is old, and everything, including the power lines, needs repair.
Whenever the lights go out, the city is pl If your kiddo has ever felt the pressure of overwhelming responsibility, a sense of being alone in an endeavor, or even just the strain of trying to make a few bucks, he or she will easily relate to the characters in this book. Add a touch of romance not too much , a lot of adventure and a bit Since Anand's father left his family in India to go work in Dubai, he's stopped sending home checks, leaving year- old Anand, his ill younger sister, Meera, and their mother destitute.
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The sky is sky blue; the day is sunny. Cow kicks the red ball, but it goes over the outstretched arms of Mouse, Duck, and Pig. Although a stark lesson in human-failing, this story, based on an a Katlin Graham, better known as Kat, loves gold. So much so that she named her childhood pony Goldie. So much so that when she was four and broke a front tooth she insisted on having it capped in gold.
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Years ago, a rebellious prince named Jaron was sent away in exile from the castle; only his ship was attacked by pirates, and all aboard were presumed dead. Now the country of Carthya is on the brink of civil war. The royal family has been murdered and political tensions run high as the nobles p Poet Alice Low has always loved sports and writing poetry, so it's only natural that she should have written a collection of twenty winning poems explaining how each of 19 sports came to be.
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All that time, Locke and Kara, were not actually lying in The best mysteries give a reader all the clues needed to solve the crime. The best mysteries are full of surprises that keep a reader guessing and wondering and turning pages as fast as possible. The best mysteries end with a solution that ties up loose ends and makes satisfying sense. Lonely twelve-year-old September is well-versed in fairytales and ready for an adventure, so nothing seems more fitting than when a green man riding a flying leopard comes to whisk her away from a sink full of dirty dishes to Fairyland.
September is not a cold-hearted child, but like popular her Twelve-year-old orphan Lyra Belacqua lives at Oxford University's Jordan College, where she has managed to avoid being educated by the scholars who look after her and runs wild. In this parallel world to ours, everyone has a daemon attached to them always-a sort of alter ego in animal form. Eleven-year-old Dini adores Bollywood movies, those entertaining Hindi musicals set in India and filled with grand production numbers, adventure, and romance.
The man Jack sets out to kill the whole family, especially the baby, barely a toddler, but the child wanders away in the night, ending up in the nearby graveyard. Mistress Owens and her husband, ghosts, both of them, dead years now, discover the newly orphaned boy and they become his adoptiv The best of them are so exciting that pages practically turn by themselves.
As the reader may predict, the girl is probably as unusual as her name. That prediction would be correct. Figgrotten is very intelligent, introverted, loved by her parents and plagued by Comfortably old-fashioned illustrations help to tell the simple story of the brown-and-white puppy who lives on a farm and wants, more than anything, to help out. After all, the other animals have jobs to do!
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This puppy will try anything, and in page after page he does. Maybe he can cr There's long-haired, rebellious, cool guy Sam Dawkins; fun-loving, unacademic, pink-haired Kelsey Donnelly, African American grind Judy Douglas, and friendless genius When he was eight, Victor read about Houdini's escape from an iron milk can in under twenty seconds.
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It used to house thirteen districts, but a rebellion a Brian Selznick, who won a Caldecott Honor for his spectacular illustrations in Barbara Kerley's extraordinary biography, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, has written and illustrated a wholly original, innovative and breathtaking masterpiece that bends all the rules of novel writing and illus When he rescues a baby bird that has fallen from Have them travel back in time with the "Time Warp Trio" series. Sure, it's been a hit on the Discovery Kids Channel on TV, but the wacky books came first, and they're sti Lindy, Thomas, and Benjamin, three ordinary siblings, ages 7 to 13, are at the zoo when they first encounter Professor Savant.
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Being a half-blood is danger Instead, it is a meaty medley of stories, anecdotes, photographs and black and white What's he looking at? Turn to the back cover, and you'll see: There's no title o One rainy, dull day, while playing hide and seek in the house, Lucy falls through the back of the wardrobe in which she chose to hide, and into a snowy When Ted and his older sister, Kat, get a free ticket from a stranger to ride the London Eye, the huge observation wheel, they give it to their visiting thirteen-year-old cousin, Salim.
They track his capsule as the wheel makes it orbit, but when it lands and the passengers disembark, Salim is n Three teens — Jason, h If only there were more characters like Tug Buttons! It is the summer of , a summer of change for twelve- year-old Tugs. Nevery's apprentice, and indeed, he seems to have a talent for remembering spells, even though he can't read. Conn is brash, outspoken, truthful, ever curious, loyal, and has a natural affinity for magic. You might think of this as Harry Potter lite, but it's far more than that.
In the city of Baltese, Peter Augustus Duchene, a ten-year-old orphan, is sent to the open air market for fish and bread. Instead, he spends his only florin to ask a question of a fortuneteller. She tells him this: That is your question? You must follow t They were each a quarter of a mile high; one thousand three hundred and forty feet.
The tallest buildings in New York City. Blood on the River: James Town This captivating and gritty novel, narrated by Samuel Collier, one of the boys who came to Jamestown, will not just turn kids on to reading, but American history as well. Airborn Aboard the gargantuan airship, Aurora, riding high above the Pacificus, heading from Sydney to Lionsgate City, year-old cabin boy, Matt Cruse, helps to rescue an unconscious man in a hot air balloon that is listing in the night sky. A Child's First Counting Book Though I work in a bookstore, I discovered 1 2 3 when my brother gave it to my one-year-old daughter with the intention of helping her learn to count.
A Week in the Woods You remember Frindle, of course, and fifth grader Nick Allen who invents a new word for the word "pen"? Al Capone Does My Shirts In , when Moose Flanagan's father gets a job as electrician and guard at Alcatraz prison, the family moves to the twelve-acre rock island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, joining the other families and kids who live there, not to mention the prisoners, including gangster Al Capone. Alice-Miranda Takes the Stage Alice-Miranda is a petite seven-year-old girl from a very wealthy family.
All Shook Up "Looking back, I would say everything in my life changed the summer I turned thirteen and my dad turned into Elvis. And Other Amazing Types Alphabeasties: Angel in My Pocket Writing with a genuine understanding of how kids feel, think and behave, and out of a belief that there are powers beyond our own that help us through difficult times, Ilene Cooper presents the story of four middle-school kids who are facing tough times. Antsy Does Time Ninth grader, Anthony "Antsy" Bonano, whom you may already know from his first venture, The Schwa Was Here, provides a teaser on the front flap about his latest escapade: Ashfall Alex is celebrating his first weekend home alone.
Zero Gravity Hakata Soy leaves his past as the leader of a superhero team to attend Astronaut Academy, a school on a space station orbiting Earth. A Prehistoric Animal's Journey into the 21st Century All those scientific investigation methods that we love seeing each week on CSI television programs are real. Babymouse series Babymouse 1: Battle Bunny In this hilarious send-up of over-sweetened, "fuzzy wuzzy" children's books, mayhem and side-splitting chaos rule the day. Behind the Gates Tomorrow Girls series This first book in the Tomorrow Girls series is the perfect book for a summer camping trip!
Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life What the author describes as a scrapbook is a handsome and mesmerizing collection of biographical and often humorous anecdotes, "bits and pieces" arranged within a broader subject, starting with "Boyhood Memories," and covering all aspects of Franklin's life and career, from scientist to statesm Best Shot in the West: The Adventures of Nat Love In this graphic novel, the mild-mannered train porter who wrangles a stampeding horse before it stomps on a child is none other than Nat Love, aka Deadwood Dick.
Everything You Need to Know to Be a Paleontologist Peter Lawson, the paleontologist who found and dug up Sue, the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex ever, reveals his down-in-the-dirt trade secrets about finding, excavating, preparing, and studying dinosaur fossils. The Creators of Superman Boys of Steel: Bud, Not Buddy Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell awakens, that first night in his new foster home, feeling like something is stuck in his nose.
A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery The book begins with a letter signed by Harold X, a very articulate dog who wishes the story of his family to be heard. Can I See Your I. True Stories of False Identities Who hasn't imagined being someone else? Canned Fergal Banfield's reputation for being clever weighs heavily on him. Capture the Flag Three kids, strangers to each other, are stranded in the Washington, D.
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year In Christopher Bing's brilliant, Caldecott Honor-winning interpretation of Thayer's classic narrative poem, we are astonished, amazed, and awestruck at his multilayered, wondrous scrapbook, set up like an old newspaper. Cat the Cat, Who Is That? Cat the Cat series With his new "Cat the Cat" emergent reader series, the versatile Mo Willems tackles the easiest of the easies. Charlotte's Web "Where's Papa going with that ax? Face Book This is an inspiring, interactive profile of the artist -- playful and jam-packed with information in text and images with an added perk: City of Dogs On Sam's birthday, the one he thinks will be the worst ever, his Aunty Dot brings to the house a small white dog she has just hit with her car.
Clip-Clop "Who wants a ride," asks Mr. A Virals Novel Code is a suspenseful page-turner, a mystery, an insight into relationships, a series of intellectually challenging puzzles based on science, and random thumbnail explanations of things like how to balance a chemical equation.
Confessions of a Murder Suspect When sirens blare outside of her upscale New York City high rise, fifteen-year-old Tandy Angel believes it is just the sounds of the city … That is, until two police detectives show up at her door, demanding entry into the apartment she shares with her family. Coraline Coraline has just moved with her parents to a flat in a big old house where the other tenants are eccentric and odd.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone Seraphim and chimera, love and war, humans and beasts come together in this brilliantly-written fantasy intricately woven by Laini Taylor. D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths Peer into just one chapter of this oversized collection of Greek myth character stories and you'll see why it's been such a favorite classic for fifty years. Dave at Night After his adored father dies falling off a roof in and no one else in the family is able or willing to take him in, eleven-year-old troublemaker Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys in Harlem, New York.
Poems about Everyday Stuff The things that we don't normally celebrate — in fact, the things we hardly even notice — are center stage in this book of poems that takes us through the day, following a bunch of active, thoughtful, welcoming kids. A Lift-the-Flap Book You'll have a basket of fun with this interactive lift-the-flap board book which will get your babies and toddlers joining right in. Death Cloud Young Sherlock Holmes series Death Cloud Young Sherlock Holmes series For youthful readers with a taste for that grand master of sleuthing Sherlock Holmes, here is a treat a clever imagining of what life might have been like for the young fictional sleuth.
The Art and Life of Wayne Thiebaud This innovative and enticing biography introduces 20th century painter Wayne Thiebaud, famed for painting ordinary objects like cakes, slices of pie, ice cream cones, rows of shoes, and pinball machines. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wimpy Kid series The surprise hit of the year, this easy-to-read first person expose of middle school life told by sixth grader Greg Heffley through cartoons and hand-written journal entries has sold more than a million copies.
Dogku My own synopsis of the whole story, in haiku? John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer In , seven-year-old Wes Powell was taunted, beaten, and stoned by classmates angry at his father, Reverend Powell's, abolitionist sermons. Curse of the Were-wiener Dragonbreath series Dragonbreath: Drawing Comics is Easy! Except When It's Hard "Art is a thing that everybody does different. Earwig and the Witch Earwig was left in a basket on the doorstep of St Morwald's Home for Children with a note suggesting she had been left there by a witch.
Ella Enchanted What's the real scoop on Cinderella? Eragon Inheritance Cycle series The story behind the story is one that really grabs kids: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives The title and the cover say it all. Esperanza Rising Born into a prosperous ranching family in Mexico, Esperanza lives a life of privilege and plenty with her parents and her grandmother, Abuelita, until the eve of her fourteenth birthday in , when her adored Papa is murdered by bandits.
Eve and Adam What would it be like to create your perfect mate? Everything for a Dog "My tale begins with a tail," begins Bone, a stray dog, in his first-person first-dog? Finn Throws a Fit Look at the cover with that woebegone, discontented toddler. Fitz - A Father. Flipped Bryce Loski describes how he has scrambled, ever since second grade when his family moved to the neighborhood, to avoid all contact with his pesty, oddball neighbor, Julianna Baker; while Juli recalls the past six years of being smitten with and pursuing blue-eyed Bryce, hoping he would kiss her The Illuminated Adventures Holy bagumba!
Flush Noah's idealistic dad is spending Father's Day in a holding cell in their little Florida Keys town and he doesn't want to get bailed out just yet.
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