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Amber Was Brave,
Essie Was Smart: The Story of Amber and Essie Told Here in Poems and Pictures
by Vera
B. Williams
In a series
of 28 unrhymed poems and an album of pictures and drawings, Amber and
Essie talk about their life and struggles that revolve around the "big
family secret."
Ages 7-11;
Greenwillow
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Angel on the
Square by Gloria Whelan
Kataya lives
on the fringes of a life of luxury in Czarist Russia and has an insider’s
view of the fall of the empire.
Ages 8-12;
HarperCollins
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Belle Teal
by Ann M. Martin
Fifth-grader
Belle copes with living in Coker Creek in the ‘60s with a Mama that works
several jobs, a Gran whose memory is fading fast, a new girl that taunts
her, and a dangerous friendship with the only African American boy in
school.
Ages 10-14;
Scholastic
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Dancing in
Cadillac Light by Kimberly Willis Holt
Eleven-year-old
Jaynelle Lambert thinks she knows everything about her family, but her
grandfather’s death reveals painful secrets and a chance to overcome the
past.
Ages 10-12;
Putnam
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The Demon in
the Teahouse by Dorothy Hoobler and
Thomas Hoobler
Seikei solves
the mystery of who is killing the geishas in this fast-paced mystery set
in 18th century Japan, but not before he is accused of setting a fire.
Ages 10-13;
Philomel
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Everything
on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Eleven-year
old optimist Primrose Squarp refuses to believe she has lost her parents
in a typhoon.
Ages 9-12;
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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How Tía
Lola Came to Visit Stay by Julia Alvarez
Flamboyant
Tía Lola is just the right remedy for ten-year-old Miguel, his
sister and their Mami after the divorce.
Ages 8-11;
Knopf
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Judy Moody
Gets Famous! by Megan McDonald;
illustrated
by Peter Reynolds
J-E-A-L-O-U-S,
that’s the latest mood Judy is in since her arch enemy is the spelling
bee queen. Will Judy ever get her fifteen minutes
of fame?
Ages 7-12;
Candlewick Press
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Love That Dog
by Sharon Creech
It is Jack’s
belief that boys don’t write poetry, however a savvy teacher and a yellow
dog change his mind.
Ages 9-13;
HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Books
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The Man Who
Wore All His Clothes by Allan Ahlberg;
illustrated
by Katharine McEwen
In this fun-filled
and zany story, the Gaskitts, an unpredictable family of four, manage
in their own way to foil a robbery.
Ages 6-8; Candlewick
Press
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Racing the
Past by Sis Deans
Now that his
violent, alcoholic father is dead, Ricky’s life should be easier, but
bullies from school won’t let him forget that he and his family are "white
trash."
Ages 9-12;
Henry Holt
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A Series of
Unfortunate Events Series by Lemony Snicket
In this fast-paced
series meet the Beaudelaire orphans, a rather wealthy but unlucky bunch,
who face danger and adventure, gloom and doom, and the arch villain Count
Olaf at every turn they take. The series titles for this year include:
The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village and The Hostile Hospital.
Ages 10
and up; HarperCollins
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