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Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 275, [4] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Written in 1935 about Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother's childhood, the adventures of Caddie and her brothers are still exciting over 60 years later. With each chapter comes another...
3) Ginger Pye
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Formats
Description
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Pub. Date
1950
Physical Desc
181 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
Author
Series
Newbery medal book volume 1946
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Birdie Boyer and her hard working family raise strawberries in rural Florida, but must face the dislike of their neighbors.
6) Shiloh
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. Includes Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal acceptance speech, Q&A with Kate DiCamillo, and Q&A with Timothy Basil Ering.
11) Thimble summer
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A few hours after Garnet Linden found a silver thimble in the dried-up river bed, the rains came to end the long drought on her family's Wisconsin farm.
13) Criss cross
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
14) Walk two moons
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold, the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. Here the author weaves together two tales,...
15) The whipping boy
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
17) The bronze bow
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy seeks revenge against the Romans for killing his parents, but is turned away from vengeance by Jesus.
19) Bud, not Buddy
Author
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his realization...
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