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A Place to Hang the Moon
Kate Albus - Margaret Ferguson Books
Format: Hardcover
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is the tale of three orphaned siblings who are evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secret hope of finding a permanent family.It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren't terribly upset by the death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken... |
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The Blackbird Girls
Anne Blankman - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Like Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history.On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant... |
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The War that Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Format: Book
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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
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Caddie Woodlawn
Carol Ryrie Brink - Macmillan / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Caddie Woodlawn, which has been captivating young readers since 1935, was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Now it is in a brand-new edition with lively illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. In her new foreword,... |
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Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko
Format: Book
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Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse. |
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Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis - Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Book
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It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things... |
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Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis - Scholastic Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice.Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement... |
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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
Firoozeh Dumas - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California's Newport Beach is her family's latest perch, and she's determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes... |
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The Night Diary
Veera Hiranandani - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided countryIt's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated... |
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Our Only May Amelia
Jennifer L. Holm - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Print book
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She may be a miracle, but she's no proper young lady!It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when you are the only girl ever born in the new settlement. With seven older brothers and a love of adventure, May Amelia Jackson... |
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Jacqueline Kelly - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover
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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 ones. With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers... |
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Inside Out and Back Again
Thanhha Lai - HarperCollins
Format: Audio CD
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Inside Out and Back Again is a New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award! Inspired by the author's childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama, this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse... |
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Number the Stars
Lois Lowry - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles... |
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Snow Treasure
Marie McSwigan - Scholastic
Format: Paperback
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A daring adventure based on a true story about a group of Norwegian children who smuggled nine million dollars in gold past Nazi sentries during World War II. "A story of courage and wits and grim determination."--The New York Times. |
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Resistance
Jennifer A Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference.... |
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
Linda Sue Park - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes... |
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Prairie Lotus
Linda Sue Park
Format: Hardcover
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Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Hanna, a half-Asian girl in a small town in America's heartland, lives in 1880. Hanna's... |
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Last of the Name
Rosanne Parry - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Danny O'Carolan and his sister, Kathleen, arrive in New York City in 1863. Kathleen refuses to be parted from her only remaining relative, so she finds a job in domestic service for herself and her younger...sister. Danny reluctantly pretends to be a girl to avoid being... |
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A Long Way From Chicago
Richard Peck - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother! |
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On The Wings of Heroes
Richard Peck - Dial Books
Format: Print book
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Davy Bowman's brother and their dad hung the moon. Dad looks forward to Halloween more than a kid, and Davy's brother, Bill, flies B-17s. Davy adores these two heroes and tries his best to follow their lead, especially now. World War II has invaded Davy's homefront boyhood. There's an air raid... |
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Yellow Star
Jennifer Roy - Amazon Children's Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"In 1945 the war ended. The Germans surrendered, and the ghetto was liberated. Out of over a quarter of a million people, about 800 walked out of the ghetto. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. I was one of the twelve." For more than fifty years after the war, Syvia,... |
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The Wednesday Wars
Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books; None edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. THE WEDNESDAY WARS is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year.Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader... |
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Moon Over Manifest
Clare Vanderpool - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award.The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned.... |
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Paperboy
Vince Vawter - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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*"Reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird." - Booklist, Starred "An unforgettable boy and his unforgettable story. I loved it!" - ROB BUYEA, author of Because of Mr. Terupt and Mr. Terupt Falls Again This Newbery Honor winner is perfect for fans of To Kill a Mockingbird,... |
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Listening for Lions
Gloria Whelan - HarperCollins
Format: Print book
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Historical fiction with a wicked twist. Listening for Lions is a breathtaking story of tragedy, deception, and triumph against all odds. National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan sets this richly historical coming-of-age adventure in British East Africa in the year 1918. This irresistible... |
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Echo Mountain
Lauren Wolk - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The Newbery Honor-winning author of Wolf Hollow returns with the story of an unforgettable young heroine in Depression-era Maine.After the financial crash, Ellie and her family have lost nearly everything - including their home in town. Forced to start over, Ellie has found a welcome freedom,... |
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Wolf Hollow
Lauren Wolk - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A 2017 Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerA young girl's kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying. * An NPR Best Book of the Year* A BOOKLIST Best Book of the Year* An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of the Year* A Kirkus Reviews... |
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