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Show Way »
Title: Show Way Author: Jacqueline Woodson , Illustrated by Hudson Talbott Publication: Putnam Juvenile (September 8, 2005) ISBN: 978-0399237492 Grade Level: 3-5 Awards: 2006 Newbery Honor Book Summary: The story of Jacqueline Woodson's family traced through the maternal line to the pre-Civil War era. Focuses on the history of [...]
The Wednesday Wars »
Title: The Wednesday Wars Author: Gary D Schmidt Publishing: Clarion Books (May 21, 2007) ISBN: 978-0618724833 Grade Level: 6-9 Awards: 2008 Newbery Award Summary: Young Holling Hoodhood lives in a perfect house on a perfect street, but everything is not perfect in Long Island because he's the only Presbyterian in a town of [...]
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes »
Title: The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes Mystery Author: Nancy Springer Publication: Philomel (September 18, 2008) ISBN: 978-0399247804 Grade Level: 6-8 Awards: n/a Summary: When a previous client slips Enola, Sherlock Holmes' plucky little sister, a secret message in a ladies lavatory she must use all of her [...]
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious »
Title:Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy Author: L.A. Meyer Publication: Harcourt Children's Books; 1st edition (September 1, 2002) ISBN: 978-0152167318 Grade Level: 6-8 Awards: 2004 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2005 Georgia Peach Award Summary: When Mary Faber's orphan [...]
Fever 1793 »
Title: Fever 1793 Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Publication: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2002), Paperback, 272 pages ISBN: 0689848919 / 9780689848919 Grade Level: 6-9 Awards: The New York Public Library "Best 2001 Books for the Teenage" 2001 Teacher's Choice, International Reading [...]
Copper Sun »
Title: Copper Sun Author: Sharon Draper Publication: Atheneum (2008), Paperback, 336 pages ISBN: 1416953485 / 9781416953487 Grade Level: 6-9 Awards: 2007 Coretta Scott King Award, ALA Best Book for Young Adults Summary:Amari's home has been destroyed and she does not know why. After surviving the long trek from her village, [...]
Anahita’s Woven Riddle »
Title: Anahita's Woven Riddle Author: Meghan Nuttal Sayres Publication: Amulet Books (2008), Edition: 1, Paperback, 384 pages ISBN: 0810995484 / 9780810995482 Grade Level: 6-9 Awards:ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults 2007,Winter 2006-2007 Children's Picks List by Book Sense Summary: Anahita lives in ancient Iran and [...]
Ten Cents a Dance »
Title: Ten Cents a Dance Author: Christine Fletcher Publication: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (2008), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 368 pages ISBN: 1599901641 / 9781599901640 Grade Level: 7-10 Awards: ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults Summary: Ruby Jacinski is 15 years old and she's already working a full time job at meat [...]
