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Tiger Rising
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Kate DiCamillo
This National Book Award finalist introduces 12-year-old Rob Horton, who encounters a real tiger in the misty Florida woods. That same day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other and be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things can't be locked up forever.
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
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Patty Lovell, David Catrow (Illustrator)
When Molly Lou has to start in a new school, Ronald Durkin makes fun of her height and her buck teeth. But Molly has learned a lot from her grandma and knows just how to put him in place--in a very satisfying way. Illustrations.
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Betsy-Tacy and Tib
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Maud Hart Lovelace
The story of three best friends growing up in America at the turn of the century. The adventures in this book take place during the year that the girls are 8 years old.
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Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
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Maud Hart Lovelace
The continuing story of Betsy, Tacy, and Tib--three friends growing up in America at the turn of the century. Now almost 10, the girls have just learned that a Queen of Summer is going to be crowned for their neighborhood. In order to gather enough votes to ensure that Tib will be named Queen, the girls venture into an unfamiliar neighborhood- ...
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The Recess Queen
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Alexis O'Neill, Alexis O'Neil, Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator)
In this sassy playground romp the irrepressible new kid dethrones the reigning recess bully by doing the unthinkable--she invites her to be her friend! Not only will kids relate to the all-too-common issue of bullying, but parents and teachers will appreciate the story's deft handling of conflict resolution (achieved without adult intervention). ...
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Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
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Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski (Illustrator)
The further adventures of Betsy, Tacy, and Tib--three American girls growing up at the turn of the century. The girls--now 12 and old enough to travel into town without their parents--explore the public library, ride in a horseless carriage, and befriend Mrs. Poppy, a lonely woman whose husband manages a local theater. Illustrated with b&w spot ...
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How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?
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Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator)
What if a dinosaur's friends come to play? Does he mope, does he pout if he can't get his way? Does he hide all his dump trucks, refusing to share? Does he throw his friends' coloring books up in the air? Time and time again, children are told to "play nice." This brilliantly illustrated board book is packed with rhymes that will teach children ...
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Lonely Doll
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Dare Wright
Once there was a little doll. Her name was Edith. She lived in a nice house and had everything she needed except someone to play with. She was lonely! Then one morning Edith looked into the garden and there stood two bears!
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Holes
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Louis Sachar
Following a miscarriage of justice, the ever-unlucky Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to imprisonment at a boys' juvenile detention center known as Camp Green Lake. There's just one thing about Camp Green Lake--there's no lake, just a dried-up lake bed in which, every day, each boy must dig a hole five feet deep and five feet across. The sadistic ...
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Zen Ties
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Jon J Muth
Summer has arrived -- and so has Koo, Stillwater's haiku-speaking young nephew. And when Stillwater encourages Koo, and his friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy old neighbor in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways. Zen Ties is a disarming story of compassion and friendship that reaffirms the importance of our ties to ...
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Katherine Paterson
Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class. He's been practising all summer and he's sure he's going to win. But when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. Not only does Leslie not look or act like any of the girls in school, she also turns out to be the fastest runner in the year. After ...
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Perro Grande...Perro Pequeno (Big Dog...Little Dog)
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P D Eastman
Two dogs are opposite in every way, but are the very best of friends.
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Tuck Everlasting
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Natalie Babbitt
Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? It's 1880, and the members of the Tuck family (Ma, Pa, and their two sons) haven't aged since the day 80 years ago when they unknowingly drank from a magical spring. When friends and family noticed that the Tucks never aged, they were labeled as bewitched and cast out of society. Since that time, the Tucks ...
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
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Mem Fox
After overhearing his parents say that his elderly friend, Miss Nancy, has lost her memory, a young boy named Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge tries to find out what a memory is so that he can get Miss Nancy's back for her. Will Wilfrid be able to discover the true meaning of what a memory is? Illustrated with watercolor paintings.
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Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
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Ann Brashares
With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious time, in a dazzling, fearless novel about a summer that will forever change the lives of Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby.
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The Egypt Game
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Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The A-Z Antique Shop is a shabby store run by a taciturn older man known as the Professor. The shop's abandoned storage yard features a few curios and soon draws the attention of 11-year-old April Hall, her friend Melanie Ross, and Melanie's younger brother, Marshall. Inspired by their mutual love of Egypt, April and Melanie turn the storage yard ...
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Someone Like You
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Sarah Dessen
Best friends Halley and Scarlett face many challenges during their junior year of high school. Chief among them: the death of Scarlett's boyfriend in a motorcycle accident and Scarlett's realization that she is pregnant with his child.
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Second Summer of the Sisterhood
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Ann Brashares
As four lifelong friends prepare to split up for the summer, they discover that a pair of secondhand jeans looks good on all of them, despite their different physiques. They promise to rotate the jeans among them and, upon their reunion at summer's end, record their favorite adventures on the pant legs.
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The Higher Power of Lucky
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Susan Patron
The 2007 Newbery Medal winner is now in paperback. Lucky, age 10, doesn't expect running away to be so complicated. A large cast of magnanimous surprises awaits her when she plans to hide from her guardian in the Mojave Desert. Illustrations.
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Bad Case of Stripes
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David Shannon (Illustrator)
Follows the plight of Camilla Cream, who dreams of being popular but who breaks out in "stripes" and is teased by the other kids, until an odd woman feeds her lima beans to cure her malady.
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Frog and Toad Collection Box Set
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Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
Frog and Toad are always there for each other -- just as best friends should be. From sledding in winter to eating ice cream on hot summer days, these two friends have fun together the whole year round!
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Crash
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Jerry Spinelli
The activities of a school bully as told from the bully's perspective. Shallow, vain, and arrogant seventh-grader Crash Coogan has been bulldozing over people his entire life but his most consistent victim is Penn Webb--a Quaker who lives down the street from Crash.
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The Battle of Jericho
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Sharon Mills Draper
How far will 16-year-old Jericho go to fit in? When invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he vows to do "anything" to become a member of the gang. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
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Big Al
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Andrew Clements
Big Al is really a friendly fish but all the other smaller fish are frightened by his huge size. Will he ever be able to prove that he really is a nice guy? Batik illustrations accompany the story.
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Ambition
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Kate Brian, Julian Peploe (From an idea by)
Now single for the first time since before she met Thomas Pearson, all Reed Brennan wants right now is zero drama. However, she questions her sanity as reminders and sightings of Ariana Osgood--who had been convicted of Thomas's murder--are showing up everywhere.
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