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Framed
Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales, with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime
306 p.; isbn:0060734035 More Information |
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Elijah of Buxton
Christopher Paul Curtis
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In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom
2007; 341 p.; isbn:0439023440 More Information |
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The wonderful story of Henry Sugar, and six more
Roald Dahl
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An account of how the author came to be a writer and selections from his writer's notebook augment stories juxtaposing fantasy and truth, and peopled with outrageous and courageous characters
2000; 225 p.; isbn:0141304707 More Information |
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Chicken boy
Frances O'Roark Dowell
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Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place
2005; 201 p.; isbn:0689858167 More Information |
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Inkheart
Cornelia Funke.
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
2003; 534p.; isbn:0439531640 More Information |
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Inkspell
Cornelia Funke ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell
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When Dustfinger, the fire-eater who was brought into being from words, finds a shady storyteller to read him back into the medieval world, Farid, Dustfinger's apprentice, searches for Meggie and ends up stuck inside the book with her
2005; 635 p.; isbn:0439554004 More Information |
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The graveyard book
Neil Gaiman ; with illustrations by Dave McKean
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Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard
2008; 312 p.; isbn:9780060530921 More Information |
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A house of tailors
Patricia Reilly Giff.
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When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.
2004; 148 p.; isbn:0385730667 More Information |
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Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
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While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland
2005; 314 p.; isbn:1582349932 More Information |
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Remembering Mrs. Rossi
Amy Hest ; illustrated by Heather Maione
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Although she loves her father, their home in New York City, and third-grade teacher Miss Meadows, Annie misses her mother who died recently
2007; 143 p.; isbn:0763621633 More Information |
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Middle school is worse than meatloaf : a year told through stuff
by Jennifer L. Holm ; pictures by Elicia Castaldi
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The first year of middle school can be exciting, or scarey, just ask Ginny
2007; 1 v.; isbn:0689852819 More Information |
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The dark portal
[written and illustrated by] Robin Jarvis
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While on a rescue mission, a few daring mice journey below to the sewers to an evil world populated by rats who peel mice before eating them and worship the Dark Lord
2000; 241 p.; isbn:1587170213 More Information |
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