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jacket/cover - click for larger view Golden & Grey : (an unremarkable boy and a rather remarkable ghost)
Louise Arnold
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When a downhearted ghost becomes the "invisible friend" of an eleven-year-old boy who is an outcast in his new school, the two help each other find their place in their respective worlds
2005; 267 p.; isbn:0689875851 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view By my brother's side
Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Barry Root.
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Introduces twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, who worked hard to overcome obstacles and became National Football League stars, one as runningback for the New York Giants, the other as cornerback for the Tampa Bay Bucs.
2004; 1 v.; isbn:0689865597 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view The world according to Humphrey
Betty G. Birney.
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Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.
2004; 124 p.; isbn:0399241981 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Fly high! : the story of Bessie Coleman
by Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger ; illustrated by Teresa Flavin
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Discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921
2001; 1 v.; isbn:0689864620 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view My last best friend
Julie Bowe
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After her best friend moves away, fourth-grader Ida May is determined not to make another best friend, despite the efforts of a new girl in her class
2007; 146 p.; isbn:0152057773 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Just for elephants
Carol Buckley
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Tells the true story of Shirley, an elephant who was taken from her zoo to the Elephant Sanctuary, including the details of her trip there, her first days there, and her reunion with an elephant from the circus in which she had been a member
2006; 1 v.; isbn:0884482839 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Free baseball
Sue Corbett
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Angry with his mother for having too little time for him, eleven-year-old Felix takes advantage of an opportunity to become bat boy for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his father, a famous Cuban outfielder. Includes glossaries of baseball terms and Spanish words and phrases
2006; 152 p.; isbn:0525471200 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Why do dogs have wet noses?
by Stanley Coren
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North America's foremost dog expert, Stanley Coren, delivers all the answers about our canine friends.
2006; [64] p.; isbn:1553376587 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Jeremy Thatcher, dragon hatcher : a magic shop book
by Buce Coville ; illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott
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Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg
1991; 148 p.; isbn:0152007482 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view Ballpark : the story of America's baseball fields
Lynn Curlee
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Explores the histories and cultural significances of America's most famous "green cathedrals" and looks at the changing social climate that accompanied baseball's rise from a minor sport to the national pastime
2005; [3] p.; isbn:0689867425 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
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Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories
2006; 198 p.; isbn:0763625892 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view A real American
Richard Easton
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With his older brother dead, his best friend moved away, and his father busy trying to save the family's farm in western Pennsylvania, eleven-year-old Nathan needs a friend, but can he find one among the immigrants who have come to work in the new coal mines?
2002; 156 p.; isbn:0618133399 More Information

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