Rating: (86 reviews)
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli (Maniac McGee, Stargirl) paints a vivid picture of the streets of the Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a curious, kind, heartbreakingly naïve orphan with many names. His name is Stopthief when people shout [...]
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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JACK AND ANNIE continue their quest for the secrets of happiness—secrets they need to save Merlin. This time, the Magic Tree House takes them to the one continent they haven’t visited before: Antarctica! What can they hope to learn about happiness in such [...]
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Princeton Review
Publisher: Princeton Review
Book Description
Scoring high on the AP World History Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about World history—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking [...]
Rating: (66 reviews)
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publisher: Signet Classics
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In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.
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Author: Laura Amy Schlitz
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Book Description
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.
Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his manhood by [...]
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Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Book Description
THE CHILDREN
FROM THE SEA OF TROLLS
BRAVE THEIR WORST
NIGHTMARES — UNDERGROUND. Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the [...]
