Rating: (169 reviews)
Author: Max Lucado
Publisher: Crossway Books
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Every day the small wooden people called Wemmicks do the same thing: stick either gold stars or gray dots on one another. The pretty ones–those with smooth wood and fine paint–always get stars. The talented ones do, too. Others, though, who can do little [...]
Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Nancy Carlson
Publisher: Puffin
Rating: (6 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperFestival
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Papa Bear and the cubs are having some trouble with chores –– they don’t want to do them! When they decide to take a break from cleaning, Mama Bear plays along. But what will happen when the mess builds up . . . and up . [...]
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Author: Wilson Rawls
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart’s desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. Paperback.
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Author Wilson Rawls spent his boyhood [...]
Rating: (12 reviews)
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Publisher: Little Simon
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On the occasion of her son’s graduation from high school, Sandra Boynton, the well-loved creator of books and cards featuring hippos, dinosaurs, and sheep, has written a celebratory book for “onwardly mobile” readers. Everyone on the planet will compare this title to Dr. [...]
Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill
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Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose
Its winter break at St. Vladimirs, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academys crawling with [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
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The fabulous foursome readers embraced as The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search–a [...]
Rating: (65 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperTrophy
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The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle. Progressing through a series of brilliantly colored die-cut pages, a bad-tempered braggart becomes a nicer, happier, better-behaved bug. The arrangement of the book also introduces concepts of comparative size and telling time. 48 pages. Trim sizeÊ10 1/4″ x 10 1/4″.
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Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: Point
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EM WATTS IS GONE.
Emerson Watts didn’t even want to go to the new SoHo Stark Megastore grand opening. But someone needed to look out for her sister, Frida, whose crush, British heartthrob Gabriel Luna, would be singing and signing autographs thereâalong with the newly [...]
Author: Sara Shepard
Publisher: HarperTeen
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Behind Rosewood’s grand façades, where the air smells like apples and Chanel No. 5 and infinity pools sparkle in landscaped backyards, nothing is as it seems. It was here, back in seventh grade, that five best friends shared everything—Seven jeans, MAC makeup, and their deepest, darkest secrets. For [...]
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Dawn Huebner
Publisher: Magination Press
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“Guides children and their parents through cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat negative thinking. Lively metaphors and illustrations help kids see life’s hurdles in a new way, while drawing and writing activities help them master skills to get over those hurdles. And step-by-step instructions point [...]
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Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
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Hope is the thing with feathers starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasnt thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more holy. There is a new boy [...]
Rating: (123 reviews)
Author: Ann Brashares
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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Ann Brashares has created a wonderful, heartfelt series for teens (and adults) around a pair of pants. In her breakout bestseller, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Brashares introduced readers to four girls, Lena, Bridget, Carmen, and Tibby, and to the magical [...]
Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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When nine-year-old Allie Finkle’s parents announce that they are moving her and her brothers from their suburban split-level into an ancient Victorian in town, Allie’s sure her life is over. She’s not at all happy about having to give up her pretty pink [...]
Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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Raised in a religious — yet abusive — family, Pattyn Von Stratten starts asking questions — about God, a woman’s role, sex, love. She experiences the first stirrings of passion, but when her father catches her in a compromising position, events spiral out of [...]
Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Nancy Holyoke
Publisher: American Girl
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Dawn Huebner
Publisher: Magination Press
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Did you know that anger is like fire? It starts with a spark, igniting us with energy and purpose. But it can also blaze out of control, causing lots of problems. If you’re a kid whose temper quickly flares, a [...]
Rating: (581 reviews)
Author: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: HarperCollins
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To say that this particular apple tree is a “giving tree” is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein’s popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the [...]
Rating: (20 reviews)
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Publisher: Greenwillow
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It started out as a bad day for little yellow bird, little white dog, little orange fox, and little brown squirrel. Until . . .
A discovery, and love, and luck and persistence, and a different point of view changed all that. What can [...]