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The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Published 2008 by HarperCollins
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780060530921
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Jacket Notes:
In his first full-length novel for middle-graders since the international bestseller "Coraline," Neil Gaiman introduces Bod, a boy who is the only living resident of a graveyard. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead?
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.... More...
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Rapunzel's Revenge
by Shannon Hale
Published 2008 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781599900704
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Once upon a time, in a land you only think you know, lived a little girl and her mother . . . or the woman she "thought" was her mother.Every day, when the little girl played in her pretty garden, she grew more curious about what lay on the other side of the garden wall .... More...
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Hate That Cat
by Sharon Creech
Published 2008 by Joanna Cotler Books
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061430923
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With plenty of poetry from Tennyson, Eliot, and Poe, along with a hilarious hero and one amazing surprise, Newbery Medalist Creech makes magic once again, in this narrative poem sequel to her acclaimed "Love That Dog."
Jack Room 204--Miss Stretchberry February 25 Today the fat black cat
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Lincoln and His Boys
by Rosemary Wells
Published 2008 by Candlewick Press (MA)
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763637231
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Wells and Lynch deliver a warm, moving portrait of Abraham Lincoln told through the eyes of two of his sons, Willie and Tad. With evocative and engaging illustrations, this book presents a Lincoln not frozen in time, but accessible and utterly real.... More...
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Return to Sender
by Julia Alvarez
Published 2009 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375858383
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After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters--particularly the oldest Mari?
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure.... More...
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Milagros: Girl from Away
by Meg Medina
Published 2008 by Henry Holt & Company
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780805082302
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In stunning prose, Medina creates a fantastical world in which a young girl uncovers the true meaning of family, the significance of identity, and the power of a mother's love.
Milagros de le Torre hasn't had an easy life: ever since her father sailed away with pirates she's been teased at school and there's the constant struggle for her family to make ends meet.... More...
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The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch
by Anne Isaacs
Published 2008 by Atheneum Books
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781416902010
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Thanks to her special healing touch, strange animals flock to Estrella. In this imaginative tale, Estrella will have to use all of her courage to rescue the animals after they are taken hostage by the greedy ghosts of old gold miners in Luckless Gulch.... More...
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Burn My Heart
by Beverley Naidoo
Published 2009 by Amistad Press
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061432972
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What does it mean to be loyal? Mathew and Mugo, two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They're friends even though Mathew's dad owns the land and everything on it. They're friends despite the difference in their skin color.... More...
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Write Before Your Eyes
by Lisa Williams Kline
Published 2008 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385735681
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TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GRACIE IS always flying under the radar of her overworked parents and outspoken siblings. But when she buys an old journal at a yard sale, Gracie is stunned to realize that everything she writes in the journal comes true--though sometimes in unexpected ways.... More...
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Lexi
by L S Matthews
Published 2008 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385735742
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From the author of "Fish" and "A Dog for Life" comes an unforgettable story about a young girl's journey that starts with finding out the source of the silver key she wears around her neck.
"THE FIRST THING I remember is waking up in the woods. I didn't know where I was, or how I got there.... More...
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