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Seven year old Simon Davies gets teased for stuttering, so he stops speaking. As an adult, he masters techniques to…
control his voice and pursues his dream of becoming a voice over artist. Meanwhile, his more confident brother, Connor tries to break into television, after years of silence, Simon tries to reconcile with his brother. Unrated
Young Edward Hall receives from his uncle Prince Krishna a set of five stereoscope cards labeled Temples of the World.…
When Eddy grabs the tasseled rope in the picture, he finds himself inside the stereoscope world, and his sister Eleanor follows quickly after him. For grades 4-7. 1971
Yearning to escape the small town where her family retreated after the death of her sister Lucky, fifteen-year-old outcast Wonder…
Blake gets a record contract from her sister's former manager. But Wonder soon realizes the life of a star is anything but glamorous. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2004
This story is told by an old man sitting on the back of his dead horse in the woods of…
Minnesota. He talks of the progression of life on his farm in the years before mechanization. Spring with its new births and plantings, summer plowing and canning, fall harvesting and hunting, and finally winter with its wood gathering and logging. And the chores--always the chores. Some violence and some strong language
While visiting a museum with her family and friends, young Parker becomes mesmerized by the portrait of First Lady Michelle…
Obama, who she believes is a queen. For preschool-grade 2. 2019
"Today Juanito is accompanying his father who is in the landscaping business, and he takes his sketchbook along to draw…
anything that catches his eye, and gets to help his father plan an entire garden--and then help plant it. Includes an autobiographical note." -- Provided by publisher
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9
"Two children with supernatural powers come to earth from another world and find themselves on the run from men who…
want to use their special powers for evil purposes." -- Provided by NLS
Best friends Paul, Oz, Arnie, and Crank enjoy horror movies but when a couple of movie extras, Laura and Darryl,…
working on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1955 try to involve them in a Communist conspiracy in real life, things get too dangerous and they decide to curtail the friendship. For grades 6-9
During a visit to the art museum, a little piglet and her grandfather investigate the disappearance of several paintings. Clues…
in the illustrations give readers a chance to solve the mystery along with the heroine
Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and…
the tenure of its final keeper. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018
After Julia is expelled from the Kingston School for the Deaf for graffiti, her two moms send her to a…
suburban school and restrict her access to paint supplies. As her illegal tagging continues, someone begins adding things to her graffiti. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017
Once close, sixteen-year-old twins Jude and her brother Noah barely speak to each other following a tragedy. But time and…
new relationships begin to mend their lives. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2014
Lisa convinces her boyfriend, Remy, to escape from their mountain town in West Virginia and move away with her when…
she starts college. But Remy meets Dana, an outsider painting a mural on the community water tower, and Remy reevaluates his future and his home. For senior high readers. 2009
For sixteen-year-old Harley Columba, October 9th is a momentous day, featuring her opening in a New York City gallery, a…
fight and reconciliation with her newly found father, and the arrival of her period five days late. Sequel to Harley...(BR 13382). Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2007
Timid seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her recently deceased favorite aunt that send Ginny from New…
Jersey on a scavenger hunt across Europe. Along the way Ginny meets new people, finds love, and has adventures that transform her life. For senior high readers. 2005
A troublesome foster child, Hollis loves to draw pictures on paper and in her mind. Her favorite is one in…
which she fits in--with a father, mother, brother, and herself. Now Hollis lives with an artist, but still longs for the summer family that wanted to keep her. For grades 5-8. 2002
Eleven-year-old Sarah "Skate" Tate faces many disappointments entering middle school: she must endure a long bus ride every day, her…
cousin and best friend finds new companions and hobbies, and a death in the family occurs. But throughout all her trials Skate continues a scrapbook project. For grades 4-7. 2002
Shy Madeline "Mad" Parker spends the summer before high school at her grandmother Gam's farm. In addition to taking care…
of her horse, she reluctantly enrolls in Scottish dance classes. Gam is also a state senator, and through her Mad learns how to overcome her insecurities and assert herself. For grades 6-9. 2000
Lissa, seventeen, attends art school in Chicago. Her parents are divorced, and her sister, Marnie, eleven, lives with their mother.…
When her alcoholism worsens, the mother decides she can no longer keep Marnie. Lissa agrees to care for her sister, but naturally Marnie does not want to leave her mother. The two girls eventually establish a workable relationship, and all is well until their mother decides she wants Marnie back. For grades 6-9