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Wringer (Joanna Cotler Bks.)
By Jerry Spinelli. 1997
Palmer LaRue dreads turning ten, the age at which boys become wringers--those who break the necks of wounded birds at…
the town's annual pigeon shoot. A pigeon appears at Palmer's window and becomes his pet, a fact that the boy conceals until the day of the shoot, when he faces a tough moral decision. For grades 4-7. Newbery Honor. 1997To have and have not
By Ernest Hemingway. 1965
Key West, Florida. Swindled by an American who chartered his boat for deep-sea fishing, Harry Morgan turns to smuggling goods…
from Cuba to provide for his family. Changing his moral compass, Harry progresses from running rum to transporting riskier human contraband. Some strong language. 1937Pale horse, pale rider: three short novels
By Katherine Anne Porter. 1990
In Old Mortality girls Maria and Miranda learn about the young woman pictured in an old framed photograph at their…
grandmother's house. Noon Wine is about Olaf Helton, who hires on at a Texas dairy farm. The title piece recounts a grown-up Miranda's tragic love affair with a soldier. 1939Pigeon post (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 1992
As the Walker, Blackett, and Callum children prospect for gold in the Lake District during their summer holiday, three carrier…
pigeons--Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho--keep Mrs. Blackett informed of the children's whereabouts. Sequel to Coot Club (RC 31634, BR 17524). For grades 4-7. 1936The big six (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 2000
Members of the Coot Club, a bird protection society, are sailing on the Norfolk Broads when they are accused of…
setting boats adrift. The friends' clever detective work proves their innocence. Sequel to Secret Water (DB 33143, BR 17527). For grades 4-7. 1940Secret water (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 1995
The Walkers are set for a camping trip when Commander Walker is recalled from leave. He lets the children go…
on their own, with supplies and an unmarked map, to an uncharted island. Sequel to We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (RC 15054, BR 17526). For grades 4-7. 1939Great Northern?: a Scottish adventure of Swallows & Amazons (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 2003
John, Susan, Titty, Roger, Nancy, Peggy, Dorothea, and Dick are on holiday in the Hebrides when Dick discovers a pair…
of great northern divers. The children race to save the birds from an unscrupulous egg-collector. Sequel to The Picts and the Martyrs (RC 15071, BR 17530). For grades 4-7. 1947Jack and the beanstalk
By E Nesbit. 2006
Young Jack angers his mother by trading the family cow for a handful of colored beans, which she throws out…
the cottage window. The next morning when Jack sees a beanstalk reaching to the sky, he climbs it--and his adventures begin. For grades 2-4. 1908The island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin classics)
By H. G Wells. 2005
Late Victorian fantasy classic in which scientific arrogance leads to horrifying consequences. In 1887 Edward Prendick is shipwrecked, rescued, and…
later abandoned on a mysterious island inhabited by grotesque creatures under the control of Dr. Moreau. Includes 2005 introduction by Margaret Atwood. Some violence. 1896Selected poems, 1947-1995 (Perennial classics)
By Allen Ginsberg. 1996
Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) presents a half century of verse in a variety of forms and themes including…
the political, sexual, devotional, and spiritual. Contains selections from Howl, Kaddish, The Fall of America, Plutonian Ode, White Shroud, and others. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1996Love story
By Erich Segal. 1970
Wealthy Harvard senior Oliver Barrett IV falls in love with wisecracking Radcliffe music student Jenny Cavilleri. Oliver marries Jenny despite…
his father's threat to disown him. They seek a life together without assistance from Oliver's family in what proves to be a bittersweet love story. Strong language. 1970Canterbury tales
By Barbara Cohen, Trina Schart Hyman. 1988
Four of Geoffrey Chaucer's tales retold in modern English. The nun's priest recounts the barnyard adventures of prideful rooster Chauntecleer,…
the pardoner teaches a lesson about greed, the wife of Bath relates a baffled knight's dilemma, and the franklin celebrates courtly love. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1988The three musketeers
By Alexandre Dumas, Richard Pevear. 2006
Seventeenth-century France. D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, determined to join the king's bodyguards. He duels with each of the three musketeers--Athos,…
Porthos, and Aramis--and becomes their close friend. Their swashbuckling escapades occur amid court intrigues dominated by Cardinal Richelieu. A 2006 translation by Richard Pevear. 1844The eternal husband and other stories
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear. 2000
Five short tales by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Features "A Nasty Anecdote," "Bobok," "The Meek One," "The Dream of…
a Ridiculous Man," and the title piece, in which a widower encounters his deceased wife's lover. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Includes 1997 preface. 1997The sword in the stone (Laurel-Leaf Books)
By T. H White. 1993
A boy named Arthur, king-to-be, grows up in the time of knights in armor, fair damsels, foul monsters, and evil…
witches. His tutor Merlin, the all-powerful magician, transforms Arthur into various animals as part of his schooling and prepares him for his destiny. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1938The story of Ferdinand
By Munro Leaf. 1936
Ferdinand, a strong bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers, is mistakenly thought to be the fiercest bull…
in Spain. He is carted off to the bullring in Madrid, where a surprise awaits the spectators. For grades K-3. 1936Harriet, the spy
By Louise Fitzhugh. 1992
Harriet M. Welsch, eleven, is a spy. She wears a sleuthing outfit and records in a secret notebook her observations--both…
good and bad--of her friends and neighbors. When her classmates discover the journal, many feelings are hurt and Harriet is in trouble. For grades 3-6. 1964The sun also rises: The Authorized Edition
By Ernest Hemingway. 1954
A group of wealthy English and American expatriates in post-World War I Europe travel from the cafes of Paris to…
the bullfights of Spain--eating and drinking, aimlessly socializing, and quarreling among themselves. The disillusioned characters reflect the war-weary lost generation of the 1920s. Some strong language. 1926Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: one hundred best-loved verses
By Mary Engelbreit. 2005
Presents traditional nursery rhymes passed down through generations. Includes "Thirty days hath September..." and "Monday's child," which teach lessons; "Jack…
and Jill" and "Humpty Dumpty," which show disasters; and "There was a little girl...," "Old King Cole," and "Bobby Shafto," which portray typical people. For preschool-grade 2. 2005Peter Pan in scarlet
By Scott M. Fischer, Geraldine McCaughrean. 2006
England, 1926. A now-grown-up Mrs. Wendy realizes that dreams are leaking out of Neverland. Fearing for Peter Pan's life, Wendy…
and the Lost Boys return to Neverland with fairy Fireflyer's assistance. Authorized sequel to Peter Pan (RC 59430)--the boy who never grows up. For grades 5-8. 2006