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The Golden Pasture
By Joyce Carol Thomas. 1986
Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice
By Pat Lowery Collins. 2009
While studying under Vivaldi, three girls in a Venice orphanage forge their own notions of love in a sensuous, engrossing…
novel told in three narrative voices. It is a longing search for love that motivates three girls living in the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage renowned for its extraordinary musical program. But for Rosalba, Anetta, and Luisa, the love they seek is not where they expect to find it. Set in the early 1700s in the heart of Venice, this remarkable novel deftly weaves the history of Antonio Vivaldi's early musical career into the lives of three young women who excel in voice and instrument. Under the composer's tutelage and care, the orphans find expression, sustenance, and passion. But can the sheltered life of the orphanage prepare them for the unthinkable dangers outside its walls?The Flame Tree
By Richard Lewis. 2004
Isaac Williams, twelve-year-old son of American doctors at a mission hospital in Java, Indonesia, is certain that his friendship with…
Ismail Sutanto is as solid and enduring as the majestic flame tree in the yard. But the haven of their small world is shattered when a fundamentalist Islamic organization begins to threaten the hospital. Terrorists infiltrate, the State Department orders an evacuation, bombs ex-plode, and Isaac is taken hostage. The experience embitters Isaac. He knows that he should forgive those who have hurt him, yet he doesn't think that he can. His life is changed forever, but will it be forever crippled by his bitterness? Set against the backdrop of September 11, 2001, The Flame Tree is a fierce novel of friendship, faith, and forgiveness. Richard Lewis tells a story that is at once timely and timeless, one that has the power to move hearts and open eyes.Journey
By Joyce Carol Thomas. 1988
Tigress
By Helen Cowcher. 1991
Author Helen Cowcher addresses environmental concerns in this children's book. A tiger and her cubs leave their forest sanctuary to…
hunt. What will happen when they unknowingly attack a farmer's bull?The Mummy (A Junior Novelization)
By David Levithan, Stephen Sommers. 1999
Popularity Contest (The Friendship Ring Series #5)
By Rachel Vail. 2000
Zoe's running for class president again. Only this year, everything's going wrong. Tommy, the boy she has a crush on,…
has nominated someone to run against her. And Morgan is still mad at her for stealing her best friend. But the election isn't supposed to be a popularity contest, right?Kool Ada
By Sheila Solomon Klass. 1991
When Ada, a tough, street-fighting transplant from coal mining country to the Chicago slums, gets the no-nonsense Ms. Walker as…
a teacher, she learns that there are other ways to stand up for yourself.The Deadly Catch (The Midnight Library #8)
By Damien Graves. 2006
1. Adam and David go canoeing. Trouble awaits them in the water. The hungry kind of trouble. 2. Katie screams…
when she sees a mouse. And another one. And another one. And another one. 3. Kelly pursues a dream role in the school play. Offstage, her life is becoming a nightmare.Nacho and Lolita
By Pam Muñoz Ryan. 2005
A very rare pitacohi bird falls in love with a swallow and plucks his colorful feathers to transform dry, barren…
San Juan Capistrano into a haven of flowers and flowing water, which the swallows can easily find when returning from their annual migration.Being Nikki (Airhead #2)
By Meg Cabot. 2009
It's not easy being Nikki. Ever since former tomboy Emerson Watts's accident at the SoHo Stark Megastore and subsequent brain…
transplant into the body of teen supermodel Nikki Howard, her life has changed dramatically. Em's trying to handle the demands of school, modeling, fending off Nikki's creepy ex-boyfriends, and living with celebutante Lulu Collins. She's also trying to figure out what the Stark Corporation is really up to, and why she can't stop thinking about her former best friend Christopher and British heartthrob Gabriel Luna. Will this former tomboy be able to make it in the world of high fashion? And ...what will happen if she can't?The Wall
By John Hersey. 1977
John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution and as a personal confrontation with…
torture, starvation, humiliation, and cruelty -- a gripping and visceral story, impossible to put down.The Captive
By Joyce Hansen. 1994
When Kofi's father, an Ashanti chief, is killed, Kofi is sold as a slave and ends up in Massachusetts, where…
his fate is in the hands of Paul Cuffe, an African American shipbuilder who works to return slaves to their homeland in Africa.Safe at Home
By Sharon Robinson. 2006
Ten-year-old Elijah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper, is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died; his mother…
has moved them from the suburbs to Harlem; and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life, or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and by his grandma's wisdom. He finds out it is possible to start over in a new place with new people ... and still hold on to what's important from his past.Not That I Care (The Friendship Ring Series #3)
By Rachel Vail. 1998
If You Only Knew (The Friendship Ring Series #1)
By Rachel Vail. 1998
Seventh-grader Zoe, who comes from a big family where she's never had anything all to herself, desperately wants CJ for…
a best friend, but when CJ reveals that she likes the boy Zoe likes, she must make a choice.Treasure Fever! (Schooling Around #1)
By Andy Griffiths. 2008
Meet Henry McThrottle, a fifth-grader with an extremely active imagination. His flights of fancy lead to adventures of the sort…
only Andy Griffiths could dream up, in the first entry of a hilarious new series.Lady Jasmine
By Victoria Christopher Murray. 2009
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
By Patricia C. Mckissack, Fredrick L. Mckissack. 1994
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave…
quarters just before the Civil War.Winner of the Coretta Scott King MedalThe Haunting of Hillside School (Cabin Creek Mysteries)
By Kristiana Gregory. 2008
It's a new school year in Cabin Creek and the cousins have a new mystery. When Claire and David look…
out the art room window and see a girl's pale face, they suspect it's a ghost.