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By Kathryn Reiss, Paul Bachem, Laszlo Kubinyi. 2001
In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father welcome a mail-order bride and her baby to their Kansas homestead.…
But Ida Kate soon suspects that the bride is not the same woman with whom Papa had corresponded. For grades 5-8. 2001By Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6By Suzy Kline, Frank Remkiewicz. 2000
Miss Mackle's third-grade class is excited about Halloween and what costumes they will wear. They remember all of Harry's scary…
costumes since kindergarten and wonder what he will be this year. But Harry keeps his secret and surprises everyone. For grades 2-4. 2000By Liza Ketchum, C. B. Mordan. 2000
In 1828, the Damron's family farm fails in Illinois, so they trek back to Kentucky. After a short time, both…
parents die from "milk sickness", and orphaned Jesse and her siblings must make their way back to their grandmother. For grades 3-6By Ann Martin. 1998
Baby-Sitters Club member Stacey McGill takes a sitting job with a new client, Mr. John Brooke. Mr. Brooke is divorced,…
and Stacey decides he might make a perfect match for her divorced mother. But Mr. Brooke's two children have different ideas. Stacey soon finds herself in a matchmaking mess. For grades 3-6By Meg Wolitzer. 2023
Named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly , Time , and The Chicago Tribune , and named…
a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”— The New York Times Book Review "A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in her work hit you harder than the big ideas. This isn't women's fiction. It's everyone's."— Entertainment Weekly (A) From Meg Wolitzer, the New York Times –bestselling author of The Female Persuasion, a novel that has been called "genius" ( The Chicago Tribune ), “wonderful” ( Vanity Fair ), "ambitious" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), and a “page-turner” ( Cosmopolitan ). The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings , Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules’s now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken. Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a lifeBy Truman Capote. 1994
Twelve-year-old Joel Knox goes to live with his invalid father in a dilapidated Louisiana mansion. There the sensitive boy encounters…
a perverse stepmother, a pathetic uncle, and a tomboy who becomes his fast friend. 1948By Belva Plain. 1998
When it becomes obvious that World War II is imminent, Caroline Hartzinger and her adopted older sister, Lore, flee from…
Berlin to Geneva. Walter, who plans to wed Caroline, goes with them. Life takes a dramatic turn and Caroline and Lore escape to America alone. But their time in Switzerland provides a legacy that affects several generations. BestsellerBy Mary Hoffman. 2000
In this sequel to Boundless Grace (BR 10495), the neighborhood kids spend the summer having adventures and play acting. At…
the end of vacation, Grace joins a local theater group as an extra in a musical. Easy chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2000By Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus. 2002
By Kimberly Holt. 1998
Louisiana, 1950s. Twelve-year-old Tiger Ann Parker begins to feel embarrassed in front of the other kids about the "slowness" of…
her parents. Her grandmother is the one who keeps the family intact. After Granny dies, Tiger has a chance to move to the city with her sophisticated aunt, but she is reluctant to abandon the parents who love her. For grades 6-9By Louisa Alcott, Jane Dyer, Louisa Alcott. 1999
Jack and Jill are the best of friends and when they are severely injured in a sledding accident they become…
even closer. With the help of Jack's mother, the two are provided with many amusements to pass the Christmas season. But will Jill ever walk again? For grades 5-8By Judy Blume. 1972
Although Sheila pretends to be knowledgeable, witty, and afraid of nothing, she secretly fears dogs, spiders, pools, thunder, ghosts, and…
the dark. A summer away from home brings out all her fears. For grades 4-7By Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerBy Phyllis Naylor. 1987
Andy really wants to win a fifth-grade essay contest on conservation, and he especially wants to beat his cousin Jack.…
Andy's idea involves testing recipes using handy critters--like beetles and worms--on unsuspecting eaters. The results surprise him. For grades 3-6By Max Barry. 1999
Scat has a new marketing degree and a wonderful idea for a new cola. Coke offers him three million, but…
Scat's roommate, Sneaky Pete, beats him to the trademark office. Scat scrambles to come up with another winning idea to impress an appealing Coke marketing employee named 6. Strong languageBy Peggy Parish. 1995
Amelia Bedelia cannot keep a job because she does exactly as she is instructed. For example, as an office clerk…
Amelia jumps up and down on letters that she is asked to stamp. For K-3By Syd Hoff. 1959
Eager to try life outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the…
children but decides that, after all, home is best. For grades K-3. 1959By William Faulkner. 1990
The Bundrens, poor whites in Mississippi, face numerous obstacles as they trek across the countryside to deliver their mother's body…
for burial in her home town. First published in 1930; this edition includes changes made by Noel Polk in 1985 based on the author's notesBy Barbara O'Connor. 1997
Martin lives in the Paradise trailer park with his folks. His dream is to play a musical instrument, but his…
abusive father thinks music is stupid and insists Martin play baseball, instead. Some strong language. For grades 5-8