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By Robert C O'Brien. 1971
Threatened with the loss of home and family, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed field mouse, seeks help from a colony of…
rats. Escapees from the NIMH laboratory, these superintelligent rats provide a solution to her dilemma. For grades 4-7. Newbery Medal. 1971By Nancy Springer. 2004
Since his father died, Rook has run wild as a wolf and joined Rowan Hood's forest band. Rook blames the…
sheriff of Nottingham for the death and now sees a chance for revenge against the sheriff's son. Sequel to Outlaw Princess of Sherwood (BR 16424). For grades 4-7. 2004By Joan Holub. 2004
Riddles about dogs and geography for laughs while learning facts. Topics include oceans, planets, continents, and land formations; United States…
facts, states, state capitals; and more. Uncontracted braille. For grades 3-6. 2004By Stephanie True Peters. 2005
Traces the history of polio and the twentieth-century worldwide epidemic that left many infected children with permanent paralysis. Describes the…
invention of the iron lung to enable patients to breathe and the development of vaccines. Also discusses the disease's most famous survivor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. For grades 5-8. 2005By David Levithan. 2005
Tricked by their parents into taking a trip to Italy together, high school student Elijah Silver and his twenty-three-year-old workaholic…
brother Danny have plenty of time to get to know each other again. But then they both fall for the beautiful Julia. For senior high readers. 2005By Michael Simmons. 2005
When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, sixteen-year-old Evan uses clues from a laptop he stole to find…
the real culprit. Joined by his friends Erika and Ruben, Evan travels from Seattle to Paris with his father's credit card to learn the truth. For senior high readers. 2005By Paul Stewart. 2005
Rook Barkwater, the young librarian knight, attempts to stop Vox Verlix, the Most High Academe of Sanctaphrax, as he plots…
to take over Edgeworld once again. Sequel to The Last of the Sky Pirates (BR 16555). For grades 6-9. 2003By Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard J. Cuffari. 1992
In 1558 young Kate Sutton is exiled to a remote castle called Perilous Gard, where she becomes captive of an…
ancient fairy folk--the last practitioners of druidic magic. Kate struggles to prevent them from sacrificing Christopher Heron and to effect her own escape. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. 1974By Beverly Cleary. 2002
By Michele Jaffe. 2006
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Irish Jamaican Jasmine Callihan stumbles upon a murder. With the help…
of her friends from California, aspiring police detective Jasmine investigates--and also falls in love. For senior high readers. 2006By Roland Smith. 2005
With his trial date approaching, drug czar Alonzo Aznar kidnaps Jack and his sister Joanne. They attempt a daring escape…
while their parents, aided by some old friends, plan a rescue. Sequel to Zach's Lie (BR 14667). For grades 6-9. 2005By T. Scott Bryan. 2005
Geologist explains the hot water and vapor eruptions called geysers and their locations, characteristics, and behaviors. Discusses natural and human…
forces that change their activity. Includes a list of geyser fields by geographic area. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2005By Eleanor Estes. 2004
The girls in her class mock Wanda Petronski because she claims to have a hundred dresses lined up in her…
closet but wears the same faded dress everyday. And they tease her about her Polish last name. Then Wanda stops coming to school. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1944By Elisa Carbone. 2005
After thirteen-year-old biracial Eva's adopted parents die in 1878, Eva heads to Denver to find her birth mother. She's shocked…
to discover that her mother and half-sister live in a house of ill repute and hatches a plan to improve their lot. For senior high readers. 2005By Lois Lenski. 2004
Old Graybeard the Goat grumbles and White Rabbit brags about being the Easter Bunny, but all the farmyard animals work…
together to make a special Easter celebration for their caretaker Ann Eliza. For grades K-3. 1936By Patrick Carman. 2005
One year after her adventures in The Dark Hills Divide (BR 16270) Alexa leaves Bridewell to return to the hills…
and save the kingdom from evil. Along the way Alexa battles giants, rats, and ogres. For grades 4-7. 2005By Barry Denenberg. 2005
A biography of Anne Frank's Jewish family before, during, and after World War II. Through a combination of narrative facts,…
fictional reconstruction, and oral history, the author depicts the European world in which Frank wrote her diary. Violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2005By Ronald Koertge. 2005
Childhood friends Elliot, Teresa, and Larry plan to run away to California after graduation and leave behind their small Illinois…
town and family problems. But as the senior year progresses and each struggles for individuality, the trio begins to doubt the feasibility of the plan. For senior high readers. 2005By Astrid Lindgren. 1959
Pippi takes her friends Annika and Tommy with her to Kurrekurredutt Island in the South Seas, where her father is…
king. Sequel to Pippi Longstocking (BR 16298). For grades 3-6. 1959By Lorraine Hansberry. 2000
A three-act play about a middle-class black family, the Youngers, living in 1950s Chicago. Mama's large insurance settlement from her…
husband's death becomes a divisive factor when each family member has a different dream for spending the money. Contains related commentary by other writers. 1958