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Hatching magic
By Ann Downer. 2003
When a thirteenth-century wizard seeking his lost pet dragon lands in twenty-first-century Boston, he is trailed by a rival wizard…
and a very unhappy demon. But eleven-year-old Theodora Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything right. For grades 4-7. 2003The outlaw Varjak Paw
By S. F Said. 2006
Feline martial arts expert Varjak Paw enjoys roaming the city with his friends until he encounters the more highly skilled…
Sally Bones and her gang of bullies. Varjak and his group battle the villains to restore freedom. Sequel to Varjak Paw (BR 15369). Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2006More than a dream (Return to Red River Ser.)
By Lauraine Snelling. 2003
1890s. Thorliff Bjorklund, an aspiring journalist attending college in Minnesota, begins thinking of future doctor Elizabeth Rogers as more than…
a friend. But when tragedy strikes his family in North Dakota, Thorliff returns home to help. Meanwhile, Elizabeth works in a Chicago hospital. For senior high and older readers. 2003Miss American pie: a diary of love, secrets, and growing up in the 1970s
By Margaret Sartor. 2006
The author, a professor at Duke University, shares excerpts from the diary and journals she kept while growing up in…
Louisiana during a period of social turmoil. Recalls attending evangelical Christian services and discusses racism, the sexual revolution, feminism, and widespread substance abuse. 2006Bonjour tristesse
By Françoise Sagan. 2001
Cécile begins her seventeenth summer happily in a villa on the Mediterranean, flirting with her handsome neighbor Cyril. The complications…
occur when her father, who already has his young mistress with them, invites Anne, a friend of his deceased wife, to visit. 1955The tales of Uncle Remus: the adventures of Brer Rabbit
By Julius Lester. 1999
A retelling of forty-eight Brer Rabbit tales in "modified, contemporary, Southern black English," with modern allusions. Includes "How the Animals…
Came to Earth," "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby," and "Brer Rabbit Tricks Brer Bear." For grades 5-8 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 1987Desert crossing: A Novel
By Elise Broach. 2006
Along with his fourteen-year-old sister Lucy and friend Kit, eighteen-year-old Jamie Martinez is driving to Phoenix to visit his father…
during spring break. In the New Mexico desert, they collide with a young woman's corpse and encounter a murder mystery. For senior high readers. 2006Sudoku easy to hard: 100 wordless crossword puzzles. Volume 2
By Will Shortz. 2005
Provides four levels--easy, moderate, demanding, and challenging--of the popular logic-driven, wordless crossword puzzles. Explains the objective, which is to fill…
in the grid with numbers so that every row, every column, and every box contains the digits one to nine, without repeating. Includes instructions and solutions. 2005The Gospel of Judas: from Codex Tchacos
By National Geographic Society. 2006
National Geographic Society publication of a restored third- or fourth-century Gnostic, Coptic manuscript discovered in Egypt in the 1970s. Text…
translation portrays Judas Iscariot as a disciple who obeys Jesus's request to betray him. Essays explain the historical and religious context of the papyrus codex. Bestseller. 2006Former editor for the New York Times investigates the availability of affordable health-care insurance. Assesses employer-based plans, coverage outside of…
work, supplemental dental and eye policies, health savings accounts, prescription drug plans, Medicare, long-term care insurance, and other options. Offers advice on protecting finances against medical costs. 2006Elana's ears, or, How I became the best big sister in the world
By Gloria Roth Lowell. 2000
Lacey the family dog is jealous of the new baby, Elana, that her human parents bring home. Discovering that Elana…
can't hear, Lacey becomes her ears and protects her from danger. Includes a clinical psychologist's advice for parents of deaf children. For grades 2-4. 2000How Elizabeth Barrett Browning saved my life: A Novel
By Mameve Medwed. 2006
Mourning her mother's death and her own romantic breakup, Abigail Randolph drops out of Harvard to run an antique stall.…
When, on Antiques Roadshow, Abigail discovers that her inherited chamber pot belonged to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, former friends and lovers return with demands. Some strong language. 2006Bro: a novel
By Robert Newton Peck. 2004
Florida, 1933. Witnessing his grandfather's brutality six years ago left Tug Dockery unable to speak. Now, after his parents' deaths,…
the nine-year-old must go live on the grandfather's cattle ranch. Tug's beloved brother, Broda, escapes imprisonment to try to rescue Tug. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2004Strange happenings: five tales of transformation
By Avi. 2005
Five stories of fantasy in which strange changes occur. A boy and a cat trade places, a young man learns…
the price of selfishness, and an invisible princess finds herself. In "Curious," twelve-year-old Jeff is overwhelmed by curiosity about the local baseball team's alien mascot. For grades 5-8. 2006The tomb in Seville: crossing Spain on the brink of Civil War
By Norman Lewis. 2006
A writer recalls his first trip to Spain in 1934, when he accompanied brother-in-law Eugene Corvaja on Eugene's quest of…
the family tomb. Describes the insurrection in Madrid that diverted their trek to Seville through Portugal, locals' reactions to the civil unrest, and his own discovery at journey's end. 2003The best convection oven cookbook
By Linda Stephen. 2003
A chef provides advice on using convection ovens and offers more than one hundred recipes for these ovens, which cook…
foods faster and at lower temperatures than conventional ovens. Recipes include appetizers, one-dish meals, breakfast and brunch items, and desserts. Includes section with convection toaster oven recipes. 2003Dakota Territory, 1880s. Ingeborg and Haakan Bjorklund and their extended Norwegian family face hardships at their Red River Valley homestead.…
Fire erupts, an infant is born deaf, and another relative gets hurt in a train accident. But they persevere with faith and love. For senior high and older readers. 1997What caused the Civil War?: reflections on the South and Southern history
By Edward L Ayers. 2005
Analyzes the essence of Southern culture and its permeation of American society. Essays include topics on the Civil War, Reconstruction,…
the "New South," and Ayers's childhood in segregated Tennessee in the 1960s. Some strong language. 2005Blindness: what it is, what it does, and how to live with it
By Thomas J Carroll. 1961
The national chaplain of the Blinded Veterans Association addresses psychological and physical rehabilitation of adventitiously blind adults. Highlights issues associated…
with mobility, interpersonal communication, employment, finances, and well-being. Discusses special concerns regarding blind children, the elderly, congenitally blind persons, and those with other mental or physical conditions. 1961You, maybe: the profound asymmetry of love in high school
By Rachel Vail. 2006
Fifteen-year-old sophomore Josie is strong and independent until popular jock Carson charms her and she falls in love. But shortly…
after they've begun dating, Carson dumps Josie for his former girlfriend--leaving Josie brokenhearted. For junior and senior high readers. 2006