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The Adventures of Ulysses
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The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin; William Hunter (Illustrator)ISBN: 9780590425995
A modern retelling of the adventures of Ulysses during the 10 years he wandered after the Trojan War.
Blueback
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Blueback by Tim WintonISBN: 9780143202837
A wise exploration of the difference between the acquisition of information and the quest for knowledge,
Boy : Tales of a Childhood
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Boy - Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)ISBN: 9780142413814
From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl nearly lost his nose in a car accident? Or that he was once a chocolate candy tester for Cadbury's? Have you heard about his involvement in the Great Mouse Plot of 1924?
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba; Anna Hymas (Illustrator); Bryan MealerISBN: 9780803740808
African teenager William Kamkwamba explored science books in his village library when he was forced to drop out of school, and was able to change his family's life by creating a windmill to pump water for his family's farm.
Bridge to Terabithia
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; Donna Diamond (Illustrator)ISBN: 9780690013597
All summer, Jess pushes himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, running mile after hilly mile on the family farm. When the year's first schoolyard race is run, his victory is stolen by a new girl who doesn't even know enough to stay off the boys' side of the playground. But instead of becoming rivals, they become friends. Jess guides Leslie, the city girl, through life in the country, and she draws him into the imaginary world of Terabithia. Here, Leslie and Jess are safe from bullies and ridicule. One day, however, that tranquility is shattered when tragedy forces one of them to reign in Terabithia alone.
Favorite Greek Myths
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Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne; Troy Howell (Illustrator)ISBN: 0590413384
Retells twelve tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, the Golden Apples, and Cupid and Psyche.
Hate That Cat
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Hate That Cat by Sharon CreechISBN: 9780061430923
Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they relate to his life.
Iqbal : a Novel
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Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo; Ann Leonori (Translator)ISBN: 9781416903291
A fictionalized account of the Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gunned down at the age of thirteen.
Love That Dog
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Love That Dog by Sharon CreechISBN: 9780060292898
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Moon Bear
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Moon Bear by Gill Lewis; Alessandro Gottardo (Illustrator)ISBN: 9781481400947
In Laos, twelve-year-old Tam must work at a bear farm where bears are cruelly caged and milked for their bile, but when a familiar cub is brought to the farm, Tam will do anything to free both the cub, and himself.
The Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayISBN: 9781781396810
The Old Man and the Sea, an apparently simple fable, represents the mature Hemingway at his best. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature soon after its publication, and half a century later it is still one of his most read books.
Operation Redwood
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Operation Redwood by S. Terrell FrenchISBN: 9780810997202
In northern California, Julian Carter-Li and his friends old and new fight to save a grove of redwoods from an investment company that plans to cut them down.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)ISBN: 9780142401132
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Search for the Shadowman
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Search for the Shadowman by Joan Lowery NixonISBN: 0385322038
While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.
A Single Shard
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A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkISBN: 9780395978276
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge near a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Smile
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Smile by Raina TelgemeierISBN: 9780545132053
The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
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