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Alchemy and Meggy Swann

by Cushman, Karen

Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was ...

Planet Hunter

Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths

by Wittenstein, Vicki Oransky

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Fever Crumb

by Reeve, Philip

Fever Crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the order of Engineers, where she serves as apprentice. In a time and place whe...

Once

by Gleitzman, Morris

Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn't know anything about the war, and t...

The Dreamer

by Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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The Champion of Children

The Story of Janusz Korczak

by Bogacki, Tomek

In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children...

Once Was Lost

by Zarr, Sara

Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles. She used to believe in a lot of things. As a pastor's kid, it's hard not to buy in to the idea of the perfect family...

The Day of the Pelican

by Paterson, Katherine

Meli Lleshi is positive that her drawing of her teacher with his pelican nose started it all. The Lleshis are Albanians living in Kosovo, a country trying to f...

Ghost Town

by Jennings, Richard W.

Spencer Adams Honesty may be the last best hope for Paisley, Kansas—and for lonely kids everywhere.Spencer Honesty and his mom are the last people left in Pa...

Mudville

by Scaletta, Kurtis

For twenty-two years, since a fateful baseball game against their rival town, it has rained in Moundville, so when the rain finally stops, twelve-year-old Roy,...