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Searching for Anne Frank

Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa

by Rubin, Susan Goldman

Provides a glimpse of life during World War II in both the Netherlands and the United States through the correspondence of Anne Frank and her Iowa pen pals.

Colibrí

by Cameron, Ann

Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, ...

Ben Franklin's Almanac

Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life

by Fleming, Candace

Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin.

The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley (who planned to live an unusual life)

by Murray, Martine

When twelve-year-old Cedar loses her dog, it sets off a chain of events leading her to find a new friend, become an acrobat, and learn some bitter-sweet truths...

Ruby Electric

by Nelson, Theresa

Twelve-year-old Ruby Miller, movie buff and aspiring screen writer, tries to resolve the mysteries surrounding her little brother's stuffed woolly mammoth and ...

The Goblin Wood

by Bell, Hilari

A young Hedgewitch, an idealistic knight, and an army of clever goblins fight against the ruling hierarchy that is trying to rid the land of all magical creatu...

A Mango-Shaped Space

by Mass, Wendy

Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelm...

Project UltraSwan

by Osborn, Elinor

Describes the life of large trumpeter swans, how they nearly became extinct, and efforts to help them relearn migration routes and to reintroduce them to the e...

Keeper of the Night

by Holt, Kimberly Willis

Isabel, a thirteen-year-old girl living on the island of Guam, and her family try to cope with the death of Isabel's mother who committed suicide.

Kensuke's Kingdom

by Morpurgo, Michael

When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not lone.