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Lyra's Oxford

by Pullman, Philip

Lyra and Pantalaimon (now a pine-marten) are back at Oxford. But their peace is shattered by Ragi, the daemon of the witch Yelena, who is searching for a heali...

Gilgamesh the Hero

by McCaughrean, Geraldine

A retelling, based on seventh-century B.C. Assyrian clay tablets, of the wanderings and adventures of the god king, Gilgamesh, who ruled in ancient Mesopotamia...

Gathering the Dew

by Ho, Minfong

After the Communists take over Cambodia and her family is torn from their city life, twelve-year-old Nakri and her older sister attempt to maintain their hope ...

The Traitor

by Yep, Laurence

In 1885, a lonely illegitimate American boy and a lonely Chinese American boy develop an unlikely friendship in the midst of prejudices and racial tension in t...

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

by Nickerson, Sara

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Bridges

From My Side to Yours

by Adkins, Jan

A look at bridges throughout history, from simple arrangements of stepping stones, to famous landmarks such as London Bridge, to marvels of engineering such as...

The Kite Rider

by McCaughrean, Geraldine

In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures whe...

Counting Stars

by Almond, David

In a series of interconnected stories, a boy describes his life growing up in the English urban district of Felling.

Houdini

Master of Illusion

by Cox, Clinton

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Black Potatoes

The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845–-1850

by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell

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