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Letters from a Slave Boy

The Story of Joseph Jacobs

by Lyons, Mary E.

A fictionalized look at the life of Joseph Jacobs, son of a slave, told in the form of letters that he might have written during his life in pre-Civil War Nort...

Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano

by Mallory, Kenneth

Describes the deep, underwater, volcanic mountains in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, and the remarkable creatures that live there in conditions inhospitable...

Manga Claus

The Blade of Kringle

by Marumas, Nathaniel

A disgruntled employee, dark elven magic, and a horde of cursed toys threaten to put an end to Christmas just as the North Pole is getting ready for the hap-ha...

Finest Kind

by Wait, Lea

WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE TWELVE YEARS OLD AND YOUR WORLD IS FALLING APART?It's 1838. Jake's father has lost his job and his savings. Hearing of work in Main...

Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round

Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement

by Rappaport, Doreen

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Dizzy

by Winter, Jonah

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The Pinhoe Egg

A Chrestomanci Book

by Jones, Diana Wynne

Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to...

Escape!

The Story of the Great Houdini

by Fleischman, Sid

A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his e...

Wildfire

by Morrison, Taylor

Every summer, wildfires spread through the forests of the western United States, threatening homes and entire communities in their paths. Hundreds of firefight...

The Prophet of Yonwood

The Third Book of Ember

by DuPrau, Jeanne

While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witness...