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The Last River

John Wesley Powell and the Colorado River Exploring Expedition (Great Explorers)

by Waldman, Stuart & Manchess, Gregory

The one-armed professor who conquered the mighty Colorado. No European had ever taken boats down the Colorado river and come out alive. In May 1869, ten men bo...

Mama's Window

by Rubright, Lynn

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Chasing the Falconers

by Korman, Gordon

Aidan and Meg Falconer are their parents' only hope. The Falconers are facing life in prison for treason -- unless Aidan and Meg can follow a trail of clues to...

The Lace Dowry

by Cheng, Andrea

Juli hasn't thought much about the future, but suddenly at her mother's urging she must think about it. Juli's mother has been saving money for her daughter's ...

Hattie on Her Way

by Clark, Clara Gillow

In the late 1800s, eleven-year-old Hattie, still grieving over the death of her mother and lonely for her absent father, moves in with her grandmother in the c...

Gregor and the Curse of the Warm-bloods

Book Three in the Underland Chronicles

by Collins, Suzanne

Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the ...

Ice Drift

by Taylor, Theodore W.

Two Inuit brothers must fend for themselves while stranded on an ice floe that is adrift in the Greenland Strait.

Spilled Water

by Grindley, Sally

This story takes place in modern-day China, where one girl's bravery overcomes circumstances that are extraordinary from a Western point-of-view. On the day th...

Toes

by Seidler, Tor & Beddows, Eric

After getting lost on Halloween night when he is only a few months old, an intelligent seven-toed kitten makes his way into the life of a struggling musician.

Toes

by Seidler, Tor & Beddows, Eric

After getting lost on Halloween night when he is only a few months old, an intelligent seven-toed kitten makes his way into the life of a struggling musician.