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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 ...

The People of Sparks

by DuPrau, Jeanne

Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the others seek help from the village people of Sparks.

Disappearing Act

by Fleischman, Sid

After their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico and they discover that someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, twelve-year-old Kevin and his ...

My Grandmother's Clock

by McCaughrean, Geraldine

A child, wondering why Grandma doesn't have the grandfather clock in her house repaired, learns that there are many ways to measure time, from the moment it ta...

Dillon Dillon

by Banks, Kate

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living o...

New Year Be Coming!

A Gullah Year

by Boling, Katharine

Verses written in the Gullah dialect of the southeastern seacoast describe the months of the year and activities that characterize each.

Fruitlands

Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect

by Whelan, Gloria

Fictional diary entries recount the true-life efforts of Louisa May Alcott's family to establish a utopian community known as Fruitlands in Massachusetts in 18...

Hands of the Maya

Villagers at Work and Play

by Crandell, Rachel

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