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Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol

by Krieg, Jim

Twelve-year-old Griff Carver knows a thing or two about fighting crime. Because Griff’s not just any kid—he’s a kid with a badge. And if you are a crimin...

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How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me and Mom

by Stamaty, Mark Alan

FOR HIS EIGHTH birthday, Mark Alan Stamaty’s parents gave him his very own radio. Little did his mother realize that that innocent-looking plastic box would ...

The Not-So-Great Depression

by Koss, Amy Goldman

A TIMELY, WARMHEARTED NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN HARD ECONOMIC TIMES.Jacki’s ninth–grade teacher is always going on about the unemployment index and the recession...

The Dreamer

by Ryan, Pam Muñoz

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Once

by Gleitzman, Morris

Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn't know anything about the war, and t...

Kiss

by Wilson, Jacqueline

HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT. Sylvie is sure Carl loves her, so why hasn’t he kissed her?Sylvie and Carl have always been best friends, and Sylvie’s always...

Ashes

by Lasky, Kathryn

Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm’s favorite pastime is reading. With Adolf Hitler slowly but unstoppably rising to power, Gaby turns to her books for comf...

Joe Rat

by Barratt, Mark

In the dark underbelly of Victorian London a boy named Joe scavenges for scraps in the rat-infested sewers of the East End. They call it ‘toshing’. / Vicio...

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Roald Dahl's Tales from Childhood

by Dahl, Roald

Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school.

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux

by McCaughrean, Geraldine

Pepper's fourteenth birthday is a momentous one. It's the day he's supposed to die. Everyone seems resigned to it—even Pepper, although he would much prefer ...