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Circle of Doom

by Kennemore, Tim

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie uses ingredients both ordinary and not so ordinary to make a series of magic potions, to the growing astonishment of her younger broth...

Locomotion

by Woodson, Jacqueline

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home,...

Can You Guess My Name?

Traditional Tales around the World

by Sierra, Judy

A collection of fifteen folktales from all over the world, including stories that resemble "The Three Pigs," "The Bremen Town Musicians," and "Rumpelstiltskin."

Talkin' about Bessie

The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

by Grimes, Nikki

A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.

Life on Earth

The Story of Evolution

by Jenkins, Steve

Provides an overview of the origin and evolution of life on earth and of what has been learned from the study of evolution.

Keeper of the Doves

by Byars, Betsy

In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amie McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father contin...

Earthborn

by Waugh, Sylvia

Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides ...

Peacock and Other Poems

by Worth, Valerie

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Up on Cloud Nine

by Fine, Anne

While Stolly struggles to regain consciousness in a hospital bed, Ian recalls some of their best and worst times together as he writes a biography of his eccen...

Saffy's Angel

by McKay, Hilary

After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy...