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Children's Books Ages 9 up
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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional books suitable for children aged 9 years +.
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Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick
Hardcover: 13 Sep 2011
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| Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey. |
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Long Story Short
by Siobhan Parkinson
Hardcover: 21 Jun 2011
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| From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor. |
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The Year the Swallows Came Early
by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
Hardcover: Feb 2009
Paperback: 1 Jun 2011
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| Eleanor "Groovy" Robinson loves cooking, but things start to go wrong the year she turns eleven - suddenly, her father is in jail, her best friend's long-absent mother reappears, and the swallows arrive early. |
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My Dad's A Birdman
by David Almond, Polly Dunbar
Hardcover: Apr 2008
Paperback: 22 Mar 2011
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| Join a young girl and her dad as they find their wings and take to the skies in a joyful, quirky, tender tale from a masterful author and illustrator. |
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The Magician's Elephant
by Kate DiCamillo
Hardcover: Sep 2009
Paperback: 8 Mar 2011
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| Winner of BookBrowse's 2009 Children's Book Award. When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true. |
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The Mysterious Howling: The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book I
by Maryrose Wood
Hardcover: Mar 2010
Paperback: 25 Jan 2011
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| The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place are no ordinary children, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess, and mysteries abound in this first volume in a new series for ages 9+. |
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Al Capone Shines My Shoes
by Gennifer Choldenko
Hardcover: Sep 2009
Paperback: 22 Jan 2011
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| Moose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel to Al Capone Does My Shirts. Recommended for ages 10+. |
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The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 28 Sep 2010
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| Winner of the 2009 Newbery Medal and the 2009 Hugo Award. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, The Graveyard Book is the story of Bod, a boy who lives in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. There are dangers aplenty in the graveyard, but if he ever leaves it he must face Jack - the man who killed his family. |
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