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by Helen Macdonald
Published Mar 2016
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2015 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator.
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsIn an extraordinary debut novel, an escaped fugitive upends everything two siblings think they know about their family, their past, and themselves.
by Jo Knowles
Published Aug 2013
Read ReviewsStarting middle school brings all the usual challenges - until the unthinkable happens, and Fern and her family must find a way to heal.
by Brian Selznick
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsPlaying 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.
by Maryrose Wood
Published Jan 2011
Read ReviewsThe 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+.
by Katherine Marsh
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsAfter an accident, Jack Perdu, a shy, ninth-grade Classics prodigy, is sent to a mysterious doctor in New York City. While there he meets Jack meets Euri, a young girl who offers to show him the secrets of Grand Central Station, with whom he explores New Yorks ghostly underworld.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsAn extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown a true miracle that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to ...
by Jeanne Birdsall
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsDeliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story as breezy and carefree as a summer day. 2005 National Book Award Winner. Ages 8-12.
by Peter Dickinson
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsMagic hovers just beneath the surface in this unusual and moving story about the bond between a boy and his grandfather.
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