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by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Published Sep 2014
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by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsAn unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
by Laura McNeal
Published Oct 2011
Read ReviewsThe catastrophic wildfires that struck Southern California in 2007 act as the backdrop for this compelling story full of peril, desperation, and love.
by Natalie Standiford
Published Dec 2010
Read ReviewsNew to town, Beatrice is seated next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship.
by Gayle Forman
Published Apr 2010
Read ReviewsIn a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck...
by Siobhan Dowd
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsWhen Salim mysteriously disappears from a sealed pod on the London Eye, everyone is frantic. Even the police are baffled. Ted, whose brain runs on its own unique operating system, and his older sister, Kat, overcome their prickly relationship to become sleuthing partners. They follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their ...
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
by Gennifer Choldenko
Published Apr 2009
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by Karen Hesse
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsJoseph Michtom always considered himself lucky, but life changed irrevocably when his parents created the first teddy bear. Through the warmth, the sadness, the frustration, and the laughter of one big, colorful family, brooklyn Bridge is a stunning story of the lucky and the unlucky, and reminds us that all our lives are fragile, precious, and ...
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