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by Sharon M. Draper
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsEleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. She's the smartest kid in her whole school - but no one knows it, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write. Melody's story is one full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget.
by James Fuerst
Published Jul 2009
Read ReviewsLife hasnt been easy for Eugene Huge Smalls. But its not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective, and hes just been hired to solve his first case. What he doesnt realize is that his search for the truth will change everything...
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Published Jun 2007
Read ReviewsA well-written story written in a pitch-perfect teenage voice. D. J. Schwenk is an unforgettable character: A football-loving 15-year-old who takes over running her family's small Wisconsin dairy farm when her dad is injured. Like the rest of her family, she is not much of a talker - but when she meets Brian, a snooty quarterback assigned to her...
by Janet Tashjian
Published Jan 2005
Read ReviewsIn this very smart, witty novel, Tashjian brings the political world to the forefront and explores it from many different points of view. Ages 14+.
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Published Sep 2002
Read ReviewsLaVaughn is fifteen and big questions separate her from her friends. Wolff (author of Make Lemonade) unmasks the secret thoughts adolescents hold sacred and, in so doing, lets her readers know they are not alone. Ages 12+.
by Sally Warner
Published Apr 2001
Read ReviewsBased on the journal kept by Sally Warner's great-grandmother, Finding Hattie is a warm and moving story about a lonely, intelligent girl who loses her way and finds it again.
by Sara Shandler
Published Oct 1999
Read ReviewsA poignant collection of original pieces selected from more than eight hundred contributions, Ophelia Speaks culls writings from the hearts of girls nationwide, of various races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
by Sharon Creech
Published Jul 1996
Read ReviewsThis richly layered novel is in turn funny, mysterious, and touching. Sharon Creech's original voice tells a story like no other, one that readers will not soon forget.
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