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by Rebecca Stead
Published Aug 2013
Read ReviewsLiar & Spy is an inspired, often-funny story about destiny, goofy brilliance, and courage. Like Stead's Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, it will keep readers guessing until the end
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 Janne Teller
Published Mar 2012
Read ReviewsA Lord of the Flies for the twenty-first century, Nothing is a visionary existential novel - about everything, and nothing - that will haunt you.
by Kate DiCamillo
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsWinner 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 ...
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.
by Lois Lowry
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsWhere do dreams come from? Two people face their own histories and discover what they can be to one another, renewed by the strength that comes from a tiny, caring creature they will never see.
by Cornelia Funke
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsCharacters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing, action-packed fantasy by the author of The Thief Lord.
by Audrey Niffenegger
Published May 2004
Read ReviewsA funny, often poignant tale of boy meets girl with a twist: what if one of them couldn't stop slipping in and out of time? Highly original and imaginative, this debut novel raises questions about life, love, and the effects of time on relationships.
by Neil Gaiman
Published Aug 2003
Read Reviews'An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons.... a real bedtime-buster'. Read an exclusive excerpt at BookBrowse today. Reading age approx. 9 yrs +.
by Philip Pullman
Published Oct 2001
Read ReviewsBrings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
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