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Gennifer Choldenko's first novel, Notes from a Liar and Her Dog, was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a California Book Award winner. Her second novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts, was a Newbery Honor Book and ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
The Higher Power of Lucky
Try:
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
by Gennifer Choldenko
Sharon Creech is the author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons and the Newbery Honor Book The Wanderer. Her other work includes the novels Hate That Cat, The Castle Corona, Replay, Heartbeat, Granny Torrelli Makes ... (more)
If you enjoyed:
The Higher Power of Lucky
Try:
The Wanderer
by Sharon Creech
This Is Salvaged
by Vauhini Vara
Stories of uncanny originality from Vauhini Vara, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
Alfie and Me
by Carl Safina
A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl. Three starred reviews!
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