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The 5,000-year-old puzzle :
solving a mystery of ancient Egypt
By Logan, Claudia. Dewey: -Fic-
A fictionalized account of the excavation of a secret tomb at Giza, Egypt, in 1925, told through
the experiences of a young boy who accompanies his father on an
archeological dig.
____#06165M8 2002 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $14.45
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Addie's forever
friend
By Lawlor, Laurie. Dewey: -Fic-
While her father is looking for a homestead in the Dakotas, Addie and her mother and brothers spend the summer with
her aunt and uncle in Sabula, Iowa, where she rescues her best friend
during a flood and where her baby sister is born.
____#25916D6 1997 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $14.95
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Alice
through the looking-glass
By Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Dewey: -Fic-
In this sequel to "Alice in
Wonderland" Alice
goes through the mirror to find a strange world where curious adventures
await her.
____#17050R9 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.4 $21.24
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Angelo
By Macaulay, David. Dewey: -Fic-
While restoring the front of a church, an old master plasterer rescues an
injured pigeon and nurses it back to health.
____#14945M3 2002 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $13.60
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The animal hedge
By Fleischman, Paul Dewey: -E-
After being forced to sell the animals he loves, a farmer cuts his hedge to
look like them and teaches his sons about following their hearts.
____#13054P3 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $14.44
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Any small goodness : a novel of the barrio
By Johnston, Tony, 1942- Dewey: -Fic-
Arturo and his family and friends share all kinds of experiences living in
the barrio of East Los Angeles--reclaiming their names, playing basketball,
championing the school librarian, and even starting their own gang.
____#17426L6 2001 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $14.40
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Bandit's moon
By Fleischman, Sid, 1920- Dewey: -Fic-
Twelve-year-old Annyrose, left behind when her
brother joins the Gold Rush, escapes the unscrupulous woman she is staying
with and sets out on a grand adventure with the notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta and his band of outlaws.
____#22917G4 1998 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $14.44
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Beautiful warrior : the
legend of the Nun's kung fu
By McCully, Emily Arnold. Dewey: -Fic-
Tells the story of two unlikely kung fu masters and how their skill in
martial arts saves them both.
____#25377E7 1998 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $16.10
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The berry-picking man
By Buchanan, Jane, 1956- Dewey: -Fic-
Nine-year-old Meggie resents spending time with a
strange, smelly old man who calls her mother whenever he needs a ride, but
when Christmas finds him in the hospital she knows what she must do.
____#04721N5 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $13.60
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Birdbrain Amos
By Delaney, M. C. (Michael Clark) Dewey:
-Fic-
When Amos the hippopotamus advertises for a bird to help him with his bug
problem, the tick bird who answers his ad creates a different set of
problems for him by building a nest on Amos's head.
____#03926MX 2002 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $13.59
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Black-eyed Suzie
By Shaw, Susan. Dewey: -Fic-
Suzie's stay in a mental hospital helps her tear down the walls of a
devastating psychological prison that she calls "the box."
____#21623MX 2002 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $13.56
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The bobbin girl
By McCully, Emily Arnold. Dewey: -Fic-
A ten-year-old bobbin girl working in a textile mill in Lowell,
Massachusetts, in the 1830s, must make a
difficult decision--whether or not she will participate in the first
workers' strike in Lowell.
____#28916E8 1996 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $14.44
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Brundibar
By Kushner, Tony. Dewey: -Fic-
When Aninku and Pepicek
travel to the village to earn money to buy milk for their sick mother, they
are befriended by three intelligent talking animals who help them overcome
their fears.
____#19803N9 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $16.96
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Caleb's story
By MacLachlan, Patricia. Dewey: -Fic-
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be
their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Caleb forces
Jacob to deal with his past.
____#30538J1 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $13.59
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Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly
naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space (and the subsequent assault of
the equally evil lunchroom zombie nerds) : the third epic novel
By Pilkey, Dav,
1966- Dewey: -Fic-
Only Captain Underpants can stop the three evil space aliens who have
invaded Jerome Horwitz Elementary School and
turned everyone into lunchroom zombie nerds.
____#22587J1 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $14.40
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The cats in Krasinski Square
By Hesse, Karen. Dewey: -Fic-
Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an
attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind
the dark Wall.
____#11482Q9 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.1 $14.40
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Christopher Mouse : the tale of a small traveler
By Wise, William, 1923- Dewey: -Fic-
After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives
with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an
appreciative family.
____#27285P2 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $15.95
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A cool moonlight
By Johnson, Angela, 1961- Dewey: -Fic-
Eight-year-old Lila, born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a skin disease that make her sensitive to
sunlight, makes secret plans to feel the sun's rays on her ninth birthday.
____#11346P9 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4 $12.74
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Coolies
By Yin. Dewey: -E-
A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his
brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves
helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
____#17751L5 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $14.44
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Crash
By Spinelli, Jerry. Dewey: -Fic-
Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has
always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his
relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make
him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
____#24577A0 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $19.42
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Crossing Bok Chitto :
a Choctaw tale of friendship and freedom
By Tingle, Tim. Dewey: -Fic-
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a
plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is
in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.
____#03994S9 2006 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $16.75
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A dog's life : the autobiography of a stray
By Martin, Ann M., 1955- Dewey: -Fic-
Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother
and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways,
changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.
____#24229R6 2005 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $14.44
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Each little bird that sings
By Wiles, Deborah. Dewey: -Fic-
Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death
since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but
even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching
events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden
death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.
____#23655Q5 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4 $13.60
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Ella enchanted
By Levine, Gail Carson. Dewey: -Fic-
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the
childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
____#23827C7 1997 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $17.89
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Emma's journal : the story
of a colonial girl
By Moss, Marissa. Dewey: -Fic-
From 1774 to 1776, Emma describes in her journal her stay in Boston, where she
witnesses the British blockade and spies for the American militia. Features
hand-printed text, drawings, and marginal notes.
____#24074J5 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $12.75
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Eyes like Willy's
By Havill, Juanita. Dewey: -Fic-
While vacationing over the course of several summers in Austria,
French siblings Guy and Sarah Masson become best friends with a German boy,
until the outbreak of World War I puts them on opposing sides.
____#37937F5 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $13.59
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Fairy dust and the quest for the egg
By Levine, Gail Carson. Dewey: -Fic-
Prilla, the newest fairy to Never
Land, is not like any of the other
fairies, and not even Mother Dove, the wisest creature in Never Land,
knows what to make of her until they face a devastating hurricane, Captain
Hook, and an evil dragon.
____#02927R3 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $14.44
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Fiddle fever
By Doucet, Sharon Arms. Dewey: -Fic-
In 1914, fourteen-year-old Felix LeBlanc feels stifled by life on his
family's farm in Louisiana and after hearing his wayward uncle play the
fiddle, Felix decides that he wants to be a fiddler too, even if it means
making his own fiddle and going against his parents' wishes.
____#15415L3 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $12.75
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Frindle
By Clements, Andrew, 1949- Dewey: -Fic-
When he decides to turn his fifth-grade teacher's love of the dictionary
around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of
events that quickly moves beyond his control.
____#24818A6 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $13.56
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Gluey : a snail's
travails
By Walsh, Vivian. Dewey: -Fic-
When Celerina the bunny moves into a new house,
she doesn't realize that there was already a snail living there and that he
is the "magic" that repairs anything she breaks, and even the house itself.
____#27899N4 2002 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $12.75
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Granny the pag
By Bawden, Nina, 1925- Dewey: -Fic-
Originally abandoned by her actor parents who later attempt to gain
custody, Cat wages a spirited campaign to decide her own fate and remain
with her grandmother.
____#11293J4 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $13.60
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Granny Torrelli makes soup
By Creech, Sharon. Dewey: -Fic-
With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to
work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey,
the boy next door.
____#01168P1 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $16.89
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Handel, who knew what he
liked
By Anderson, Matthew T. Dewey: -Fic-
A man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is
shown as a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.
____#20960M5 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $14.44
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Hanne's quest
By Dunrea, Olivier. Dewey: -Fic-
On an island off the coast of Scotland, a young hen must
prove herself pure, wise, and brave in a quest to
help her beloved owner, Mem Pocket, from losing
her family's farm.
____#07058S1 2006 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $14.44
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Harry Sue
By Stauffacher, Sue, 1961- Dewey: -Fic-
Although tough-talking Harry Sue would like to start a life of crime in
order to be "sent up" and find her incarcerated mother, she must
first protect the children at her neglectful grandmother's home day care
center and befriend a paralyzed boy.
____#05023Q0 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.4 $19.42
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Hobart
By Briggs, Anita. Dewey: -Fic-
Four budding artists, a tap dancer, a poet, a singer, and an acrobat, who
just happen to be pigs, live out their dreams and avoid becoming bacon.
____#19621M8 2002 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $11.90
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Homeless bird
By Whelan, Gloria. Dewey: -Fic-
Thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated
arranged marriage and must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's
customs or find the courage to oppose tradition.
____#30235G9 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.1 $13.56
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The Huckabuck family and
how they raised popcorn in Nebraska
and quit and came back
By Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Dewey: -Fic-
After the popcorn the Huckabucks had raised
explodes in a fire and Pony Pony Huckabuck finds a silver buckle inside a squash, the
family decides it is time for a change.
____#28008J8 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $13.60
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I am the mummy Heb-Nefert
By Bunting, Eve, 1928- Dewey: -Fic-
A mummy recalls her past life in ancient Egypt as the beautiful wife of
the Pharaoh's brother.
____#27614C6 1997 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $12.75
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I, Jack
By Finney, Patricia, 1958- Dewey: -Fic-
Jack, a Labrador Retriever, tells about his daily life of food, walks, and
the "apedogs" and "funny-looking
dogs" (cats) in his pack, as well as how everything changes when a
pretty girl dog moves into the neighborhood. Includes explanatory footnotes
written by the cats.
____#03104P3 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $16.89
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In Ned's head
By Jacobsson, Anders. Dewey: -Fic-
Eleven-year-old Ned, who prefers the name Treb,
uses his diary to record his wild thoughts about romance, school, and the
rest of his eventful life.
____#27762L2 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $13.60
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Inside Grandad
By Dickinson, Peter, 1927- Dewey: -Fic-
Eleven-year-old Gavin, devastated when his beloved grandfather suffers a
massive stroke, recalls that Grandad had been
speaking about the selkies--magical seal
people--at the moment of his attack, and sets out to see if the selkies can help him reach his comatose grandfather.
____#17908P8 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $19.42
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It's all Greek to me
By Scieszka, Jon. Dewey: -Fic-
As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back
to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely
enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.
____#28410J8 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4 $12.74
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The Jesse tree
By McCaughrean, Geraldine. Dewey: -Fic-
The stories that tell of Christ's lineage unfold as an old carpenter
begrudgingly tells a young boy about the Jesse tree he is carving.
____#22178R6 2005 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $16.96
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Jingle dancer
By Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Dewey: -Fic-
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the
dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle
dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition
and its regalia.
____#19933K9 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $16.89
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Judy Moody gets famous!
By McDonald, Megan. Dewey: -Fic-
When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a
spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself.
____#17912M6 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $13.59
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The king of Mulberry Street
By Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- Dewey: -Fic-
Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and
must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.
____#15230R8 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.4 $19.42
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Leaping Beauty : and other
animal fairy tales
By Maguire, Gregory. Dewey: -Fic-
Retells eight beloved fairy tales, giving them animal protagonists;
includes such stories as "Cinder-Elephant," "Hamster and
Gerbil," and "Leaping Beauty."
____#11477Q9 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $16.89
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Little Oh
By Melmed, Laura Krauss. Dewey: -Fic-
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who
becomes separated from her human mother.
____#23612D1 1997 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $17.89
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Love that dog
By Creech, Sharon. Dewey:
-Fic-
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding
of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing
his own inspired poem.
____#22099MX 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.1 $13.59
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Lovingly Alice
By Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Dewey: -Fic-
Fifth grade is tumultuous for Alice
as she tries to help others through the many changes occurring at home and
in school, including learning about sex when Rosalind gets her period and
shares a book that explains what is happening.
____#26372Q3 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $13.56
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Marvin Redpost : a flying birthday cake?
By Sachar, Louis, 1954- Dewey: -Fic-
Two days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing like a flying birthday
cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a mysterious new
boy with peculiar behavior.
____#10593K4 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4 $12.95
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Mean Margaret
By Seidler, Tor. Dewey:
-Fic-
The newlywed woodchucks, Fred and Phoebe, take care of a human baby they
find left in the woods.
____#24602DX 1997 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $13.59
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Miss Alaineus : a vocabulary disaster
By Frasier, Debra. Dewey: -Fic-
When Sage's spelling and definition of a word reveal her misunderstanding
of it to her classmates, she is at first
embarrassed but then uses her mistake as inspiration for the vocabulary
parade.
____#22567L5 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $13.60
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Oliver's game
By Tavares, Matt. Dewey: -Fic-
Oliver's grandfather tells him the story of how he almost joined the
Chicago Cubs baseball team.
____#25682P3 2004 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $13.59
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One true friend
By Hansen, Joyce. Dewey: -Fic-
Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse,
exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx
neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on
friendship, family, foster care, and making decisions.
____#10736M5 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $11.90
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Orwell's luck
By Jennings, Richard W. (Richard Walker), 1945- Dewey:
-Fic-
While caring for an injured rabbit which becomes her confidant, horoscope
writer, and source of good luck, a thoughtful seventh grade girl learns to
see things in more than one way.
____#15091K5 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $12.75
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Out of order
By Hicks, Betty. Dewey: -Fic-
Four youngsters, ages nine to fifteen, narrate one side of the story of
their newly blended family's adjustment, interwoven with grief and loss.
____#06326R1 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $13.56
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Out of the dust
By Hesse, Karen. Dewey: -Fic-
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of
living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of
the Depression.
____#28300D7 1997 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $14.40
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Owen Foote, frontiersman
By Greene, Stephanie. Dewey: -Fic-
Second grader Owen Foote is looking forward to spending time with his
friend Joseph in their tree fort, until some bullies visiting his neighbor,
Mrs. Gold, threaten to wreck the fort.
____#19892J6 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $11.90
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Owen Foote, mighty scientist
By Greene, Stephanie. Dewey: -Fic-
Third grade best friends Owen and Joseph struggle to come up with a great
science fair project that they will both enjoy doing, then something goes
wrong and they have to change their plans two days before the fair.
____#20351Q6 2004 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $11.90
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Passager
By Yolen, Jane. Dewey: -Fic-
A foundling rediscovers his identity through the help of the falconer who
adopts him.
____#15999J4 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $13.60
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Patrol : an American
soldier in Vietnam
By Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- Dewey: -Fic-
A frightened American soldier faces combat in the lush forests of Vietnam.
____#26153M4 2002 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $17.89
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The Pepins and their
problems
By Horvath, Polly. Dewey: -Fic-
The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family's unusual problems,
which include having a cow who creates lemonade
rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor.
____#16968QX 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $13.60
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Punished!
By Lubar, David. Dewey: -Fic-
Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library when a
mysterious man punished him by making him speak only in puns.
____#01447S2 2006 IL:3-6 RL:3.9 $11.96
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The red tree
By Tan, Shaun. Dewey: -Fic-
A little girl realizes that even though a day starts out badly, there is
always a chance to witness wonderful things.
____#03479N4 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $14.40
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Rosa, sola
By Martino, Carmela. Dewey: -Fic-
Longing for a sibling in 1966 Chicago, fourth-grader Rosa is delighted with
her mother's pregnancy, until tragedy strikes and her family struggles to
deal with its grief.
____#11347R2 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.5 $13.59
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Runaway Radish
By Haas, Jessie. Dewey: -Fic-
When Radish the pony grows too big for the girls who own him, he goes to
live at a horse camp where there are always new children for him to train.
____#15526L2 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $16.89
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Sable
By Hesse, Karen. Dewey: -Fic-
Tate Marshall is delighted when a stray dog turns up in the yard one day,
but Sable, named for her dark, silky fur, causes trouble with the neighbors
and has to go.
____#24424BX 1994 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $14.36
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Sahara special
By Codell, Esme Raji, 1968- Dewey: -Fic-
Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets
a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing
talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
____#02625NX 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $13.59
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A sailor returns
By Taylor, Theodore, 1921- Dewey: -Fic-
Evan, an eleven-year-old boy in 1914 whose strict father has little time
for him, is delighted when his long-lost grandfather returns, relates his
many sea adventures, and hobbles around like Evan who has a club foot.
____#10041L9 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $14.40
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The scarecrow and his servant
By Pullman, Philip, 1946- Dewey: -Fic-
A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous adventure as
they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family
and stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley.
____#17880SX 2005 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $13.56
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See you around, Sam!
By Lowry, Lois. Dewey: -Fic-
Sam Krupnik, mad at his mother because she won't
let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house, decides to run away to Alaska.
____#28455A6 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $12.75
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Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story
By Medearis, Angela Shelf,
1956- Dewey: -Fic-
When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into
gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get
along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on
Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt.
____#20641L5 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $15.95
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The shadows of Ghadames
By Stolz, Joelle. Dewey:
-Fic-
At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by
the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and
disrupts the traditional order of things.
____#23205Q1 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $19.42
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The sign painter
By Say, Allen. Dewey: -Fic-
An assignment to paint a large billboard in the desert changes the life of
an aspiring artist.
____#24599KX 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $14.45
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Silk umbrellas
By Marsden, Carolyn. Dewey: -Fic-
Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to
stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their
Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at a
local factory instead.
____#24353P0 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.6 $13.59
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A small tall tale from the far far
North
By Sis, Peter, 1949- Dewey: -E-
With the help of Eskimos, Jan Welzl survives a
perilous journey from central Europe to
the Arctic regions in the late 1800s.
____#28330L1 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $14.45
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Some friend
By Bradby, Marie. Dewey: -Fic-
Fifth grader Pearl Jordan
learns some difficult lessons about friendship when she befriends the odd,
but artistically talented Artemesia, then shuns
her in favor of the popular Lenore.
____#14119P4 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $13.56
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Starring Grace
By Hoffman, Mary. Dewey: -Fic-
Grace and her friends spend a summer using their imaginations to go on
grand adventures.
____#19697KX 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $12.74
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Storm boy
By Lewis, Paul Owen. Dewey: -Fic-
Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is
washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large
people who make him very welcome.
____#24971J2 1995 IL:3-6 RL:4.2 $12.70
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Stormy night
By Lemieux, Michele. Dewey: -Fic-
While she is sleeping, a girl has strange thoughts and dreams.
____#24069K3 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4 $13.56
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The summer of Riley
By Bunting, Eve, 1928- Dewey: -Fic-
Shortly after he gets the perfect dog, Riley, eleven-year-old William must
fight for his dog's life after Riley is taken away because he chases and
injures an elderly neighbor's old horse.
____#09518L5 2001 IL:3-6 RL:4.1 $16.89
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Summer reading is killing me!
By Scieszka, Jon. Dewey: -Fic-
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves
trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good
and evil characters from well-known children's books.
____#28662F2 1998 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $12.74
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Taking care of Moses
By O'Connor, Barbara. Dewey: -Fic-
When dissension erupts in the town of Foley, South Carolina, after a baby
is left on the steps of the Rock of Ages Baptist Church, eleven-year-old
Randall must decide whether or not to keep secret his knowledge of who the
foundling's mother is.
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The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup,
and a spool of thread
By DiCamillo, Kate. Dewey: -Fic-
The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small
mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who
longs to be a princess, and a devious rat
determined to bring them all to ruin.
____#28452P7 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.1 $15.29
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Thimble summer
By Enright, Elizabeth,
1909-1968. Dewey: -Fic-
A few hours after Garnet Linden found a silver thimble in the dried-up
river bed, the rains came to end the long drought
on the Wisconsin farm.
____#25695C5 1966 IL:3-6 RL:4.9 $17.96
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Thumb on a diamond
By Roberts, Ken, 1946- Dewey: -Fic-
Thumb and his best friend Susan, a little bored with life in their tiny New
Auckland village, decide to form a baseball team and win the regional
title, all with the goal of earning a trip to Vancouver paid for by the
school board, but they must first overcome a few challenges--including the
fact that none of them has ever played baseball, and the town is not wide
enough for a baseball diamond.
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Tough Cookie
By Wisniewski, David. Dewey: -Fic-
When his friend Chips is snatched and chewed, Tough Cookie sets out to stop
Fingers.
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The trolls
By Horvath, Polly. Dewey: -Fic-
Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada
to babysit the Anderson
children while their parents are on a trip to Paris and every night the bedtime story
adds another piece to a very suspect family history.
____#22568HX 1999 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $13.60
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Ugly
By Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- Dewey: -Fic-
When all the other birds of Dove Lake turn against him, Ugly's
mother has no choice but to protect her family and leave her darling chick
behind.
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The view from Saturday
By Konigsburg, E. L. Dewey: -Fic-
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond
and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them
to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
____#27673A0 1996 IL:3-6 RL:4.8 $14.40
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Walking to the bus-rider blues
By Robinet, Harriette. Dewey:
-Fic-
Twelve-year-old Alfa Merryfield, his older
sister, and their grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their
dignity as they participate in the Montgomery,
Alabama bus boycott in the
summer of 1956.
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What are you so grumpy about?
By Lichtenheld, Tom. Dewey: 741.5
A collection of cartoons that present various reasons for being grumpy,
such as eating "grown-up" cereal, getting a boring birthday
present, doing chores, and being touched by your brother or sister.
____#13308N0 2003 IL:3-6 RL:4.7 $13.59
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Wild boy, a tale of Rowan Hood
By Springer, Nancy. Dewey: -Fic-
Determined to avenge the death of his swineherd father at the hands of the
Sheriff of Nottingham, Rook finally gets his chance when the Sheriff's son
is captured by Robin Hood.
____#17140QX 2004 IL:3-6 RL:4.4 $14.44
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Wings
By Myers, Christopher A. Dewey: -Fic-
Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is outcast
because he has wings. But his resilient spirit inspires one girl to speak up
for him in this thought provoking story about celebrating individuality.
____#17742K8 2000 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $14.40
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The year of Miss Agnes
By Hill, Kirkpatrick. Dewey: -Fic-
Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates
the story of school and village life among the Athapascans
in Alaska
during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher.
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You can't eat your chicken pox, Amber Brown
By Danziger, Paula, 1944- Dewey:
-Fic-
At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to
London and Paris, where she will see her father
again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.
____#22157B5 1995 IL:3-6 RL:4.3 $13.59
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