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    Watching Jimmy

     by Nancy Hartry
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    Eleven-year-old Carolyn takes on the responsibility of watching Jimmy after witnessing the incident that leaves her best friend brain-damaged and unable to communicate.... more

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    The Storm in the Barn

     by Matt Phelan
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    Tall tale. Thriller. Gripping historical fiction. This artful, sparely told graphic novel — a tale of a boy in Dust Bowl America — will resonate...

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    The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

     by Rodman Philbrick
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    This rollicking yarn, presented through the voice of 12-year-old Homer, uses humor and pluck to mitigate the horrors of the American Civil War. more

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    The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

     by Jacqueline Kelly
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    On the eve of the 20th century, 11-year-old Calpurnia awakens to new possibilities, and through her evolving relationship with her naturalist grandfather, learns to think... more

  • The Book Thief

     by Markus Zusak
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    The Book Thief is a captivating and thrilling book. With an incredibly strong plot, as well as some fascinating characters, Markus Zusak has created a... more

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    A Rose for the Anzac Boys

     by Jackie French
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    The ‘war to end all wars’, as seen through the eyes of three young women. It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific...

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    Then

     by Morris Gleitzman
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    Felix, a Jewish boy in Poland in 1942, is hiding from the Nazis in a Catholic orphanage. The only problem is that he doesn’t know...

  • Farewell to Manzanar

     by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston...
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    In one of the lesser-known events in American History, hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans were imprisoned in concentration camps following the attack on Pearl... more

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    Bog Child

     by Siobhan Dowd
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    Two years after her untimely death from breast cancer at the age of 47, Siobhan Dowd’s fourth and final novel, ‘Bog Child’,... more

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