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The velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
Par Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersChristine
Par Stephen King. 1983
Chilling, macabre love tragedy set in 1978 in Pittsburgh centers on teenage misfit Arnie Cunningham and his devotion to and…
ultimate possession by his '58 Plymouth Fury, "Christine." Eerie things happen from the day that Arnie buys the car for $250 from creepy old Roland D. LeBay. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerAwake and dreaming (Guests of War Trilogy, The)
Par Kit Pearson. 1996
Theo, who lives in near poverty with her irresponsible waitress mother in Vancouver, escapes into books and fantasies about the…
perfect family. Just as things get really bad, Theo receives magical help from a ghost and, for a while, becomes part of just such a family. For grades 4-7Seven short stories in which young people make difficult decisions as they learn to think for themselves. In "What's Inside,"…
a thirteen-year-old must act under pressure to save his cousin from shooting himself. In "Fortune Cookie," a boy faces his first birthday since his parents were divorced. While in the title piece, a boy wishes he could find a cure for unhappiness. For grades 6-9American spy
Par Lauren Wilkinson. 2019
Because of her skin color, Cold War-era FBI agent Marie Mitchell is recruited to join a task force aimed at…
undermining the president of Burkina Faso. Over the next year, her work challenges her beliefs about her identity as a spy, lover, sister, and an American. Some violence and some strong language. 2019Without lawful authority
Par Manning Coles. 1943
Tommy Hambledon, a British foreign intelligence agent, is searching for German spies in his homeland. Warnford, a disgraced British army…
officer who was framed and forced to resign, enlists the help of a professional burglar, Marden, to help him expose his enemies. Together the three uncover a Nazi cell on the eve of World War IIThe beasties
Par William Sleator. 1997
When Doug's family moves to a logging camp, he and his younger sister Colette encounter the beasties. Colette sympathizes with…
these underground creatures making war on the loggers. Doug fears the beasties because they mutilate humans to replace parts of their own maimed bodies. Now Colette and Doug are the next likely victims. Violence. For senior high and older readersCamelot: A Collection Of Original Arthurian Tales
Par Jane Yolen, Winslow Pels. 1995
Several authors provide ten stories and one song about the legend of King Arthur, some humorous, some historical, and some…
tragic. Anne McCaffrey writes about a search for horses to enrich the bloodlines of the king's horses. Terry Pratchett offers a scientific explanation of the sword in the stone. For grades 3-6Fair is fair: world folktales of justice (American storytelling)
Par Sharon Creeden. 1994
International tales that relate to themes of law and justice. Traditional stories are used to illustrate a variety of modern…
legal issues and court cases. For example, the Danish fable "The Lawyer's Advice" elucidates the concept of the insanity defense. For high school and older readersJekyll and Heidi (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 14)
Par R. L Stine. 1999
Twelve-year-old Heidi Davidson is sent to live with her Uncle Jekyll, a scientist, and her cousin Marianna after her parents…
die in a car accident. When she arrives Heidi learns that a beast is preying on the villagers. Is it something her uncle is creating in his lab? For grades 4-7. 1999Return to Horrorland (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 13)
Par R. L Stine. 1999
Lizzy, her brother Luke, and his friend Clay agree to return to HorrorLand with television personalities Derek and Margo Strange…
to expose its evil. Once there, however, they are thrown in among the Horrors and they have to use their wits to escape. For grades 4-7. 1999The mummy walks (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 16)
Par R. L Stine. 1999
When twelve-year-old Michael Clarke boards an airplane in New York, he learns that he's supposedly the prince of a foreign…
kingdom, and to prove it he must reveal the secret location of an ancient mummy. But he cannot remember anything about any mummy, and his life is in danger. For grades 4-7. 1999Scream school (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 15)
Par R. L Stine. 1999
Jake likes to visit the movie sets of his father, Emory Banyon, the King of Horror, even though his father…
is always trying to scare him. Jake insists that he's not afraid, and the only way he can prove it is to frighten his father. For grades 4-7. 1999The werewolf in the living room (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 17)
Par R. L Stine. 2000
Aaron Friedus is not happy about spending midterm break in Bratvia hunting werewolves with his father. His worst nightmare comes…
true in a dark forest when Aaron sees a snarling, drooling, half-wolf, half-human creature with long, curved fangs heading straight for him. For grades 4-7. 1999Noctuary
Par Thomas Ligotti. 1994
A discussion of the genre of weird fiction, followed by twenty-seven short weird tales, presented in three parts. "The Medusa"…
probes the power of classical myth in modern life, "Conversations in a Dead Language" explores the tradition of trick or treating at Halloween, and "Autumnal" examines deathHorrors of the black ring
Par R. L Stine. 1999
After Beth's favorite teacher, Miss Gold, is arrested for her destructive behavior at the school carnival, Beth finds Miss Gold's…
ring. But once Beth slips the ring on her finger, it won't come off. Is the evil face inside the ring now compelling Beth to act strangely? For grades 4-7. 1999The story of Paul Bunyan
Par Barbara Emberley. 1994
Includes tales of how the mighty lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe cleared the land for planting…
in Kansas and Iowa, and how they dug the Mississippi River. For grades K-3The dancing floor
Par Barbara Michaels. 1997
Heather Tradescant has come to England to visit some of its famous gardens. One of her greatest hopes is to…
see the ones at Troytan House. When she is denied permission, Heather attempts to get a glimpse of the fabled landscape by crawling through a wall of thick brush. What awaits her is not what she expectsOnce upon a galaxy
Par Josepha Sherman. 1994
Forty-two tales of folklore, fantasy, and science fiction. Five categories, each prefaced by an essay, include the fantastic voyage, the…
child who becomes a heroic leader, the hero ignorant of his origins, the quest for a magic item, and the cunning of the trickster. ViolenceReturn to Ghost Camp
Par R. L Stine. 1999
Dustin Minium has a nightmare just before he leaves for Camp Full Moon. On the bus to camp, he meets…
Ari Davis, a gymnast, and they decide to switch identities. But Dustin soon realizes he has made a big mistake, because now he is the target of "The Snatcher." For grades 4-7. 1999