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Boundless Grace
Par Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch. 1995
Pinocchio's sister
Par Jan Slepian. 1995
Martha Rosedale, ten, is part of the traveling vaudeville act of Iris and Mr. Rosedale. Iris is the wooden dummy…
her father uses in his ventriloquist act, and, while Martha is a rather plain looking child, Iris is quite beautiful and gets all of Mr. Rosedale's attention. One night during a performance, Martha suddenly realizes just how jealous she is of Iris and makes plans to get rid of her. For grades 3-6Courtyard cat
Par C. S Adler. 1995
Lindsay, eleven, and her family have moved to Schenectady, New York, so her three-year-old brother Garth can be near the…
doctors who will fix his face, hurt in an accident for which Lindsay feels responsible. But Lindsay doesn't like the city and their cramped, dark apartment. Nor does she like having to look after Garth all day while her parents work. But they do have a courtyard in which to play, and some nice neighbors. For grades 4-7Later, Gator
Par Laurence Yep. 1995
Teddy hates the fact that his little brother Bobby is so well behaved. He always tries to get a rise…
out of Bobby by giving him unlikable birthday presents, but this year Teddy's mother insists he buy Bobby a turtle. Teddy compromises by buying Bobby a baby alligator. To Teddy's surprise, Bobby loves his new pet! For grades 3-6The bones in the cliff
Par James Stevenson. 1995
Pete and his father are on the run because someone is after his father. They are staying on an island…
for the summer, but Pete must check the ferry every day to make sure a man with a cigar doesn't arrive. Pete meets Rootie, an eleven-year-old girl who summers at the island every year. With her Pete can explore, play games, and forget about the danger--until the cigar man arrives. Some strong language. For grades 4-7Chicago blues
Par Julie Deaver. 1995
Lissa, seventeen, attends art school in Chicago. Her parents are divorced, and her sister, Marnie, eleven, lives with their mother.…
When her alcoholism worsens, the mother decides she can no longer keep Marnie. Lissa agrees to care for her sister, but naturally Marnie does not want to leave her mother. The two girls eventually establish a workable relationship, and all is well until their mother decides she wants Marnie back. For grades 6-9Liza's blue moon
Par Diane Stevens. 1995
Eighth grader Liza Brody admires the family of her hard-of-hearing best friend, Chloe, but is unhappy with her own. Her…
mother spends all of her time writing in a journal, her father travels a lot and is having an affair, and her little sister got the good looks and personality. Even Liza's grandmother calls her plain vanilla, and when Liza writes an impressive paper, her teacher accuses her of plagiarizing. For grades 6-9Little house on the prairie (Little House Ser.)
Par Laura Wilder. 1935
A family moves westward from Wisconsin in a covered wagon and builds a cabin on the Kansas prairie right in…
Indian territory. Sequel to Little House in the Big Woods (BR 4442). For grades 4-7The formerly great Alexander Family
Par Susan Shreve. 1995
Liam Alexander's fourth-grade friends always want to come to his house to play, because Liam's family is so easygoing. When…
Liam learns that his parents are separating, he's afraid his friends will think he's a wimp for not being able to keep them together. For grades 3-6Nobody's daughter
Par Susan Pfeffer. 1995
Aunt Mabel's death leaves Emily a destitute orphan. Then she learns that when her mother died years ago giving birth…
to her sister, the baby lived and was adopted by an unknown family. With no other family, Emily clings to the hope of finding her sister even as she moves into the Austen Home for Orphaned Girls. Emily tries not to despair as disappointments come. Then a librarian helps Emily to understand her own worth and offers friendship. For grades 3-6Black-eyed Susan: a novel
Par Jennifer Armstrong. 1995
Susie lives with her parents in a sod house on their Dakota farm. She loves the wide open spaces and…
likes to stand on her sod roof to watch the sunrise. But Susie's mother, who misses trees and her life back east, is becoming more and more depressed, and Susie wants to cheer her up. For grades 3-6Falcon's egg
Par Luli Gray. 1995
Eleven-year-old Falcon Davies is in Central Park when she finds a most unusual egg. It is large and red and…
hot to the touch. She tells only three adults: her neighbor Ardene, who agrees to house the egg; her great-aunt Emily; and Emily's friend who is an ornithologist. They all agree they have no idea what it is, and they think it would be best to keep it secret. When the egg finally hatches, they realize they were right. For grades 4-7Songs in the silence
Par Catherine Murphy. 1994
Hallie takes her friend's small boat out in the cove to have privacy to cry for her little brother, Josh,…
who is in the hospital after burning himself on the barbeque. Hallie falls out of the boat and is guided to safety by an odd soothing voice. The speaker is Melae, a whale who has entered the cove to assist another whale who is injured. Hallie and her incredible new friend secretly help each other cope. For grades 4-6April and the Dragon Lady
Par Lensey Namioka. 1994
When April Chen is a junior in a Seattle high school, she begins dating Steve even though she knows her…
grandmother won't approve of a white boyfriend. Grandma's Chinese ways are tiresome, especially when she dotes on April's brother and widowed father and expects April to serve them all. When April's father decides to remarry and April begins to make plans for college, Grandma plots to stop them. For junior and senior high readersAna turns
Par Lisa Gornick. 2023
Nine years have passed since Ana Koehl had sex with her pot-addicted anesthesiologist husband; seven since she began an affair…
with a gonzo journalist. She's gratified by her work as a book doula but burdened by her belief that she need always be on call. Her elderly mother's birthday greeting is an inflation-adjusted calculation of the cost of raising Ana in a mice-infested house, her brother has hijacked the will of their recently deceased starchitect father, her adult child is changing rapidly before her eyes, and her best friend advocates for the truth in lies. Gazing out at the dark moat of Central Park from behind her desk, Ana sees that she can no longer postpone making peace with her past or confronting her present. Narrated by Ana and the key figures in her life—her husband, her brother, and her lover's wife, to name a few—Ana Turns spirals through issues from capital punishment to the dynamiting of the Bamiyan Buddhas, culminating in a watershed dinner party, with Ana's family members' true colors on full display. By day's end, the bounds of her own collaboration and forgiveness illuminated, Ana turns towards a vision of what she wants next in this blink of a lifeGeorge catches a cold (peppa pig)
Par Scholastic. 2023
George gets a visit from Dr. Brown Bear after he catches a cold in the rain. Based on the hit…
animated TV show as seen on Nick Jr. Peppa and George love to play outside in the rain, but George does not want to wear his rain hat. He has a great time jumping in muddy puddles with Peppa—but then he catches a cold! It's time for a visit from Dr. Brown Bear. How long will it take for George to feel better? Find out in this audiobbook based on the hit Nick Jr. animated TV show!My little sweet boy
Par Hilary Duff. 2023
Actress, singer, mother, and New York Times bestselling author of My Little Brave Girl , Hilary Duff returns with an…
inspiring picture book—adapted for audio—filled with the dreams she has for her own son. A perfect parent-child listen! The sky has so much to show you, my little sweet boy. Let every color, shape, and season fill your world. Inspiring young boys to be as gentle as they are strong, this beautiful audiobook explores the tumbles and triumphs of childhood. New York Times bestselling author Hilary Duff has filled this audiobook with wishes for her own son and encourages boys everywhere to embrace all that life has to offer themLittle house on Rocky Ridge (Little House Sequel Ser.)
Par Roger MacBride. 1993
In 1894, following several years of fires and drought, Laura and Almanzo Wilder decide to leave their farm in South…
Dakota and travel to Missouri where they hope the land will be better. Their daughter Rose describes the trip across the "Big Muddy" river, meeting with Russian families, finding a stray dog that becomes her pet, buying a farm, and holding a barn raising. Prequel to Little Farm in the Ozarks (RC 40672, BR 10161). For grades 3-6The absolutely true story of my visit to Yellowstone with the terrible Rupes
Par Willo Roberts. 1994
The Dodge twins, Lewis and Alison, are thrilled when the Rupe family moves in next door, especially when the Rupes…
invite them to go along on a motorhome trip to Yellowstone Park. The trip turns into a nightmare, but Lewis's account of it earns a big red A on his paper about "how I spent my vacation." For grades 3-6Do-over: a novel
Par Rachel Vail. 1992
Eighth-grader Whitman Levy is very interested in girls but very inexperienced. Amazed that he convinces one to be his girlfriend,…
Whit inadvertently offends her, and she dumps him. As he daydreams about one girl after another, Whit tries to ignore the friction between his parents. Some strong language. For grades 6-9