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The cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends #1)
Par George Selden, Garth Williams. 1960
Lost in New York City, musical country cricket Chester befriends a cat, a streetwise mouse, and young Mario, whose father…
owns a newsstand in the Times Square subway station. While dreaming of home Chester turns the stand into a concert hall to help the family business. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor Book. 1960Marika
Par Andrea Cheng. 2002
World War II. Although Marika has been raised Catholic, her family name, Schnurmacher, reveals her Jewish heritage. This legacy is…
dangerous because Marika lives in Hungary, where Jews face discrimination and persecution. For grades 6-9. 2002Indigo's star
Par Hilary McKay. 2004
England. After a long illness, twelve-year-old Indigo returns to school filled with dread. Encouraged by his younger sister Rose, Indigo…
sticks up for an American boy who has replaced him as the primary target of school bullies. Sequel to Saffy's Angel (DB 56168). For grades 4-7. 2003Losing is not an option: stories
Par Rich Wallace. 2003
Nine interwoven episodes relate athlete Ronny's coming of age in small-town Pennsylvania, from sneaking into a football game in sixth…
grade to racing for the state track championship in high school. In "Dawn" he struggles with the rules of mutual attraction. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003Josefina entra en acción: un cuento de verano (The american Girls Collection #Bk. 5)
Par Valerie Tripp. 1998
Josefina and her family, in Santa Fe, await the arrival of wagon trains to trade blankets and mules for goods…
they need. Patrick O'Toole, a wagon scout, promises to handle the family's transactions, but he suddenly disappears. Sequel to Feliz Cumpleaños, Josefina (BR 14707). For grades 2-4. Spanish language. 1998Lily's ghosts
Par Laura Ruby. 2003
Thirteen-year-old Lily moves into her great-uncle's creepy summer home in Cape May, New Jersey. Strange goings-on prompt her and new…
friend Vaz to investigate a mystery involving lost treasure, a fake medium, and ghosts of all sizes, shapes, and dispositions. For grades 6-9. 2003M.C. Higgins, the great
Par Virginia Hamilton. 1974
Fifteen-year-old African American Mayo Cornelius Higgins hopes a visiting folklorist will make his mother a recording star so that he…
and his family can escape the menacing relic of a strip mine threatening their Ohio hills home. For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. 1974Inside Grandad
Par Peter Dickinson. 2004
Scotland. Eleven-year-old Gavin tries to enlist the help of selkies (seal people) to communicate with his grandfather, who is left…
in a coma after a stroke. Gavin spends time at the hospital with his family, willing his grandad to live. For grades 5-8. 2004A boy no more
Par Harry Mazer. 2004
After his father is killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adam, his mother, and sister are evacuated to California.…
Adam deals with his feelings about the war, Japanese internment camps, and his own identity. Sequel to Boy at War (RC 52594, BR 13647). For grades 6-9. 2004The game of Sunken Places (The norumbegan Quartet #No. 1)
Par M. T Anderson. 2004
Thirteen-year-old best friends Gregory and Brian travel to rural Vermont for a visit with Gregory's eccentric Uncle Max. In Max's…
Victorian mansion Gregory and Brian become involved in an ancient game played by supernatural opponents. Some violence. For grades 5-8. 2004On the run
Par Michael Coleman. 2004
Luke's latest arrest results in a community service sentence to partner with Jodi, a blind teenager, to run in the…
London marathon. Under Jodi's influence during training, Luke develops positive traits and prefers running as a sport instead of running as an escape from the police. For grades 6-9. 2003The King of Slippery Falls
Par Sid Hite. 2004
Rural Idaho, early 2000s. When Lewis Hinton turns fifteen, his parents tell him he is adopted. Now an ensuing identity…
crisis thwarts his simple goals of catching an elusive giant trout and getting Amanda to be his girlfriend. For grades 6-9. 2004The House of Windjammer
Par V. A Richardson. 2003
Amsterdam, 1636. Adam, the fourteen-year-old heir to his late father's estate, seeks a way to keep his family's trading fleet…
afloat. His banker and greedy uncle harass him while speculation in tulips sweeps the nation and upsets the economy. For grades 6-9. 2003Or give me death: a novel of Patrick Henry's family
Par Ann Rinaldi. 2003
Virginia, 1771-1778. Revolutionary War patriot Patrick Henry's oldest child, Patsy, cares for her younger siblings and manages the family plantation…
after her mother becomes mentally ill. The sixteen-year-old and her sister Anne chronicle their trying life and their fear of inheriting their mother's madness. For grades 6-9. 2003Leaving Protection
Par Will Hobbs. 2004
Port Protection, Alaska. Sixteen-year-old Robbie signs on with captain Tor Torsen to fish for salmon. Robbie realizes he's in danger…
when he discovers Torsen secretly searching for valuable metal plaques laid by early Russian explorers to claim Alaska. Then a storm hits, imperiling them both. For senior high readers. 2004Shen of the sea: Chinese stories for children
Par Arthur Bowie Chrisman. 1968
Sixteen humorous stories capturing the spirit of Chinese culture and wisdom. In the title piece, a child learns of an…
ancient king who tried to save his city from flood by outsmarting the water demons. Other tales depict chopstick origins and more. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1925Anna Casey's place in the world
Par Adrian Fogelin. 2001
Twelve-year-old orphan Anna runs out of relatives and is placed in Miss Dupree's foster home with another neglected child, ten-year-old…
asthmatic Eb. After they spend the summer in Tallahassee making friends with the neighbors and finding adventure, Anna hopes to stay. For grades 5-8. 2001Hurricane: open seas, 1844
Par Kathleen Duey. 1999
Thirteen-year-old Rebecca and her family sail for four years on the high seas with their father, the captain of a…
whaling ship. John Lowe is also on board working off a family debt. Together John and Rebecca survive a whale hunt and a hurricane. For grades 5-8. 1999Twelve-year-old Australian Cedar misses her brother who ran away from boarding school and her mother who works all the time.…
But she copes by roaming the neighborhood, romping with her dog, and learning acrobatics from a new neighbor whose parents are in a circus. For grades 5-8. 2002Mutiny!
Par Brad Strickland. 2002
In 1687 eleven-year-old Irish orphan Davy sails to Jamaica to live with his uncle, Dr. "Patch" Shea. They join a…
British frigate where Patch and his friend Lieutenant William Hunter help stage an aborted mutiny. Fleeing, the mutineers commandeer a sloop and masquerade as pirates. Precedes Guns of Tortuga (BR 15069). For grades 4-7. 2002