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Light in August: the corrected text
Par William Faulkner. 1932
Joe Christmas, an orphan of mixed blood, travels to the South, seeking a place and people with whom he can…
belong. But he is soon hardened by white and black bigotryThe 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 readersThe great brain is back (The Great Brain #8.)
Par John Fitzgerald, Diane DeGroat. 1995
In this final book about the Great Brain (the manuscript was found after the author's death), J.D. narrates eight more…
tales about how his big brother, Tom, now thirteen, continues to swindle people out of their money. Tom convinces J.D. to sell bars of soap, he almost outwits Polly Reagan in the spelling bee, and he helps rescue a gang of outlaws. For grades 4-7Three tales (Penguin classics)
Par Gustave Flaubert. 1961
Three finely contrasted stories first published in 1877. "Simple Heart" is about a faithful domestic servant who outlives her loved…
ones; "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitator" is a medieval tale about a man seeking atonement for a crime; and "Herodias" retells the story of the execution of John the BaptistThe window
Par Jeanette Ingold. 1996
Fifteen-year-old Mandy is blinded in a car accident that took the life of her mother. Sent to live with unknown…
great-uncles and aunts, Mandy elects to attend the local high school. With help of voices from the past, Mandy learns to understand and accept her new family. For grades 6-9Bleak house
Par Charles Dickens. 1991
The unprotected witness
Par James Stevenson. 1997
Even though Pete's father was in the federal witness protection program, he was killed, and there is still the matter…
of missing money. The gangsters who want the money figure Pete knows where it is hidden. When Pete finds the telephone bugged, he realizes that he is an unprotected witness who needs friends more than ever. Sequel to The Bones in the Cliff (BR 10483). For grades 4-7Moving Mama to town
Par Ronder Young. 1997
Freddy James Johnson, thirteen, is confused when his father, "Big Kenny," leaves his family members to fend for themselves on…
the farm in 1947. But Freddy soon arranges to move Mama and little Kenneth Lee into town, and he gets a job to support them. For grades 5-8Family tree
Par Katherine Ayres. 1996
When sixth-grader Tyler Stoudt gets an assignment to create a family tree, her heart sinks. Her widowed father won't talk…
about his own family or her mother's, so Tyler has no idea who her relatives are. For grades 3-6Awake 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 4-7The skull of truth: A Magic Shop Book (Magic Shop Bks.)
Par Bruce Coville. 1997
Running from bullies, Charlie escapes into Mr. Elives's magic shop where, to his own horror, he steals a human skull.…
Worse, the skull talks and it forces Charlie to always tell the truth--something he rarely did in the past. For grades 4-7Meet Josefina, an American girl (Historical Character)
Par Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles, Susan McAliley, Peg Ross. 1997
In 1824 nine-year-old Josefina lives with her father and three sisters on a rancho near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The…
girls try hard to take care of things the way Mama did before she died the previous year. When their grandfather comes for a visit, they are surprised by the guest he brings--Tia Dolores, their mother's sister. Prequel to Josefina Learns a Lesson (DB 45562). For grades 2-4First came the owl
Par Judith Richardson. 1996
Nita's father is in the Coast Guard and met her mother in Thailand. Now Nita's mother is hospitalized for depression,…
and Nita is struggling to understand and help. As she surprises herself by taking on the role of Snow White in her fifth-grade play, Nita finds symbolism in the huge snowy owl she spots on the beach. For grades 4-7Ramona Quimby, age 8: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Ramona #6)
Par Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fansTales of a fourth grade nothing
Par Judy Blume. 1972
Radiance descending: a novel
Par Paula Fox. 1997
Paul's baby brother, Jacob, has Down's syndrome and has to be watched all the time. Their grandfather tries to help…
Paul understand his brother, but Paul is resentful and prefers not to think about him at all. Then Jacob's seventh birthday arrives, and Paul begins to see him in a new light. For grades 5-8The job: an American novel
Par Sinclair Lewis. 1945
An early 1900s story of an ordinary young woman who comes to New York seeking a career. She studies business,…
works a series of jobs, becomes disillusioned, and marries. When her marriage fails, she returns to the job market with renewed determination to succeed, and does. Introduction by Maureen HoneyYou can't get there from here
Par Earl Hamner. 1993
Sixteen-year-old Wes tells of a day spent combing New York in search of his father. As he recalls incidents of…
family life and various friends and relatives from Virginia, the juxtaposition of easy Southern country ways with the hectic pace of New York makes a droll contrastSeven 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 6-9Fudge-a-mania
Par Judy Blume. 1990
The Tubmans and Hatchers are sharing a summer home in Maine, throwing together five-year-old Fudge, his older brother Peter, and…
Peter's arch-enemy Sheila "Queen of Cooties" Tubman for three long weeks. Mayhem becomes the order of the day as children, adults, and pets find themselves in one predicament after another. Companion to "Superfudge"; and "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great." For grades 3-6