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A sound of leaves
Par Lenore Blegvad. 1995
Sylvie, her mother, her brother, and her grandfather are spending the week at a relative's beach cottage. Sylvie's excitement over…
having an actual tree pressing against her window is dampened when someone refers to her as a slum kid. For grades 3-6Mary Anne in the middle (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #125)
Par Ann Martin. 1998
Mallory has been unhappy in school since her disastrous teaching experience the day the students were teachers. Now Mallory is…
considering attending boarding school. When she gets accepted, she discusses her decision with Mary Anne instead of her best friend, Jessi. This leaves Mary Anne caught in the middle because Jessi is furious. For grades 4-7. 1998Abby's un-valentine (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #No. 127)
Par Ann Martin. 1998
Valentine's Day is just a few weeks away, and everyone at school is getting in the spirit. Even Abby's twin,…
Anna, is excited. But Abby hates the idea; she doesn't like all that mushy stuff. So what is she going to do now that Ross has asked her to the Valentine Dance? For grades 4-7. 1998Kristy at bat (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #No. 129)
Par Ann Martin. 1999
It is spring, and Kristy is looking forward to a great baseball season and to a week-long trip to a…
baseball camp with her stepdad, Watson. But everything begins to fall apart when she is suddenly dropped to second string on the Stoneybrook Middle School baseball team. For grades 4-7. 1999Stacey's movie (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #No. 130)
Par Ann Martin. 1999
Stacey has always dreamed of being a movie director. She is delighted that one of the Short Takes courses at…
her school is a film class and she is chosen as the screenwriter. When her team decides to interview their classmates, Stacey ends up making some startling discoveries. For grades 4-7. 1999Claudia and the little liar (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #128)
Par Ann Martin. 1999
Members of the Baby-Sitters Club are in for some problems. While sitting with Haley one evening, Claudia is instructed to…
make sure Haley does her homework before watching TV. Unfortunately Haley lies about having finished her work and, when caught, begins spreading rumors that Claudia, and maybe others, are traitors. For grades 4-7. 1999The fire at Mary Anne's house (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #No. 131)
Par Ann Martin. 1999
While reading her Teenzine, Mary Anne discovers the magazine is having a contest for the Baby-Sitter of the Year. She…
knows the Baby-Sitters Club can win. But Mary Anne suddenly has a different focus--her house burns down and her family has some important decisions to make. For grades 4-7. 1999On the first day of May, Henry wakes up and informs Mudge that today is Henry's birthday. But all Mudge…
does is roll over and snore. It takes several promises of good treats to eat to get Mudge going. But then Henry and Mudge have the best day of all! For grades K-3The all-new Mallory Pike (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #No. 126)
Par Ann Martin. 1999
Mallory is now attending Riverbend Hall, a girls boarding school. She misses her friends in the Baby-Sitters Club, but not…
the kids at school, who were always teasing her. She has a new problem, however--her roommate Alexis, who had two other roommates during the previous semester. For grades 4-7. 1999The Europeans: a sketch
Par Henry James. 1985
A fortune-hunting European countess and her charming brother come to visit their straight-laced cousins near Boston. Their rich and imaginative,…
but immoral, way of living is contrasted with the dull, but upright, American way. First published in 1878These happy golden years: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #8)
Par Laura Wilder. 1943
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder, the town's most eligible bachelor, enjoy a delightful romance while Laura teaches school. When her…
last term ends, they marry and look forward to a long and happy life together. Sequel to Little Town on the Prairie (BR 11326). For grades 5-8 and older readersMy Ántonia
Par Willa Cather. 1994
A lawyer recalls his Nebraska boyhood and the girl who was a strong influence on his life in this novel…
about pioneering conditions and the assimilation of immigrants. Contains a historical essay by James Woodress that describes the origin, writing, and reception of the bookTypee: a peep at Polynesian life (Penguin classics)
Par Herman Melville. 1996
Records the adventures of a whaling voyage in the Pacific. First published in 1846 and based on the author's actual…
experience, this novel portrays a civilized man held captive by the Polynesians, who were then practicing cannibalismBad girls (Bad Girls Ser.)
Par Cynthia Voigt. 1996
Mikey and Margalo are the new girls in fifth grade. Sitting next to each other, they soon discover that they…
are kindred spirits who like getting into mischief. Mikey likes to fight while Margalo likes to play tricks. Together they cause more trouble than the rest of the kids in Mrs. Chemsky's class. For grades 4-7Sweet Thursday
Par John Steinbeck. 1982
To depict the common bonds of love that unite humankind, the author turns to the outcasts of a California skid…
row. Portrayed are an alcoholic, a prostitute, and a down-at-the heels philosopher. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexShadows on the rock (Vintage classics)
Par Willa Cather. 1995
Erewhon
Par Samuel Butler. 1970
An English traveler discovers the remote land of Erewhon inhabited by irrational people with exasperating ideas. A satirical novel aimed…
at lampooning nineteenth-century English society, customs, and manners. First published in 1872The gambler
Par Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 1964
Set in a fashionable nineteenth-century German spa, this story tells of a young Russian tutor who becomes so addicted to…
the passion of gambling that everything else loses meaning for him. Originally written in 1866The wayward bus
Par John Steinbeck. 1947
The man that corrupted Hadleyburg
Par Mark Twain. 1986
A mysterious stranger leaves a sack of gold to an unknown citizen of Hadleyburg on the condition that the townsman…
can prove he is the kind person who once befriended a man in need. The temptation has a remarkable effect upon the townspeople, who take great pride in their virtue. For junior and senior high and older readers