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Project Mulberry: a novel
Par Linda Sue Park. 2005
While working on a project for an after-school club Korean American Julia and her friend Patrick learn about silkworms and…
also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Alternating with chapters are short dialogs between the author and Julia, the main character, about writing. For grades 4-7. 2005Fame and glory in Freedom, Georgia
Par Barbara O'Connor. 2003
Sixth-grader "Bird" Weaver, an outcast at school, befriends Harlem Tate, the new kid in town, and together they enter the…
spelling bee. Harlem is considered dumb and difficult to like, but once he gets the eyeglasses he needs he begins to bloom. For grades 4-7. 2003Clementine (Clementine Ser. #1)
Par Sara Pennypacker, Marla Frazee. 2006
Third-grader Clementine's disastrous week includes cutting her fourth-grade friend Margaret's long hair, chopping off her own hair, and frequenting the…
principal's office. Her little brother is the easy child, while Clementine, the difficult child, fears that her parents want to get rid of her. For grades 2-4. 2006Eggs
Par Jerry Spinelli. 2007
Quirky thirteen-year-old Primrose moves out of her fortune-telling mother's house and into an abandoned van. Nine-year-old David mourns his mother's…
death and resents his grandmother and absentee father. The two fragile kids forge a combative friendship through late night adventures and escapades. For grades 4-7. 2007No talking
Par Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott. 2007
Dave's experiment to remain silent all day fails when he yells at Lynsey. His claim that girls talk more than…
boys turns into a fifth-grade contest of no speaking, even in class. But the teachers and the principal don't like it. For grades 3-6. 2007Red kayak
Par Priscilla Cummings. 2004
Maryland's Eastern Shore. After a neighbor's kayak accident, thirteen-year-old Brady goes from being hero-of-the-moment to dealing with the worst dilemma…
of his life. He must choose between being loyal to his best friends, J.T. and Digger, and doing what he knows is right--telling the truth. For grades 6-9. 2004Sweethearts: a novel
Par Sara Zarr. 2008
Salt Lake City. Non-Mormons Jennifer and Cameron are each other's only friend in elementary school. Cameron moves away and "Jenna"…
is told that he died. But eight years later Cameron reappears, and their past interferes with Jenna's new life as a thin and popular senior. For senior high readers. 2008The sugar queen
Par Sarah Addison Allen. 2008
Living with her domineering mother, twenty-seven-year-old Josey keeps a secret stash of candy and travel magazines and has been in…
love with Adam the mailman for three years. When she discovers waitress Della Lee inexplicably hiding in her bedroom closet, Josie's life takes a magical turn. Some strong language. 2008Things that are
Par Andrew Clements. 2008
Still adjusting to being blind, Alicia, first met in Things Not Seen (RC 54713, BR 17135), must outwit an invisible…
man following Bobby, once invisible himself. This man's demands threaten Bobby, Alicia's family, and perhaps global security. Sequel to Things Hoped For (RC 63723). For grades 6-9. 2008Waiting for normal
Par Leslie Connor. 2008
Upstate New York. Addie's plucky spirit makes the best of awkward situations such as moving into a tiny trailer with…
her difficult mother, separating from her stepdad and two half sisters, and coping with her learning difficulties in her new school's band. For grades 5-8. Schneider Family Book Award. 2008Light a penny candle
Par Maeve Binchy. 1983
From the time in 1940 when shy, ten-year-old Elizabeth White is evacuated from wartime London and plunged into a large…
and contentious family in the Irish village of Kilgarret, she and Aisling O'Connor are destined to be the best of friends. This novel follows their lives together and apart over the decades. 1983Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel
Par Lauren Weisberger. 2008
New Yorkers Leigh, Emmy, and Adriana, friends since college, seek changes in their lives as they near thirty. Newly dumped…
Emmy wants to date lots of men, gorgeous Brazilian Adriana decides to pick a man to marry, and editor Leigh meets a brilliant author. Strong language. Bestseller. 2008Peaches: a novel (Peaches Ser. #1)
Par Jodi Lynn Anderson. 2005
Three teenage girls become friends when homeschooled Birdie's wealthy cousin Leeda begins a summer job in Birdie's dad's peach orchard.…
Joining them is Murphy, who's been assigned community service. The three bond over chores and boys, even when they don't see eye to eye. For senior high readers. 2005Night of the howling dogs
Par Graham Salisbury. 2007
Hawaii, 1975. A Boy Scout campout on a remote beach goes terrifyingly wrong when an earthquake hits in the night.…
The boys and their leaders are separated during the resulting tsunami. But eighth-grader Dylan finds an unexpected ally as he and fifteen-year-old Louie rescue the group. For grades 5-8. 2007Sheer abandon: a novel
Par Penny Vincenzi. 2007
English schoolgirls Clio, Martha, and Jocasta meet en route to Thailand in 1985. Upon her return a year later, one…
of them abandons her newborn at Heathrow. The three women reunite in 2000, along with a teenager seeking her birth mother. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007Moon pies and movie stars
Par Amy Wallen. 2006
When spunky, small-town Texas widow Ruby Kincaid spies her wayward daughter, Violet, in a television commercial, she packs up the…
Winnebago and heads for Hollywood to bring her home. Along for the ride are Ruby's game-show-loving sister Loralva, Violet's mother-in-law Imogene, Violet's unruly children, and plenty of MoonPies. Some violence and some strong language. 2006Coot club (Swallows and Amazons)
Par Arthur Ransome. 1990
Dorothea and Dick, Tom Dodgeon, Port and Starboard, and other friends form the Bird Protection Society or "Coot Club." When…
a group of rude holiday boaters disturbs one of the coot's nests, trouble begins. Calamitous boat collisions, frantic chases, and near drownings ensue. For grades 4-7Lily's crossing
Par Patricia Reilly Giff. 1997
In the summer of 1944, Lily goes to Rockaway Beach, New York, with her grandmother. There Lily meets Albert, a…
young Hungarian refugee orphan who fled from the Nazis. When Lily tells lies to impress Albert, there are unexpected consequences. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor. 1997Pictures of Hollis Woods
Par Patricia Reilly Giff. 2002
A troublesome foster child, Hollis loves to draw pictures on paper and in her mind. Her favorite is one in…
which she fits in--with a father, mother, brother, and herself. Now Hollis lives with an artist, but still longs for the summer family that wanted to keep her. For grades 5-8. 2002Love, Stargirl
Par Jerry Spinelli. 2007
Stargirl and her parents have moved away, but the homeschooled free spirit still misses her Arizona boyfriend Leo, who dumped…
her. She begins writing him "the world's longest letter," describing her new neighbors and her feelings. Sequel to Stargirl (RC 54207, BR 12801). For junior and senior high readers. 2007