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Clockwork, or, All wound up
Par Philip Pullman. 1998
Long ago in a German tavern, Fritz begins telling a story about a clockmaker. This master craftsman makes mechanical figures…
so lifelike, they appear to breathe. Then Fritz's story comes to life as the clockmaker enters the tavern. And Karl, an apprentice clockmaker, is desperate enough to accept this stranger's dangerous mechanical gift. For grades 5-8No escape: a Masey Baldridge/Luke Williamson mystery
Par James Brewer. 1998
1873. When a yellow fever epidemic strikes Memphis, Captain Luke Williamson is quarantined on his steamboat. The rest of the…
staff of the Big River Detective Agency, Masey Baldridge and Salina Tyner, are hired to find out who is murdering patients while panic spreads. Some violenceFaraway summer
Par Johanna Hurwitz. 1998
In 1910, orphaned Dossi, twelve, lives with her seamstress sister, Ruthi, in a New York tenement. Ruthi signs Dossi up…
for a Fresh Air Fund vacation on a Vermont farm. Dossi knows the family members are puzzled by her Jewish customs, but she can't understand why the daughter is so unfriendly to her. For grades 5-8Ship of the line
Par C. S Forester. 1938
May 1810. Horatio Hornblower is now in command of his first ship, the HMS Sutherland, but he has one major…
problem--the crew is short by about 250 men. He hires whoever are willing and has them trained well enough to stage five solo raids against the French army and navy along the coast of Spain. Sequel to Beat to Quarters (RC 46120, BR 11555)American dreams
Par John Jakes. 1998
Continues the Crown family saga begun in Homeland (BR 09462). Paul, twenty-nine, a well-known photographer, travels the world making news…
documentaries, some of which get him in trouble with the British government. His cousin Carl satisfies a passion for cars and flying, becoming a daring aviator, and cousin Fritzi becomes an actress in Hollywood. Some strong language. BestsellerHuman voices
Par Penelope Fitzgerald. 1980
BBC employees struggle to keep Broadcasting House in operation during the bombing of London in World War II. Young intern…
Annie Asra, two department directors, and those around them face daily questions of survival but also grapple with workplace dramas and personal crises. Based on Fitzgerald's own wartime experiencesAttack of the graveyard ghouls (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 11)
Par R. L Stine. 1998
When Spencer Kassimir reads his essay about the graveyard ghouls in the town's cemetery, it gives his teacher an idea.…
The next day the class takes a trip up to the graveyard. Spencer forgets his backpack and returns that night to get it. But it is not Spencer who comes home. For grades 4-7The exorcist
Par William Blatty. 1971
Actress Chris MacNeil is filming a new movie in Washington, D.C. After playing with a Ouija board, her twelve-year-old daughter,…
Regan, begins exhibiting bizarre and macabre behaviors. Medical science doesn't help, so Chris appeals to the Catholic Church. A priest, Damien Karras, conducts an exorcism to try to rid Regan of the demon. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexSarah on her own (American dreams)
Par Karen Coombs. 1996
Orphaned fourteen-year-old Sarah survives the 1620 trip from London to the New World, but her aunt does not. Her aunt's…
fiance, who sent for them, has also died. Not wanting to marry, become an indentured servant, or settle on the land she has been allotted, Sarah searches for a way home. Violence. For junior and senior high readersWings of fires
Par Charles Todd. 1998
Inspector Ian Rutledge from Scotland Yard is sent to Cornwall to investigate three recent deaths in a prominent family. He…
discovers one victim was a famous poet whose works involved the Great War. Although still suffering from shell shock, Rutledge discovers more ghastly murders in the family's past. Some violenceRoll of thunder, hear my cry
Par Mildred Taylor, Jerry Pinkney. 1976
Nine-year-old Cassie Logan recalls a turbulent time in Mississippi during the Great Depression--a year of night riders, burnings, and threats.…
She describes her African American family's struggle to survive with their dignity and independence intact. Some strong language. For grades 6-9. Newbery Award. 1976Lord Hornblower
Par C. S Forester. 1946
The Hornblower saga continues as the intrepid commodore becomes a peer of the realm by quelling a mutiny and concluding…
his private war with Napoleon. Incidentally, he rekindles his romance with the lovely French Marie. Sequel to Commodore Hornblower (RC 26916, BR 11558)Tree by leaf
Par Cynthia Voigt. 1988
In 1920 twelve-year-old Clothilde lives with her family on an isolated peninsula waiting for her father to return from the…
war. When he arrives, maimed and broken, he retreats to the boathouse. A mysterious voice helps Clothilde breach the gulf between her father and the rest of the family. For grades 6-9Italian fever: a novel
Par Valerie Martin. 1999
Lucy Stark is an assistant to novelist DV, who dies suddenly while writing a book in Italy. Lucy travels to…
Italy for his funeral, to retrieve his things, and to discover why he died. She is met by Massimo, an interpreter, who comes to care for her in many ways. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerRebecca
Par Daphne Maurier. 1938
Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and…
frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's deathA long way from Chicago: a novel in stories
Par Richard Peck. 1998
In eight short stories an old man reminisces about the week each summer he and his little sister spent with…
his grandmother. Joey likes the train ride and his feisty, independent grandmother, who tells "whoppers," fishes, and shoots a shotgun. For grades 6-9Christine
Par Stephen King. 1983
Chilling, macabre love tragedy set in 1978 in Pittsburgh centers on teenage misfit Arnie Cunningham and his devotion to and…
ultimate possession by his '58 Plymouth Fury, "Christine." Eerie things happen from the day that Arnie buys the car for $250 from creepy old Roland D. LeBay. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerBrain juice (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 12)
Par R. L Stine. 1998
Aliens, hoping to find two smart humans, are camped out at the house of scientist Dr. Frank King. When King's…
niece and nephew, who think they are stupid, beg him for something to make them smart, the aliens substitute their Brain Energizer Fluid for the juice their uncle plans to give them. For grades 4-7Awake 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 4-7