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Strawberry girl
Par Lois Lenski. 1945
This regional story contrasts the lives of an industrious family of Florida Crackers struggling to make a living from their…
strawberry patch, and the shiftless family who lives on the adjoining farm. For grades 4-7. Newbery MedalDobry (Puffin Newbery library)
Par Monica Shannon. 1934
The author's memories of childhood in Bulgaria enhance this story of a young peasant boy who wants to be a…
sculptor. He is discouraged by his mother's opposition but nourished by his grandfather's support. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery MedalSecret of the Andes
Par Ann Clark. 1952
High up in a hidden valley in the Andes, an Inca boy whose identity is a mystery is chosen to…
know the secret of two ancient Inca treasures. For grades 5-8. Newbery MedalThe travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Par Robert Taylor. 1958
In 1849 Dr. Sardius McPheeters decides to escape his debts and his genteel wife's disapproval by heading for California to…
strike it rich mining gold. Fourteen-year-old Jaimie is allowed a year off from school to accompany his father. But almost at once the hapless doctor must write to his wife that Jaimie is lost and possible dead. In fact, Jaimie is captured by murderers in the first of his many adventures. Some violence. Pulitzer Prize winnerA handful of thieves
Par Nina Bawden. 1967
Sons
Par Pearl Buck. 1992
Sequel to The Good Earth (RC 37294/BR 9400). After Wang Lung's death, the land that he spent his lifetime acquiring…
is to be divided among his three sons. The story revolves mainly around the third son, a runaway who had become a powerful military officer, and the use he makes of his inheritanceThe hawk and the jewel
Par Lori Wick. 1993
Even though she is English, Shani is the most favored child in the household of Ahmad Khan. Thus she has…
trouble understanding how her beloved Ahmad can send her back to England. On the voyage, Captain Brandon Hawkesbury tells Sunny (her given name) about her family and about life in England. But Hawk cannot prepare her for the turmoil she soon faces. Prequel to Wings of the Morning (BR 09604)20,000 leagues under the sea
Par Jules Verne. 1992
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, the Nautilus, its eccentric captain, Captain Nemo, and the undersea world.…
The novel anticipates many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. For junior and senior high and older readersDragonwings
Par Laurence Yep. 1975
Moon Shadow sails from China in 1903 to join his father in San Francisco's Chinatown. The father is obsessed with…
the dream of making a flying machine, and he and Moon Shadow endure poverty and ridicule to make the dream come true. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe war of the worlds
Par H. G Wells. 1988
The Prince and the pauper
Par Mark Twain. 1991
The future Edward VI of England and a young pauper agree to trade places for a few days. The pauper…
becomes king, and he finds it quite insufferable. Meanwhile, the prince is roaming the street in tatters. People and circumstances almost make the role reversal permanent. For junior and senior high and older readersThe waterworks
Par E. L Doctorow. 1994
Set in New York City just after the Civil War. Martin Pemberton is walking in the rain when he spots…
his father, whom he believed dead, passing in a horse-drawn omnibus. When young Pemberton, who writes for a newspaper, tries in vain to track the omnibus, he disappears. McIlvaine, his editor and the narrator of this tale, sets off to search for Pemberton and for answers to a growing set of mysterious circumstances. BestsellerIt's like this, Cat
Par Emily Neville. 1963
The story of a fourteen-year-old New York boy and his relationships with a stray tomcat, an eccentric old woman, a…
troubled older boy, his first female friend, and his father. For grades 5-8. Newbery MedalThe Plymouth cloak: the second tale of Roger the Chapman
Par Kate Sedley. 1992
Roger the Chapman is in Exeter to peddle his wares when he is summoned by the king's brother, the duke…
of Gloucester. The duke, familiar with Roger's previous daring deeds, requests that he join the king's messenger, who is delivering an important letter. Roger learns there are many who want to cause harm to messenger Philip Underdown, and not just because of the letter. Some strong language and some violenceHard road to Gettysburg: a novel
Par Ted Jones. 1993
Caroline Wade's happiness when her twin sister, Victoria, visits from Alabama turns to horror when two men break in to…
kill Caroline--on her husband's orders. Victoria's slave rescues the twins but an injured and pregnant Victoria is bedridden until the birth of her triplets. She leaves one infant with Caroline in Illinois and returns south, not realizing that the siblings will meet again--on opposite sides of the Civil War. Strong language and violenceThe enormous egg
Par Oliver Butterworth. 1956
A twelve-year-old New Hampshire boy finds a huge egg in the henhouse, and to everyone's amazement a baby triceratops hatches.…
The next problem is how to raise a dinosaur. For grades 4-7Freckle juice
Par Judy Blume. 1971
Peter Nevsky and the true story of the Russian moon landing: a novel
Par John Batchelor. 1993
Russia, 1968. Peter Nevsky, son of a World War II flying ace who was murdered by Stalin's men, arrives at…
Starry Town, home of the cosmonaut corps. At twenty-two, Peter has come to keep a childhood appointment with the moon. But his life will be ruled by the Martian Troika (three men who flew with his father and are the soul of the space program) and by two powerful women--Katya and Daemonia. Strong languageThe tree still stands
Par Mae Briskin. 1991
Ruth was only seven years old when her father made her responsible for Imma (or Grandma). The scene was Warsaw,…
and the Levy family was intact. But the Nazi threat changed everything. The story of this Jewish family is told from Ruth's perspective as they flee, first to Paris, then southward through France to Italy. Their bravery and love for one another sustain them through tragedies on their perilous journeyRoller skates (Puffin Newbery library)
Par Ruth Sawyer. 1964
Lucinda is a lively, happy ten-year-old who spends her spare time exploring New York on roller skates. Her happy personality…
wins many friends, and her adventures reveal a picture of city life in 1890. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Medal