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Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who
loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by
wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that...Read more
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It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then
to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J.K. Rowling's Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the...Read more
Amazon.com "I thought he was dead. He was sitting with his legs stretched out and his head
tipped back against the wall. He was covered with dust and webs like everything else and
his face was thin and pale. Dead bluebottles were scattered on his hair and...Read more
Amazon.com "I am a mouse, a white mouse. My name is Emmaline. Before I met Emily, the great
poet of Amherst, I was nothing more than a crumb gatherer, a cheese nibbler, a
mouse-of-little-purpose. There was an emptiness in my life that nothing seemed to
fill."
From Booklist
, April 1, 1999
Gr. 5^-8. Despite the ongoing Depression, 12-year-old Frances leads a life that's
comfortable, orderly, and a little dull--until the night her father puts a bullet in his
head. Suddenly she must pack a bag and travel by train to her aunt in Chicago....Read more
Publishers Weekly, starred review,
07/07/97
Gold, the author of the adult work Anne Frank Remembered, a study of Miep Gies and
her role in protecting the Frank family, again explores the world of Anne Frank to bring
home the painful truths that Frank has come to symbolize. Here she presents...Read more
From Booklist
, April 15, 1999
Gr. 5^-9. Ehrlich's second anthology of short childhood memoirs is as good as the first
(1996). Once again, 10 fine writers for young people tell intimate stories about crucial
childhood experiences and then add brief notes about how the episodes...Read more
From Booklist
, April 1, 1999
Gr. 4^-8. An appropriately workmanlike telling of the building of the transcontinental
railroad from the point of view of 14-year-old Libby, daughter of a "stringer,"
a reporter who follows the railroad, sending back stories. Libby's father buys a...Read more
From Kirkus Reviews , April 28,
1999
PLB 0-06-027821-8 For Aliki (Marianthe's Story, 1998, etc.), the story of the Globe
Theatre is a tale of two men: Shakespeare, who made it famous, and Sam Wanamaker, the
driving force behind its modern rebuilding. Decorating margins with verbal and...Read more
Synopsis
Probe the outer limits and have a close encounter with aliens in this book that explodes
with sensationally strange stories and amazing facts--presented in four fascinating
sections. Full-color illustrations. Read more
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For this enchanting novel--11th in the popular Redwall fantasy series--master storyteller
Brian Jacques dips into the experience of his eventful and adventuresome life, a life that
has taken him all over the world and seen him variously described as...Read more
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