Children/Young Adult
A Crane Among Wolves
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This dense but fast-moving YA adventure begins with 17-year-old Iseul staggering through the forest of medieval Korea, desperate to find and rescue her ...Read Review
Tree. Table. Book.
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This small masterpiece makes a moving, subtle statement. In her latest middle-grade novel, Lois Lowry, a two-time Newbery Award winner (for Number the ...Read Review
The Dark Skies Mystery: A World War II Thriller
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1942, Asheville, North Carolina. Henry Hamilton wants to be a journalist like his hero, Edward R. Murrow, but the only events he’s allowed ...Read Review
Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings
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In 1930s Charlottesville, Virginia, ten-year-old Allie Lewis hatches a not-very-subtle plan to find a suitable husband for her mother, alone since Allie’s “...Read Review
Angel of Grasmere
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Tarn’s brother, Joss, is believed to have died in the retreat from Dunkirk. In this novel, set between 1940 and 1942, we find out ...Read Review
Veena and the Red Roti: A Story of Hope during Partition
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Young Veena learns that freedom can have dramatic consequences when she and her family are forced to emigrate after the 1947 Partition of India. ...Read Review
Just One Girl: A Fight for Equal Rights (Tales of Young Americans)
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Fourth-grader Jillian Parker gets laughed at when she signs up for Math Club because only boys are in that club. Conversations with her ...Read Review
Mr. K’s Sonata
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After another bad day at her Idaho junior high school, capped off with a scolding from her orchestra teacher, thirteen-year-old Jodi makes her ...Read Review
Eyes Open
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Eyes Open tells the story of 1966-67 Portugal, an era and place that most history books skip. In this land, the Leader’s ...Read Review
Endurance: The Frozen Keep (Endurance Graphic Novel)
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Englishman Jack Robinson is a crew member aboard the Endurance on an epic journey, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, to reach the South ...Read Review
