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Children/Young Adult

Pizza for the Queen

By Nancy Castaldo - Published 2005

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Nancy Castaldo is a lucky woman–her birthday falls on International Pizza Day! Such a fortunate coincidence combined with her love of pizza ...Read Review

Marie, Dancing

By Carolyn Meyer - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult

Every time I visit the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, I visit Degas’ Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen. It’s ...Read Review

The Misadventures of Maude March

By Audrey Couloumbis - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult Western

This is a western adventure that pokes fun at the westerns. When Sallie and Maude’s guardian, Aunt Ruthie, is killed by a ...Read Review

Under the Jolly Roger

By L. A. Meyer - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult

In London to hook up with her beloved Jaimy, Jacky Faber spies him holding hands with another girl, destroying Jacky’s dreams of ...Read Review

The Royal Diaries: Anacaona, Golden Flower

By Edwidge Danticat - Published 2005

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Biographical Fiction Children/Young Adult

Anacaona explores the life of a proud, young Taíno woman as she grows into rulership, love, and motherhood. This young adult novel ...Read Review

The Wedding: An Encounter With Jan Van Eyck

By Elizabeth M. Rees - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult

Have you ever wondered about the story behind a painting? You’re not alone. In The Wedding, children’s author Elizabeth Rees brings ...Read Review

The Silent Witness

By Claire A. Nivola (illus.) - By Robin Friedman - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult

This picture book fictionalizes a little girl’s experience during the American Civil War. Lula McLean lives on a farm near Bull Run, ...Read Review

Lady With An Alien: An Encounter with Leonardo da Vinci

By Mike Resnick - Published 2005

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Biographical Fiction Children/Young Adult

Based on the idea that Da Vinci’s painting Lady with an Ermine could have extraordinary inspirations, the latest title from Mike Resnick, ...Read Review

I, Coriander

By Sally Gardner - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult Historical Fantasy

Sally Gardner delightfully draws the reader into this historical fiction/fantasy novel with her main character, Coriander Hobie, stating, “I have a great ...Read Review

Keep Smiling Through

By Ann Rinaldi - Published 2005

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Children/Young Adult

Ann Rinaldi’s Keep Smiling Though follows the adventures of ten-year-old Kay Hennings as she goes about daily life in her little corner ...Read Review