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Chasing Secrets

By Gennifer Choldenko - Published 2015

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Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Kennedy has no greater concerns than navigating friendships at school and dreaming about following in her physician father’s footsteps, but ...Read Review

Gingersnap

By Patricia Reilly Giff - Published 2013

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In the mid-1940s, Jayna lives in small town America with her 18-year-old brother Rob, a navy cook. The two talk often about ...Read Review

The Mighty Miss Malone

By Christopher Paul Curtis - Published 2012

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Children/Young Adult

From award-winning children’s author Christopher Paul Curtis comes a companion book to Bud Not Buddy, The Mighty Miss Malone. Mentioned briefly in ...Read Review

R My Name is Rachel

By Patricia Reilly Giff - Published 2011

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Children/Young Adult

Rachel has lived in the city her whole life and loves her neighborhood: Charlie the butcher, Clarence the stray cat, Mrs. Lazarus her ...Read Review

Storyteller

By Patricia Reilly Giff - Published 2010

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Adventure Children/Young Adult Time-slip

Elizabeth’s father has left for Australia, leaving her with an aunt she barely knows. But her aunt’s home feels oddly welcoming, ...Read Review

Alligator Bayou

By Donna Jo Napoli - Published 2009

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Children/Young Adult

Alligator Bayou recounts an overlooked but disturbing episode of American history: the persecution and lynching of Italians immigrants. Calogero arrives from Sicily at ...Read Review

The Winter War

By William Durbin - Published 2008

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Children/Young Adult

Solid young adult author (most reviews give the age ranges for his books as upper elementary through middle school) William Durbin is reliable ...Read Review