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10 best books like Memoirs of a Bookbat (Kathryn Lasky): The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman, Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference, Armageddon Summer, Orfe, The Homecoming, The Sledding Hill, Oddly Enough, One Fat Summer, 45 + 47 Stella Street And Everything That Happened, The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
AuthorLouise Plummer
ISBN0440227046
Gawky Kate Bjorkman has a rapier wit, genius IQ, and coke-bottle glasses. She’s been in love with Richard, her former neighbor and brother’s best friend, since they were kids, and she describes their budding romance by poking fun at Harlequin novel conventions, which take the lovers into bliss,...
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
AuthorJoanne Oppenheim
ISBN0439569923
A chronicle of the incredible correspondence between California librarian Clara Breed and young Japanese American internees during World War II.

In the early 1940s, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American...
Armageddon Summer
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0152022686
The world will end on Thursday, July 27, 2000. At least, that’s what Reverend Beelson has told his congregation. That’s why Marina and Jed and their parents have joined the rest of the Reverend’s flock at a mountain retreat to await the end of the world. But this world has only just begun for Jed and...
Orfe
AuthorCynthia Voigt
ISBN0689848684
"Love stories aren't about how they end."A chance meeting on a street corner with her childhood friend Orfe plunges Enny into the tough world of popular music. As Orfe's business manager, Enny sees Orfe and her band, the three Graces, arrive at the brink of success -- and watches Orfe's dangerous obsession...
The Homecoming
AuthorRay Bradbury
ISBN0060859628
The WISP series (Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces) represents an ingenious marriage of two creative forces: the artistry of today’s foremost illustrators and the literary legacy of beloved authors of popular short works for adults. The resulting offspring of this union are captivating,...
The Sledding Hill
AuthorChris Crutcher
ISBN0060502452
Eddie hasn't had an easy year

First his father dies. Then his best friend Billy accidentally kicks a stack of Sheetrock over on himself, breaking his neck and effectively hitting tilt on his Earthgame. Eddie and Billy were inseparable. Still are. Billy isn't going to let a little thing like...
Oddly Enough
AuthorBruce Coville
ISBN0152000933
The Box--an angel gave him a sealed box. How will it change his life?
Duffy's Jacket--a classic scary campfire tale with a twist for an ending.
Homeward Bound--fantasy about a boy who discovers why he's different.
With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm--the dead do have their ways...
Clean...
One Fat Summer
AuthorRobert Lipsyte
ISBN0439080886
No summer vacation could be less promising than Bobby Marks's.

Bobby Marks hates hot weather. It's the time when most people are happy to take off their heavy jackets and long pants. But for Bobby, who can't even button the waist of his jeans or reach over his belly to touch his toes, spending the...
45 + 47 Stella Street And Everything That Happened
AuthorElizabeth Honey
ISBN1863738584
In the tradition of the great detective novels, Henni keeps a journal of the events on Stella Street, recounted with a battalion of zany, 11-year-old truths and insights. When the Phonies move into 45 Stella Street, the neighborhood is in for a shake-up, explains Henni. Former occupant Auntie Lillie's...
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
AuthorNat Hentoff
ISBN0440918146
Who would have believed that The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn could cause the worst crisis in the history of George Mason High School? Certainly not Barney Roth, editor of the school paper. But when a small but vocal group of students and parents decide that the book is racist, sexist, and immoral —...
Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
AuthorGary Paulsen
ISBN0689841809
Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen has long been an ardent supporter of books, reading, and literacy programs. To further the cause of ProLiteracy Worldwide, he asked prominent authors to write an original story; the only restriction was that each story was to include mention of a book. The result is...
Colman
AuthorMonica Furlong
ISBN0375815155
Set in very early Christian times, Colman is a spellbinding fantasy of a faraway age, when the mystical and the commonplace walked hand in hand. The healer, Juniper, and her apprentice, Wise Child, are accused of witchcraft and forced to flee their small town. Wise Child’s devoted cousin, Colman,...
A Single Voice
AuthorKristen McMain Oaks
ISBN1590388593
"Being alone is never easy, but being single in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints is a unique challenge," writes Kristen M. Oaks, wife of Elder Dallin H. Oaks. Whether they are nevermarried, divorced, or widowed, singles can often feel discounted and discouraged in a family- focused community....
East of the Sun & West of the Moon
AuthorMercer Mayer
ISBN0689711131
"Mayer's telling is an interweaving of plot elements from the original Scandinavian fairy tale with inventions of his own and details from The Frog Prince. The spellbound frog is whisked off to the trolls' castle and the ungrateful lass loses her chance to marry a handsome prince until she creates a...
The Last Safe Place on Earth
AuthorRichard Peck
ISBN0440220076
Todd, 15, thinks life in the quality community of Walden Woods is perfect, until Laurel, his dream girl, comes to babysit for his sister and reveals the forces of fundamentalism and censorship at work in the town.A provocative new novel by a highly honored author that speaks to today's issues of censorship...
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them
AuthorRoxanne J. Coady
ISBN1592402100
With the goal of promoting literacy (and with proceeds going to the Read to Grow Foundation), here are 65 spirited testaments to the transformative power of reading from 65 distinguished contributors, as compiled by bookseller Roxanne Coady and editor Joy Johannessen.

Books change lives,...
A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
AuthorWendy Shalit
ISBN0684863170
Where once a young woman had to be ashamed of her sexual experience, today she is ashamed of her sexual inexperience. Where not long ago an unmarried woman was ashamed to give public evidence of sexual desire by living with someone, today she must be ashamed to give evidence of romantic desire. From sex...
Walking a Literary Labyrinth
AuthorNancy M. Malone
ISBN1573222461
Who of us doesn’t have a list of books that changed our life? Reflecting on her own reading life, Nancy Malone examines the influence of reading in how we define ourselves. Throughout, she likens the experience of reading to walking a labyrinth, itself a metaphor for our spiritual journey through...
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
AuthorSally M. Walker
ISBN1575058308
On February 17, 1864, the H.L. Hunley made history as the first submarine to sink a ship in battle. Soldiers on the shore waited patiently after seeing the submarine's return signal. But after several days, the ship had failed to return. What had gone wrong? In 1995, after over 130 years of searching,...
You've GOT to Read This Book!: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life
AuthorJack Canfield
ISBN0060891696
There's nothing better than a book you can't put down—or better yet, a book you'll never forget. This book puts the power of transformational reading into your hands. Jack Canfield, cocreator of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, and self-actualization pioneer Gay Hendricks have...
Crossing Jordan
AuthorAdrian Fogelin
ISBN1561452815
Twelve-year-old Cassie's life is changed when Jemmie, an African-American girl, and her family move in next door. Can she and Jemmie overcome family prejudice and cultural differences in a small, working-class town?
Cass is dreading a long, lonely summer until Jemmie and her family move in next...
Sees Behind Trees
AuthorMichael Dorris
ISBN0078681357
Visually impaired Walnut cannot earn his adult name the same way other boys do, by hitting a target with a bow and arrow. With his highly developed other senses, however, he earns a new name: Sees Behind Trees. "Dorris takes on some meaty existential issues here; he does so with grace, bighearted empathy,...
The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics
AuthorHallie Ephron
ISBN1605501050
YOUR YEAR OF LITERARY INSPIRATION

"Hallie Ephron is like the best, friendliest, hippest librarian you ever met. Her taste is exquisite, her writing's a hoot, she's done her homework, and it's very clear that she loves, loves, loves books."
--Susan Stamberg, Special Correspondent for...
Once Upon a Veterinarian
AuthorDrew Zachary
ISBN1603704922
Ben has a good life. Partner in a thriving veterinarian clinic with his best friend Stacey, he has a great dog, a favorite Chinese take-out place and a great DVD collection. The only thing he doesn't have is a special someone to share his life with. When Ben has a number of poisoned animals come through his...
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
AuthorAlison Lurie
ISBN0316246255
Read in one sitting and late into the night because it was SO MCUH FUN, although, yes, uneven, and difficult to follow in places if one hasn't read the original books. Children's literature (Lurie says) runs under the radar, and the authors of children's literature often possess the same attribute,...
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