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Author	Laurence Yep
ISBN	0064400859

Moon Shadow was eight when he sailed from China to join his father Windrider in America. Windrider lived in San Francisco's Chinatown and worked in a laundry. Moon Shadow had never seen him.But he soon loved and respected this father, a man of genius, a man with a fabulous dream. And with Moon Shadow's...

Author	Ruth Stiles Gannett
ISBN	0394890507

My Father's Dragon series is entirely delightful and fun! So be sure to read all three in the series. Both you and your kiddos will enjoy the engaging and whimsical adventures that Elmer and his friend dragon go on. Illustrations are quite lovely too, and we keep those younger ones attentive.

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Author	Gertrude Chandler Warner
ISBN	0807508543

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When I was younger I hated reading. Bless my mothers heart she struggled so much to teach me. Then we picked up the boxcar children and started reading them out loud to each other.

I fell in love with reading after this and that summer devoured everything I could...

Author	Joel N. Ross
ISBN	0062352938

A deadly white mist has cloaked the earth for hundreds of years. Humanity clings to the highest mountain peaks, where the wealthy Five Families rule over the teeming lower slopes and rambling junkyards. As the ruthless Lord Kodoc patrols the skies to enforce order, thirteen-year-old Chess and his...

Author	Rachel Searles
ISBN	1250038790

This is what the boy is told:

• He woke up on planet Trucon, inside a fence he shouldn't have been able to pass.
• He has an annirad blaster wound to the back of his head.
• He has no memory.
• He is now under the protection of a mysterious benefactor.
• His name is Chase Garrety.

This...

Author	Valerie Tripp
ISBN	0937295817

I used to love these books when I was a kid. Felicity was my particular favorite, though, with Molly ranking somewhere behind Samantha and Addy, and possibly also behind Kirsten. Sorry, Molly. But at any rate, I think I can safely point to the American Girls series as being the catalyst for my lifelong...

Author	Lauren Tarshis
ISBN	0545658527

It was one the most beautiful mountains in America, Mt. St. Helens, in Washington State. But what many didn't know was that this peaceful mountain had an explosive past. For more than a century, it had been quiet. But below ground, pressure had been building, and soon, Kaboom! Mt. St. Helens would erupt...

Author	Matthew J. Kirby
ISBN	0545502268

After Ben Warner is recruited to join a “science camp” led by the eccentric quantum physicist Dr. Madeleine Hughes, he quickly realizes it’s no regular science camp. Along with his new friend, Peter, Ben discovers the secret, powerful art of Actuation—the ability to change reality by simply...