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10 best books like Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James (Paula Danziger): Three Lives to Live, For the Love of Venice, The Case of the Baker Street Irregular, Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family, Hide and Seek, Twenty Pageants Later, The Zebra Wall, Dawn: Diary 3, University, Interrupted, The Classroom at the End of the Hall

Three Lives to Live
AuthorAnne Lindbergh
ISBN0316526282
I FOUND IT!

For years, I have thought about this book from time to time. I vividly recalled reading a really good book, narrated by a girl living with her grandmother and involving time travel down a laundry chute. I had no idea what the title was or who the author was, so I despaired of ever finding...
For the Love of Venice
AuthorDonna Jo Napoli
ISBN0440414113
Romance and political action set against the mystery and beauty of modern-day Venice, Italy.

Percy is reluctant to accompany his family to Venice for the summer until he meets Graziella, a beautiful and passionate girl who leads him into another Venice, one that tourists never see.

Venice...
The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
AuthorRobert Newman
Sherlock Holmes is basically a literary superhero to me. Sure his weaknesses are a little more interesting than most but he holds the same appeal to me as comic books do to fanboys. (or girls!) I am just one huge grin at all of the quick conversations, random factoids and asides, and during the eventual...
Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family
AuthorKimberly Willis Holt
ISBN0805063609
The lives of four generations of one Louisiana family, woven together by a master storyteller

Tracing a family's roots is like taking a journey through the years. In the case of one Louisiana family, that journey can be charted by the books they read and loved.

The journey begins in...
Hide and Seek
AuthorIda Vos
ISBN0395564700
Ein tolles Buch über das Leben von Juden im 2.Weltkrieg.
Das Buch ist zwar nicht sehr dick, bringt aber doch die Gefühle der Protagonistin Rachel seht gut rüber. Leider ist das Buch nicht aus der Ich-Perspektive von Rachel geschrieben, sondern objektiv von einem Erzähler, sodass man nicht...
Twenty Pageants Later
AuthorCaroline B. Cooney
ISBN0553296728
Scottie-Anne's older sister is a 'professional' participant in beauty contests, and after watching so many of them, Scottie-Anne's conclusion is that brains don't count much. she wants nothing to do with what she considers the shallow, egotistical world of pageants-until her school holds one....
The Zebra Wall
AuthorKevin Henkes
ISBN0060733039
The Vorlob family is getting ready for the new baby, soon to arrive. The preparations include painting a mural in the baby's nursery and making a list of possible names. Since ten-year-old Adine already has four younger sisters, she is used to the routine. This time, however, the routine is broken --...
Dawn: Diary 3
AuthorAnn M. Martin
ISBN0590023896
Dawn freaks out over a concert.

After their catastrophic fight, Dawn misses Sunny (but is not willing to admit any fault, cut Sunny any slack, and honestly doesn't seem to like Sunny much. She SAYS "I miss her," but doesn't make you feel it. Anyway.) Dawn is psyched when Ducky scores tickets to...
University, Interrupted
AuthorFrancine Pascal
ISBN0553493531
I haven't read this book series since middle/high school, but I loved them at the time. The setting was so ludicrous and the plot 100% what girly ridiculous teenage girls like me thought about. Nothing too risque or shocking, just a fun little story to daydream on. I just considered re-reading, but decided...
The Classroom at the End of the Hall
AuthorDouglas Evans
ISBN0590025708
The classroom at the end of the hall




The classroom at the end of the hall is a book with a bunch of different short stories about the classroom at the end of the hall. My favorite story was where 2 kids go in the attic of the school. They find a very old man sitting in a chair. The 2 kids...
Werewolves Don't Run for President
AuthorDebbie Dadey
ISBN0439650364
A funny and spooky adventure -- perfect for election season! -- in the bestselling and beloved series about a town where the grown-ups are more than a little weird.Presidential candidate Mr. Youngblood is stopping in Bailey City on his campaign trail. The kids are excited, that is until they learn that...
The Case of the Lonely One
AuthorJohn Allison
ISBN1620102129
A new school year brings a new classmate to Griswald's Grammar School! But he's a bit strange, and he really, really likes onions. When the whole school suddenly becomes best friends with him, Shauna seems to be the only one left out. It's up to her to peel back the mystery, one onion layer at a time. Join...
The Monument
AuthorGary Paulsen
ISBN0440407826
It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches its people, animals and graveyard. Mick has been commissioned by Rocky's Kansas town to create a memorial to their war dead.



As Rocky learns to respect Mick and his talents, he helps her to develop her own artistic...
India Dark
AuthorKirsty Murray
ISBN1741758580
'India Dark' is the story of a troupe of Australian juvenile entertainers who go on tour in the Far East back in 1909-1910. Percival’s Liliputian Opera Company – known as the ‘Liliputians – is the creation of Mr Arthur Percival, a man who has recognised that an audience loves cute, charming children,...
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