The Bears' House
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| Author | Vivien Alcock |
| ISBN | 0618003371 |
Frankie isn't exactly sure what her scientist dad does in his top-secret laboratory, but her neighbors tease her that it must be something awful -- like developing germ warfare. So when Frankie's older brother steals a bit of mysterious goo from their father's lab, she makes sure she gets some to conduct...
| Author | William Sleator |
| ISBN | 0765352397 |
A dark awakening . . .
When her parents give her a gloomy old dollhouse for her birthday instead of the ten speed bike she's expecting, Vicky is disappointed. But she soon becomes fascinated by the small shadowy world and its inhabitants. The hours she spends playing with the dolls is a good way to escape...
| Author | Pam Conrad |
| ISBN | 0064403092 |
"All I want to find is one dinosaur," Daniel was saying. "And I'll find it right here. Like I do all my fossils." Wandering through the Natural History Museum with her grandchildren, Julia Creath feels the presence of her dead brother, Daniel, she remembers a time when fossil fever hit everyone, old and...
| Author | Bill Wallace |
| ISBN | 0671680994 |
Liz's house is like a zoo. Thanks to her dad, a zoologist, there are turtles in the kitchen, an ibex in the backyard, a hawk in the shed, a sun porch full of lizards—and Fred the ferret.
Liz has had enough! At school, her nickname is Lizard. Her classmates think she's weird and her friends are afraid...
| Author | Johanna Hurwitz |
| ISBN | 0590428586 |
Rory and Derek are best friends forever....
At least that's what they think -- until they meet Bolivia. She's visiting next door all summer and everyone wants the three of them to be buddies. But since she's a girl, Rory and Derek decide to ignore her completely. Except it's not so easy to ignore...
| Author | Douglas Evans |
| ISBN | 0439431344 |
why i choose this book because i wonted to read it because i had never read this book in my life.So i wonted to read it,the book looked interesting to read because it looked funny.And the teachers in the book now they made the kids do a lot of homework.But then they are nice to them when the kids are nice to the...
| Author | Paul Fleischman |
| ISBN | 0064403645 |
Aaron has never left alone before. He is mute, and depends on his mother for everything. But tomorrow Aaron will be twelve years old, old enough to stay home by himself while his mother goes to town. Everything will be fine, as long as he stays close to the house. And if there's trouble, Aaron can write what...
| Author | Carolyn Haywood |
| ISBN | 0440401720 |
More than anything, Star wants to go to school - but she's not old enough. Every morning she watches her big sister Betsy, and all her friends, walk to school, and wishes she could go with them. But Star can't stay sad. She's too busy having adventures! One day she does go to school - in a milk truck! On Halloween,...
| Author | Chris Raschka |
| ISBN | 0531301117 |
Born in a fjord, a tiny fish named Arlene wants to be a sardine. Fully grown by two, she swims into a big purse net along with thousands of friends from her school. After three days and three nights, she is lifted out of the water and dropped onto the deck of a fishing boat, where she dies. But that's not the end...
| Author | Willo Davis Roberts |
| ISBN | 0689305710 |
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This book had a profound book on me during my childhood. As an abusive victim, it helped me not feel alone and gave me hope that one day things would change.
As it turns out, I had a chance to meet the author when I was in grade school and I still have the version of this book she signed...
I enjoyed reading this book. This book is about a boy who lives with his grandpa because both of his parents passed away. One night he is out by the shore and sees a mermaid. He does not tell his grandpa about it because he knows that he won't believe him. He decides to go back to the shore to see if he can see the...
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 0440408091 |
Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.
Journey searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums....
| Author | Peg Kehret |
| ISBN | 0671009613 |
I thought this book was amazing. This book is about this girl named Katie and her family move to a new town and she go to a new school but she doesn't want to. But on Katie's first day she meets this girl named Shannon and they start talking and becoming good friends. Then and the end of school they walk home together...
Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of a little boy
"Uptown . . .
Harlem, New York.
Chicken and waffles.
Jazz.
Home."
Uptown is a rich mix of flavors, colors, sounds,...
| Author | Leon Walter Tillage |
| ISBN | 0374443300 |
"Leon's Story is a powerful, wonderful thing!" -- Nikki Giovanni
I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness. But in those days they didn't call you "black." They didnt say "minority." They called us "colored" or "nigger."
Leon Tillage...
| Author | Robert Newton Peck |
| ISBN | 0394927001 |
When it came to getting the two of us in trouble, Soup was a regular genius....Soup was my best pal. His real and righteous name was Luther Wesley Vinson, but nobody called him Luther. He didn't like it. I called him Luther just once, which promoted Soup to break me of a very bad habit before it really got formed....
| Author | Stephen Manes |
| ISBN | 0440227909 |
I made sure this was fiction before checking it out from my library when I was a kid. Even then I was wary of self-help books making specious claims. :)
This is about a kid named Milo who is intrigued by the title of a book called Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days. He's got a lot of problems at home...
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| ISBN | 0618752463 |
Out of sight, out of mind.” That’s what Tallahassee Higgins’s mother, Liz, always says about her ex-boyfriends. But now that Tallahassee has been sent to live with her aunt and uncle in Maryland so Liz can start a movie career in California, the words are taking on new meaning.
Aunt...
The schoolmaster says nine-year-old Benjamin is the finest student he's ever seen-fit for more than farming; destined for great things someday But his father's grave illness brings Ben home,from school and compels him to strive forsomething great right now -- to do the one thing that will please Father...
| Author | Vera W. Propp |
| ISBN | 0698118812 |
I rated this a book a 5. Why? you may ask well, it's about this boy named Henk and he was Jewish so he was hidden in a farm when the Nazi soldiers came. He was living with some family he knew and loved until this man and women came to get him and told him they were there real parents, Henk was so confused. Then Henk...
| Author | Patricia Hermes |
| ISBN | 0590331140 |
Thirteen-year-old Sarah Morrow doesn't think much of the fact that her mother winced a little when she hugged her. In fact, that first small indication of something wrong escapes the whole family. Three weeks later though there can be no escape. Sarah's mother has been diagnosed with incurable cancer...
| Author | M.E. Kerr |
| ISBN | 0064470350 |
Erick knows the family code: "Family is first. Toe the line. Fit in." At Seaville High his life is tame, predictable - hanging out with his girlfriend, Dill, and his pal Jack. Then Erick falls in love with Nicki Marr. Nicki's sort of scary. She's 17 going on 25. Every word she says, every move she makes, seems...
| Author | Kevin O'Malley |
| ISBN | 0802795714 |
Planet Jurassica is under siege. The sinister space pirates have raided the Imperial palace and stolen the famous Jewels of Jurassica. This looks like a job for . . . Captain Raptor!. . . hero of a thousand space missions; champion of truth, justice, and dinosaurs in space throughout the galaxy. If anyone...
