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10 best books like The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass (Dorothy Hoobler): A Jar of Dreams, The Girl in the Torch, Leonardo and the Flying Boy, The Sign of the Chrysanthemum, Blue Fingers: A Ninja's Tale, Sisters of the Sword, Odder Than Ever, One Candle, The Pepins and Their Problems, Split Image

A Jar of Dreams
AuthorYoshiko Uchida
ISBN0689716729
Growing up in California during the depression isn't easy for eleven-year-old Rinko. She desperately wants to fit in and be like everyone else, but instead she is ridiculed and made to feel different because she is Japanese. But when Aunt Waka comes to visit, and brings with her the old-fashioned wisdom...
The Girl in the Torch
AuthorRobert Sharenow
ISBN0062227971
The Invention of Hugo Cabret meets True Grit in this heartfelt novel of resilience, hope, and discovering a family where you least expect it, from award-winning author Robert Sharenow.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, thousands of immigrants are arriving in the promised land of New York...
Leonardo and the Flying Boy
AuthorLaurence Anholt
ISBN0764152254
There were no spaceships or airplanes when Zoro was a boy. He lived in Italy during the era we now call the Renaissance, a time when the sky belonged to the birds. But one unusual man dreamed of incredible flying machines. "One day, Zoro," he told his pupil, "people will sail through the clouds and look down...
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum
AuthorKatherine Paterson
ISBN0064402320
Muna has never known his father -- a samurai, a noble warrior. But Muna's mother has told Muna how he will know him one day: by the sign of the chrysanthemum. When his mother dies, Muna travels to the capital of twelfth-century Japan, a bewildering city on the verge of revolution. He finds a haven there,...
Blue Fingers: A Ninja's Tale
AuthorCheryl Aylward Whitesel
ISBN0618381392
The power and prowess of ninja never seem to lose their appeal to young readers, especially boys. Blue Fingers, a suspenseful, action-packed coming-of-age story set in feudal Japan, offers an up-close look at this noble, fierce way of life.
Through an odd twist of fate, a stubborn twelve-year-old...
Sisters of the Sword
AuthorMaya Snow
ISBN0061243876
Kimi dreams of being a great samurai warrior, but she and her sister, Hana, are young ladies of feudal Japan, daughters of the "Jito" of the province. Her future seems clear: Girls do not become samurai.

Then, betrayal shatters the sisters' world. Their power-hungry uncle murders their father,...
Odder Than Ever
AuthorBruce Coville
ISBN0152024654
Beloved for his hilarious and unexpectedly moving novels, Bruce Coville is also a master of the short story. In this follow-up to Oddly Enough, he again presents a collection of unusual breadth and emotional depth. A ghost who died under uproarious circumstances haunts a kitchen baking “Biscuits...
One Candle
AuthorEve Bunting
ISBN0060085606
For one family the traditional Hanukkah celebration has a deeper meaning. Amidst the food and the festivities, Grandma and Great-Aunt Rose begin their story -- the one they tell each year. They pass on to each generation a tale of perseverance during the darkest hours of the Holocaust, and the strength...
The Pepins and Their Problems
AuthorPolly Horvath
ISBN0374358176
Horvath invites readers to guide the plight of a problem-prone family

Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or searching for cheese when their cow makes only lemonade, the Pepin family always seem to get into the most bizarre scrapes. Lucky for them,...
Split Image
AuthorMel Glenn
ISBN0060004819
Everyone has an image of Laura Li, the most popular girl in school: “stone hearted,” “warmhearted,” “conceited deceiver,” “humble achiever,” “a virgin,” “the hottest girl in the world.”

Award-winning poet Mel Glenn weaves a brilliant web of authentic voices...
The Golden Hour
AuthorMaiya Williams
ISBN0810992167
I picked up a copy of this book a couple of years ago at my local re-use it center as the synopsis on the dust cover captured my attention. However, what really piqued my interest was an inscription to a young girl named McKinlee on her 12th birthday which was March 31, 2005 according to the date her Grandma...
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone: The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival
AuthorDene Low
ISBN0547152507
You would think Petronella's sixteenth birthday would be cause for celebration. After all, fashionable friends are arriving at her country estate near London, teas are being served, and her coming out party promises to be a resplendent affair. Everything is falling nicely into place, until, suddenly—it...
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure
AuthorJulie Ellis
ISBN1570911509
I first heard this story when a math teacher of mine read it to our whole class. i like this book so much because it is in relation to an actual store with how a math theorem works. It gives kids something to picture in their head when they hear Pythagoras’s Theorem. This text can help build your knowledge...
The Pirates of Pompeii
AuthorCaroline Lawrence
ISBN0142402273
It is AD 79. The Roman world is reeling from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Hundreds of refugees are living in a makeshift camp, trying to come to terms with what has happened. Then even more tragedy strikes: the camp's children begin to disappear. Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan, Nubia, and Lupus...
The Samurai's Tale
AuthorErik Christian Haugaard
ISBN0618615121
When the powerful Lord Takeda’s soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro’s life and take him along with them. Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, where he meets Togan, a cook, who teaches Taro and makes his new life bearable....
Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas
AuthorJacqueline Rayner
ISBN1405928956
A new collection of illustrated Christmas adventures, starring twelve incarnations of the Doctor plus many of his friends and enemies.

Inside this festive book of Doctor Who stories, you'll find timey-wimey mysteries, travels in the TARDIS, monster-chasing excitement and plenty of Christmas...
La Conquête de l'espace Vol. 2
AuthorAlex Alice
Nos héros, qui ont échappé de justesse aux hommes de Bismarck en embarquant dans l'éthernef, voient le château s'éloigner sous leurs yeux au fil de leur montée dans le ciel. Les voici sur le point de prouver leur théorie, franchir le mur de l'éther et découvrir l'espace mystérieux et infini.Une...
Loot
AuthorGrace Cavendish
ISBN1862304203
Loot is the twelfth book in the Lady Grace Mysteries, a series written in the form of the diary of Lady Grace Cavendish, a teenage girl who is goddaughter and Maid of Honor to Queen Elizabeth I. Grace solves mysteries at court with the help of her friends Masou, who is one of the Queen‘s fools, and Ellie,...
The Ring of Fire
AuthorChris Bradford
ISBN0141332557
Jack Fletcher faces his toughest challenge yet. After a snowstorm forces him to take shelter, Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits. Torn between moving on or helping, Jack is persuaded to stay and fight the villagers' cause. But Jack is the first and only samurai...
Poets and Piracy
AuthorJ.S. Morin

Blood is thicker than water. But where’s the line? Is it thicker than drugs?... money?... freedom?

When the crew of the Mobius takes on passenger Bryce Brisson to make some easy money, they find themselves caught up in his business dealings with Tanny’s estranged family: the Rucker...
Miss Fortune
AuthorSara Mills
ISBN0802469264
They call her the "P.I. Princess." It’s 1947 and Allie Fortune is the only female (and probably the best) private investigator in New York City. Her work is a welcome distraction from her own past, and she’s just been hired on by a client who isn’t telling the whole truth. Mary Gordon’s claims...
Temple Cat
AuthorAndrew Clements
ISBN0618111395
The little cat living in a temple in the ancient city of Neba has everything he could wish for. But from his perch in a courtyard tree, he can see the world beyond the temple walls. There, children play in the streets. There, other cats roam free. So one night the temple cat slips out. During his long, hard...
Doctor Who: Bunker Soldiers
AuthorMartin Day
ISBN0563538198
A fireball crash lands in the forests of the Ukraine and when the locals investigate, they find what appears to be a metal coffin at the center of the devastation. They superstitiously conclude that the casket contains the body of an angel sent to Earth to give hope to the people.Centuries later the Doctor...
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