The Twilight Prisoner
10 best books like The Twilight Prisoner (Katherine Marsh): Lost Girl Found, Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!, Lola Levine Is Not Mean!, Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School, Fleabrain Loves Franny, Finding Fortune, The Stepmother, The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial, A Bike Like Sergio's, My Two Blankets
| Author | Leah Bassoff |
| ISBN | 1554984165 |
For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. Stay in school. Beat up any boy who tries to show attention. Watch out for the dangers in the river. But then the war comes. When soldiers arrive in her village, and bombs begin to rain from the sky, there is only...
| Author | Atinuke |
| ISBN | 1935279742 |
Rarer than quality books. More elusive than good picture books for older readers. The goal, the gem, the one kind of book all children’s librarians seek but know are so difficult to find . . . . the really well written early chapter book. Now let’s say you’ve found one. It happens. Lots exist, to a...
| Author | Monica Brown |
| ISBN | 0316258369 |
Lola loves writing in her diario and playing soccer with her team, the Orange Smoothies. But when a soccer game during recess gets "too competitive," Lola accidentally hurts her classmate Juan Gomez. Now everyone is calling her Mean Lola Levine!
Lola feels horrible, but with the help of her...
| Author | Kim Baker |
| ISBN | 1596437650 |
Junior Library Guild Selection
This is the story of THE LEAGUE OF PICKLE MAKERS.
Ben: who began it all by sneaking in one night and filling homeroom with ball-pit balls.
Frank: who figured out that an official club, say a pickle making club, could receive funding from the PTA.
Oliver:...
| Author | Joanne Rocklin |
| ISBN | 1419710680 |
This gem of a novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952. Franny Katzenback, while recovering from polio, reads and falls in love with the brand-new book Charlotte’s Web. Bored and lonely and yearning for a Charlotte of her own, Franny starts up a correspondence with an eloquent flea named Fleabrain...
| Author | Delia Ray |
| ISBN | 0374300658 |
Running away from home isn't as easy as Ren thinks it will be. At least she isn't running very far-just a few miles to the ghost town of Fortune . . . or Mis-Fortune as everyone else calls it. Mis-Fortune on the Mississippi. Supposedly, there's an abandoned school on the outskirts with cheap rooms for rent....
| Author | Carrie Adams |
| ISBN | 0755329570 |
Two women are vying for position in one man's life. Their greatest fear is each other. But there's no point taking sides because, as they are about to find out, there are just too many.
The Ex: She managed to keep her divorce amicable by burying past hurts. It cost her dear, but it's worth it to see...
| Author | Susan E. Goodman |
| ISBN | 0802737390 |
In 1847, a young African American girl named Sarah Roberts was attending a school in Boston. Then one day she was told she could never come back. She didn't belong. The Otis School was for white children only.
Sarah deserved an equal education, and the Roberts family fought for change. They made...
| Author | Maribeth Boelts |
| ISBN | 0763666491 |
Finders keepers, right? When Ruben picks up someone’s lost money, he finds out how hard it can be to do the right thing.
Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. His friend Sergio reminds him that his birthday is coming, but Ruben knows that the kinds of birthday gifts he and Sergio receive...
"My Two Blankets" is a beautifully crafted story that uses precisely chosen, evocative language with drawings that blend with the text in perfect harmony. Irena Kobald conveys messages of hope, friendship and acceptance through the eyes and actions of children. Her approach is devoid of saccharine...
