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1. Francie (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books) (Hardcover)
    Author: Karen English
    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Ages 9-12 5/4/2009
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SJ said: English, K. (2002). Francie. New York: Sunburst. 0374424594 Set in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Francie lives with her mother and brother in the segregated Alabama while her fat...more
32 Reviews  
2. The Wooden Mile: Something Wickedly Weird, vol. 1 (Hardcover)
    Author: Chris Mould
    Illustrator: Chris Mould
    Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Ages 9-12 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Mould, C. (2007). Something Wickedly Weird: The Wooden Mile. New York: Roaring Brook Press. 1596433833 Stanley, as the youngest living relative of his great-uncle, inherits the deceased man’...more
117 Reviews  
3. Angus thongs & full frontal sn (Paperback)
    Author: Louise Rennison
    Publisher: HarperTeen
N/A 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Rennison, L. (1999). Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confession of Georgia Nicolson. New York: HarperTempest. 0064472272 It’s hard to believe this book is already ten years old. It ...more
1 Reviews
4. South (Hardcover)
    Author: Patrick McDonnell
    Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Ages 4-8 5/1/2009
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SJ said: McDonnell, P. (2008). South. New York: Little, Brown and Company. 0316005096 With an initial plot similar to the movie Home Alone, one little birdie sleeps in and is left behind when his flock...more
150 Reviews  
5. The House in the Night (Hardcover)
    Author: Susan Marie Swanson
    Illustrator: Beth Krommes
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Ages 4-8 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Swanson, S.M. (2008). The House in the Night. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 0618862447 This gentle poem was inspired by the classic nursery rhymes collected by the Opies in the 1950s. And ...more
1,561 Reviews  
6. Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude (Hardcover)
    Author: Jonah Winter
    Illustrator: Calef Brown
    Publisher: Atheneum
Ages 4-8 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Winter, J. (2009). Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 141694088X Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is a biographical picturebook written in the styl...more
65 Reviews  
7. Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story (Paperback)
    Author: Beverley Naidoo
    Illustrator: Eric Velasquez
    Publisher: HarperTrophy
Ages 9-12 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Naidoo, B. (1986). Journey to Jo’Burg: A South African Story. New York: HarperTrophy. 0064402371 Set in historical South Africa during the time of apartheid, Naledi and her brother Tiro worr...more
282 Reviews  
8. Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book (Hardcover)
    Author: Yuyi Morales
    Illustrator: Yuyi Morales
    Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Ages 4-8 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Morales, Y. (2008). Just in Case: A trickster tale and Spanish alphabet book. New York: Roaring Brook Press. 1596433299 While on his way to Grandma Beetle’s birthday party, a ghost informs S...more
217 Reviews  
9. The White Darkness (Hardcover)
    Author: Geraldine McCaughrean
    Publisher: HarperTeen
Young Adults 5/1/2009
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SJ said: McCaughrean, G. (2007). The White Darkness. New York: HarperTempest. ISBN: 0060890355 This Printz award winner was first published in England in 2005 by British author Geraldine McCaughrea...more
758 Reviews  
10. Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope (Paperback)
    Author: Beverley Naidoo
    Publisher: HarperTrophy
Ages 9-12 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Naidoo, B. (2001). Out of Bounds: Seven stories of conflict and hope. London: Puffin Books. 9780060508012 Organized chronologically, these seven short stories explore different events and cond...more
50 Reviews  
11. After Tupac and D Foster (Newbery Honor Book) (Hardcover)
    Author: Jacqueline Wilson
    Publisher: Putnam Young Adult
Young Adults 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Woodson, J. (2008). After Tupac & D Foster. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 9780399246548 Woodson uses beautiful prose to share the experiences of the narrator, Neeka and their new friend D, w...more
737 Reviews  
12. 92 Queens Road (Hardcover)
    Author: Dianne Case
    Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (J)
Ages 9-12 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Case, D. (1995). 92 Queens Road. New York: Rarrar, Straus and Giroux. 0374355185 Set in the 1960s during apartheid, 92 Queens Road shows the experiences of young Kathy and her family under the...more
7 Reviews  
13. The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
    Author: Neil Gaiman
    Illustrator: Dave McKean
    Publisher: HarperCollins
Ages 9-12 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Gaiman, N. (2008). The Graveyard Book. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 9780060530938 After his family is murdered, a nameless toddler finds himself safe in an old graveyard and protected b...more
42,226 Reviews  
14. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (Hardcover)
    Author: Marla Frazee
    Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Ages 4-8 5/1/2009
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SJ said: Frazee, M. (2008). A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. New York: Harcourt, Inc. 9780152060206 During the summer, two boys (James and Eamon) spend the week with Eamon’s gran...more
306 Reviews  
15. Savvy (Hardcover)
    Author: Ingrid Law
    Publisher: Dial
Ages 9-12 4/28/2009
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SJ said: Law, I. (2008). Savvy. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. 9780803733060 Just reading the description, I figured Savvy was my kind of book. Twelve-year-old Mibs’s family gain a special pow...more
4,831 Reviews  
16. Maniac Magee (Paperback)
    Author: Jerry Spinelli
    Publisher: Little, Brown
Ages 9-12 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Spinelli, J. (1990). Maniac Magee. New York: Little, Brown and Company. 0316809063 As an orphan, Jeffrey Magee is sent to live with his aunt and uncle who live separately within their house an...more
3,580 Reviews  
17. Peter Pan (Aladdin Classics) (Paperback)
    Author: J. M. Barrie
    Publisher: Aladdin
Ages 9-12 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Barrie, J.M. (2003). Peter Pan. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. 0689866917 It seems with several movie versions, Hook, Finding Neverland, and the actual play, nobody could escape knowing somet...more
12,087 Reviews  
18. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
    Author: Brian Selznick
    Illustrator: Brian Selznick
    Publisher: Scholastic Press
Ages 9-12 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Selznick, B. (2007). The Invention of Hugo Cabret. New York: Scholastic Press. 0439813786 This Caldecott winner redefined what a picturebook is. Over five hundred pages long, The Invention of ...more
16,017 Reviews  
19. The First Part Last (Mass Market Paperback)
    Author: Angela Johnson
    Publisher: Simon Pulse
Young Adults 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Johnson, A. (2003). The First Part Last. New York: Simon Pulse. 0689849230 Jumping back and forth in time, The First Part Last tells the story of sixteen-year-old Bobby and his experiences bei...more
641 Reviews  
20. The Tale Of Despereaux Being The Story Of A Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup...
    Author: Kate DiCamillo
    Publisher: Walker Books
Ages 9-12 4/26/2009
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SJ said: DiCamillo, K. (2003). The Tale of Despereaux. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. 9780763625290 The Tale of Despereaux plays with both story structure and time to tell the tale of how an outsider...more
6,484 Reviews  
21. Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)
    Author: Eoin Colfer
    Publisher: Miramax
Ages 9-12 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Colfer, E. (2001). Artemis Fowl. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children. Artemis Fowl is not only to tale of the ingenious and villainous Artemis Fowl, but also the Story of Captain Holly Shor...more
15,272 Reviews  
22. Ready, Steady, Spaghetti: Cooking For Kids And With Kids (Paperback)
    Author: Lucy Broadhurst
    Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
N/A 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Broadhurst, L. (2009). Ready, Steady, Spaghetti: Cooking for kids and with kids. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC. 0740780875 Ready, Steady, Spaghetti goes out of its way to be chil...more
18 Reviews  
23. The Giver (Mass Market Paperback)
    Author: Lois Lowry
    Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Young Adults 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Lowry, L. (1993). The Giver. New York: Laurel-Leaf Books. 0440824400 This book was one of my favorites as a child. I had it read aloud to me. I read it multiple times then. I’ve been assigne...more
93,434 Reviews  
24. First Dog (Hardcover)
    Author: J. Patrick Lewis, Beth Zappitello
    Illustrator: A12
    Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Ages 4-8 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Lewis, J.P. (2009). First Dog. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. 1585364673 A dog in need of a home crosses oceans and searches the world until he finds the right place for him, a certain whit...more
56 Reviews  
25. Paper Towns (Hardcover)
    Author: John Green
    Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Young Adults 4/26/2009
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SJ said: Green, J. (2008). Paper Towns. New York: Dutton Books. 9780525478188 Paper Towns was pretty much what I had come to expect from author John Green: Quirky characters, humorous dialogue, endearing d...more
62,977 Reviews  
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