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The Traveling Circus
While the picaresque format precludes either a complex plot or any significant character development, this fun romp, with a lovable narrator and enhanced by Gay's charming pencil drawings, is recommended for children graduating from beginning readers to chapter books.
Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave
An additional purchase, recommended for larger middle grade collections.
Famous Phonies: Legends, Fakes, and Frauds Who Changed History
Gr 4–9—Think Confucius was a wise old man revered in his lifetime? Under the impression that George Washington was a great hero? Believe that Pythagoras came up with a theorem that changed mathematics forever? Prepare to be disillusioned as independent historian DuMont debunks many of history's legends, both those who really existed and some who never did...
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy
Gr 6 Up—Josephine Baker, entertainer, ex-pat, and activist, is a unique and controversial figure of the Jazz Age...
The Truth About Twinkie Pie
Gr 6 Up—GiGi (short for Galileo Galilei, a name given in the hope that she would one day become a scientist) moves in with her sister DiDi (short for Delta Dawn) after DiDi wins one million dollars in a cooking show contest...
Off Pointe
Gr 5 Up—Meg has devoted her life to ballet to the exclusion of other social activities and even friends...
One Death, Nine Stories
Gr 9 Up—Kevin Nicholas, a popular high school football player, has committed suicide, though readers don't know that at first...
Summoned
Gr 8 Up—At a rare books store, Sean and Eddy (Edna) come across a newspaper clipping from 1895 advertising for an apprentice sorcerer...
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