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The White Cat and the Monk
A stunningly illustrated meditative ode to the simple joys of human-animal companionship and the pursuit of knowledge.
My Dog's a Chicken
A lively choice for storytimes, and a great addition to most picture book collections.
Salt to the Sea
Artfully told and sensitively crafted, Sepetys's exploration of this little-known piece of history will leave readers weeping.
Bunny Dreams
This surreal charmer is just the thing to encourage little heads to nod off to bunny-filled dreamland.
Dream On, Amber
By turns playful and poignant, in both style and substance, this coming-of-age novel will hook readers from the first page to the last.
The Trouble in Me
Hand this to the so-called "bad" kids, the lost kids, and the ones struggling to find their way.—Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal
By the summer before eighth grade, young Jack Gantos didn’t think much of himself. He had the “milky physique of a very soft boy” and looked like a “boneless squid.” His “mouth bully” of a father called him “ass-wipe,” “shithead,” and “brain-dead.” About to start at his sixth school in eight grades, he had no friends, and girls paid him no mind. He was a “drifty kid who was lost at sea…easily led off course.” Bored with his own life, he tried to be somebody else and fell into the orbit of juvenile delinquent neighbor Gary Pagoda. Suddenly, he felt alive doing stupid stuff with Gary
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