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Gr 9 Up—Mal Peet's memorable novel (Candlewick, 2011) juxtaposes first love between Clem, from a working class family, and Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy British landowner, against the fragility of world peace during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis...
The Flute
Gr 1–3—This tale set in India follows a girl whose mother plays the most beautiful flute music in the world...
Nasty Bugs
Gr 1–3—Hopkins has brought together some of the major voices in children's poetry to create this compilation...
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
Gr 9 Up—Amy has been left behind in California to finish the end of her junior year in high school when her mother takes a new job and moves to Connecticut following the death of her father in a car accident in this novel by Morgan Matson (S & S, 2010)...
The White City
Gr 6–9—The final volume in John Claude Bemis's "The Clockwork Dark Trilogy" finds Ray and Sally and their strange assortment of friends and foes in Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair...
Hound Dog True
Gr 4–6—Linda Urban's honest story (Harcourt, 2011) will resonate with all young girls who feel that they are on the periphery of everything in their world...
Sweet Dreams
PreS-Gr 2—As a lullaby should, this book has soothing language and illustrations in comforting colors...
Tiger Eyes
Gr 7 Up—The most remarkable thing about Judy Blume's book (Atheneum, 1982) is how well it has stood the test of time-it's as relevant today as it was 30 years ago...
Cleopatra's Moon
Gr 9 Up—Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius, is born into wealth and privilege in Egypt...
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