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Gr 5—8—This beautiful rendition of the beloved novel includes the first and second parts of the story, and a prologue tells about the author...

Gr 6 Up—Often the word "no-bake" in a title is a clue that the recipes are simple, which is not the case here...

K-Gr 2—This charming book is a monster version of Bring Your Child to Work Day...

Gr 7 Up— This action-packed sequel to Night Runner (St...

Gr 10 Up—What better way to celebrate an adventure to London than with a going-away party? Sounds good until Jack gets drunk and finds himself at the mercy of a crazed stranger who drugs him and holds him hostage...

A survivor's personal graphic and heart-gripping account of her months in Auschwitz...

Gr 9 Up—Mean Girls from the Land Down Under meet Francesca Lia Block in this import that features, among other things, a teenage Queen Bee who regularly converses with the members of her Barbie Doll collection; a feral girl who may or may not have been partially raised by dingoes; a heartthrob football star whose new pro career is imperiled when he is photographed kissing a girl who (for reasons impossible to explain) is wearing the clothes of his gay best friend; and the lesbian daughter of a maharaja who is avoiding an arranged marriage with an Indian prince while pursuing an Amazonlike classmate whose mother is the deputy prime minister...

Gr 8 Up—Royce, 16, hardly knows his 95-year-old grandfather, a world-renowned cellist and general grump...

PreS-Gr 2—Mama puts her five little chicks to bed, kisses them, and tucks them in...