Caesar's Story: 1759 (Young Americans Colonial Williamsburg)
By: Joan Lowery Nixon
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In partnership with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation come authentic novels set in the 18th cent…
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1. Penny from Heaven
By: Jennifer L. Holm
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
It’s1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball… read more
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- historical fiction
"My idea of Heaven has nothing to do with fluffy clouds or angels. In my Heaven there's butter pecan ice cream and swimming pools and baseball games. The Brooklyn Dodgers always win, and I have the be…"-Jennifer L. Holm, Penny from Heaven
2. Walk the World's Rim
By: Betty Baker
3.79
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A 14-year old Indian joins Cabeza de Vaca's 16th-century expedition through the Southwest. A vivid … read more
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- historical fiction
3. The Family Under the Bridge
By: Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson
3.96
Format: 97 pages, Paperback
This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his… read more
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- historical fiction
"You're afraid the sly little things will steal your heart if they find out you have one."-Garth Williams, The Family Under the Bridge
4. The Well: David's Story (Logans, #2)
By: Mildred D. Taylor
4.11
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water with all their neighbors, black and whit… read more
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- historical fiction
5. Homesick: My Own Story
By: Margot Tomes , Jean Fritz
3.86
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jean Fritz's award-winning account of her life in China, an… read more
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6. Mississippi Bridge (Logans #4.5)
By: Mildred D. Taylor
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Jeremy Simms watches from the porch of the general store as the passengers board the weekly bus fro… read more
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- historical fiction
7. Song of the Trees (Logans #3)
By: Jerry Pinkney , Mildred D. Taylor
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
With the depression bearing down on her family and food in short supply, Cassie Logan isn't sure wh… read more
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- historical fiction
8. Listen, Slowly
By: Thanhhà Lại
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A California girl born and raised, Mai can't wait to spend her vacation at the beach. Instead, thou… read more
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9. The Mighty Miss Malone
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. De… read more
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- historical fiction
10. Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)
By: Polly Horvath
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In the small Canadian town of Coal Harbour, in a quaint restaurant called The Girl on the Red Swing… read more
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"At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists."-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)
"There's something about sports. You can be setting fire to cats and burying them in your backyard, but as long as you're playing team sports, people think you're okay."-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)
"I want someone who puts the whole ball of wax at risk. I want the kind of marriage where we would follow each other out into the stormy fatal sea or I'm not marrying at all."-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)
"You can be sunk low or as a skunk and still have a joy in your heart. Joy lives like one of those spinning things---a gyroscope in your heart. It doesn't seem to have any connection to circumstance, …"-Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle (Coal Harbour #1)
11. More Perfect than the Moon (Sarah, Plain and Tall #4)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
4.03
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The fourth book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tallby Pat… read more
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- historical fiction
12. Caleb's Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall #3)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
4.03
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Anna has done something terrible. She has given me a journal to fill. "It's your job now," Anna say… read more
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13. A Single Shard
By: Linda Sue Park
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more
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14. Every Soul a Star
By: Wendy Mass
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
And as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize th… read more
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"You never know, life is short but it’s wide"-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star
"Its a very good book and i wish i read it first than anyone else!!!!"-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star
"Whereever you end up;" Jack whispered into my ear."I wish you clear skies. Always"-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star
"If this could be repeated every day for a year, I would never budge from where I stood."-Wendy Mass, Every Soul a Star
15. The Night Diary
By: Veera Hiranandani
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more
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- historical fiction
16. The Trouble with May Amelia (May Amelia, #2)
By: Jennifer L. Holm , Adam Gustavson
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover
May Amelia Jackson captured readers' hearts in the Newbery Honor Book Our Only May Amelia. Now, aft… read more
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17. Grandfather's Dance (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #5)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
3.66
Format: 256 pages,
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18. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
3.83
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more
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- historical fiction
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
19. Preacher's Boy
By: Katherine Paterson
4.00
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Robbie is the son of a preacher in small-town America in 1899. People are saying that the world's g… read more
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20. The Land
By: Mildred D. Taylor
3.16
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he … read more
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21. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
By: Mildred D. Taylor
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year—the year… read more
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"Now one day, maybe I can forgive John Andersen for what he done to these trees, but I ain't gonna forget it. I figure forgiving is not letting something nag at you—rotting you out."-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there’s gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying to drag you down. It's up to you whether you let them or not."-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"As soon as we were outside, I whipped my hand from his. 'What's the matter with you? You know he was wrong.' Stacey swallowed to flush his anger, then said gruffly, "I know it, and you know it, but h…"-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
"Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of food.' Wi…"-Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
22. Skylark (Sarah, Plain and Tall #2)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew… read more
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23. One Year in Coal Harbor (Coal Harbour #2)
By: Polly Horvath
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Readers rejoice--Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Ev… read more
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24. The Tiger Rising
By: Kate DiCamillo
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in pap… read more
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25. The Same Stuff as Stars
By: Katherine Paterson
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Angel Morgan's family is falling apart. Her daddy is in jail, and her mother has abandoned Angel an… read more
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26. One for the Murphys
By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
3.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, … read more
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27. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
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28. The Law of Finders Keepers (Mo & Dale Mysteries, #4)
By: Sheila Turnage
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Pirates, family, and the truth about Mo's Upstream Mother collide in the conclusion to the Newbery … read more
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29. Louisiana's Way Home
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and decidi… read more
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"Perhaps what matters when all is said and done is not who puts us down but who picks us up."-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home
"Who was I without the Flying Elefantes? Who was I without Granny? And who was I without a curse upon my head?"-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home
"The world was beautiful. It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. In spite of all the lies, it was beautiful."-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home
"I can listen to you, Louisiana Elefante," said Reverend Obertask. "That is the only magic I have. Do you want to tell me the rest of your story?"-Kate DiCamillo, Louisiana's Way Home
30. Beverly, Right Here
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.14
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still. This was what Beverly wanted — what … read more
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31. Caesar's Story: 1759 (Young Americans Colonial Williamsburg)
By: Joan Lowery Nixon
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In partnership with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation come authentic novels set in the 18th cent… read more
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