Onion John
By: Joseph Krumgold , Symeon Shimin
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by th…
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1. Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)
By: Ann Nolan Clark
3.54
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his … read more
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2. Adam of the Road
By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray
3.77
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more
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3. Thimble Summer
By: Elizabeth Enright
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it ma… read more
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"Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness. She descended from the roof cautiou…"-Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer
4. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
By: Joan W. Blos
3.54
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days…do begin this book. So begins the journal… read more
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"For are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas?"-Joan W. Blos, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
5. The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4)
By: Susan Cooper
4.14
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
"Fire on the Mountain Shall Find the Harp of Gold Played to Wake the Sleepers, Oldest of the Old...… read more
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6. The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain #5)
By: Lloyd Alexander
4.25
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
When the sword of Dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon inthe kingdom of Prydain, falls into the hands … read more
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7. Onion John
By: Joseph Krumgold , Symeon Shimin
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by th… read more
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- juvenile
8. The Bronze Bow
By: Elizabeth George Speare
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more
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"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow
9. Strawberry Girl
By: Lois Lenski
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old B… read more
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10. Rifles for Watie
By: Harold Keith
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the … read more
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11. Miracles on Maple Hill
By: Beth Krush , Virginia Sorensen
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hil… read more
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12. The Wheel on the School
By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more
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"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
13. The Summer of the Swans
By: Betsy Byars
3.60
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Sometimes you don't know what you love--until you almost lose it. Sara's fourteenth summer was turn… read more
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15. M.C. Higgins, the Great
By: Virginia Hamilton
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah… read more
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16. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
By: Jean Lee Latham
5.00
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more
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17. It's Like This, Cat
By: Emily Cheney Neville , Emil Weiss
4.28
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I… read more
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18. Ginger Pye (The Pyes, #1)
By: Eleanor Estes
3.91
Format: 434 pages, Paperback
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard y… read more
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19. The Slave Dancer
By: Paula Fox
3.77
Format: 230 pages,
Jessie Bollier often played his fife to earn a few pennies down by the New Orleans docks. One after… read more
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20. Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong , James Barkley
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Soun… read more
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21. Shadow Of A Bull
By: Maia Wojciechowska
3.92
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in M… read more
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