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| 1999 |
| Bud, not Buddy |
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Christopher Paul Curtis.
Library Journal
: Gr 4-7-Motherless Bud shares his amusingly astute rules of life as he hits the road to find the jazz musician he believes is his fa ...More |
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| 2007 |
| Criss cross |
Lynne Rae Perkins.
Publishers Weekly
: Through narrative that has the flavor of stream-of-consciousness writing but is more controlled and poetic, Perkins (All Alone in ...More |
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| 2000 |
| Esperanza rising |
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Pam Muñoz Ryan.
School Library Journal
: Gr 6-9-Ryan uses the experiences of her own Mexican grandmother as the basis for this compelling story of immigration and as ...More |
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| 1993 |
| Freak the Mighty |
Rodman Philbrick.
Publishers Weekly
: Maxwell Kane, a lumbering eighth grader who describes himself as a ``butthead goon,'' has lived with grandparents Grim an ...More |
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| 1993 |
| Invitation to the game |
Monica Hughes.
Publishers Weekly
: What begins as a chilling glimpse into the not-too-distant future evolves into an exultant, life-affirming balm for mankind. Ten ...More |
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| 2007 |
| Little women |
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Louisa May Alcott ; illustrated by Louis Jambor.
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| 2004 |
| Kira-Kira |
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Cynthia Kadohata.
Publishers Weekly
: Set in the 1950s and '60s, Kadohata's moving first novel is narrated by a first-generation Japanese-American girl who moves with ...More |
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| 1993 |
| Letters from Rifka |
Karen Hesse.
School Library Journal
: Gr 4-7--Refused passage in 1919 because she has ringworm, a young Jewish girl from Russia battles supercilious officials and ...More |
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| 1996 |
| The midwife's apprentice |
by Karen Cushman.
Publisher's Weekly
: In reviewing this 1996 Newbery winner, PW said that Cushman "has an almost unrivaled ability to build atmosphere, and her e ...More |
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| 2002 |
| Bronx masquerade |
by Nikki Grimes.
Publishers Weekly
: When a high school teacher in the Bronx begins to host open-mike poetry in his classroom on Fridays, his students find a forum to ...More |
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| 1995 |
| The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 |
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a novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.
School Library Journal
: Gr 5-8-In the only Newbery Honor book to make my list, the weighty issues and historical perspectives don't get in the w ...More |
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| 2003 |
| The kite rider : a novel |
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by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Publishers Weekly: Set in 13th-century China, this novel begins with a 12-year-old boy who witnesses his father's death, then follows him on a j ...More |
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| 2007 |
| Peak |
Roland Smith.
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| 1999 |
| Just Ella |
Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Publishers Weekly
: Haddix (Running Out of Time) puts a feminist spin on the Cinderella story, beginning her tongue-in-cheek novel where the traditio ...More |
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| 2004 |
| Chasing Vermeer |
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by Blue Balliett ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Publishers Weekly: Puzzles nest within puzzles in this ingeniously plotted and lightly delivered first novel that, revolving around the heist of a Ve ...More |
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