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Children's Summer Reading
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Yearling Newbery) by Elizabeth Ge Speare Publisher Comments After her grandfathers death Kit leaves Barbados for New England. She is shocked by the gray, damp landscape and the Puritanical lifestyle of her uncles household. Fitting in is not easy, and her only friend is believed to be a witch. Kit must choose... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery) by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments Its 1943 Copenhagen and the Jews of Denmark are being “relocated,” so Annemarie Johansens best friend, Ellen, moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be part of the family. When Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission, she must... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Publisher Comments This special edition of A Wrinkle in Time includes a new essay that explores the science behind the fantasy. Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: Meg Murray, her little brother Charles... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Publisher Comments This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Publisher Comments Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Publisher Comments The winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this novel is the story of a young Indian girl who is left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California for 18 years. She is not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Publisher Comments A boy, a dog, and New Orleans' most famous hurricane Saint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists, and his best friend is a stray dog named Shadow. At first... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Publisher Comments Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann -- a Boy and His Two Dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains -- and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest... (read more) Your price: $6.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli Publisher Comments As the son of a nobleman, Robins destiny is changed suddenly when he falls ill and loses the use of his legs. When the great castle of Lindsay is in danger, Robin discovers that there is more than one way to serve his king.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Single Shard (Yearling Newbery) by Linda Sue Park Publisher Comments Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Chulpo, a potters village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potters craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Egypt Game (Yearling Newbery) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Publisher Comments When Melanie Ross and April Hall begin to play the Egypt Game, everyone thinks it's just a game until strange things begin happening to the players. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The High King (Chronicles of Prydain #5) by Lloyd Alexander Publisher Comments When the sword of dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon inthe kingdom of Prydain, falls into the hands of Arawn-Death-Lord, Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and Prince Gwydion raise an army to march against Arawn's terrible cohorts. After a winter expedition... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Story of Doctor Doolittle (88 Edition) by Hugh Lofting Publisher Comments In this first book in the series, Doctor Dolittle discovers that he can talk to the animals--Jip the dog, Dab Dab the duck, Polynesia the parrot.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Johnny Tremain (Yearling Newbery) by Esther Forbes Publisher Comments Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 Boston, just before the Revolutionary War. But even more gripping than living through the drama of Revolutionary Boston is the important discovery Johnny... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Thimble Summer (Yearling Newbery) by Elizabeth Enright Publisher Comments When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure its magical. But is it magical enough to help her pig, Timmy, win a blue ribbon on Fair Day?... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox Publisher Comments Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, 13-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he is sickened by the horrible practices of the slave business. But they are nothing compared to the one final horror that Jessie will witness. Can the cruelty... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cricket in Times Square (Yearling Newbery) by George Selden Publisher Comments After Chester, a cricket, arrives in the Times Square subway station via a picnic basket from his native Connecticut, he takes up residence in the Bellini's newsstand. There, the tiny creature is lucky enough to find three good friends: a little boy... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old Joe Carraclough is heartbroken. Lassie, the family's beloved collie, must be sold to the Duke of Rudling, a bad-tempered, wealthy old man. The Carracloughs are struggling through hard times and can't afford to keep Lassie, who is without... (read more) List Price $5.50 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Publisher Comments Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Publisher Comments “For many days we had been tempest-tossed…the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost.” From these dire opening lines, a timeless story of adventure begins. One family will emerge alive from this... (read more) Your price: $6.99 New - Trade Paper 
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