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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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Holes by Louis Sachar Publisher Comments Check out the Holes tour with Louis Sachar! Monday, October 20th, 7:00 p.m. Andersons Bookshop, Naperville, IL Tuesday, October 21st, 7:00 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Skokie, IL Wednesday, October 22nd, 7:00 p.m., Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, Brookfield, WI... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 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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The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Publisher Comments Although he faces his responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their newly built cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt knows he has... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 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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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 Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher 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: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lily's Crossing (Yearling Newbery) by Patricia Reill Giff Publisher Comments As in years past, Lily will spend the summer in Rockaway, in her family's house by the Atlantic Ocean. But this summer of 1944, World War II has changed everyone's life. Lily's best friend, Margaret, has moved to a wartime factory town and Lily's father... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White Publisher Comments The stirring 1997 Newbery Honor Book. When Belle Prater disappears, her boy Woodrow comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrow's cousin Gypsy lives next door and the two children find they have much in common. But unlike... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Holes by Louis Sachar Publisher Comments Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 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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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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On My Honor (Yearling Newbery) by Marion Dane Bauer Publisher Comments Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar Publisher Comments Should you ever find yourself at Camp Green Lake — or somewhere similar — this is the guide for you. Stanley Yelnats (Caveman, to some of you) offers anecdotes and advice on everything from digging the perfect hole to identifying and avoiding... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sing Down the Moon (Yearling Newbery) by Scott O'Dell Publisher Comments When Bright Morning takes her sheep to pasture, she gazes across the beautiful valley that is the home of her Navaho tribe and sees Spanish slavers riding straight toward her.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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