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Books for Ages
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BOOKS FOR
AGES 8 TO 12
 A
Year Down Yonder Richard Peck 2000
2001 Newberry Medal Winner. Mary Alice and Grandma Dowdel
return for more astonishing, laugh-out-loud adventures when
fifteen-year-old Mary Alice moves in with her spicy grandmother
for the year. Her extended visit is filled with moonlit
schemes, romances both foiled and founded, and a whole parade
of fools made to suffer in unusual (and always hilarious)
ways. Wise, exuberant, and slyly heartwarming, Mary Alice's
story is a fully satisfying companion to the celebrated
A Long Way from Chicago.
 The
Giver Lois Lowry 1993
1994 Newberry Medal Winner. December
is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve-year-old
receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas
watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Old and
his cheerful pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of
Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for somthing special.
When his selection leads him to an unnamed man – the
man called only the Giver – he begins to sense the
dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his
world.
 Witness
Karen Hesse 2001
Leanora Sutter, Esther Hirsh,
Merlin Van Tornhout and Johnny Reeves are among the unforgettable
cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that
turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No
one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year old
Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year old Esther,
who is Jewish.
 Sarah,
Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 1985
1986 Newberry Medal Winner. When their father invites a
mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie
home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother
and hope that she will stay.
 The
Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups David Wisniewski 1998
Ssssshhhhhhhhhh! You are about
to open secret files, heretofore hidden from kids for thousands
of years. Steel your mind for the truth. Prepare yourself
for knowledge never before held by America's youth. Get
ready to learn the REAL reasons grown-ups tell you to do
things, such as "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair,"
and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."
 The
World Almanac for Kids 2002 Elaine Isreal 2001
An all-new edition of the award-winning
and bestselling almanac designed exclusively for children.
Parents, don't be surprised if you find yourselves perusing
these stellar pages. This informative edition will prove
helpful, enlightening, and entertaining for everyone in
the family. Full of color maps & flags. 300+ photos & illustrations.
 Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1)
J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre (Ill.) 1998
Orphaned as a baby, Harry Potter
has spent 11 awful years living with his mean aunt, uncle,
and cousin Dudley. But everything changes for Harry when
an owl delivers a mysterious letter inviting him to attend
Hogwarts School for Wizards. At this special school, Harry
finds friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from
classes to meals, as well as a great destiny that's been
waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter. From
an author who has been compared to C. S. Lewis and Roald
Dahl, this enchanting, funny debut novel won England's National
Book Award and the prestigious Smarties Prize.
 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen 1996
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old
Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness,
learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given
him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents'
divorce.
 The
Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks 1981
The first book in this bestselling
series begins with young Omri receiving an old family wooden
medicine cupboard as a birthday gift. Given to him by his
mother in order to house his toy soldiers, Omri discovers
that the cupboard has a strange power after placing a toy
Indian inside – it comes alive.
 Julie
of the Wolves Jean Craighead George 1972
To her small Eskimo village,
she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she
is Julie. When the village is not longer safe for her, Miyax
runs away. But she soon finds herself lost in the Alaskan
wilderness, without food, without even a compass to guide
her. Slowly she is accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves.
With their help, and drawing on her father's teachings,
Miyax struggles day by day to survive. But the time comes
when she must leave the wilderness and choose between the
old ways and the new. Which will she choose? For she is
Miyax of the Eskimos – but Julie of the Wolves.
 Little
Women Louisa May Alcott 2000
One of American Literature's
most loved novels, this is a story of family, of hope, of
dreams, and of growing up as four devoted sisters search
fro romance and find maturity in Civil-War era 19th century
New England.
 Little
House in the Big Woods: (Little House Series: Classic Stories)
Laura Ingalls Wilder 1976
Meet Laura Ingalls... the little
girl who would grow up to write the Little House books.
Wolves and panthers and bears roamed the deep Wisconsin
woods in the 1870's. In those same woods, Laura Ingalls
lived with her Pa and Ma, and her sisters Mary and baby
Carrie, in a snug little house built of logs. Pa hunted
and trapped. Ma made her own cheese and maple syrup. All
night long, the wind howled lonesomely, but Pa played his
fiddle and sang, keeping the family safe and cozy.
 Harriet
the Spy Louise Fitzhugh 2000
When Harriet Welsch grows up,
she wants to be an author. So, she figures it's a good way
to practice for her future vocation by writing down everything
she sees on her spy route in a secret notebook. You can
imagine her horror when the secret notebook is confiscated
by her classmates and read aloud! Now Harriet's knee-deep
in trouble as the tables are turned on her.
 Are
You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume 1981
Faced with the difficulties of
growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl
talks over her problems with her own private God.
 Charlotte's
Web E. B. White 1976
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate
when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's
Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte decides
to help him.
 The
Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and through
the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll 1999
Includes the full text of Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking
Glass, with the original Tenniel illustrations and full
commentary explaining the jokes, games, puzzles, tricks,
parodies, and other curiosities of the beloved classic books.
Discover the secret meanings hidden in the rhymes, stories,
and characters of Jabberwocky, the Mad Hatter's tea-party,
the caterpillar's advice, and more. Full of pleasant surprises.
A unique edition of two of literature's most enduring classics.
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