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For Younger
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Bink
and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee. Dissimilar, yet steadfast friends, celebrate the ups and downs of their daily escapades in three lively chapters that explore compromise, asserting independence, and jealousy. Geisel Award Book (Juv Fic DiCamillo) |
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City
Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems. Illus. by Jon J. Muth. Unleashed on his visit to the country, a dog meets a new friend in frog and together they experience the seasons and the cycle of life. ( j Willems) |
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Interrupting
Chicken by David Ezra Stein. This hilarious story presents Little Chicken and her long-suffering papa, who just wants to get through a bedtime story without his daughter’s metafictive disruptions. Caldecott Honor Book ( j Stein) |
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Ling
& Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin. Six vignettes chronicle the daily adventures of identical twins as they get haircuts, make dumplings, perform magic and take a trip to the library. Geisel Honor Book (Juv Fic Lin) |
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Tuck
Me In by Dean Hacohen. Illus. by Sherry Scharschmidt. Readers interact with this deceptively simple good night book, tucking sweet animals into bed. ( j Hacohen) |
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For Middle
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Guyku:
A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka. Illus. by Peter H.
Reynolds. Six haiku for each season of the year, celebrating the interaction of boys and nature, combine with loose, expressive cartoons to make a winning combination. (j811.6 Raczka) |
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The
Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz. Illus. by Angela Barrett.
Flory loses her wings after a bat attack and struggles to adapt to life as a day fairy. (Juv Fic Schlitz) |
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One
Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia. Three sisters find adventure when they are sent to Oakland in 1968 to meet their estranged poet-mother, who prints flyers for the Black Panthers. Newbery Honor Book (Juv Fic Williams Garcia) |
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Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz. As dark and bloody as the title suggests, these six retellings tweak the classic fairy tale as Hansel and Gretel embark on an epic journey of self-discovery. (Juv Fic SF Gidwitz) |
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Turtle
in Paradise by Jennifer Holm. Random, $16.99 Sassy 11-year-old Turtle finds her life turned on end when she is sent to live with her aunt in Depression-era Key West. Newbery Honor Book (Juv Fic Holm) |
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For Older
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Countdown
by Deborah Wiles. A “documentary novel” set in the 1960’s Cold War era, this title captures a girl’s fears about the world around her. (YA Fic Wiles) |
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Fever
Crumb by Philip Reeve. A lone girl sets out on a mission to retrieve lost technology in a bleak and irrational London of the future. (Juv Fic SF Reeve) |
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Heart
of a Samurai by Margi Preus. This swashbuckling adventure is based on the true story of Manjiro, the young fisherman believed to be the first Japanese person to visit America, who against all odds, became a samurai. Newbery Honor Book (YA Fic Preus) |
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They
Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist
Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. The Ku Klux Klan’s rise from a club of restless young men into the largest domestic terrorist organization in American history is documented with archival photographs and other primary source material. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (j322.42 Bartoletti) |
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Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux. Tr. by Y. Maudet.
A young refugee searches for identity, safe haven and truth in a journey from war-torn Caucasus to the freedom of France. Batchelder Award (YA Fic Bondoux) |
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10/5/11
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