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A Mouse Called Wolf
Dick King-Smith
Yearling, 1999
Warm hearts
Dick King-Smith writes another fabulous book. This wonderful story of friendship and heroes is an inspiration to people of all ages. It speaks about friendship, family and aspiring to do your best. As always the characters come to life and become the readers new ...
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A Child Called It
Dave Pelzer
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2001
I couldnt put this book down
It was so cruel. I don't know where his sick mother came up with such sick ideas to hurt him like that? what was she thinking? she was psychotic!
It was shocking.Anyway it was a book I couldn't put down.
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Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called ...
Emily Jenkins
Schwartz & Wade, 2006
Sweet and Surprising
The short title, "Toys Go Out," intrigued me enough to pull the book off the shelf at our library. The loopy picture on the cover and the expanded title ending in "Someone Called Plastic" was the clincher. The patheticness of being simply "someone called plastic" and ...
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It's Called Dyslexia (Live and Learn Series)
Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Barron's Educational Series, 2007
A good "feel good" book for dyslexic children
I bought this for my 7 year old dyslexic daughter. She was very excited to hear the story told from the dyslexic main character. The basic summary of the book is that she was excited about school and then got frustrated with school because reading was so hard for her ...
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Called to Be: Devotions by Teens for Teens
Concordia Publishing
Concordia Publishing House, 2000
Teens will love this book!
I am a Sunday School teacher for High School aged kids. I bought this book hoping to use it at the beginning of my classes as a 5 minute devotion. Right away it turned into the entire lesson each week. The devotions are wonderful, and really sparked some great ...
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Dog Called Kitty
Bill Wallace
Aladdin, 1992
A great book
My 8 year old daughter read this for AR. She said it was a great book even though there were sad parts. Bill Wallace is a good author and has other great books for children. The book had some funny parts - whenever they call "Kitty Kitty" and the cats come to eat ...
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Thoroughbred #01 A Horse Called Wonder
Joanna Campbell
HarperEntertainment, 1991
Five stars is the obvious choice.
This is pretty much the one Thoroughbred book that demands five stars. Giving it anything less hardly seems possible, although realistically it's probably worth just over four stars given that it moves slowly and falls into a monotony that can only be expected when ...
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A Bear Called Paddington
Michael Bond
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Wonderfully entertaining ... for both the kids and you!
We LOVE this CD set! I bought it 2 years ago for my daughter to listen to for naps and bedtime, and now at age 5 she's STILL asking for it every night.
I like the fact that both CDs are over an hour long, she likes that there are several stories on each CD to keep ...
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Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery)
Karen Cushman
HarperCollins, 1995
Outstanding Read for Eng. Lit., Historical Study, and High Interest
Catherine, Called Birdie, written by Karen Cushman provides an excellent example of historical writing describing the life of a young girl living during the Medieval Ages. It spans one year of her life yet covers her family tree and thoroughly provides insight into ...
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
Highly Recommend!
I bought the trilogy I simply could not put the books down! I highly recommend them!
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: And A Man Called Horse, The Hanging Tree, Lost Sister
Dorothy M. Johnson
Riverbend Publishing, 2005
Genius Rediscovered in New Publication
`The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' is a republication of some of the best stories of Dorothy Johnson, America's most unrecognized genius of short fiction. Two of these four stories are taken from `Indian Country' (later published as `Man Called Horse'), a brilliant ...
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A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy - One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
Health Communications Inc, 1995
amazing
I could not put this book down. It is truley incredible how this child stayed alive. I could not believe what his mother did to him. I would tell anyone who is interested in true crime child abuse story to read this book. It is amazing
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A Bear Called Sunday
Axel Hacke
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2004
"When I was a little boy I had a little, silent bear called Sunday..." So begins a story in which a boy and his bear are inseparable. They do everything together, from morning till night. But one morning the boy wonders why Sunday never gives him a hug or a kiss. Why does he never answer the boy's questions? Does the bear really love the boy? ...
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God Called a Girl: How Mary Changed Her World--And You Can Too
Shannon Kubiak, Shannon Primicerio
Bethany House, 2005
A wonderful book!
Every time I pick up this book, I feel a call to pursue the God who gave everything for me.
Shannon Kubiak presents us with an awesome challenge: to answer our God with a "yes" - a "yes" that will change the world. We live in a world that needs to be touched by God, ...
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A House Called Awful End (Eddie Dickens Trilogy)
Philip Ardagh
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2003
A House Called Awful End
I recommend you read A House Called Awful End. It is the first book of The Eddie Dickens trilogy. This book is written by Phillip Ardagh, who also wrote The Fall of Fergal. I like this book because it is hilarious. This book is about a boy named Eddie Dickens with ...
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