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The Boy Who Saved Baseball
John H. Ritter
Puffin, 2005
It's a great baseball book!
I am 11 years old and I play baseball. This was a great book I think because it had soooo many things that were going bad but then turned into great things. It made me feel...when you try your hardest, you will always win the game.
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The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians
Carla Morris
Peachtree Publishers, 2007
Beautifully written and illustrated!
Books can change your world. They sure changed young Melvin's. But it's not just the books in the library that have such an impact on his life -- it's the librarians who guide him through his lifelong search for knowledge.
This wonderful novel for young readers ...
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Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture
John Capouya
HarperEntertainment, 2008
Gorgeous George...Ulitmate wrestler....Ultimate Book!
Today's fans of the WWE's "entertainment" version of Professional Wrestling now have a chance to read about how the kayfabe era of the business was. For fans of that generation, mention Gorgeous George, and the stories start to unfold. Author John Capouya absolutely ...
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The Boy Who Didn't Want to Be Sad
Magination Press, 2004
A children's book for the child in all of us.
1591471346The story line is simple; the truth concealed within is life changing. It is the story of a boy who was sad and did not want to be sad anymore. So, he devised a plan. His plan was to get rid of everything that made him sad. He methodically gets rid of things ...
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The Complete Ripley Novels (Boxed Set): (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy ...
Patricia Highsmith
W. W. Norton, 2008
She is a wonderful writer
I love her writing. Only problem I have is that I saw the movie with Matt Damon first and every Ripley novel I read the picture I have of Ripley is Matt Damon's face! Oh well, could do worse, I suppose...
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The Boy Who Loved Words
Roni Schotter
Schwartz & Wade, 2006
A Writing Teacher's Inspiration Tool
The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter is a must have book to inspire struggling writers. It is a perfect addition to a teacher's collection of literature books to demonstrate the 6 Traits of writing.
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook Child Psychiatrist's ...
Bruce Perry, Maia Szalavitz
Basic Books, 2007
Brilliant and heartening
Assisted by a talented science writer, child psychiatrist Bruce Perry presents a series of heartbreaking stories of children severely damaged by trauma. But that's only one side of this remarkable book. The other side is how many of these profoundly damaged children ...
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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl (P.S.)
John Colapinto
Harper Perennial, 2006
IT'S NATURE...NOT NURTURE...
This is a wonderfully written book and a fascinating look into the debate of nature versus nurture in the area of gender assignment. Intelligent and insightful, the author draws a compassionate portrait of a family who, faced with a decision in the wake of a tragedy, ...
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The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Judith L. Rapoport
Signet, 1991
"Caught in endless loops."
Dr. Judith Rapoport's "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing" is one of the most powerful and poignant books ever written about obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessions are senseless thoughts or images that recur over and over again and compulsions are repetitive ...
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Donald L. Miller
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Military history-writing at it finest
My father served in the Eighth Air Force during World War Two, and his experience during that time overshadowed all of the other things that he did during a long life filled with civilian accomplishment. It wasn't that he was uninterested in his civilian life; it was ...
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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon (Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 ...
Jacqueline Davies
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
A survey of his pioneering observational techniques
John James Audubon loved nature and the outdoors as a child, and was determined to study birds in the wild rather than from books even as early as 1804. Jacqueline Davies' lively story of his youth and pioneering attitude will reach grades 3-6 with an excellent survey ...
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Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black
Gregory Howard Williams
Plume, 1996
One of the best books I have ever read
Life on the Color Line should be required reading for every American, especially anyone who wants to put their life's problems in perspective.
This is the most moving book I have read in a long time and I read a lot! William's account of his childhood truly woke me ...
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima
Vintage, 1994
Mishima's Haunting Love Story.
Yukio Mishima (The Sound of Waves) is the fascinating subject of two recent DVD releases, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Criterion Collection and Patriotism - Criterion Collection. He is perhaps best known for his masterpiece, the "Sea of Fertility ...
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf: A Retelling of Aesop's Fable (Read-It Readers!: Fables)
Blair, Eric
Picture Window Books, 2008
Even though he's not being honest, a bored shepherd boy thinks it's fun to see the villagers run to help him when he cries, ""Wolf!"" Find out what happens when the villagers no longer believe what he says.
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The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Bob Hartman
Puffin, 2004
Entertaining, refreshing presentation of the famous fable
Writing is excellent and witty - one simply can't resist falling in love with a book that includes menu items such as "lamburgers" and "Granny Smith pie" - and the illustrations support it well. Better done than the run of the mill fairy tale parody, and thus far ...
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