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Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata
Aladdin, 2006
Bittersweet
+ Beautiful literature!!
+ The best story I have read this year!
This is a wonderful story about relationships, prejudice , and loving the person inside yourself. An enchanting story indeed.
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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
Square Fish, 2007
One of my favorites
+ A Piece of Literature in Time
+ Meg and Friends
I still remember the first copy I ever read of this book. And then in the 6th grade I won as a prize the copy I now have. This is probably one of the greatest fantasies ever written. It existentialist, scientific, and downright practical sweet all in the same stroke of a pen. Not only that, but ...
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (rpkg) (HarperClassics)
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 2000
Coming-of-Age
+ Excellent novel
+ Great Realistic Fiction! By JS from North Boulevard
+ Dear Mr.henshaw=#1
+ Dear Mr.Henshaw
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Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
HarperTeen, 2005
The Magic of Friendship
+ Bridge to Terabithia
+ Bridge to Terabithia Recommmendation
I have read this countless times since the 4th grade, and it still continues to be one of my favorite books ever. The odd thing is that I remember being severely disappointed to learn this was not a fantasy.
But the real story is stronger, that of a deep friendship that affects a young boy for ...
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Jacob Have I Loved
Katherine Paterson
HarperTrophy, 1990
How Young adult fiction should be!!!!
+ Coming-of-Age
+ Jacob have I loved
This is the first book I have read by Katherine Paterson but it won't be my last.
This is a great book for anyone who enjoys good writing and has ever found themselves outside of the spotlight. Paterson's writing style is hyptnotic. I felt like I was on the small island off the Maryland ...
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Criss Cross
Lynne Rae Perkins
HarperTrophy, 2008
An enchanting novel
+ Dreamy, Truthful
Criss Cross is a wonderfull book of friendship, self-realization, and growing up. It is printed in many different ways and forms that make it fun to read. I must be honest in saying it is sometimes a bit confusing, but you always get caught up later on in the story. The author gives you just ...
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Sounder
William H. Armstrong
HarperTrophy, 1972
One of the best dog books I've ever read
+ It's historical fiction...not a minstrel show!
+ Sounder Review
Sounder is one of the best dog books I've ever read, even though there are some ups and downs in the plot. Comparing it to Shiloh and Because of Winn-Dixie, I realized sometimes ups and downs are good things. For example, in Shiloh it was always tense, and always what I call "up". In Sounder, ...
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...And Now Miguel
Joseph Krumgold
HarperTrophy, 1984
Will Miguel's Self-Pity Finally End ?
+ REALISTIC, Historic Fiction for Readers with Patience
This story takes place in the recent past near Taos, Mexico in a village called Los Cordovas. Since this story takes place in Los Cordovas, people talk in Spanish and in English and that's why they have Spanish names.
This book is mostly about a twelve year-old boy named Miguel, his dad (Old ...
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The Higher Power of Lucky
Susan Patron
Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2006
5th Grade Teacher's Class loved this book
+ Worth Reading
I am a 5th grade teacher who has read this book to two classes. I am of the opinion that 5th graders in this age are very aware of their anatomy and understand the primary differences between boys and girls. Each time I read the book, I had a boy ask me what a scrotum is. I explained using correct ...
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The Story of Mankind
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
BiblioBazaar, 2007
Among my most prized possessions
+ The Story of Mankind Review
+ A Nostalgic Great
My 1926 edition of this book is among my most prized volumes. The book is a much-compressed look at events, some facts obviously "of their time", from the beginning of time up to the "present". But is it also an opinionated, old-fashioned, wistful, and occasionally angry snapshot of the state of ...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Aladdin Fantasy)
Robert C. O'Brien
Aladdin, 1986
An adventure for young and old.
+ Great Book With Slight Sadness
+ A great book for young readers
+ Insipid cover currently shipping
+ Sci-Fi Animals!
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Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Laurel Leaf, 1998
The Run Away
+ Wonderful book
+ A Holocaust tale appropriate for younger readers
+ Hitler
+ Sruthie's Book Review
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Amos Fortune, Free Man (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Elizabeth Yates
Puffin, 1989
Understanding Freedom
+ It's Not the Circumstances that Make the Man
+ How a man should live his life
+ I love this book
+ Excellent vocabulary resource!
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Illustrated American Classics)
Elizabeth George Speare
Houghton Mifflin, 2001
Classic
+ read it four times when I was younger
+ The first book I ever read twice
+ still enjoyable as an adult
+ Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls
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The Giver
Lois Lowry
Laurel Leaf, 2002
A Thought-provoking, Original Story
+ Must read for all ages.
+ Good thought provoking read
+ From compassion to acumen, Lowry incorporates all there is to learn to develop maturity in this little wonder of a book.
+ A Realistic Utopia
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