tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30187897002437900912024-03-05T10:46:33.993-07:00Lyndi's Favorite BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-51869357461384326352010-12-27T14:28:00.000-07:002010-12-27T14:28:00.723-07:00Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2ikApJQ7H9vckYcdKsi8TrEopthytxim3QIbCztZODxiMOEbWqlkIIOPV4Df50wb3HP5PhCsvZQaENGh8xvjGofY9dtclcX6gULTDgLiC5K4v4Uszivzaa9xYFUJg3Qa73sktZm1qD8/s1600/Candy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2ikApJQ7H9vckYcdKsi8TrEopthytxim3QIbCztZODxiMOEbWqlkIIOPV4Df50wb3HP5PhCsvZQaENGh8xvjGofY9dtclcX6gULTDgLiC5K4v4Uszivzaa9xYFUJg3Qa73sktZm1qD8/s1600/Candy.jpg" /></a></div>by Michael O' Tunnell<br />
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"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-19627941700396332152010-12-27T14:26:00.000-07:002010-12-27T14:26:04.370-07:00Sue MacDonald Had a Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hhZSvx9v6cEWnAyp8uesRp8moaNbRLcUdVlJPDZYE-Vbd1FFf0nGb1GWq7rEebv2IMEGNACyVyW39D7u7yweRi913n7PSlQ9lAqEsb8fir9OKP2LKHuDbKqoDVCsnJHT-rZFyq-TrhA/s1600/sue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hhZSvx9v6cEWnAyp8uesRp8moaNbRLcUdVlJPDZYE-Vbd1FFf0nGb1GWq7rEebv2IMEGNACyVyW39D7u7yweRi913n7PSlQ9lAqEsb8fir9OKP2LKHuDbKqoDVCsnJHT-rZFyq-TrhA/s1600/sue.jpg" /></a></div>by Jim Tobin<br />
Illustrated by Dave Coverly<br />
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When A, E, I, O, and U jump off the page, reader Sue McDonald pursues the renegade vowels.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-89868545976148875682010-12-21T12:49:00.000-07:002010-12-21T12:49:54.751-07:00The Princess Test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwofzPgZpUop6iabA3OJrJnPmvwGKUUDniVzP1JUKbHVLzd1cvrs0EI73Owx1tFEkJKnHk8w0jaQCke5K3yAOA56L3Ar9uR1dzrAjNNtms3uQiVakrYLLadcroxCJ9yJjPptf86hArWA/s1600/test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwofzPgZpUop6iabA3OJrJnPmvwGKUUDniVzP1JUKbHVLzd1cvrs0EI73Owx1tFEkJKnHk8w0jaQCke5K3yAOA56L3Ar9uR1dzrAjNNtms3uQiVakrYLLadcroxCJ9yJjPptf86hArWA/s1600/test.jpg" /></a></div>by Gail Carson Levine<br />
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In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-67204669823118217402010-12-21T12:43:00.000-07:002010-12-21T12:43:03.154-07:00Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OmKvIsff8KFYAR0m97qdT12YbUIpIkS3auBdJoLZw7Zc2CoBG_gyST-g0UUMTh2gttbYEQXsrvQfpqjAvclBLk9c7htiJo4L46B19sr_k6Y8RJgNrS1DWGeLkTeqix16DychOBwc0iA/s1600/princess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OmKvIsff8KFYAR0m97qdT12YbUIpIkS3auBdJoLZw7Zc2CoBG_gyST-g0UUMTh2gttbYEQXsrvQfpqjAvclBLk9c7htiJo4L46B19sr_k6Y8RJgNrS1DWGeLkTeqix16DychOBwc0iA/s1600/princess.jpg" /></a></div>by Gail Carson Levine<br />
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In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-31547206240323916292010-12-21T12:29:00.000-07:002010-12-21T12:29:06.004-07:00Ella Enchanted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljKrUpM-tILDe8NWlxObB7yvyQEVUFbUvdU4Tjx6HAJAaw6fvVC46lUxH_7FIVWwQBNbWxgjyvJ3lSmMG5JbqjVt-x9R7_C9MkZtK_Z6zN_OkfkCuV-sX5TR9agYTHLNMUFZGlvebGr8/s1600/ella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljKrUpM-tILDe8NWlxObB7yvyQEVUFbUvdU4Tjx6HAJAaw6fvVC46lUxH_7FIVWwQBNbWxgjyvJ3lSmMG5JbqjVt-x9R7_C9MkZtK_Z6zN_OkfkCuV-sX5TR9agYTHLNMUFZGlvebGr8/s1600/ella.jpg" /></a></div>by Gail Carson Levine<br />
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Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. She goes on a quest, encountering ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, fairy godmothers, and handsome princes, determined to break the curse---and live happily ever after.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-67596402034151261262010-12-21T12:26:00.002-07:002010-12-21T12:26:45.589-07:00For Biddle's Sake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h9aiZuuZUaItMPo8OuLIf5cHnwTrxTBePGuBHvmQRLMhcRd9qNweXIi0gB3n8iAda1EvaIPwkOWm1rA9ujU5RMyZ_e5qdrEWFBWYvO-4KkiV2wmOr-hoYetvaRSUMSpu31Q8KcyLrzA/s1600/biddle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h9aiZuuZUaItMPo8OuLIf5cHnwTrxTBePGuBHvmQRLMhcRd9qNweXIi0gB3n8iAda1EvaIPwkOWm1rA9ujU5RMyZ_e5qdrEWFBWYvO-4KkiV2wmOr-hoYetvaRSUMSpu31Q8KcyLrzA/s1600/biddle.jpg" /></a></div>by Gail Carson Levine<br />
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In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-54312444896250904792010-12-21T12:24:00.000-07:002010-12-21T12:24:03.303-07:00Cinderellis and the Glass Hill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUG8batsY1dzxeM7-6RuzhTZ0jwZmVze8e5zbSxRu08qavp114xpAiZhvP-p8Po29NwP8S8UiWpooh-pb6NoJ3BIMkQ2CWolNoBKvhErQvLaqEIXLZW1S1lrdcjXVlgJ3oGgkteIdGgmU/s1600/cinder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUG8batsY1dzxeM7-6RuzhTZ0jwZmVze8e5zbSxRu08qavp114xpAiZhvP-p8Po29NwP8S8UiWpooh-pb6NoJ3BIMkQ2CWolNoBKvhErQvLaqEIXLZW1S1lrdcjXVlgJ3oGgkteIdGgmU/s1600/cinder.jpg" /></a></div>by Gail Carson Levine<br />
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In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-89791073855545759532010-12-21T12:22:00.000-07:002010-12-21T12:22:19.636-07:00Battle Royale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihxYbHR3QvVwrTy598PTRM-VlDkpRnaak5zAzBMehqrV7bT0FZ2q3nnRmFsl473ErVyrPJ7iYp5mXNnQ9gEYw8B1RC1gL1xGkRpL5V_AAPgPb3YKRqcBvvhjlXhEnde0M9HagISVure8/s1600/Battle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihxYbHR3QvVwrTy598PTRM-VlDkpRnaak5zAzBMehqrV7bT0FZ2q3nnRmFsl473ErVyrPJ7iYp5mXNnQ9gEYw8B1RC1gL1xGkRpL5V_AAPgPb3YKRqcBvvhjlXhEnde0M9HagISVure8/s1600/Battle.png" /></a></div>by Koushun Takami<br />
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In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-31295907217590790172010-12-20T11:50:00.000-07:002010-12-20T11:50:21.445-07:00Go, Dog, Go!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FOU7yHbNHDtryIhqYW9w-VRNAwtUVETD8Me5JPrzRa9xoA0MO1T2wKOgAiB7U8rld2N9Cbnok39looaz1C4OXrZS5Vq1lft4T_Z26sp4aMJrj0kXsy-8EJK6OUfJW0Z3FzuJKgT0TOk/s1600/go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FOU7yHbNHDtryIhqYW9w-VRNAwtUVETD8Me5JPrzRa9xoA0MO1T2wKOgAiB7U8rld2N9Cbnok39looaz1C4OXrZS5Vq1lft4T_Z26sp4aMJrj0kXsy-8EJK6OUfJW0Z3FzuJKgT0TOk/s1600/go.jpg" /></a></div>by P.D. Eastman<br />
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A vocabulary-building story about dogs engaged in every imaginable type of activity.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-80892787999373155092010-12-20T11:48:00.000-07:002010-12-20T11:48:56.021-07:00Fablehaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Q-MtWj5lsR9P1ldqu4FjzGYmLhtjCZbWUObd-eEQuFllNkwX-KpwsmahOT2QxPYH03QuwZCBo1TMCXJ5hFJhjQL028PgBAD0ZmhgnyCjZdYnDJHe2dvoGnnXlXJUsRNLLx-mPfEVb1s/s1600/fable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Q-MtWj5lsR9P1ldqu4FjzGYmLhtjCZbWUObd-eEQuFllNkwX-KpwsmahOT2QxPYH03QuwZCBo1TMCXJ5hFJhjQL028PgBAD0ZmhgnyCjZdYnDJHe2dvoGnnXlXJUsRNLLx-mPfEVb1s/s1600/fable.jpg" /></a></div>by Brandon Mull<br />
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When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-81513653470715959582010-12-20T11:46:00.002-07:002010-12-20T11:46:33.165-07:00My Friend is Sad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITgYaxqfqCO1On4NXHZVeiyF859I8gaPi_kRJlRL6XXD1KWAoUd8brIINJJyLNOG9AfFriNnOcF4Dy_-DjM-KlqqfahApA6iFZwkQ9T-zeKfQ-QTMIDeo7Ef51ssHXpJSUp28wRMahFM/s1600/friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITgYaxqfqCO1On4NXHZVeiyF859I8gaPi_kRJlRL6XXD1KWAoUd8brIINJJyLNOG9AfFriNnOcF4Dy_-DjM-KlqqfahApA6iFZwkQ9T-zeKfQ-QTMIDeo7Ef51ssHXpJSUp28wRMahFM/s1600/friend.jpg" /></a></div>by Mo Willems<br />
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When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-40742179797427738392010-12-20T11:43:00.000-07:002010-12-20T11:43:06.640-07:00Walk Two Moons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aJmmpf1UmNa1qu-_YHVlmdylOMjR5sxIRFa_jl9CQBa7lWXmgk9s447T_EisF0uaaJHI7NfF6gFlyLyaSFZkmF_IjxdCnLJLS_wqcCNuVoUW1EKh8yszT1bl-8Psror9TrgQCtCL6ao/s1600/walk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aJmmpf1UmNa1qu-_YHVlmdylOMjR5sxIRFa_jl9CQBa7lWXmgk9s447T_EisF0uaaJHI7NfF6gFlyLyaSFZkmF_IjxdCnLJLS_wqcCNuVoUW1EKh8yszT1bl-8Psror9TrgQCtCL6ao/s1600/walk.jpg" /></a></div>by Sharon Creech<br />
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-39681351769172170752010-12-20T11:39:00.002-07:002010-12-20T11:39:30.075-07:00Howl's Moving Castle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23w581UYH6d6NrlBF-etP9vU8R8ozHAigVHjWsBHUs3jNqUm6XX7NkBAc3lsPOwUr05NfnDn3qROT817Peb1y5TOWLpEv0GgPStmanFYAXCyxjJURjWtNvwsnNWyZrYN-X2EzDgjyZzo/s1600/howls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23w581UYH6d6NrlBF-etP9vU8R8ozHAigVHjWsBHUs3jNqUm6XX7NkBAc3lsPOwUr05NfnDn3qROT817Peb1y5TOWLpEv0GgPStmanFYAXCyxjJURjWtNvwsnNWyZrYN-X2EzDgjyZzo/s1600/howls.jpg" /></a></div>by Diana Wynne Jones<br />
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Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-86427744155409500612010-12-20T11:34:00.000-07:002010-12-20T11:34:46.137-07:00Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4PXFMghXPrt4_xHbK_t7h_EJr34G_b18Qu-hgjkbla-O9xm3_x9wK6dAwE8LnDtTIhlpTQl0nRC5sCcc85wqRSEwLHa7Tq-SNQUeKybAqYNh_S_PJwkkqCyHEtCOI0HjDpnb789HYLM/s1600/joey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4PXFMghXPrt4_xHbK_t7h_EJr34G_b18Qu-hgjkbla-O9xm3_x9wK6dAwE8LnDtTIhlpTQl0nRC5sCcc85wqRSEwLHa7Tq-SNQUeKybAqYNh_S_PJwkkqCyHEtCOI0HjDpnb789HYLM/s1600/joey.jpg" /></a></div>by Jack Gantos<br />
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To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-9841517047153916092010-12-20T11:29:00.000-07:002010-12-20T11:29:56.073-07:00Out of the Dust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhncLGUM8ywZ9hlPWIXn64tntenkpm2aU4FXyf826SHQZ70yC_S24TdvIYSDRU0MnqHvhDRJZEJnN91_3PyjIVI1GOjgQQI9l-7wA5SvYtSYuBwuwRHRTSH76oL_Dd8mgYJF6pTMJkjM/s1600/out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhncLGUM8ywZ9hlPWIXn64tntenkpm2aU4FXyf826SHQZ70yC_S24TdvIYSDRU0MnqHvhDRJZEJnN91_3PyjIVI1GOjgQQI9l-7wA5SvYtSYuBwuwRHRTSH76oL_Dd8mgYJF6pTMJkjM/s1600/out.jpg" /></a></div>by Karen Hesse<br />
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In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-51956675421637579482010-12-20T10:43:00.000-07:002010-12-20T10:43:56.963-07:00Dragon Slippers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eFBLZb-fCpFxaiToFa-BdsTwA3EuufPxlvjBiQ3ySorgOMwJIUPHQWh-rMXGAIISjrVxEKtSxCCLo8r20rKJ2E1dZP3RqXgEr5Jrvvg1fhDqfD6ltGJRSzv-O-uMDaVqm5TodgomyA4/s1600/dragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eFBLZb-fCpFxaiToFa-BdsTwA3EuufPxlvjBiQ3ySorgOMwJIUPHQWh-rMXGAIISjrVxEKtSxCCLo8r20rKJ2E1dZP3RqXgEr5Jrvvg1fhDqfD6ltGJRSzv-O-uMDaVqm5TodgomyA4/s1600/dragon.jpg" /></a></div>by Jessica Day George<br />
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Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-65677738747885864582010-12-20T10:40:00.000-07:002010-12-20T10:40:49.766-07:00Attack of the Tyrannosaurus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ptIAumQX6gESbtiJt2jT7pLd3PZs-rvbf8dlbWQtwBS9p9hz0q_R_PKQtRPEqU_T_ffI3Wfx-gGVxokputCvDs241v7RnKoHdFCyIsbo24HucNTaKTQ4uNNIaQNmGLz0ilhQNyYhhMA/s1600/attach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ptIAumQX6gESbtiJt2jT7pLd3PZs-rvbf8dlbWQtwBS9p9hz0q_R_PKQtRPEqU_T_ffI3Wfx-gGVxokputCvDs241v7RnKoHdFCyIsbo24HucNTaKTQ4uNNIaQNmGLz0ilhQNyYhhMA/s1600/attach.jpg" /></a></div>by Rex Stone<br />
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Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-14424282378141936462010-12-20T10:37:00.000-07:002010-12-20T10:37:52.339-07:00The Vinyl Princess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJF4Q7wLlZUwg29HtSQHET3WoKrHLToCVxLj_svH0Y3hMORu5ATtyEtn07Kh2zuinkp14WsqDYO032r-pp9DBlwXY2TChyphenhyphenjHSPL9b7272yOglJDhSLrbOJaOzjU_EoYCFZyhbPH_CzOk/s1600/vinyl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJF4Q7wLlZUwg29HtSQHET3WoKrHLToCVxLj_svH0Y3hMORu5ATtyEtn07Kh2zuinkp14WsqDYO032r-pp9DBlwXY2TChyphenhyphenjHSPL9b7272yOglJDhSLrbOJaOzjU_EoYCFZyhbPH_CzOk/s1600/vinyl.jpg" /></a></div>by Yvonne Prinz<br />
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Allie, a sixteen-year-old who is obsessed with LPs, works at the used record store on Telegraph Ave. and deals with crushes--her own and her mother's--her increasingly popular blog and zine, and generally grows up over the course of one summer in her hometown of Berkeley, California.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-3757291765732040602010-12-20T10:35:00.000-07:002010-12-20T10:35:12.012-07:00Bruiser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuNxvBNJJP01hROq442TIkrntkQ_5cXNiv3DdN0Yhxh-hWnETVu3-fOGwpqiPtKusst7CroZR6NUavcOAVUaxYEXVcPYSDtDqtmeR1mL3XUNWoH18wFbmSAiadFRBAqT-vSXMvNqsaW0/s1600/Bruiser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuNxvBNJJP01hROq442TIkrntkQ_5cXNiv3DdN0Yhxh-hWnETVu3-fOGwpqiPtKusst7CroZR6NUavcOAVUaxYEXVcPYSDtDqtmeR1mL3XUNWoH18wFbmSAiadFRBAqT-vSXMvNqsaW0/s1600/Bruiser.jpg" /></a></div>by Neal Shusterman<br />
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Inexplicable events start to occur when sixteen-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-69878987290972089272010-12-20T10:33:00.001-07:002010-12-20T10:33:50.305-07:00Anything But Typical<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbH-R2I-zz2L8oIyqZ_zjwA8Rjj61NzhY4qIemGKnl9GYLvrRgLfXgMy5pbVplu6lP9xlOeQsOX3mt7_ilMC5gx7c_RZOLJV6cTpb4OenDe0SAEw_V5kwBtJB5mcGU-YvERoDtE2Fa2QI/s1600/anything.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbH-R2I-zz2L8oIyqZ_zjwA8Rjj61NzhY4qIemGKnl9GYLvrRgLfXgMy5pbVplu6lP9xlOeQsOX3mt7_ilMC5gx7c_RZOLJV6cTpb4OenDe0SAEw_V5kwBtJB5mcGU-YvERoDtE2Fa2QI/s1600/anything.jpg" /></a></div>by Norah Raleigh Baskin<br />
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Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-82937641789153217222010-12-20T10:31:00.001-07:002010-12-20T10:31:38.453-07:00The Best Nest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycLIQoheRtbrmSmGP_F2mO9z4WvAjoSqGHxHFX2Z41fief0iZV7rU4fYGQ2Zep8o8wDB5wc1tAgCrQILXAxNXlCHwG9ooBOPwZXkjlNQik88lIr0mWGm7QC9QEnv0Y6PGdGa3s3VXYXo/s1600/best.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycLIQoheRtbrmSmGP_F2mO9z4WvAjoSqGHxHFX2Z41fief0iZV7rU4fYGQ2Zep8o8wDB5wc1tAgCrQILXAxNXlCHwG9ooBOPwZXkjlNQik88lIr0mWGm7QC9QEnv0Y6PGdGa3s3VXYXo/s1600/best.jpg" /></a></div>by P.D. Eastman<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Bird search for a place to build a new nest only to discover their old one is better.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-15194440690708472882010-12-18T17:31:00.000-07:002010-12-18T17:31:04.509-07:00Aurelia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC0Dfh8kT90I8U9hyqO70VxHt8a5RA_UY334PCAzUWP5W0BrstwHwV4Mj7e7WRJljg1wAjry0-tz6vDHyLBj0fJrn2qUOaHncJMraaoqQbbeDYiQkys4eH4f7KbCVFqTbX9jji7OSWGU/s1600/aurelia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC0Dfh8kT90I8U9hyqO70VxHt8a5RA_UY334PCAzUWP5W0BrstwHwV4Mj7e7WRJljg1wAjry0-tz6vDHyLBj0fJrn2qUOaHncJMraaoqQbbeDYiQkys4eH4f7KbCVFqTbX9jji7OSWGU/s1600/aurelia.jpg" /></a></div>by Anne Osterlund<br />
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<a class="normalBlackFont1" href="">The king sends for Robert, whose father was a trusted spy, when someone tries to assassinate Aurelia, the stubborn and feisty crown princess of Tyralt.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-30218155493220029272010-12-18T17:29:00.002-07:002010-12-18T17:29:53.047-07:00Academy 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2PK8xZZMEeekGIERkyYpeDes5rFYJ-f4P7W8Sp4IJuI98v-7MrXu1k_2meDyp4cJ2EGyHEr5dlPA68Bv2i-8xOlFu_3oZRAjP04Yn5WB1Chfd5BJPlNiB2bg8_Hoj4ZFE4pL_0Y1OGg/s1600/academy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2PK8xZZMEeekGIERkyYpeDes5rFYJ-f4P7W8Sp4IJuI98v-7MrXu1k_2meDyp4cJ2EGyHEr5dlPA68Bv2i-8xOlFu_3oZRAjP04Yn5WB1Chfd5BJPlNiB2bg8_Hoj4ZFE4pL_0Y1OGg/s1600/academy.jpg" /></a></div>by Anne Osterlund<br />
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Aerin Renning and Dane Madousin struggle as incoming students at the most exclusive academy in the Universe, both hiding secrets that are too painful to reveal, not realizing that those very secrets link them together.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-87368677352035136242010-12-18T17:25:00.001-07:002010-12-18T17:26:02.454-07:00The Matchlock Gun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjEA774_vr6y1e287lqsFyqT7Uu19ONq2GxpZewEo-RyHasIgCtG-Q-QrtRk8uqtFPuVNM-bFgt96hHEylzoVphBKgUziXiAOIX_fXk9fz-o7tgSudsiicDOUCoQJxpOde3206eAcH1A/s1600/matchlock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjEA774_vr6y1e287lqsFyqT7Uu19ONq2GxpZewEo-RyHasIgCtG-Q-QrtRk8uqtFPuVNM-bFgt96hHEylzoVphBKgUziXiAOIX_fXk9fz-o7tgSudsiicDOUCoQJxpOde3206eAcH1A/s1600/matchlock.jpg" /></a></div>by Walter D. Edmonds<br />
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In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018789700243790091.post-56925278108053754042010-12-18T17:22:00.000-07:002010-12-18T17:22:34.268-07:00The Chocolate Touch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvWylSJeAa2McfbPrSW-mtXkDNluUmwverVbpfg9SjVz_l8gVUuJUrhsl-h7HOJZGJwPPweYY6vz7OPER3R6W7f3uh2t6KgR8mdmmKXNwwmUfHjdN0pdbP7upPV10WWugx_X9eWdXJ10/s1600/chocolate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvWylSJeAa2McfbPrSW-mtXkDNluUmwverVbpfg9SjVz_l8gVUuJUrhsl-h7HOJZGJwPPweYY6vz7OPER3R6W7f3uh2t6KgR8mdmmKXNwwmUfHjdN0pdbP7upPV10WWugx_X9eWdXJ10/s1600/chocolate.jpg" /></a></div>by Patrick Catling<br />
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John Midas is a normal boy, except that he has an abnormal love for candy, especially chocolate. But when he acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate, he finds out that too much of a good thing isn't so great.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com