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Quick view Lion vs. Rabbit by Alex Latimer Lion bullies all the other animals until finally they can't take it anymore. They post an ad, asking for help. A rabbit arrives. No one thinks that such a small animal will be brave enough or strong enough to defeat Lion. But perhaps this rabbit is... View Details
Quick view The Castle Corona by Sharon Creech Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever.. View Details
Quick view Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir by Eloise Greenfield Childhood memoirs of three black women--grandmother, mother, and daughter-who grew up between the 1880's and the 1950's. View Details
Quick view Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep Centuries of wandering have taught the exiled dragon princess Shimmer that humans are beneath her notice. But she allows young Thorn to join her in the search for the evil witch Civet--and the quest to restore her dragon clan's lost home. By the Newbery... View Details
Quick view Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Inspired by the author's own childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam as a refugee and immigrating to Alabama, this Newbery Honor Book and National Book Award winner told in verse is sure to capture young readers' hearts and open their eyes. View Details
Quick view Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam by Walter Dean Myers From Printz Award-winning author Myers and Caldecott Honor artist Grifalconi comes a gripping and powerful story told in verse that takes readers into the heart and mind of a young soldier's haunting, unforgettable experience in Vietnam View Details
Quick view Dont You Know There's a War On? by Avi This surprising historical novel tells the poignantly humorous story of a young boy's attempt to be a home-front hero during World War II. View Details
Quick view The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Paul Fleischman A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the Holocaust. View Details
Quick view The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. View Details
Quick view Dust for Dinner by Ann Turner Jake narrates the story of his family's life in the Oklahoma dust bowl and the journey from their ravaged farm to California during the Great Depression. View Details
Quick view In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord Ten-year-old Bandit Wong emigrates to America in 1947 from China and assimilates into the Chinese-American Shirley Temple Wong View Details