"In this companion volume to A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery Award winner) and A Wind in the Door, fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior undertake a perilous journey through time in a desperate attempt to stop the destruction of the world by the mad dictator Madog Branzillo. They are not alone in their quest. Charles Wallace's sister, Meg - grown and expecting her first child, but st...
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"It was a dark and stormy night: Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. 'Wild nights are my gl...
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A Newbery Award Book.
"Eleven-year-old Adam loved to travel through the open roads of 13th century England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his red spaniel, Nick. But when his father suddenly disappears and Nick is stolen, Adam finds himself alone searching these same roads filled with rich merchants, pilgrims with cockleshells upon their hats, farming folk driving pigs to the fair, minstrels and priests, saints and thieves -- and somewhere in the crowd his father and his dog. "
Black...
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When your Dad is always going on about the sterling qualities of man's best friend, what else can you do? Why, get a cat, of course!
Newbery Award winner for 1964.
Pen & ink illustrations.
Est level: 3rd - 8th grades.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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"A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent, passionate times in Boston just before the Revolutionary War. Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in a dramatic involvement with James Otis, John Hancock, and John and Samuel Adams in the exciting currents and undercurrents that were to lead to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington -- and finally, a touching resolution of Johnny's personal life.
Johnny tremain is historical fiction at its best, portraying Revolutionary boston as...
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"You'll never catch the Phantom," says Grandpa. "That horse is fast as the wind. She's escaped from every roundup on the island." But Paul and Maureen want the beautiful wild mare for their very own. "I'm going to capture her myself ," says Paul. When Paul finally overtakes the Phantom, he makes a surprising discovery. Running at her side is a brand-new, silvery-gray colt - Misty!" A classic story.
Age Level: Grades 3-6; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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A Newbery Award Honor Book and a Dell Yearling book.
"After Chester, a cricket, arrives in the Times Square subway station via a picnic basket from his native Connecticut, he takes up residence in the Bellinis' newsstand. There, the tiny creature is lucky enough to find three good friends: a little boy named Mario whose parents run the unsuccessful newsstand, a fast-talking Broadway mouse named Tucker and his pal, Harry the Cat. Throughout their escapades and their ups and downs in New York City, to...
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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award.
"Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder. Her relatives always tell the same stories, and Hannah's tired of hearing them talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village - and the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this 'Chaya' that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the my...
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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award.
"Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder. Her relatives always tell the same stories, and Hannah's tired of hearing them talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village - and the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this 'Chaya' that everyone seems to thin...
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Concluding volume in the Prydain Chronicles.
"The sword of Dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon in the kingdom of Prydain, has fallen into the hands of Arawn-Death-Lord. Now Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and Prince Gwydion lead an army against the powerful lord. After a winter expedition filled with danger. Taran's forces arrive at Mount Dragon, evil's stronghold. There Taran is forced to make the most crucial deci...
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Second book in the Earthsea cycle, following "A Wizard of Earthsea". Newbery Honor Award in 1972. ; Earthsea; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 146 pages;
"They took away everything. Home, family, possessions. They gave her a name. Arha, the Eaten One. They dedicated her life as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth. And set her down at the Place of the Tombs in the deserts of Atuan. Then, suddenly, a thief came to the dark, en...
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"With its excellent descriptions of Florida scrub landscapes, its skillful use of native vernacul...
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50th Anniversay edition of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. "With its excellent descriptions of Florida scrub landscapes, its skillful use of native vernacular, its tender relation between Jody and his pet fawn, 'The Yearling' is a simply written picturesque story of boyhood that stands a good chance, when adults have finished with it, of finding a permanent place in adolescent libraries." - Time.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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