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The Giver by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments Winner of the Newbery Medal and named as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by his community to be trained by The Giver.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Publisher Comments Three stars in one beautiful boxed set: Stargirl + Love, Stargirl + a Stargirl Journal (free!). Jerry Spinellis novel Stargirl, published in 2000, became an instant bestseller, beloved for its nonconformist heroine with a heart of gold. With over 1.4... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments Living with a twisted leg in a world where the weak are cast aside, Kira fears for her future until she is spared. A gifted weaver, Kira is given a task that no other community member can do.... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Kit's Wilderness by David Almond Publisher Comments The Watson family moves to Stoneygate, an old coal-mining town, to care for Kit’s recently widowed grandfather. When Kit meets John Askew, another boy whose family had both worked and died in the mines, Askew invites Kit to join him in playing a... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares Publisher Comments LENA, CARMEN, BRIDGET, and Tibby have been through a lot together. But even after traveling across the world to keep these four very different friends connected, the pants remain strong, uncuffed—and remarkably flattering. Relive the magic of... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $0.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples Staff Pick A young girl rebels against her traditional, nomadic, bedouin culture by challenging her father.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Publisher Comments A gorgeous romantic fantasy by a debut author! Everybody thinks Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Holes by Louis Sachar Publisher Comments Stanley's curse began with his no-good great-great-grandfather. Now he's been unjustly sent to a boysU detention center where the warden makes the boys "build character" by digging holes. Stanley realizes the boys are digging holes because the warden is... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Acceleration by Graham Mcnamee Publisher Comments The Bourne Identity meets I Am the Cheese in this taut thriller Even though Micah's a star pitcher, his older sister Lindsey is the real deal--a runner so good, she has a shot at the Olympics. The two of them urge each other on, and are each other's best... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke Publisher Comments IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it. “No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez Publisher Comments Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the governments... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Skellig by David Almond Staff Pick A British novelist making his debut in young adult fiction tells the story of a young boy adjusting to a recent move, his younger sister's illness, and making new friends. But the real story begins when he discovers someone or something sleeping in the... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian Publisher Comments In 1915 Vahan Kenderian is living a life of privilege as the youngest son of a wealthy Armenian family in Turkey. This secure world is shattered when some family members are whisked away while others are murdered before his eyes. Vahan loses his home and... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Heaven Eyes (00 Edition) by David Almond Publisher Comments Erin Law and her friends are Damaged Children. At least that is the label given to them by Maureen, the woman who runs the orphanage that they live in. Damaged, Beyond Repair because they have no parents to takecare of them. But Erin knows that if they... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (New Readers Circle Editions) by Kimberly Willi Holt Publisher Comments This National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature tells the story of two boys who during the summer of 1971 meet the star of a sideshow act that comes to their small Texas town: 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world. An "School... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Harmony by Rita Murphy Synopsis Harmony McLean has been different from the moment she was discovered. When a falling star struck his chicken coop, Felix McGillicuddy never expected to find a baby girl miraculously left behind. He names her after the harmony of spheres in honor of her... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |
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Zipped by Laura Mcneal Publisher Comments When 15-year-old Mick Nichols opens the wrong e-mail, he learns a terrible secret: His stepmother is having an affair with a man named Alexander Selkirk. Mick is stunned. Should he tell his father, confront his stepmother, or keep it all to himself? And... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $1.25 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments Precocious Katy Thatcher comes to realize what a gentle, silent boy did for his family. He meant to help, not harm. It didnt turn out that way. “The author balances humor and generosity with the obstacles and injustice of Katys world to depict a... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Gospel According to Larry (Laurel Leaf Books) by Janet Tashjian Publisher Comments Josh Swensen is not your average 17-year-old. At the age of two, he was figuring out algebraic equations with colored magnetic numbers. He is a prodigy who only wants to make the world a better place. Joshs wish comes true when his virtual alter ego... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Secret Heart by David Almond Publisher Comments Joe Maloney is out of place in this world. His mother wants him to be a man, and he cant be that yet. His only friend, Stanny Mole, wants to teach him how to kill, and Joe cant learn that. Joes mind is always somewhere else: on the weird creatures he... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market add to wish list |