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Blumberg, Rhoda Shipwrecked!: True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
Harper Collins 068817485X / 9780688174859 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available in store. 8th GRADE
The true story of how a 14-year-old boy from 19th century-Japan became the first Japanese person to come to the United States and the important role he played in opening his country to westerners. A "School Library Journal" Best Book and ALA Notable Book.
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D'Amato, Francesco Iqbal
1416903291 / 9781416903291 Paperback NEW
When young Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, his arrival changes everything for the other overworked and abused chidren there. It is Iqbal who explains to them that despite their master's promises, he plans on keeping them as his slaves indefinetely. But it is also Iqbal who inspires the other children to look to a future free from toil...and is brave enough to show them how to get there. This moving fictionalized account of the real Iqbal Masih is told through the voice of Fatima, a young Pakistani girl whose life is changed by Iqbal's courag
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Myers, Walter Dean Monster
Amistad 0064407314 / 9780064407311 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available in store. 8th GRADE/9th Grade
Young, black, 16-year-old Steve Harmon, an amateur filmmaker, is on trial for the murder of a Harlem drugstore owner. Steve copes by writing a movie script based on his trial. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred until he can no longer tell who he is or what the truth is.
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Oppel, Kenneth Airborn
Harper Collins 0060531827 / 9780060531829 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available in store. 8th GRADE
A swashbuckling new fantasy by the bestselling author of the Silverwing trilogy. In the early 20th century, a young orphan serves as a cabin boy aboard an airship and is witness to life-and-death battles in the sea and above land.
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Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
0439755204 / 9780439755207 paperback NEW
Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down. He is forced to deal with his brother's illness and his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece. Salted with humor and peppered with devastating realities, DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE is a heartwarming journey through a year in the life of a family in crisis.
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Van Draanen, Wendelin Flipped
Knopf 0375863478 / 9780375863479 Paperback NEW GRADE 7
This acclaimed "School Library Journal" Best Book is a classic romantic comedy of errors, told in alternating chapters from two funny, quirky points of view from two teens who are each in transition. A young romance.
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