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Lisa Graff
Back to the Future meets When You Reach Me in this powerful novel by National Book Award nominee Lisa Graff, in which a young girl is able to make sense…
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In a humorous and insightful novel, Graff tells the story of fourth-graders Kansas Bloom and Francine Halata, who start out as archenemies, untilNin a battle of wits and willpowerNthey discover…
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Originally published: New York: Laura Geringer Books, 2008.
For use in schools and libraries only. Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep…
Children with magical Talents attend a summer camp, where nothing is what it seems –
Twelve-year-old CJ believes her mom is dead and that she can only communicate with her through her aunt, who is a medium. After CJ finds out that her mother is…
Includes questions for discussion and an excerpt from: A clatter of jars.
Told in multiple viewpoints, this novel is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, 11-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for…
Fifth-grader Winnie, with notes from her friends, writes of turning her treehouse into an embassy after her newly-divorced parents become unreasonable, where she’s joined by nine others with complaints.
From the author of the Bluebonnet Award nominee The Thing About Georgie comes a touching novel about a young girl whose brother has just died, and how she rises above…
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In this poignant story peppered with comedy, a new author creates an unforgettable character in nine-year-old Georgie Bishop, who struggles to grow up when he isn’t getting any taller.
Albie has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most musical. In…
A wholly charming bedtime story about a child with very specific ideas on the appropriate time for sleeping, in a pairing of two notable children’s book talents: Lisa Graff, author…
For a third grader, Sophie Simon is one smart cookie. But Sophie is no genius when it comes to calculating the high value of friendshipNuntil, that is, she has to…
Mr. Walker, the human-shaped figure who lives in the traffic signal box and tells pedestrians when it is safe to cross the street, decides to leave his post and experience…
A wholly charming bedtime story about a child with very specific ideas on the appropriate time for sleeping, now available in a soft padded board book edition.
