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Bridge to Terabithia
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Katherine Paterson
HarperCollins
Fiction
Softcover
$5.99
$4.50
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This is the 1978 Newbery Medal-winning book about true friendship between Jess Aaron and Leslie Burke and of the magical kingdom they create just for themselves---Terabithia.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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Sam McBratney
Candlewick
Fiction
Softcover
$5.50
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One night before bedtime three young mice ask the wise old mouse to take them to see the dark at the top of the stairs. Sam McBratney and Ivan Bates collaborate to create a suspenseful read-aloud picture book for preschool children. What is the dark at the top of the stairs? The mice ask this question as they fearfully and bravely climb one stair after another. This story helps develop young children's imaginations. It is a good Halloween read.
A Different Kind of Hero
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Ann R.Blakeslee
Marshall Cavendish
Historical Adventure, fiction
Softcover
$5.95
$4.50
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In 1881 twelve-year-old Renny, who resists his father's efforts to turn him into a rough, tough, brawling boy, earns the disapproval of the entire mining camp when he befriends a newly arrived Chinese boy.
The Greatest Skating Race
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Louise Borden
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Niki Daly
Hardcover
$18.95
$14.20
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In the winter of 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, has the important and frightening assignment of accompanying two Dutch children as they skate along the canals of the Netherlands into free Belgium.
Holes
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Louis Sachar
Francis Foster Books
Fiction
Hardcover
$17.00
$12.75
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Stanley Yelnats finds himself handcuffed and on his way to Green Lake, a place where "bad boys" are sent. For recreation the residents of Green Lake dig holes. Why the warden makes them dig holes and what they discover is the subject of this often humorous, often heartrending, and always gripping story. This is both a Rebecca Caudill and 1999 Newbery award winning book.
Me and Billy
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James Lincoln Collier
Marshall Cavendish
Fiction, Adventure
Hardcover
$15.95
$11.15
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After escaping the orphanage where they have spent their lives together, two boys become assistants to a con artist, and while Possum objects to the lying, stealing, and cheating, Billy only cares about making money and taking life easy.
Pedro the Brave
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Leo Broadley
Tiger Tales
Holly Swain
Hardcover
$25.00
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When Pedro and his friends are threatened by a hungry wolf, he keeps his wits and changes the wolf's mind about what he wants to eat.
Storm Boy
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Paul Owen Lewis
Tricycle Press
Paul Owen Lewis
Softcover
$6.95
$5.21
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A young Haida prince washes ashore in an unfamiliar village inhabited by strange enormous creatures. There begins his spiritual adventure.
