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MY ONE HUNDRED ADVENTURES

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Horvath
Author's First Name: 
Polly
Publisher: 
Schwartz & Wade
Publication Date: 
2008

A fortune teller, a hot air balloon loaded with Bibles, a blackmailing neighbor, a handful of possible fathers, and a few brushes with death swirl through 12-year-old Jane's seaside summer in this luminous, laughter-filled novel.

THE PORCUPINE YEAR

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Erdrich
Author's First Name: 
Louise
Publisher: 
HarperCollins
Publication Date: 
2008

Twelve-year-old Omakayas reaches puberty, travels north toward others of her Ojibwe tribe, and endures a starving time in this third story in The Birchbark House series which also features pencil sketches by the author.

WHAT THE WORLD EATS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
D'Aluisio
Author's First Name: 
Faith
Second Author's First Name: 
Peter
Second Author's Last Name: 
Menzel
Publisher: 
Tricycle
Publication Date: 
2008

What's on your dinner table? This photo essay compares the weekly food supply for 25 families in 21 countries around the world and offers an opportunity to reflect on the vast differences in our lives.

WAITING FOR NORMAL

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Connor
Author's First Name: 
Leslie
Publisher: 
Katherine Tegen Books
Publication Date: 
2008

Her mother’s mental illness, a friend’s cancer, and her own dyslexia don’t keep 12-year-old Addie from looking on the bright side of life even though home is a trailer and she misses her stepfather and two younger sisters.

CHAINS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Anderson
Author's First Name: 
Laurie Halse
Publisher: 
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 
2008

Sold as a slave to a Tory family in 1776, 13-year-old Isabel, struggling to free herself and her slow-witted younger sister, soon faces daunting choices.

ANNIE AND SIMON

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
O'Neill
Author's First Name: 
Catharine
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2008

Delicate watercolor pastels illustrate four short chapters in which a much older brother guides and supports his chatty, curious little sister through their days as they share picnics, canoe trips, and even bee stings.

THE WILLOUGHBYS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Lowry
Author's First Name: 
Lois
Publisher: 
Walter Lorraine
Publication Date: 
2008

The wily Willoughby children are easily a match for their dastardly parents as each group tries to rid themselves of the other.

TRACTION MAN MEETS TURBODOG

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Grey
Author's First Name: 
Mini
Publisher: 
Knopf
Publication Date: 
2008

Oops! When a boy’s father unfairly declares Scrubbing Brush unfit as a toy and replaces it with dimwitted Turbodog, Traction Man must brave the trash and the evil Bin-Things to rescue his pal in this inventively illustrated sequel.

MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE WRITING THANK-YOU NOTES

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Gifford
Author's First Name: 
Peggy
Publisher: 
Schwartz & Wade
Publication Date: 
2008

Moxy, the queen of procrastination, is back, and this time, she's putting off writing her Christmas thank-you notes. Will her schemes to shortcut the process cost her a trip to see her absent father in Hollywood?

A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Frazee
Author's First Name: 
Marla
Publisher: 
Harcourt
Publication Date: 
2008

Eamon’s stay at his grandparents’ home is improved enormously by having his best friend James along. Boisterous illustrations convey the humor of two boys doing exactly what they want to do in this celebration of friendship.

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