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  • Jennings, as usual
    Author:
    Buckeridge, Anthony
    Summary:

    Jennings starts the second half of the Christmas term by accidentally setting his "india rubber" (erasure) on fire, it seems the residents of Linbury Court are going to have an exciting few weeks. Along with "High...
  • Je suis fou de Vava
    Author:
    Laferrière, Dany
    Summary:

    Vieux Os aime jouer avec les fourmis. Passer l'après-midi sur le balcon avec sa grand-mère, Da. Regarder vivre les habitants de Petit-Goâve. Mais ce qu'il aime le plus, c'est Vava dans sa robe jaune. Cela lui donne la fièvre, encore...
  • If you want me to stay
    Author:
    Parker, Michael
    Summary:

    Joel Junior's daddy has gone off again. And since his momma and big sister got fed up and left, he's in charge of little brothers Carter and Tank. But Daddy's got Carter, and Joel and Tank need to get away. So with no one to guide him...
  • If I fall, if I die : a novel
    Author:
    Christie, Michael
    Summary:

    Will's mother is a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric agoraphobe who drowns in panic at the thought of opening the front door. Their world is rich and loving, full of art, experiments, and music-- but confined to their small house....
  • Horrible Harry says goodbye
    Author:
    Kline, Suzy
    Summary:

    Horrible Harry says goodbye in the 30th anniversary finale of a beloved series! The last day of third grade is approaching fast, but a farewell to Room 3B isn't the only goodbye Doug has to say this year. Song Lee and Mary are busy...
  • His whole life
    Author:
    Hay, Elizabeth
    Summary:

    Ten-year-old Jim and his parents are on a journey from New York City to a lake in eastern Ontario during the last hot days of August. What unfolds is a completely enveloping story that spans a few pivotal years of his youth. Moving from...
  • Harris and me a summer remembered
    Author:
    Paulsen, Gary
    Summary:

    Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.
  • Finnie Walsh
    Author:
    Steven Galloway
    Summary:

    Paul loves hockey, but when a loud afternoon practice session seems to contribute to the accidental loss of Paul's father's arm, the boys' fate and relationship to the game seem to change forever. Following the boys to...
  • Finn
    Author:
    Clinch, Jon.
    Summary:

    It was more than a century ago that Mark Twain left the notoriously violent Finn, Huckleberry Finn's father, dead, surrounded by such oddities as a wooden leg and women's undergarments. But just exactly how did Finn end up in...
  • Farewell Summer
    Author:
    Ray Bradbury
    Summary:

    "In a summer that refuses to end, in the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois. It is the age-old conflict: the young against the elderly, for control of the clock that ticks their lives...
  • Exley
    Author:
    Clarke, Brock
    Summary:

    Clarke introduces nine-year-old Miller, who becomes convinced that his father--who left without explanation--must have run away to join the military, and is now lying comatose in a VA hospital. Thinking a visit from his father's...
  • Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
    Author:
    Kinney, Jeff
    Summary:

    It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving.
  • David Copperfield
    Author:
    Dickens, Charles
    Summary:

    David Copperfield traces the eponymous hero from misery in the Salem House Academy and drudgery in his stepfather's business, to his escape to Dover and an eccentric aunt where he transforms his life.
  • Daniel
    Author:
    Mankell, Henning
    Summary:

    Mankell tells the story of a young African orphan adopted by a Swedish man and whisked away to his new father's country. There the boy, dubbed Daniel, finds himself swallowed by a bizarre landscape of snow and mud. Always in his...
  • Dandelion wine
    Author:
    Bradbury, Ray
    Summary:

    For twelve-year-old Douglas, summer means new tennis shoes, dandelions for Grandfather's intoxicant, and the clang of a trolley on a hazy afternoon. But for Douglas, this summer will have more than just pleasant rituals that hold time...
  • Claws
    Author:
    Rutledge, Archibald, Casada, Jim, Moïse, Ben McC.
    Summary:

    Unseen by readers for a century, Archibald Rutledge's story "Claws" is a fast-paced adventure tale of a young boy, Paul, lost in the foreboding terrain of Spencer's Swamp, the domain of the mighty bobcat Claws, which is deftly evading...
  • Boy on a Wire
    Author:
    DOUST, Jon
    Summary:

    Sent to boarding school at a young age, Jack Muir decides he's a survivor. He gets by with a quick wit and a fast mouth. Others aren't so lucky. This book from stand-up comedian and writer, Jon Doust, is humorous, and deeply...
  • Boy O'Boy
    Author:
    Doyle, Brian
    Summary:

    Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, and an ALA Notable Books List selection. Martin O'Boy's life is not easy. His beloved Granny has just died, his pregnant...
  • Blacklands a novel
    Author:
    Bauer, Belinda
    Summary:

    Twelve-year-old Steven is determined to put an end to his family's misery and find the remains of his uncle, who was believed to be murdered as a child by a local pedophile. Steven spends his days digging for clues around his...
  • Big Nate strikes again
    Author:
    Peirce, Lincoln
    Summary:

    Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.

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