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Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
ISBN 0060560134 EAN 9780060560133 Harpertrophy Paperback Newberry Award Winner WB Price: $11.95

"Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins." As Salamanca Hiddle travels cross-country with her eccentric grandparents, she tells them the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who met a "potential lunatic" and whose mother disappeared. Beneath Phoebe's story is Salamanca's own: Her mother left for Idaho, and although she promised to return, she has not. Sal hopes to bring her mother home, despite her father's warning that she is "fishing in the air."This novel is in turns funny, mysterious and touching, as Salamanca comes to a new understanding of aspects of her life.17.3 cms L x 10.8 cms W (0.15 kgs) 304 pages

 

 

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
ISBN 0152052607 EAN 9780152052607 Harcourt Paperback Newberry Honor Book WB Price: $11.95
Poor Wanda Petronski wore the same faded blue dress to school everyday. It looks clean but never properly ironed. One day, a kid came to school wearing a pretty new dress and everyone admired it. Suddenly, Wanda remarked that she has a hundred dresses at home. That started the incessant teasing especially from Peggy and Maddie. Wanda did have a 100 dresses but of a different kind. It is a valuable lesson in humanity that Peggy and Maddie only learnt when Wanda left the school suddenly.21.6 cms L x 16.76 cms W (0.15 kgs) 80 pages

 

 

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
by Julie Andrews

ISBN 0064403149 EAN 9780064403146 Harpertrophy Paperback
WB Price: $11.95
Ben, Tom and Lindy Potter have never heard of a Whangdoodle until they meet the Professor Savant at the zoo. He tells them about these wise and magical creatures who disappeared into another land because people stopped believing in them. Curious and feeling adventurous, the Potters embarked on their quest to find the last of the Whangdoodles. Along the way, they have to overcome many obstacles and dangers. 19.46 cms L x 13 cms W (0.19 kgs) 288 pages

 

 

Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
ISBN 0679729895 EAN 9780679729891 Aladdin Paperback 
WB Price: $27.95

24 tales embellished with Roald Dahl’s trademark dark humour and unexpected twists. This great collection includes The Boy Who Talked To Animals and The Hitchhiker.20. cms L x 13.28 cms W (0.38 kgs) 480 pages

 

 

 

 

Holes by Louis Sachar
ISBN 0440414806 EAN 9780440414803 Yearling Paperback 
WB Price: $11.95

At Camp Green Lake, a boys’ detention centre, the juveniles spend all day digging holes 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. Stanley Yelnats, one of the boys, realized that they are digging for something that only the warden knows about. But what? A engrossing tale of crime, punishment and redemption.Awards: Young Readers Choice Award | Winner | Grades 4-8 | 2001 ; Sunshine State Young Readers Award | Winner | Grades 3-5 | 2003 ; Sunshine State Young Readers Award | Winner | Grades 6-8 | 2003 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Winner | Grades 4-8 | 2002 ; Buckeye Childrens Book Award | Winner | Grades 6-8 | 2001; 19.5 cms L x 13 cms W (0.17 kgs) 240 pages

 

 

Where the Red Fern Grows By Wilson Rawls
ISBN 0440412676 EAN 9780440412670 Yearling Paperback 
WB Price: $11.95

Book Description: Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann -- a Boy and His Two Dogs...A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains -- and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.19.35 cms L x 13.46 cms W (0.14 kgs) 208 pages

 

 

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
EAN 9780064407052 EAN 0064407055 Harper Paperback (8 to 12)
WB Price: $11.95
At her birth, Ella of Frell was the unfortunate recipient of a foolish fairy's gift--the "gift' of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it's hopping on one foot for a day and a half, or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse--once and for all.Awards: Newbery Honor Book,California Young Reader Medal | Winner | Middle School | 2000 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Winner | Grades 4-8 | 2000 ; Buckeye Childrens Book Award | Nominee | Grades 6-8 | 2001 ; Young Hoosier Book Award | Winner | Grades 6-8 | 2000 ; Nutmeg Childrens Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-6 | 2000 .19.56 cms L x 13 cms W 240 pgs

 

 

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ISBN 0689835825 EAN 9780689835827 Aladdin Paperback 
WB Price: $11.95
When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs to Judd Travers, who drinks too much and has a gun -- and abuses his dogs. So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty, Marty just has to hide him and protect him from Judd. But Marty's secret becomes too big for him to keep to himself, and it exposes his entire family to Judd's anger. How far will Marty have to go to make Shiloh his? Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Winner | Grades 4-8 | 1994 ; Buckeye Childrens Book Award | Winner | Grades 3-5 | 1995 ; Young Hoosier Book Award | Winner | Grades 4-6 | 1994 ;19.5 cms L x 13 cms W (0.11 kgs) 144 pages

 

 

Rules
ISBN 0439443830 EAN: 9780439443838 Scholastic Paperback (9 to 12) 
WB Price: 11.95 

Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"---in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors.But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?18.54 cms L x 13.21 cms W (0.16 kgs) 200 pages
. Awards: Newbery Medal | Honor Book | Children's | 2007 2007 ; Young Reader's Choice Award | Nominee | Intermediate/Grades 7-9 | 2009 2009 ; California Young Reader Medal | Nominee | Middle School | 2009 2009 ; Sunshine State Young Reader's Award | Nominee | Grades 3-5 | 2009 2009 ; Sunshine State Young Reader's Award | Nominee | Grades 6-8 | 2009 2009 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2009 2009 ; Georgia Children's Book Award | Nominee | Children's Book | 2009 2009 ; Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award | Winner | Children's | 2008

     

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