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Journey Outside by Mary Q Steele
ISBN: 0140305882 EAN: 9780140305883 Puffin Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $13.50
Grandfather said they were headed for the Better Place, but Dilar suspected they were headed nowhere, simply following the dark underground river blindly. And so one night he leaped onto a shelf of rock and watched the flotilla of the Raft People disappear. And from there he found his way Outside, into a world so beautiful and strange he could only suppose he had died-a world of day, and sun, of trees and sky.Award:Newbery Medal | Honor Book | Children's | 1970 ;19.66 cms L x 13 cms W (0.10 kgs) 128 pages

The Tale of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
ISBN 0763628115 EAN 9780763628116 Candlewick Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
This story about a girl who learns she is half mermaid lures readers into a glorious undersea world--an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the power of love. Includes a foil-stamped bookmark on the back cover.For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface. With a sure sense of suspense and richly imaginative details, first-time author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident - an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love. 19 cms L x 13 cms W (0.20 kgs) 208 pages

Christopher Mouse by William Wise
ISBN 1582347085 Bloomsbury Paperback (7 to 10) WB Price: $10.95
Though his life begins "in a commonplace way," Christopher Mouse is not the least bit common. Born in an ordinary wire cage, he endures various young owners who range from bad to worse before narrowly escaping death by taxidermy. His adventures continue in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as he encounters a large cat in the Egyptian room. Throughout his journeys, Christopher proves an adventurer of the most intrepid sort-and a budding poet as well. With the delightful feel of a lost (and found) classic, this is the story of an extraordinary mouse who, through strong will and good luck, finds his own small way in a very large world.Awards:Bluebonnet Awards | Nominee | Children's | 2006 ; California Young Reader Medal | Winner | Intermediate | 2007 ; 19 cms L x 13.97 cms W (0.18 kgs) 152 pages

The Misfits by James Howe
ISBN: 0689839561 EAN: 9780689839566 Aladdin Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
Two seventh-graders who have always been misfits decide to do something about it with the approach of the student council elections. When the they team up to form a new political party, their platform bans name calling--and the impact on the school and their own lives is a surprise to all.19.4 cms L x 13 cms W (0.19 kgs) 288 pages

Downriver by Will Robbs
ISBN: 0440226732 EAN: 9780440226734 Laurel Paperback (12 to 17) 224 pgs WB Price: $11.95
No adults, no permit, no river map. Just some "borrowed" gear from Discovery Unlimited, the outddoor education program Jessie and her new companions have just ditched. Jessie and the others are having the time their lives floating beneath sheer red walls, exploring unknown caves and dangerous waterfalls, and plunging through the Grand Canyon's roaring rapids. No one, including Troy, who emerges as the group's magnetic and ultimately frightening leader, can forsee the challenges and conflicts.What will be the consequences of their reckless adventure? 17.6 cms L x 10.6 cms W (0.11 kgs) 224 pages

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
ISBN: 0064402754 EAN: 9780064402750 Harper Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.45
The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant. None of the Herdmans has ever heard the Christmas story before. Their interpretation of the tale -- the Wise Men are a bunch of dirty spies and Herod needs a good beating -- has a lot of people up in arms. But it will make this year's pageant the most unusual anyone has seen and, just possibly, the best one ever.. when everyone rediscovers the true meaning of Christmas. Awards: ALA Notable Children's Book 1971-1975, Young Hoosier Book Award | Winner | Children's | 1978 ; 19 cms L x 13.4 cms W (0.09 kgs) 96 pages

The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
ISBN 0064404927 Harper Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.45
Readers first met the Herdman kids, the notorious troublemakers of Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, in Barbara Robinson's hilarious novel "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." The Herdmans are the most famous kids at Woodrow Wilson School. In fact, they are the most famous kids in the whole town - and they are the worst kids in the history of the world. They are dirty, rotten, lazy, and ornery. They tell lies and smoke cigars and set fire to things. They stay awake from school whenever they want to and won't learn anything when they are there. Now the Herdmans return in an even funnier sequel in which they start a riot at the laundromat, kidnap someone's baby brother for fun and profit, and create a diversion at the school talent show.Awards: California Young Reader Medal | Nominee | Intermediate | 1997 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Winner | Grades 4-8 | 1997 ; Georgia Childrens Book Award | Winner | Children's Book | 1998 ; Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award | Winner | Grades 3-6 | 1998 ; South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award | Winner | Children's | 1996 - 1997 ;18.85 cms L x 13 cms W (0.12 kgs) 128 pages

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 0142401498 EAN: 9780142401491 Speak Paperback (10 to 18) WB Price: $10.45
Through his own poetry, 11-year-old Lonnie Collins shares his heartbreak over his late parents and his love for his younger sister Lili, separated from him when they were placed in foster care. Awards: 2003 National Book Award Finalist ; Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Bluebonnet Awards | Nominee | Children's | 2005 ; Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards | Honor Book | Fiction or Poetry | 2003 ; National Book Awards | Finalist | Young People's Lit. | 2003 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2007 ; 19.7 cms L x 12.95 cms W (0.10 kgs) 100 pages

Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
ISBN 0064405885 EAN 9780064405881 Harper Paperback (10+) WB Price: $8.95
In this brilliant fictional tour de force that can be read as a novel or performed as readers' theater, the Newbery Award-winning author recreates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of 16 participants-- Northern and Southern, male and female, black and white.Awards: Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA),1994 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA),1994 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book),Best Books of 1993 (SLJ),1993 Books for Youth Editors' Choices,1994 Teachers' Choices (IRA),Notable 1994 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC),1994 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE),1994 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children 1993 Choices: The Year's Best Books (Publishers Weekly),Children's Books of 1993 (Library of Congress),21.44 cms L x 14 cms W (0.15 kgs) 128 pages

Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye
ISBN: 0689825234 EAN: 9780689825231 Simon Paperback (10 to 14) WB Price: $11.95
In this award-winning first novel by the acclaimed poet, a 14-year-old Arab-American girl moves to Jerusalem and falls in love with a Jewish boy--challenging her family, culture, and tradition.The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father grew up there, Liyana knows very little about her family's Arab heritage. Her grandmother and the rest of her relatives who live in the West Bank are strangers, and speak a language she can't understand. It isn't until she meets Omer that her homesickness fades. But Omer is Jewish, and their friendship is silently forbidden in this land. How can they make their families understand? And how can Liyana ever learn to call this place home? 18.59 cms L x 10.67 cms W (0.14 kgs) 272 pages

Escaping The Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
ISBN 0689852738 Aladdin Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.50
Thirteen-year old Kyle thought spending a vacation on the Oregon coast with his family would be great. He'd never flown before, and he'd never seen the Pacific Ocean.Kyle's perfect vacation becomes a nightmare while he's babysitting his sister, BeeBee. An earthquake hits the coast and starts afire in their hotel. While fighting their way through smoke and flame, Kyle remembers seeing a sign at the beach that said after an earthquake everyone should go uphill and inland, as far from the ocean as possible. Tsunamis, giant waves that often follow earthquakes, can ride in from the sea and engulf anyone who doesn't escape fast enough.Can Kyle and BeeBee outwit and outrun nature's fury to save themselves from tsunami terror?19.86 cms L x 13.36 cms W (0.12 kgs)

The Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
ISBN: 0590425374 EAN: 9780590425377 Scholastic Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $8.45
A daring adventure based on a true story about a group of Norwegian children who smuggled nine million dollars in gold past Nazi sentries during World War II.19.56 cms L x 13.56 cms W (0.11 kgs) 156 pages

The Wedding Planner's Daughter by Coleen Paratore
ISBN: 141691854X EAN: 9781416918547 Aladdin Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.45
Twelve-year-old Willa Havisham is a classics reader, a cherry-cordial eater, and quite possibly the world's worst wisher. But when she and her glamorous single mother, Stella, move to Bramble, Cape Cod, Willa's wishes begin to come true: She makes her first-ever best friend, Tina. She bonds with her hip, candy-making Nana. And best of all, steely Stella is falling for Willa's English teacher, Sam -- he's perfect dad material! But before Willa can marry off her mother, or dance with her adorable crush, Joseph, a pit gets stuck in the wishing well.... Can Willa undo the damage before Stella misses her chance to say "I do"? 19 cms L x 14 cms W (0.14 kgs) 200 pages

Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith
ISBN 014034537X EAN 9780140345377 Puffin Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $11.95
Daggie Dogfoot, the runt of the litter, is in danger. The pigman, who takes all runts from their pens, is coming for him! But Daggie is a pig of remarkable qualities, and he's not about to let the Pigman get him. Instead, he runs away and decides to learn how to fly. But when he tries leaping off a cliff, he discovers another talent -- a talent he'll need to save the entire farm... An ALA Notable Book. 19.79 cms L x 12.8 cms W (0.15 kgs) 160 pages

Babe The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
ISBN 0679873937 EAN 9780679873938 Yearling Paperback (9 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
Farmer Hogget's old sheepdog, Fly, adopts a piglet she names Babe and is astonished at how quickly he learns all she has to teach him. But plucky little Babe has even more surprises in store--and the farm will never be the same again.Awards: An ALA Notable Book ,A "Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book,A "Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book,An IRA/CBC Children's Choice,An NCTE Teachers' Choice . 19.23 cms L x 13.00 cms W (0.08 kgs) 118 pages

A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith
ISBN 0375800662 Yearling Paperback (9 to 12) 112 pgs WB Price: $10.95
Here is the story of a little mouse with a big talent! As the runt of his
family, Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse ("Wolf, " for short) has a big name to make up for his small size. But the name fits: While his siblings like to race each other across the piano keys, he would rather listen to Mrs. Honeybee, the lady of the house, play music on them. Then one day, in a moment of musical passion, Wolf throws his head back--and to his total surprise, out of his mouth comes a beautiful voice! Soon he's singing everything from "Three Blind Mice" to Chopin to the Beatles, all to Mrs. Honeybee's accompaniment. But Wolf's talents don't end there--his voice really "is" music to Mrs. Honeybee's ears when he uses it to rescue her after she takes a spill. Dick King-Smith, beloved author of "Babe: The Gallant Pig," is back with a warm, funny, fast-paced story about an unusual musical friendship that is perfect for newly independent readers.

Martin's Mice by Dick King-Smith
ISBN 067989098X Yearling Paperback (8 to 10) 128 pgs WB Price: $10.95
Martin, a kitten, is branded a wimp by his siblings for his friendly interest in mice. He loves caring for them and can't understand their desire for freedom. Only when he becomes the pet of a big-city apartment dweller does he realize why his pets deserted him. An ALA Notable Children's Book. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year. An "American Bookseller" "Pick of the Lists".

Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith
ISBN: 0679886885 EAN: 9780679886884 Yearling Paperback (8 to 12) WB Price: $10.95
The arrival of a gregarious and loquacious gray African parrot pleasantly ruffles the placid routine of the Holdsworth family. Madison, or Mad as his new owner, Harry, calls him, quickly becomes a chatty, checker-playing companion for the young boy. Life for Mad and Harry is thoroughly enjoyable until a burglar abducts the astounded bird during a robbery and hustles him to an unsavory part of London.19.76 L x 13 cms W (0.09 kgs) 128 pages

Fairy Dust And the Quest For The Egg by Gail Carson Levine
ISBN 0786834919 Disney Hardcover (9 to 12) WB Price: $31.95
Fairy Haven is abuzz with news about its latest arrival, Prilla. It's bad enough that she has no idea what her special talent is, but some of her behavior is remarkably, well, human. Prilla is heartbroken that she does not seem to fit in. She desperately needs help from Mother Dove, the most important creature in Neverland, who created and cares for the magical egg that prevents all who live in Neverland from growing old and dying. But tragedy strikes as the island is hit by a hurricane, and the Never egg is destroyed. Mother Dove must pick three fairies to set out on a dangerous quest to repair the egg. She chooses Rani, the best water-talent fairy; Vidia, the most selfish, but fastest fast-flying-talent fairy; and, to everyone's surprise-Prilla. The three embark on a journey filled with danger, sacrifice, and adventure. The fate of Neverland-and their world as they know it-rests on their shoulders. 24.99 cms L x 18.29 cms W (0.75 kgs) 189 pages

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