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A Boy Is Not a Ghost
In this sequel to the award-winning A Boy Is Not a Bird, a boy is exiled to Siberia during World War II. Based on a true story.
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A Thief in the House of Memory
With wit and compassion, Tim Wynne-Jones explores the prickly ties that bind families and the murky connections between imagination and real life.
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ages 11
to 13
/ grades 6
to 8
Almost Invisible
Jewel is escaping an abusive home situation by living at school. After Maya discovers Jewel's secret, should she tell? Or can she help on her own?
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Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise
A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood — that of the Maya K’iche’.
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Boy O'Boy
A somber tale about an innocent child, but despite the difficult subject this novel is filled with humor, compassion, and trenchant social observation.
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Burying the Moon
A beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village.
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Calvin
Calvin wakes up in hospital after a schizophrenic episode and decides to hike across frozen Lake Erie. A different coming-of-age story ...
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/ grades 7
and up
Children of War
Deborah Ellis, author of the Breadwinner series, interviews Iraqi refugee children in this companion to Off to War: Voices of Soldiers’ Children.
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ages 11
and up
/ grades 6
and up
Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories
Ten ghost stories dramatize the history of Chinese immigration to North America, from the gold rush of the late 1850s to the Cultural Revolution.
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ages 11
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Easy Avenue
In this novel based on Great Expectations, Brian Doyle does a brilliant job of dealing with the issue of class and all its implications.
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ages 12
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/ grades 7
and up
George Johnson's War
George's cloistered life in New York changes as the War for American Independence looms and he must struggle with what it means to be half Mohawk.
