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Summary: Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of ...
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban library, though the man ...
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Summary: While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, sixteen-year-old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her ...
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Summary: Although they share a love of poetry and problems with their parents, a shy high school senior's attraction to a popular classmate is tempered ...
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Summary: As author Jessica and artist Daphne collaborate on a picture book for a seventh-grade English class contest, Jessica becomes aware of conditions in Daphne's ...
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What Do Children and Young Adults Read Next? : A Reader's Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults. 2012, p73-74.
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The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall (New York: Clarion Books, 2010) Ghosts; Orphans; Horror 9 - 12+ Florence Crutchfield, 12-Year-Old, Orphan; Sophia Crutchfield, Spirit 19th century England is a ...
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