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Shiloh
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 4.4-4.9. Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
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Saffy's Angel
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 4.5-5.4. Author: Hilary McKay. Key Award: Whitbread/Costa Award.
This series is about an English family of artists, the Cassons. The children are called Saffron, Rose, Cadmium and Indigo (named after colours chosen from a chart on the kitchen wall). The parents' names are Eve and Bill. The appeal of this series are the characters, with each book continuing the story of how this charming, qwirky, appealing family deal with real and whimsical situations. This highly entertaining series is told from the point of view of the character in each book title.
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Ella Enchanted
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.6. Author: Gail Carson Levine. Key Award: Newbery Honor.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. At her birth, Ella of Frell was given 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 or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. She goes on a quest, encountering ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, fairy godmothers, and handsome princes, determined to break the curse - and live happily ever after!
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.8. Author: Roald Dahl.
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
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Summer of the Swans, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Betsy Byars. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
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Ruby Holler
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.3. Author: Sharon Creech. Key Award: Carnegie Medal.
"Trouble twins" Dallas and Florida are orphans who have given up believing there is such a thing as a loving home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple who live in the beautiful, mysterious Ruby Holler, but they're restless for one more big adventure. When they invite the twins to join them on their journeys, they first must all stay together in the Holler, and the magic of the place takes over. Two pairs of lives grow closer, and are changed forever.
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Frindle
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Interest: Grades 4-6. Reading Level: 5.4 Author: Andrew Clements and Brian Selznick.
Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. The new word is spreading across the country, and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it. Two million copies sold.
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Igraine the Brave
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.6. Author: Cornelia Funke.
Igraine dreams of becoming a famous knight just like her great grandfather, but the truth is, life at the family castle is rather boring. Until the nephew of the baroness-next-door shows up. He's got a dastardly plan to capture the castle and claim as his own the wonderful singing spell books that belong to Igraine's magician parents. To make matters worse, at the very moment of the siege, her mom and dad botch a spell, turning themselves into pigs! Aided by a Gentle Giant and a Sorrowful Knight, it's up to Igraine to be brave and save the day—and the books!
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Higher Power of Lucky, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.9. Author: Susan Patron. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has. It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care!
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View from Saturday, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading level: 5.9. Author: E.L. Konigsburg. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
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Caddie Woodlawn
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Carol Ryrie Brink. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years.
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Trumpeter of Krakow, The
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 7.1 Author: Eric P. Kelly. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
The Trumpeter of Krakow is a children's historical novel by Eric P. Kelly that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1929. Centered around the historical fire that burned much of Kraków in 1462, The Trumpeter of Krakow tells the fictional story of a family of Ukrainian peasants who flee to Kraków, Poland, in 1461 after their home is burned to the ground by the Cossack-Tartar Bogdan Grozny, commonly known to the Poles as Peter of the Button Face because of the button-shaped pockmark on his cheek.
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