Some old, some new, all great reads

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Some old, some new, all great reads!!!!
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By J. K. Rowling This is the 6th and maybe the be
st so far. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore
fight the evil wizard Lord Voldemort. The
suspense is great and the ending is unlike
anything you might have expected!
All the Harry Potter books are available in the
Grange library
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• By Avi
• Crispin, a poor villager in medieval England is
  declared a wolfs head, able to be killed by
  anyone on sight. Why he is been chased by
  powerful men is a mystery, but he must flee
  England if he is to live.

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• by Beverly Cleary
• Leigh Botts is a 14-year old boy who is going
  through a tough time. His parents are divorced
  and his father is on the road as a long-haul
  trucker. Then he finds a dog abandoned on the
  beach and his life changes.

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by Gary Paulsen

• In the year 2057, the USA has been torn apart by
  civil wars and is controlled by the CCR. People
  not a part of the CCR are treated as slaves and
  kept in prisons or concentration camps. A small
  band of patriots are fighting to return the USA
  to a democracy. One of the leaders is the White
  Fox.

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• by Richard Peck

Mary Alice is leaving her home in Chicago to
spend a year with Grandma Dowdel in her tiny town
in Southern Illinois during the recession.
Grandma Dowdel is one of those relatives you
dont tell your friends about. She has a shotgun
and isnt afraid to use it, spiked the punch at
the Daughters of the American Revolution social
with whiskey, and had a big snake in the attic to
eat any birds that might find their way under the
eaves.
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• by Lois Duncan
• Mark wants revenge on his old English teacher so
  he gets some friends together and they kidnap
  him. Susan finds out they left Mr. Griffin in
  the mountains overnight and gets her boyfriend to
  help to free him. Its too late, Mr. Griffin is
  dead!

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Redwall books we have are The Great Redwall
Feast, Mattimeo, The Bellmaker, Martin the
Warrior, The Long Patrol, and Triss.

• by Brian Jacques

• If you ever thought mice were wimps, read the
  Redwall books. In this book, the badger lord
  Urthstripe defends his mountain home against the
  weasel Ferhago and his band of killers.

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by Gail Levine When Ella is born she is given the
gift of obedience. That means she must do
whatever anybody tells her to do. Instead of a
gift, it is a curse that makes her whole life
miserable, especially after two nasty sisters
learn her secret. To break the curse she must
run away to find the fairy who first gave it to
her and in the process, she finds her true love.
Other great books by Levine are Dave at Night,
The two Princesses of Bamarre, and The Wish
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• By T.A. Barron
• Merlin, the magician who supported King Arthur
  and the Knights of the Round Table. This is his
  story in three books, the first about him as a
  young man in The Lost Years of Merlin.

Our library has The Mirror of Merlin and The
Seven Songs of Merlin to complete this trilogy.
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• by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Without potatoes we will starve to death Those
  are the words of Granny Mallon in Norys head
  when she sees the field of rotting potatoes
  during the Irish Potato Famine.

We also have A Picture of Hollis Woods and the
Newbery Honor book Lilys Crossing by Patrician
Giff.
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• By Sharon Creech

• Twins, Dallas and Florida, have spent their life
  in a terrible orphanage. Then one day their
  lives are changed when an eccentric couple
  invites them to share their home in Rudy Holler.
  Not only that but each twin will go on a trip to
  an exotic place. Only the bad guys are in the
  way. Lots of pages but once you get started,
  its hard to put this book down.

Books by Creech in our library are Bloomability,
Granny Torrelli makes Soup, Love that Dog,
Pleasing the Ghost, Walk Two Moons and The
Wanderer.
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• By Sid Fleischman
• Young and newly orphaned, Annyrose rides off with
  Joaquin Murieta, Three-Fingers Jack and a whole
  outlaw gang. They rob, murder, and search for
  the Yankees who made them outlaws.

We have other great books by Fleischman such as
The Abracadabra Kid, Jim Ugly, McBroom Tells the
Truth, and The Whipping Boy (A Newbery Honors
book)
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• Stephanie S. Tolan

• Jake is a budding juvenile delinquent with a
  purple mohawk and a string of foster homes that
  couldnt handle him. Then he is placed with the
  artsy and eccentric Applewhites. At the Creative
  Academy he discovers hidden talents and
  interests. An easy to read and enjoyable book.

We also have Whos There? A great suspense
thriller!
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• By Jerry Spinelli

• After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magees
  life becomes legendary. He accomplishes athletic
  and other feats which awe his friends and
  enemies. This is an older book but with a still
  relevant message about friendship and relations.

Also by Spinelli are Crash, Knots in my Yo-Yo
String, Loser, Space Station, Stargirl, Theres a
Girl in my Hammerlock, and Wringer
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• London, in World War II, is being bombed daily.
  Four English school children are sent to a house
  in the country for safety. There they find a
  magic wardrobe that gives them entrance to
  Narnia. They must help Aslan, the golden lion,
  to defeat the White Witch and do away with the
  eternal winter she has cursed Narnia with.

• By C.S. Lewis

Our library has six more of this great series
about the magical land of Narnia and the fight to
keep it magic.
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• By J.R.R. Tolkien
• If you like adventure, death defying bravery, and
  wars between good and evil, you will love this
  book. Bilbo Baggins begins the story of the Lord
  of the Rings in this great book.

The The Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, and
Return of the King were great movies and even
better books. Checkout them out soon.
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This one is a Newbery Honor book and his next
book is Flush

• Roys latest move with his family is to a little
  Florida town. He becomes involved with another
  boy trying to save a field of burrowing owls. At
  the same time, he fights off the school bully and
  makes friends with the captain of the girls
  soccer team. A great book, funny and well
  written.

• Hoot
• By Carl Hiaasen

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If you like this one, try Chasing the Falconers,
Island, Losing Joes Place, MacDonald Hall goes
Hollywood, This Cant be Happening, and The
Twinkie Squad.

• By Gordon Korman

• Eighth grade football hero, Wallace Wallace is
  sentenced to detention in the school gym during
  the rehearsals for the school play. Despite his
  dislike for the play and the director, his
  English teacher, he becomes involved in the
  production. He suggests improvements to the play
  and makes important changes to his own life at
  the same time.

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• Caroline B. Cooney
• Imagine looking at a picture of a missing child
  and realizing it was you! This was how Janie
  Johnson found out she was kidnapped as a
  three-year old. Who were her real parents? Who
  were the people who kidnapped her and made her
  think they were her family? Spooky!

Cooney has written a series about Janie, all
written to keep you on the edge of your seat!
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• Thomas and his family move from the South to a
  little town in Ohio. There they move into a
  house said to be haunted by two escaped slaves
  who were murdered and the ghost of Dies Drear,
  who moved freed slaves North to Canada. He was
  later murdered himself and never revealed the
  secret treasure he had.

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• By Helen Hunt
• This is the story of
• Jethro Creighton, the
• youngest of a family
• living in southern Illinois
• during the Civil War.
• He sees hate and love,
• bloodshed and
• compassion, loyalty and
• traitors.

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This one is a Newbery Honor book and his next
book is Flush

• Roys latest move with his family is to a little
  Florida town. He becomes involved with another
  boy trying to save a field of burrowing owls. At
  the same time, he fights off the school bully and
  makes friends with the captain of the girls
  soccer team. A great book, funny and well
  written.

• Hoot
• By Carl Hiaasen

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• By Jack London
• During the Alaskan Gold
• Rush, a dog named
• Buck is stolen and sent
• to the cold Klondike.
• There he must fight to
• survive as a sled dog in
• a savage environment.

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• by Avi
• Jonathons brother is with
• the patriot army during the
• Revolutionary War. He
• hears a great commotion
• and goes to see whats
• going on and ends up
• fighting the British at
• Lexington and Concord.
• War is not what he thought
• it was.

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• By Mildred D. Taylor
• In the 1930s, during
• the depression, an
• African American girl
• named Cassie learns
• about racism and
• injustice.

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• By Tony Abbott

• Eric, Julie, and Neal, a trio of best friends
  from our world stumble upon the magical world of
  Droon, a realm populated by wizards and
  sorcerers, helpful pillow-shaped folks called
  Purple Lumpies, fleet six-legged beasts called
  pilkas, and such strange landscapes as invisible
  cities, volcano palaces, vanishing islands, and
  castles under the sea. Easy reading.
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THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTSby Dav Pilk
ey Who is the greatest, most hilarious superhero
in the history of school?  What elastic-waist
adventurer fights for "Truth, Justice and all
that is Pre-shrunk and Cottony" and can "leap
tall building without getting a wedgie"? Who
battles evil villains with names like Professor
Poopypants and the Wicked Wedgie Woman? Who's
motto is "Never underestimate the power of
underwear"? That's right, it's Captain
Underpants!!

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• By Roald Dahl
• The Big Friendly Giant (BFG) kidnaps Sophie from
  her bed in the orphanage and takes her back to
  Giantland to keep her from telling others she had
  seen a giant. While the other giants spend their
  nights eating human beans, the BFG catches
  dreams to blow into the minds of good children.
  Sophie and the BFG come up with a plan to keep
  the other giants from eating anymore human
  beans Great story

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By Ann Martin

• The books follow the adventures of a group of
  middle-school students who run the title business
  on a part-time basis. All of the members share
  notes on particular jobs and children for future
  reference. Some of the jobs are really
  exciting.
• All of the main characters are about the same
  age, with the exception of junior members Mallory
  and Jessi, who are two years younger. The older
  characters were in the seventh grade when the
  club was founded and advanced to the eighth
  grade. All the adventures that could happen to a
  group of young people happen to them!

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• This is the story of Josh McBroom and his amazing
  one acre farm. He plants a crop, harvests, and
  sends it to market before lunch. He cant plant
  corn because it comes up so fast that it hits you
  in the nose. Easy read and funny!

By Sid Fleishman
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• By Lauren Brooke
• Heartland is a horse farm nestled in the hills of
  Virginia, but its so much more than that. Its
  a place where the scars of the past can be
  healed, a place where frightened and abused
  horses learn to trust again.

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• When Danny saves an old woman from a mugger, he
  doesnt expect to tangle with the Outlaws, the
  toughest gang in school. But the mugger is the
  gang leaders brother! He heads to Alcatraz
  Island to escape but he realizes the gang has
  followed him there. With the gang stalking, he
  wonders if death is the only way out.

• By Eve Bunting

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• By Bill Wallace
• While everyone else thinks Garys grandpa died in
  a fishing accident, Gary doesnt. He thinks his
  grandpa was murdered because he knew the location
  of a cave containing millions of dollars in gold.
  Gary and his friend hunt the cave and
  unfortunately find it. Now they are stuck in a
  dark cave with skeletons, restless Indian spirits
  and a murder out for their blood! Will they get
  out of Death cave alive?

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By Jack London

• Half wolf, half dog, White Fang tells the story
  of the Klondike Gold Rush in his eyes. Left on
  his own as a puppy, hes taken by Indians and
  bullied by the camp dogs. Then he is sold to a
  criminal who makes him a fighting dog. Finally
  he finds a friend and learns that not all humans
  are bad.

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• This book is based on a true story about a brave
  Polish couple that hid Jacob and other children
  while the Nazis looked for them. If they had
  been caught, they would have been sent to a
  concentration camp!

By Malka Drucker
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by Toby Axelrod

• Your Jewish friends are being rounded up and sent
  to concentration camps. You have the opportunity
  to save them but at the risk of being hanged by
  the Nazis. Would you be brave enough to risk
  your life and your families lives? These teens
  were.

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by Anne Schraff

• Karl Schmidt goes to high school and lives in
  Westphalia, Ohio. He has developed a crush on a
  new girl, Rebecca. His relatives rave about
  Germanys new leader, Hitler, but Rebecca says
  Hitler wants to conquer the world. Rebecca is
  Jewish and tells Karl about German Jews being
  killed by Nazis. Who can he believe?

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Stories of the Holocaust

• A collection of short stories, memoirs, poetry,
  comic strips, and film strips. This book is
  about the experiences of so many in the death
  camps of the Nazis.

Selected by Hazel Rochman and Darlene Z.
McCampbell
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by Jane Yolen

• Hannah is bored. She has to spend every Jewish
  holiday with her relatives, hearing about the
  Holocaust. But when she is mysteriously sent to
  the past and ends up in a death camp, she
  realizes why the survivors must never forget.

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• When Nazi soldiers arrive in her Polish village,
  a young Jewish girl must decide how to survive.
  Marisa takes the papers of a dead Polish girl and
  goes to work for a high Nazi official, pretending
  not to be Jewish. If she is caught, she will be
  killed.

Carol Matas
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By Jerry Spinelli

• He a Gypsy who lives on the streets and only
  knows his name as Stopthief. He admires the
  shiny boots and uniforms of the Nazis and wants
  to be one himself. But when he learns Nazis hate
  Gypsies as much as Jews, he realizes he wants
  just to be left alone.

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• If she could find four pebbles of almost exactly
  the same size and shape, it meant that her family
  would remain whole. They might even survive the
  Nazis attempt to destroy every last Jew in
  Europe.

by Lila Perl and Marion Lazan
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• 10 year old Annemarie takes her life into her own
  hands to save her neighbors from the Nazis.

by Lois Lowry
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• Anne Frank went into hiding in an attic at the
  age of 13. Two years later, she and her family
  were betrayed to the Nazis. She died in a
  concentration camp. She left behind a diary with
  the hopes and dreams of a teenage girl hiding
  from death.