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The Cricket in Times Square
George Selden, Garth Williams
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, May 1, 1990)The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
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The Cay
Theodore Taylor, Taylor Theodore
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, June 1, 1990)When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.Following a shipwreck in the Caribbean, a boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man learn to survive together on a tiny island
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My Brother Sam Is Dead
James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Oct. 1, 1988)A young rebel's decision to fight against the British affects his Tory family
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Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Old and Young
Esther Forbes
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Aug. 1, 1987)After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
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Dragonwings
Laurence Yep
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Oct. 1, 1990)In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine
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How to Pack an Alpaca Pack
Cowboy Worm, Jacquelyn Young
Hardcover (Stone Brook Publishers, May 26, 2020)A fun, educational frolic, that reads with rhythm, about the adorable alpaca. See vibrant text and picture pages that delight and engage reader and listener alike. Turn pages of a wonderful variety of illustrations that show the noble alpaca in its native and domestic terrain. Feel good, and say awww.
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Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Dec. 1, 1989)In the late 1800s, a fourteen-year-old Ozark mountain boy spends the summer trying to recapture monkeys escaped from a traveling circus
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The Night Swimmers
Betsy Cromer Byars, Troy Howell
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Oct. 1, 1990)With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers
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Freaky Friday
Mary Rodgers
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Jan. 1, 1988)A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when she has to spend a day in her mother's body.
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The Fairy Rebel
Lynne Reid Banks, William Geldart
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Aug. 1, 1989)A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help.
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The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Oct. 1, 1988)Aerin, daughter of the King of Damar, uses the magical powers of the blue sword to kill the dragons that threaten the kingdom
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On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
Hardcover (Cornerstone Books, Sept. 1, 1989)Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
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