Books with title Finders Keepers

It’s not every day a twelve year old becomes the most wanted person in America. Nate would say he just has bad luck, but stealing a bomb from a museum has nothing to do with bad luck.Pulled from his city roots to a quiet shore town, twelve year old Nathan Kelly, whose life is filled with misfortune, makes an unbelievable discovery. Armed with his grandfather’s metal detector, Nate unearths a World War II bomb from the local beach. After hearing of Nate’s find, famous treasure hunter, Samuel Goldstein surprisingly shows up on Big Surf Island. When Gramps shares one of his old World War II stories about the town’s lightkeeper, Nate realizes his bomb is a clue. Soon, Nate finds himself in a race for treasure.

Twenty year old Jules Fagan thought that her life was pretty much cut and dry. She would live, she would die, and she would try to enjoy the time in between. Little did she know, her whole concrete world was about to turn to quicksand in a matter of minutes. Jules lives in the small town of Pace, Florida with her older brother, Jacob, and her best friend Serenitee. Up until this one life changing night, the only thing abnormal about Jules is her dreams. She sees the future. And only she, Jacob, and Serenitee were in on the secret. She has a vision of a guy named London and finds out that she is a Keeper and is bound to protect humans’ dreams from the ones that steal souls, the Takers. London is a Taker, but has never been able to follow through with his end of the deal for one reason… He has a conscience. After Jules’ parents die, she loses herself a bit. London finds her in a dream and heals her with his patience and his love for her. He teaches her everything she needs to know about being a Keeper and during her first job in the dream world, he finds out that she is packing more than just a “seers” power and so is he. There is a prophecy about the battle that is to come and because of her powers and his, and their forbidden love for each other, he realizes it is the two of them who have to stop the Takers. Jules has to learn all she can about her powers, and London’s, and about the decision that has to be made according to the prophecy. The weight of the world is in her hands. Can she protect the human souls from the Takers, while keeping her family safe and live to tell the tale?

Molly is an honest girl, but when she finds a gold ring on the street, she puts it on her finger and makes no attempt to find the owner. Gradually, however, guilt begins to overwhelm her, for she realizes that the ring belongs to Hanna Gittel, a young Jewish refugee child. The descriptions of cozy family life with simple recreations and holiday parties are refreshing to read in our more sophisticated and complicated times.The Horn Book

Kenyon loves to listen to his grandmother's stories almost as much as he loves to play baseball. He'd like Little Dolly to designate him the next Keeper of the family lore, but she tells him the honor is reserved for girls.Setting out to buy a 90th birthday gift for Little Dolly, Kenyon instead falls for a new baseball glove for himself. As regret weighs down his heart, he confides his shame to his father, who tells him that you can only learn from your mistakes. Just when Kenyon thinks he's run out of ideas for Little Dolly's gift, inspiration hits.

THE GLEAM OF A GOLD NUGGET…the fire in a precious gem…the geometry of a seashell…a fossil, a baseball card. Treasures all.John Frank’s poetry about the things we collect – at the beach, in the attic, in the mountains and desert, at flea markets – is a treasure itself. With handsome alluring photographs of collections and collectibles, this is a rare find – a keeper - to read and rediscover again and again.Keepers is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Kenyon loves to listen to his grandmother's stories almost as much as he loves to play baseball. He'd like Little Dolly to designate him the next Keeper of the family lore, but she tells him the honor is reserved for girls.Setting out to buy a 90th birthday gift for Little Dolly, Kenyon instead falls for a new baseball glove for himself. As regret weighs down his heart, he confides his shame to his father, who tells him that you can only learn from your mistakes. Just when Kenyon thinks he's run out of ideas for Little Dolly's gift, inspiration hits.

Esther Page has been trying to keep things together for as long as she can remember. Valley--that's her mama--has always gotten funny notions like gardening indoors or living as the Amish do, without any electricity. And Esther has always cleaned up after those notions and watched our for her little sister, Ruth.But Valley's notions are getting wilder, and too many people are asking questions about what's going on at home. It seems to Esther that the only person who can help is Ezekiel--the father she can barely remember. Ezekiel was a preacher, that much is certain, so Esther takes Ruth on a search through all the churches in town. Somebody, somewhere, must know about Ezekiel . . .