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Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
Paperback (Demco Media, April 1, 2004)A quiet, sensitive girl searches for beauty in a small, but damned Southern town.
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I Am an Apple
Jean Marzollo, Judith Moffatt
Library Binding (Demco Media, Sept. 1, 1997)Depicts a bud on an apple tree as it grows into an apple, ripens, is harvested, and provides seeds as a promise for the future
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If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King
Ellen Levine
Library Binding (Demco Media, Jan. 1, 1994)Takes the reader back to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, tracing the efforts of Dr. King and other civil rights activists
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Arrow's Fall
Mercedes Lackey
Paperback (Demco Media, April 1, 1996)Talia, Herald to the Queen of Valdemar, travels to a neighboring realm to investigate a prince's proposal to marry the Queen's heir, but discovers an evil plot to destroy Valdemar
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Elizabeti's Doll
Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Christy Hale
Library Binding (Demco Media, Dec. 1, 2002)When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll
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Trouble River
Betsy Cromer Byars
Library Binding (Demco Media, Aug. 1, 1989)To escape an Indian attack a young boy and his grandmother attempt to navigate a forty-mile river on a log raft
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Blood and Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides
Linda Allison
Library Binding (Demco Media, Nov. 1, 1976)Discusses the elements of the human body. Includes suggestions for related experiments and projects.
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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
Lemony Snicket
Library Binding (Demco Media, May 1, 2003)The elusive author provides a glimpse into his mysterious and sometimes confusing life, using fanciful letters, diary entries, and other miscellaneous documents as well as photographs and illustrations.
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Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
Mawi Asgedom
Paperback (Demco Media, Dec. 1, 2002)An autobiography of a boy who, at the age of three, fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to Chicago and earned a scholarship to Harvard University. Includes recipes and discussion questions.An autobiography of a boy who, at the age of three, fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to Chicago and earned a scholarship to Harvard University.
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Clifford Grows Up
Norman Bridwell
Library Binding (Demco Media, April 1, 1999)As she looks through a photo album, Emily Elizabeth reminisces about Clifford's puppyhood.
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Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Paperback (Demco Media, Oct. 1, 1994)The contemporary African writer's classic novel depicting the destruction of traditional tribal life by the white man
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All-New Amelia
Marissa Moss
Paperback (Demco Media, Oct. 1, 2000)Hoping to impress the new girl in her class while they work together on an archeological dig project, Ameila tries to improve by giving herself a makeover and almost loses a friend in the process
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