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The Return of Freddy Legrand
Jon Agee
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1994)After ending his epic transatlantic flight in the French countryside rather than in Paris, pioneer aviator Freddy LeGrand is rescued by two farmers and sets out for Paris on a bicycle to receive his hero's welcome
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The Enchanter's Daughter
Antonia Barber, Errol Le Cain
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1994)The Enchanter's daughter--a lonely girl with no name, no companions, and no knowledge of other lifestyles--learns through reading that everyone has a name and that there are many lands filled with people beyond the high mountains
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Mik's Mammoth
Roy Gerrard
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1992)Left behind when his tribe sets out in search of a better place to live, caveman Mik rescues Rumm, a baby mammoth, who becomes his constant companion, and together they come to the rescue of Mik's old tribe
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The Emperor's Winding Sheet
Jill Paton Walsh
Paperback (Sunburst, April 1, 1992)The life of a young boy set against the dramatic backdrop of the fall of Constantinople in 1453.Famished, terrified, exhausted, a boy drops from the tree in which he has hidden just as Constantine, last Emperor of the Romans, is about to receive his crown in a monastery garden. By this accident, Piers Barber, a shipwrecked young seaman from Bristol, England, now renamed Vrethiki ( lucky find ), becomes an unwilling talisman to the Emperor, for it has been prophesied that if even one person who is at his side when he takes the crown stays with him always, the City will not perish. This is the story of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and of the siege that marked the end of the proud, ancient Byzantine Empire. Corrupt, riven by bigotries, jealousies, and national vanities, the City nevertheless commanded such bravery and loyalty as the world has seldom seen. Through the darkening months, Vrethiki is brought out of his sullen despair as he lives in the midst of heroism and treachery, dogged endurance and blazing faith. And in time he comes to see the City as a vision worth dying for and the Emperor as his own true lord.
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Ellsworth
Jon Agee
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Tales for a Winter's Eve
Wendy Watson
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1991)When Freddie Fox injures his paw in a skiing accident, his family and friends distract him with stories about the animal inhabitants of their village
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The Secret in the Matchbox
Val Willis, John Shelley
Paperback (Sunburst, July 1, 1990)Bobby takes his matchbox containing an awesome secret to school, where the class slowly and horrifyingly becomes involved with the contents.
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The King at the Door
Brock Cole
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1992)A poorly dressed old man appears at an inn and declares he is really the king, but only a servant believes him
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Ishi's Tale of Lizard
Susan L. Roth, Leanne Hinton
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1995)Lizard's work of making arrows is interrupted when Long-Tailed Lizard goes to get him more foreshaft wood and is eaten by Grizzly Bear
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A Boy Wants a Dinosaur
Hiawyn Oram, Satoshi Kitamura
Paperback (Sunburst, Sept. 1, 1993)Alex doesn't want an ordinary pet, he wants a dinosaur.
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No More Baths
Brock Cole
Paperback (Sunburst, March 1, 1989)When Jessie McWhistle's family tries to make her have a bath in the middle of the day, its just too much, and she decides to leave home. She attempts to follow the example of a happy pig in her deep oozy wallow. Full-color illustrations.
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The Heavenly Zoo: Legends and Tales of the Stars
Alison Lurie, Monica Beisner, Monika Beisner
Paperback (Sunburst, March 1, 1996)Sixteen legends of the constellations and how they got their names, taken from such varied sources as ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Sumeria, the Bible, Norway, the Balkans, Indonesia, and the American Indians.
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