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1) Blackout
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OBD Summer Picture Books - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Sizzling Summer Reads - ROD Children's
Summer Reads for Little Kids
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Sizzling Summer Reads - ROD Children's
Summer Reads for Little Kids
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When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
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In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
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Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
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Fudge books volume 2
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Spending the summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she does not want to admit.
7) Flipped
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In alternating chapters, two eighth-graders describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
8) Pollyanna
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A young orphan, Pollyanna Whittier, is sent to live with her wealthy and stern Aunt Polly. Yet rather than letting her seemingly gloomy situation get her down, the high-spirited girl is dtermined to see the best in everything. Playing what she and her father used to call "The Glad Game," Pollyanna always finds something to be happy about. Her hopeful outlook brings joy to the dour New England town she now calls home, and even to Aunt Polly - inspiring...
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