Children's and Teen: 9 - 11 years old

E. ASTER BUNNYMUND AND THE WARRIOR EGGS AT THE EARTH'S CORE

By William Joyce (Author) , William Joyce (Illustrator)

Pub Date: Feb 21, 2012

Age Range: 9 - 11

A long-eared guardian with a corps of fierce, chocolate warriors helps to rescue the kidnapped children of Santoff Claussen village in this sequel to Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King (2011).
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CLORINDA PLAYS BASEBALL!

By Robert Kinerk (Author) , Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)

Pub Date: Feb 21, 2012

Age Range: 3 - 9

Clorinda's dreams always push the envelope of ordinary, cud-chewing existence.
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KING OF THE MOUND

My Summer with Satchel Paige

By Wes Tooke (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 21, 2012

Age Range: 10 - 12

A boy takes first steps on the road to physical and emotional recovery from a bout with polio, thanks to help from a solid new friend and a baseball hero.
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THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DESPERADOS

By Caroline Lawrence (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 16, 2012

Age Range: 10 - 14

Twelve-year-old P.K. "Pinky" Pinkerton was born with a poker face--he can't show or read emotion--but it's not until he lands in Nevada Territory's silver-mining country that he comes to terms with the hand he's dealt.
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WOMEN EXPLORERS

Perils, Pistols, and Petticoats

By Julie Cummins (Author) , Cheryl Harness (Illustrator)

Pub Date: Feb 16, 2012

Age Range: 9 - 11

After showcasing risk-taking gals in Women Daredevils (2007), Cummins introduces 10 "dauntless" women born before 1900 whose little-known deeds "contribut[ed] to science, geography, history, and cultural understanding" at a time when "proper ladies simply did not go gallivanting around the world to explore new territories."
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