CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"Mature beyond her years, able to make the best of a bad situation and blessed with impressive survivor skills, Esther proves an admirable heroine in this poignant story. (Historical fiction. 9-12)"
As her single mother's mental state degenerates, a resilient little girl desperately tries to hold life together.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2009
"A quieter volume than The Tale of Despereaux (2003) and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006), this has an equal power to haunt readers long past the final page. (Fantasy. 8-13)"
Ten-year-old Peter Augustus Duchene goes to the market for fish and bread but spends it at the fortuneteller's tent instead.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2008
"First-rate. (Fiction. 10-13)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 7, 2006
"A small gem. (Fiction. 9-11)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2006
"A likely draw for young fans of elephants and exotic climes. (Fiction. 9-11)"
Punishment becomes reward in this original tale, set in "old Siam" and loosely related to the historical origins of the modern metaphor.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 5, 2006
"Key writes honestly about hunting, trapping and the hardships of survival in this rather unusual coming-of-age story. (Fiction. 10-14)"
All his life, Moon Blake has lived with his reclusive father, Oliver, on a remote tract of land in the woods surviving only on what they trap and grow.
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