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Pub Date: Feb 22, 2011
Age Range: 9 - 12
An enlightening, poignant and unexpectedly funny novel in verse is rooted in the author's childhood experiences.
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Pub Date: Feb 8, 2011
Age Range: 12 - 14
Intelligent, richly detailed fantasy featuring two young cousins battered by losses, personal passions and larger events.
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Pub Date: Feb 8, 2011
Age Range: 9 - 13
Twelve-year-old Andi's pleasure in her family's move to a real house and the coincidental long-awaited arrival of her older half brother from the Philippines is overshadowed by learning that only boys play basketball at her new school.
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Pub Date: Feb 1, 2011
Age Range: 9 - 12
A headstrong young girl makes a hasty decision and finds herself in a galaxy far, far away in this graphic-novel shining star.
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Pub Date: Jan 11, 2011
Age Range: 3 - 6
It's hard to come up with a new and meaningful story about the Easter Bunny, but this thoughtful, understated book with intriguing, minimalist illustrations provides both an interesting Easter Bunny tale and a quiet message about helping someone who is different.
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Pub Date: Jan 11, 2011
Age Range: 14 - 18
An unforgettable opening scene, in which Amy watches her parents climb into glass boxes to be agonizingly frozen alive and then submits to being frozen herself, launches this riveting thriller about space travel, secrets, murder and Realpolitik.
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