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Picture Books
Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Illustrated by: Ard Hoyt
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 6 - 10
Zoe Fleefenbacher has one blue eye and one green eye and bright red hair that goes on . . . forever. Her hair has always been unruly, but now she is in first grade and according to her teacher, Ms. Trisk, “first grade...
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Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth!
By: Sarah Weeks
Illustrated by: Robert Neubecker
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Sophie Peterman is here to tell you the truth about babies. Babies are not sweet. Babies are not precious. Babies are not cute. Babies are... What, you thought she'd just give it away? Well, here's a hint: It's not...
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Children's Books
Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And in February a warning letter arrives at her home. Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some...
Out of My Mind
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: above 10
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most...
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
(Part of Brixton Brothers)
By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by: Adam Rex
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective... until he found out he already WAS one. It all starts here: The thrilling story of Steve Bixton's first case. Our hero has a national treasure to recover, a criminal mastermind...
The Christmas Genie
By: Dan Gutman
Illustrated by: Dan Santat
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It's the last day of school before Christmas vacation and Alex, Chase, and the rest of Mrs. Walter's fifth-grade class couldn't wish more for that final bell to ring. But the day takes a crazy turn when a mysterious...
Junior Books
Anything But Typical
By: Nora Raleigh Baskin
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: March 24, 2009
Ages: 10 - 14
Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts...
Leviathan
By: Scott Westerfeld
Illustrated by: Keith Thompson
This edition: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: above 12
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ...
Young Adult
Leviathan
By: Scott Westerfeld
Illustrated by: Keith Thompson
This edition: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: above 12
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ...
