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2009

MY ONE HUNDRED ADVENTURES

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Horvath
Author's First Name: 
Polly
Publisher: 
Schwartz & Wade
Publication Date: 
2008

A fortune teller, a hot air balloon loaded with Bibles, a blackmailing neighbor, a handful of possible fathers, and a few brushes with death swirl through 12-year-old Jane's seaside summer in this luminous, laughter-filled novel.

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Gaiman
Author's First Name: 
Neil
Illustrator's First Name: 
David
Illustrator's Last Name: 
McKean
Publisher: 
HarperCollins
Publication Date: 
2008

See annotation under "Audiobooks."

DIAMOND WILLOW

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Frost
Author's First Name: 
Helen
Publisher: 
Frances Foster
Publication Date: 
2008

An injured dog, a family secret, and the harsh realities of the Alaskan landscape are at the heart of this story, told in diamond-shaped poems, about a 12-year-old part-Athabascan girl.

THE TROUBLE BEGINS AT 8: A LIFE OF MARK TWAIN IN THE WILD, WILD WEST

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Fleischman
Author's First Name: 
Sid
Publisher: 
Greenwillow
Publication Date: 
2008

Photos and cartoons enhance this lively account of Sam Clemens' early life in the Wild West. Fleishman's lively writing is worthy of his subject: author, lecturer, prospector, journalist and yes, occasionally, scallywag.

THE PORCUPINE YEAR

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Erdrich
Author's First Name: 
Louise
Publisher: 
HarperCollins
Publication Date: 
2008

Twelve-year-old Omakayas reaches puberty, travels north toward others of her Ojibwe tribe, and endures a starving time in this third story in The Birchbark House series which also features pencil sketches by the author.

SHOOTING THE MOON

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dowell
Author's First Name: 
Frances O'Roark
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2008

When Jamie's older brother enlists, the prospect of sending their only son to Vietnam dismays her parents. See audio edition for more.

THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dowd
Author's First Name: 
Siobhan
Publisher: 
David Fickling
Publication Date: 
2008

When their cousin, Salim, vanishes—seemingly into thin air—while riding on the London Eye, Ted and his older sister Kat investigate, methodically eliminating theories generated by 12-year-old Ted's "big brain" and its unique operating system.

BODIES FROM THE ICE: MELTING GLACIERS AND THE RECOVERY OF THE PAST

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Deem
Author's First Name: 
James M.
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2008

Scientists are able to peer into the past as global warming and retreating glaciers gradually reveal the remains of early humans. An intriguing companion to the author's earlier Bodies from the Ash and Bodies from the Bog.

WHAT THE WORLD EATS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
D'Aluisio
Author's First Name: 
Faith
Second Author's First Name: 
Peter
Second Author's Last Name: 
Menzel
Publisher: 
Tricycle
Publication Date: 
2008

What's on your dinner table? This photo essay compares the weekly food supply for 25 families in 21 countries around the world and offers an opportunity to reflect on the vast differences in our lives.

WAITING FOR NORMAL

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Connor
Author's First Name: 
Leslie
Publisher: 
Katherine Tegen Books
Publication Date: 
2008

Her mother’s mental illness, a friend’s cancer, and her own dyslexia don’t keep 12-year-old Addie from looking on the bright side of life even though home is a trailer and she misses her stepfather and two younger sisters.

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