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One-Handed Catch by Mary Jane Auch
Synopsis: After losing his hand in an accident in his father's butcher shop in 1946, sixth-grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, are, and other activities. |
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The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
Synopsis: Sixth-graders Calder, Petra and Tommy lead an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished. |
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Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Synopsis: In 1917, sixteen year-old orphan Hattie Brooks makes a home for herself in Montana and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war in Europe.
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Rules by Cynthia Lord
Synopsis: Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. |
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Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Synopsis: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. |
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Confessions from the Principal's Chair by Anna Myers
Synopsis: After participating in a cruel prank, fourteen-year-old Robin and her mother move to Oklahoma, where Robin is mistaken for the substitute principal and receives a new perspective on bullying. |
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
Synopsis: Relates how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved. |
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Singing Hands by Delia Ray
Synopsis: In the late 1940's twelve-year-old Gussie learns about integrity while helping at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders. |
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Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Synopsis: A Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation. |
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The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
Synopsis: When twelve-year-old Gabe tries to hide his uncle's death from the local authorities, he is not prepared for what happens when his secret is discovered. |
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Listen! by Stephanie Tolen
Synopsis: During her convalescence from an accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier. |
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Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks
Synopsis: After moving with his mother to a trailer park to care for an injured aunt, eleven-year-old Jamie Reardon struggles to cope with a deeply buried secret. |
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Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
Synopsis: Lewis Hine and his camera help twelve-year-old Grace escape working in a mill as a doffer in turn-of-the century New England. |
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