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Bridge to Terabithia
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The story starts out simply enough: Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade--he wants it so bad he can taste it. He's been practicing all summer, running in the fields around his farmhouse until he collapses in a sweat. Then a tomboy named Leslie Burke moves into the farmhouse next door and changes his life forever. Not only doe... »
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Bridge to Terabithia (Movie Tie-in)
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Thirty years after its initial publication, Walt Disney Pictures spat out a sanitized version of Paterson's powerful novel, stripping it of almost everything that made Bridge to Terabithia one of the defining childhood experiences of my generation. Issues of class, gender nonconformity, religious blasphemy, and defiance of American patriotism (all mad... »
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Lyddie PMC 3.99 Promo (Puffin Modern Classics)
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Lyddie is a very poor farm girl who has a crazed mother who believes everything to be a bad sign. Her and her brother Charlie are very close and will do anything for each other. When a bear intrudes on the family Lyddie's mother takes it as a bad sign. She takes her youngest children to her sisters house and leaves Charlie and lyddie to take care of t... »
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Bread and Roses, Too
This lovely story tells about two children caught up in the infamous Lawrence, MA, mill strike of 1912. Rosa Serutti is caught between the anti-union pro... »
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The Master Puppeteer
Jiro, a spirited yet clumsy boy, goes to the theater to work as an apprentice to get money to help his family. An old blind man, the reciter Okada, tells ... »
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Park's Quest
This is not really a favorite of mine. It might have been the subtly...misogynist would be too strong a word...male biased perspective. (I don't think thi... »
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The King's Equal (Trophy Chapter Books)
This is a great story, but this printing is a huge disappointment. The type is large, which is nice, but the book is cheaply made. I have another, older, ... »
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Of Nightingales That Weep
I have to disagree with reviewers who advised against giving Of Nightingales That Weep by Katherine Paterson to kids. Depending on the maturity level of t... »
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Jacob Have I Loved
I am totally blown away by the thought of a 14-year-old girl being romantically attracted to and interested in a man old enough to be her grandfather. An... »
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