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• Harris and Me

  a Summer Remembered

  Paulsen, Gary

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  Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.

• Real Friends

  Hale, Shannon,

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  When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions with whether she and Adrienne will stay friends, and if she is part of the clique.

• Me and Marvin Gardens

  King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-

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  Obe Devlin spends a lot of his time cleaning up the creek that runs through what little is left of his family's once extensive farmland, and worrying about what the developers are doing nearby, and the pollution it is causing--but one day he finds a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Nameless City

  Hicks, Faith Erin,

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  Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rad American Women A-Z

  Schatz, Kate

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  Profiled are 26 American women from the 18th through 21st centuries, who have made-or are still making--history as artists, writers, teachers, lawyers, or athletes. The women come from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds and many had to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Abel's Island

  Steig, William, 1907-2003

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  Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island.…Read moreRead more of this annotation