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Chained
by Lynne Kelly
To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.
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A dog called Homeless
by Sarah Lean
Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates. 50,000 first printing.
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Dogs on duty : soldiers' best friends on the battlefield and beyond
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
An introduction to the significant contributions of military canines explains why dogs are uniquely qualified for the services they provide, profiles heroic dogs from historical battles, describes how they are trained and reveals what happens when they retire. Reprint.
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Drita, my homegirl
by Jenny Lombard
As a refugee from Kosovo and a new student at her school in New York City, Drita's transition is made even more difficult when Maxie, a tough African-American girl, teases her for just about everything she says and does, but a special assignment from their teacher makes Maxie more sensitive to Drita's situation and leads to a friendship that surprises everyone involved. Reprint.
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The Dunderheads behind bars
by Paul Fleischman
In the follow-up to The Dunderheads, the Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested by Police Chief Breakbone for stealing jewelry. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.
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If you lived here : houses of the world
by Giles Laroche
Features intricately detailed, bas-relief collage spreads of dwellings in other world regions and historical times to explain how different people live and have lived--from a village house in South Africa that tells the story of its family to a floating green house in the Netherlands. 20,000 first printing.
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Liar & spy
by Rebecca Stead
Moving into an apartment when his father loses his job, Georges befriends Safer, a twelve-year-old coffee-drinking loner and self-appointed spy, who recruits Georges into the world of espionage so that they can investigate a mysterious neighbor who liveson the top floor
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Niagara Falls, or does it?
by Henry Winkler
The first day of fourth grade does not go well for Hank Zipzer, as his "living essay" on "what he did this summer" turns to disaster and Hank ends up in detention, but after all is said and done, detention was not the terrible experience he expected. Simultaneous.
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Night of the twisters
by Ivy Ruckman
After a devastating tornado that destroyed his neighborhood and much of Grand Island, Nebraska, Dan Hatch--who survived with his baby brother and best friend--fears for the safety of the rest of his family
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The one and only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. 50,000 first printing.
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Rich : a Dyamonde Daniel book
by Nikki Grimes
Anxious to win the 100-dollar prize at the upcoming poetry contest in order to buy themselves lots of things, friends Dyamonde and Free have a change of heart and perspective when they suddenly discover that their classmate, Damaris, lives in a homeless shelter.
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Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
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Small Steps : The Year I Got Polio
by Peg Kehret
The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
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Amulet : The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
After chasing the monster that kidnapped their mother, Emily and Navin find themselves in a magical world of man-eating demons and shadowy enemies, where they must learn to control an amulet given to them by their grandfather
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Wild River
by P.J. Petersen
Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry
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Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures
by Brian Selznick
Employing the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the Caldecott Medal-winning author/illustrator once again takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey that tells the story of 12-year-old Ben, who leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and there meets Rose, who is also longing for something that is missing from her life.
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