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| The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan GlaserFiction. The five Vanderbeeker kids -- Oliver, Hyacinth, Isa, Jessie, and Laney -- love their family's old apartment on Harlem's 141st Street. When their grumpy landlord Mr. Beiderman says they have to move out, the siblings band together in all-out effort to change his mind. Combining eccentric characters and cheerful chaos, this charming tale is just right for readers who love Dana Alison Levy's Family Fletcher series. |
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Rise of the Jumbies by Tracey BaptisteTargeted with suspicion when children begin going missing from her Caribbean island home, Corinne LaMer travels deep into the ocean to seek the help of dangerous jumbie Mama D'Leau, who commands her to travel with her friends and mermaids to fetch a powerful object.
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Puritan Girl, Mohawk Girl by John DemosIn 1704, Mohawk Indians attack the frontier village of Deerfield, Massachusetts, kidnapping and marching over 100 residents, including seven-year-old Eunice Williams, to Canada where she is eventually adopted into a Mohawk family and remains there willingly for the rest of her life. Based on a true story.
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Winter Dance by Marion Dane BauerA fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King
by Ben Hatke
A conclusion to the story that began in Mighty Jack finds Jack and Lilly traveling through the magic portal when Jack's little sister, Maddy, is carried off by an ogre into another realm.
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Red Again by Barbara LehmanWhen a young boy finds an abandoned book, he discovers another world just as real as his own.
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You Must Bring a Hat! by Simon PhilipA young boy is invited to the biggest, bestest party of all time, but he is told he must bring a hat.
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