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A Kiss In Time

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Alex Flinn
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Book, 1st ed, HarperTeen, 2009
Description
Talia fell under a spell . . . . . . . I awakened in the same place but in another time?to a stranger’s soft kiss. Sometimes you just have to kiss someone. . . . Can a kiss transcend all?even time? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Princesses · Juvenile fiction · Blessing and cursing · Witches · Family · Fate and fatalism · Fiction · Family life · Florida · Miami (Fla.) · Flinn, Alex
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The Evolution Of Calpurnia Tate

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Jacqueline Kelly
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Book, 1st ed, Henry Holt and Co, 2009
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Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Nature · Juvenile fiction · Family · Texas · Grandfathers · Naturalists · Fiction · Family life · History · 19th century · Kelly, Jacqueline
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Write Before Your Eyes

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Lisa Williams Kline
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Book, 1st ed, Delacorte Press, 2008
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But when she buys an old journal at a yard sale, Gracie is stunned to realize that everything she writes in the journal comes true?though sometimes in unexpected ways. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Magic · Juvenile fiction · Blank-books · Best friends · Friendship in adolescence · Family · Georgia · Schools · Fiction · Friendship · Family life · Kline, Lisa Williams, 1954-
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Quinito, Day And Night

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story, Ina Cumpiano ; illustrations, José Ramírez = Quinito, dia y noche / cuento, Ina Cumpiano ; ilustraciones, José Ramírez
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Book, Children’s Book Press, 2008
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Told in both English and Spanish, Quinito, Day and Night is a delight for readers young or old, tall or short, messy or neat. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Synonyms and antonyms · Juvenile fiction · Family · Hispanic Americans · Fiction · Family life · Spanish language materials · Bilingual · Inglés · Sinónimos y antónimos · Novela juvenil. · bidex · Vida en familia · Hispanoestadounidenses · Cumpiano, Ina · Ramírez, José
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Ways To Live Forever

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Sally Nicholls
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Book, 1st American ed, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008
Description
Living through the final stages of leukemia, Sam collects stories, questions, lists, and pictures that create a profoundly moving portrait of how a boy lives when he knows his time is almost up. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Leukemia · Juvenile fiction · Authorship · Family · Death · Fiction · Family life · Nicholls, Sally, 1983-
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Little Leap Forward : A Boy In Beijing

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by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow ; illustrated by Helen Cann
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Book, Barefoot Books, 2008
Description
A sensitively written, real-life sory about a boy called Litle Leap Forward, growing up in he hutongs of Beijing in the 1960’s, at the time of the Cultural Revolution. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Liberty · Juvenile fiction · Friendship · Family · China · Communism · Freedom · Fiction · Family life · History · 1949-1976 · Yue, Guo, 1958- · Farrow, Clare · Cann, Helen, 1969-
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Stolen

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by Vivian Vande Velde
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Book, 1st ed, Marshall Cavendish, 2008
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The old witch steals children, but did she steal Isabelle? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Amnesia · Juvenile fiction · Missing children · Witches · Family · Magic · Fiction · Family life · Vande Velde, Vivian
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Down Sand Mountain

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Steve Watkins
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Book, 1st ed, Candlewick Press, 2008
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In a tale full of humor and poignancy, a sheltered twelve-year-old boy comes of age in a small Florida mining town amid the changing mores of the 1960s. Through their friendship, Dewey gains awareness of issues bigger than himself and bigger than his small town of Sand Mountain: issues like race and segregation, the reality of the Vietnam War, abuse, sexuality, and even death and grieving. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Family · Florida · Juvenile fiction · Schools · Self-actualization (Psychology) · Race relations · Bullying · Family life · Fiction · Bullies · History · 20th century · Watkins, Steve, 1954-
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The Porcupine Year

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Louise Erdrich
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Book, 1st ed, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008
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Ojibwa Indians · Juvenile fiction · Indians of North America · Superior, Lake, Region · Family · Voyages and travels · Fiction · Family life · History · 19th century · Juvenile fiction · Erdrich, Louise
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Brooklyn Bridge : A Novel

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by Karen Hesse
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Book, 1st ed, Feiwel and Friends, 2008
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Karen Hesse has achieved many honors for her more than twenty books over the course of her award-winning career: the Newbery Medal, the Scott O?Dell Historical Fiction Award, the MacArthur Fellowship ?Genius? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Family · New York (State) · New York · Juvenile fiction · Teddy bears · Social classes · Homeless persons · Immigrants · Russian Americans · Jews · United States · Coming of age · Fiction · Family life · Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) · History · 20th century · Hesse, Karen
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Angel

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Cliff McNish
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Book, 1st American ed, Carolrhoda Books, 2008
Description
Freya’s intense passion for angels led her into years of mental illness. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Angels · Juvenile fiction · High schools · Schools · Popularity · Bullies · Mental illness · Family · Fiction · Family life · McNish, Cliff
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Runaround

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Helen Hemphill
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Book, 1st ed, Front Street, 2007
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Sisters · Juvenile fiction · Love · Family · Kentucky · Single-parent families · Fiction · Family life · History · 20th century · Hemphill, Helen, 1955-
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Story Of A Girl : A Novel

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by Sara Zarr
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Book, 1st ed, Little, Brown, 2007
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When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother’s best friend - Deanna Lambert’s teenage life is changed forever. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Self-esteem · Juvenile fiction · Forgiveness · Family problems · Interpersonal relations · Family · Sex · Fiction · California · Zarr, Sara
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Clementine

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Sara Pennypacker ; pictures by Marla Frazee
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Hyperion Books for Children, 2006
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Friendship · Juvenile fiction · Family · Apartment houses · Schools · Humorous stories · Fiction · Family life · Pennypacker, Sara, 1951- · Frazee, Marla
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The Last Of The High Kings

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Kate Thompson
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Greenwillow Books, 2008
Description
Traveling to the land of eternal youth was the only way J.J. But fifteen years after returning from the land of the faeries, J.J. Finding answers to these questions will take J.J. If they fail, it will undo all the good that J.J. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Family · Ireland · Juvenile fiction · Changelings · Fairies · Animals, Mythical · Ghosts · Musicians · Family life · Fiction · Thompson, Kate, 1956-
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