Childrens Books

The white bicycle

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Authors:

Brenna,Beverley

Source:

Red Deer Press, Markham, Ont., p.198 (2012)

Abstract:

Summary: Taylor Jane Simon, an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome, travels to France, as she struggles to become independent of her controlling mother and meets a new mentor.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Realistic fiction

Tops and bottoms

kells — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:59:25 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Stevens,Janet; Tomasso,Ray; Wallerstein,Warren; Boyer,Ginger; Harcourt Brace & Company; Tien Wah Press Sdn. Bhd; Bright Arts,Ltd; Thompson Type

Source:

Harcourt Brace & Company, Volume 1st, San Diego (1995)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3569 .T45156 T67 1995

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9741624

Keywords:

African Americans--Folklore, Animals--Juvenile fiction, Bears--Folklore, Blacks--Folklore, Brer Rabbit (Legendary character)--Juvenile fiction, Deception--Juvenile fiction, Dust jackets (Bindings)--1995, Folk tales--1995, Folklore--United States, Folklore--United States--Juvenile fiction, Gardening--Juvenile fiction, Hares--Folklore, Laziness--Juvenile fiction, Rabbits--Folklore, Tricksters--Juvenile fiction, Vegetables--Juvenile fiction, Work ethic--Juvenile fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Awards: Caldecott Honor Book, 1996.; Lexile measure 580; Book level 3.2; Ages 4-8

Dodger

kells — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:59:21 +0000

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Book

Authors:

Pratchett,Terry

Source:

Volume 1st, p.360 (Submitted)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PR6066 .R34 D63 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9759374

Keywords:

1812-1870--Juvenile fiction, 1837-1901--Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers--Fiction, Adventure stories, Alternative histories (Fiction), Charles, Conduct of life--Fiction, Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction, Dickens, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Fiction, English, Great Britain--History--Victoria, Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction, Humorous stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Europe, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, London (England)--History--19th century--Fiction, London (England)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction, Love--Fiction, Sweeney (Legendary character)--Juvenile fiction, Todd, Todd, Sweeney (Legendary character)--Fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: "In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeny Todd"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 1210; Ages 13 and up; Adventure, Historical fiction, Fantasy

The white darkness : a novel

kells — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:59:17 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

McCaughrean,Geraldine

Source:

HarperTempest, Volume 1st U.S, New York, NY, p.373 (2007)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PR6063 .C355 W48 2007

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7200852

Keywords:

Antarctica--Fiction, Antarctica--Juvenile fiction, Deception--Fiction, Deception--Juvenile fiction, Shipwreck survival--Juvenile fiction, Survival--Fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen-year-old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection.; Lexile measure 850; Book level 5.5; Ages 12 and up

In darkness

kells — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:59:13 +0000

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Authors:

Lake,Nick

Source:

Bloomsbury, New York, p.341 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3612 .A523 I5 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9960348

Keywords:

1743-1803--Juvenile fiction, 1791-1804--Juvenile fiction, 2010--Juvenile fiction, Gangs--Fiction, Gangs--Juvenile fiction, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Fiction, Haiti--History--Fiction, Haiti--History--Revolution, Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Fiction, Survival skills--Fiction, Survival--Fiction, Survival--Juvenile fiction, Toussaint Louverture, Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Fiction, Violence--Fiction, Violence--Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 800; Ages 14 and up; Realistic fiction

No ordinary day

kells — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:59:07 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Ellis,Deborah; Solomon,Michael; Chamberland,Gil; Groundwood Books; House of Anansi Press; Photolibrary

Source:

Groundwood Books, Toronto, p.159 (2011)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PR9199.3 .E448 N6 2011

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10102123

Keywords:

Coal miners--Juvenile fiction, Coal--Juvenile fiction, Cousins--Juvenile fiction, Dust jackets (Bindings)--2011, Homeless persons--Fiction, Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction, India--Fiction, India--Juvenile fiction, Leprosy--Fiction, Leprosy--Juvenile fiction, Orphans--Fiction, Orphans--Juvenile fiction, Poverty--Fiction, Street life--Juvenile fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Awards: "The Canada Council, Conseil Des Arts Du Canada, Governor General's Literary Awards"--Cover.; Lexile measure 580,Ages 12 and up

Every day

kells — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:44:34 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Levithan,David

Source:

Alfred A. Knopf, Volume 1st, New York, p.324 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3562 .E922175 E93 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9729080

Keywords:

Identity--Fiction, Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction, Love stories, Love--Fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Ages 15 and up

Sisters of glass

kells — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:44:31 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Hemphill,Stephanie

Source:

Alfred A. Knopf, Volume 1st, New York, p.150 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3608 .E49 S57 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9729092

Keywords:

Families--Fiction, Families--Juvenile fiction, Family life--Fiction, Glass blowing and working--Fiction, Glassworkers--Juvenile fiction, Historical fiction, Love stories, Narrative poetry, Novels in verse, Venice (Italy)--Fiction, Venice (Italy)--Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: When a new glassblower arrives to help in the family business, the attraction Maria feels for him causes a web of conflicting emotions to grow even more tangled.

Publication Language:

eng

The wild book

kells — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:44:28 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Engle,Margarita

Source:

Harcourt Children's Books, Boston, p.133 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3555 .N4254 W55 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9758315

Keywords:

Cuba--History--1909-1933--Fiction, Cuba--History--20th century--Fiction, Dyslexia--Fiction, Novels in verse

Abstract:

Summary: In early twentieth-century Cuba, bandits terrorize the countryside as a young farm girl struggles with dyslexia. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Ages 8-12

Tiger Lily

kells — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:44:22 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Anderson,Jodi Lynn; Barrie,J. M.

Source:

HarperTeen, Volume 1st, New York, p.292 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3601 .N5439 T54 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9729218

Keywords:

Fairies--Fiction, Fairies--Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction, Love stories, Love--Fiction, Magic--Fiction, Magic--Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily receives special protections from the spiritual forces of Neverland, but then she meets her tribe's most dangerous enemy--Peter Pan--and falls in love with him.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 850; Ages 10-14

Beneath a meth moon : an elegy

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:51 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Woodson,Jacqueline

Source:

Nancy Paulsen Books, New York, N.Y., p.182 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3573 .O64524 B46 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9729059

Keywords:

2005--Fiction, Drug abuse--Fiction, Grief--Fiction, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Fiction, Iowa--Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Runaways, Methamphetamine--Fiction, Missing persons--Fiction, Pass Christian (Miss.)--Fiction, Runaways--Fiction

Abstract:

Summary: "A young girl uses crystal meth to escape the pain of losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, and then struggles to get over her addiction"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 730;Ages 12 and up

My family for the war

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:44 +0000

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Book

Authors:

Voorhoeve,Anne C.; Reichel,Tammi

Source:

Dial Books, New York, p.402 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PT2724 .O6 L5813 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10088287

Keywords:

(DE-588)4074335-4 (DE-101)040743357 London, (DE-588)4286934-1 (DE-101)04286934X Jüdin, (DE-588)4462533-9 (DE-101)950920096 Deutsches Mädchen, (DE-588)7559346-4 (DE-101)983087040 Kindertransport, 1936-1952--Juvenile fiction, 1939-1945--England--Juvenile fiction, Great Britain--History--George VI, Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Fiction, Historical fiction, Holocaust, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction, Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction, Identity--Fiction, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile fiction, Jews--England--Fiction, Jews--England--Juvenile fiction, Jugendbuch, Refugees--Fiction, Refugees--Juvenile fiction, War stories, World War, World War, 1939-1945--England--Fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Before the start of World War II, ten-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains, to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to keep in touch with her parents, who are trying to survive in Holland.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 900; Ages 12 and up

Liar and spy

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:39 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Stead,Rebecca

Source:

Wendy Lamb Books, Volume 1st, New York, p.180 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3619 .T4263 L53 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9729227

Keywords:

Apartment houses--Fiction, Apartment houses--Juvenile fiction, Brooklyn (New York, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction, Families--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile fiction, Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / General (see also headings under Family), Middle schools--Fiction, Middle schools--Juvenile fiction, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction, Schools--Fiction, Schools--Juvenile fiction, Spies--Fiction, Spy stories

Abstract:

Summary: Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 670; Ages 9-12

Abe Lincoln's dream

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:35 +0000

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Book

Authors:

Smith,Lane

Source:

Roaring Brook Press, Volume 1st, New York (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3569 .M537556 A62 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9759365

Keywords:

1809-1865--Juvenile fiction, Abraham, Ghosts--Fiction, Lincoln, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Fiction, White House (Washington, D.C.)--Fiction

Abstract:

Summary: When a schoolgirl gets separated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 390; Ages 5-10

The brides of Rollrock Island

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:32 +0000

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Book

Authors:

Lanagan,Margo

Source:

Alfred A. Knopf, Volume 1st American, New York, p.305 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PR9619.4 .L356 B75 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9728391

Keywords:

Islands--Fiction, Islands--Juvenile fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Other, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings, Magic--Fiction, Magic--Juvenile fiction, Selkies--Fiction, Selkies--Juvenile fiction, Witches--Fiction, Witches--Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: "On remote Rollrock Island, men go to sea to make their livings--and to catch their wives. The witch Misskaella knows the way of drawing a girl from the heart of a seal, of luring the beauty out of the beast. And for a price a man may buy himself a lovely sea-wife. He may have and hold and keep her. And he will tell himself that he is her master. But from his first look into those wide, questioning, liquid eyes, he will be just as transformed as she. He will be equally ensnared. And the witch will have her true payment"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Ages 14 and up

When I get older : the story behind Wavin' Flag

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:28 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

K'Naan; Guy,Sol; Gutierrez,Rudy, ill

Source:

Tundra Books; Tundra Books of Northern New York, Toronto, Ont.; Plattsburgh, N.Y. (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr ML3930 .K675 W56 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10112183

Keywords:

K'Naan, K'Naan. Wavin' flag, Lyricists, Lyricists--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature, Singers, Singers--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature, Somalis--Biography, Somalis--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Ages 7-11

I have a dream

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:25 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

King,Martin Luther, Jr

Source:

Schwartz & Wade Books, Volume 1st, New York (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr E195.97 .K5 A5 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10112197

Keywords:

African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Civil rights--Juvenile literature, Civil rights movements--United States--History, Civil rights movements--United States--History--Juvenile literature, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)

Abstract:

Summary: Presents illustrations and the text of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, in which he described his visionary dream of equality and brotherhood for humankind.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Ages 8 and up

The boy who harnessed the wind

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:21 +0000

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Book

Authors:

Kamkwamba,William; Mealer,Bryan; Zunon,Elizabeth, ill

Source:

Dial Books for Young Readers, New York (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr TJ140 .K36 A3 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10112195

Keywords:

1987- --Juvenile literature, Electric power production--Malawi, Electric power production--Malawi--Juvenile literature, Electric power--Malawi, Irrigation--Malawi, Irrigation--Malawi--Juvenile literature, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Africa, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects, Kamkwamba, Kamkwamba, William, 1987-, Mechanical engineers, Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography, Mechanical engineers--Malawi--Biography--Juvenile literature, William, Windmills--Malawi, Windmills--Malawi--Juvenile literature

Abstract:

Summary: "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 910; Ages 6-8

I, too, am America

kells — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:28:14 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Hughes,Langston; Collier,Bryan, ill

Source:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Volume 1st, New York (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3515 .U274 I3 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10093763

Keywords:

African Americans--Juvenile poetry, African Americans--Poetry, American, American poetry, Children's poetry, Picture books for children

Abstract:

Summary: Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 390; Ages 5 and up

The list

kells — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:14 +0000

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Vivian,Siobhan

Source:

Push, Volume 1st, New York, p.333 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3622 .I9 L57 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9741563

Keywords:

Beauty, Beauty, Personal--Fiction, Friendship--Fiction, Friendship--Juvenile fiction, High schools--Fiction, High schools--Juvenile fiction, Identity (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction, Identity--Fiction, Personal--Juvenile fiction, Schools--Fiction, Self-esteem--Fiction, Self-esteem--Juvenile fiction, Self-perception--Fiction, Self-perception--Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction

Abstract:

Summary: Every year at Mount Washington High School somebody posts a list of the prettiest and ugliest girls from each grade--this is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, and how they are affected by the list.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Lexile measure 750, ages 12 and up