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Author
Series
Running out of time volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state"--
10) The returning
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When the twelve-year war between the Uplanders and Downlanders is over and Cam returns home to his village, questions dog him, from how he lost an arm to why he was the only one of his fellow soldiers to survive, such that he must leave until his own suspicions are resolved.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Life is difficult on the island of Sanlagita. To the west looms a vengeful mountain, one that threatens to collapse and bury the village at any moment. To the north, a dangerous fog swallows sailors who dare to venture out, looking for a more hospitable land. And what does the future hold for young girls? Chores and more chores. When Lalani Sarita's mother falls gravely ill, twelve-year-old Lalani faces an impossible task-she must leave Sanlagita...
Author
Series
Travels with my family volume 2
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his family move to a sleepy little village in the south of France, but the neighbour's dog is the only sleepy thing around. Instead, raging bulls, ferocious floods, a notorious duck thief ... and adventures large and small await them.
17) Freedom swimmer
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: H-B Woodlawn
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: H-B Woodlawn
Description
"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond...
Author
Series
Eek! (Jeff Strand) volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Twins Oliver and Trisha are on a canoe trip with their dad when a freak accident leaves their father badly injured. With no cell phone reception, their only choice is to continue down river and hope to find civilization. And they do--in a small village. Except the people there behave strangely, and weirdest of all is the giant scarecrow in the village square. The townspeople seem nervous--obsessed--with the scarecrow. 'He watches over us,' the twins...
Author
Publisher
Edicones Ekaré
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
En este relato tradicional de Mongolia, el joven Gonan persigue al temible monstruo Mongas hasta la estepa para vengar la destrucción de su aldea. Allí, deciden batirse en un duelo que consiste en tres pruebas.
One day, a terrible monster named Mongas attacks the village where a boy with super human strength named Gonan lives. Gonan vows to destroy the monster and undertakes the dangerous voyage to find his colossal mansion. Readers will love seeing...
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