Books For Kids

Sent
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Published 2009 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781416954224

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 Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex travel back to Britain in 1483, where they discover that Chip's true identity is England's Edward V, and that Alex is his younger brother. If the teens can fix time, they'll be allowed to return to the present. But how can they possibly return home safely when history claims that Chip and Alex were murdered by Richard of Gloucester? "I think it's probably safe to say, given when you should have landed, that you're.... More...

The Magician's Elephant
by Kate DiCamillo
Published 2009 by Candlewick Press (MA)
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763644109

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In her newest novel, Newbery Medalist DiCamillo ("The Tale of Despereaux") conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected and making the impossible come true. When orphan Peter Augustus Duchene asks a fortuneteller about his sister, the fortuneteller's mysterious answer sets off a chain of remarkable events.... More...

Everything for a Dog
by Ann Matthews Martin
Published 2009 by Feiwel & Friends
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312386511

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Bone and his sister, Squirrel, are stray dogs born in a shed. Left motherless as puppies, they survive together for a while, but are soon wrenched apart, and Bone must go on, alone. Charlie is a boy who has suffered a terrible loss. And, as he's healing with the help of Bone, another tragedy occurs.... More...