Three kids are at a dude ranch when they find a gold nugget. What will they do when the nugget disappears?

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 10/22/2009

ISBN-10: 037580269X

ISBN-13: 9780375802690

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Twelve year old Lanesha's mother died when she was born. Mama Ya-Ya, midwife, healer, able to see the future, has raised her in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans ever since. Lanesha has 'the sight', which means she can see ghosts, including her mother. When Hurricane Katrina begins to form offshore, Mama Ya-Ya declares that this will be a bad storm. Lanesha realizes that this time she needs to take care of Mama Ya-Ya, and she needs to use everything she has been taught. The fury of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath come alive through the eyes of Lanesha.

Awards nominated: 2013 Rebecca Caudill Nominee

Awards won: ALSC Notable Book 2012; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 6/4/2012

ISBN-10: 0316043087

ISBN-13: 9780316043083

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Augie Boretski's encounter with a strange green book of fairy tales brings unexpected and exciting changes in his life. The bookstore owner Louisa, as well as the book are magical and along with Big Brother Walter, his classmates, the chorus, Augie leads the community on a mission to save the school.

Reviewed by: adf

Date read: 5/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0375939210

ISBN-13: 9780375939211

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'No cream puffs. Just throw heat.' says her catcher. Twelve year old Madison Mitchell is the first girl in southern Michigan to play in the summer baseball league. Madison is the team's best pitcher and a very good all-round player. The whole country has picked up her story. However, the popular girls make fun of her and her best friend has deserted her. Her enemy, Billy threatens to bean her. And she has a crush on the totally wrong boy on her team. Follow Madison as she balances the pressures of publicity, helping her team win and being a regular person.

Reviewed by: hap

Date read: 2/20/2010

ISBN-10: 0375837752

ISBN-13: 9780375837753

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Wallace Wallace, accidental star of the football team, won't tell even the smallest lie. When he refuses to pretend to like his English teacher's favorite book, Old Shep, My Pal, his teacher sentences him to detention until he rewrites his book report. Since Wallace won't give in to write the kind of report his teacher wants, he's banned from football practice and stuck in rehearsals for the school's play. The play is Old Shep, My Pal, adapted from the book and directed by none other than his teacher, Mr. Fogelman. Wallace's truth-telling mouth just can't keep quiet, though, and soon the play takes a turn no one could have predicted.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 3/30/2010

ISBN-10: 078682462X

ISBN-13: 9780786824625

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