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5) Winter sky
Author
Language
English
Description
Almost twelve-year-old Siria, who chases firetrucks in the middle of the night to ensure her fire fighter dad's safety, learns about bravery one winter as she tries to mend a broken friendship.
6) Eleven
Author
Language
English
Description
When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.
Author
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
2 CDs (approximately 50 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Flying feet: Charlie often thinks of inventions that seldom work, but his latest idea just might be able to help Jake the Sweeper get rid of a big pile of trash and save "Come as a Character" day, too.
Star time: Gina wants more than anything to be the star of the show that her class will perform, but everything seems to go wrong until she makes a generous choice.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 CDs (89 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bears beware: Mitchell is afraid when the children from the Zigzag Center go camping overnight, but he tries to be brave and discovers that nature is not so scary after all ; Super surprise: When Destiny Washington gets the notion that everyone's favorite teacher, Ms. Katz, is going to be dismissed from the Zigzag Afternoon Center, she and classmate Yolanda think of several ways to save her.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 CDs (1 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The number-one kid: When Mitchell's father gets a new job and his family moves, he and his sister go to a new school where they must make new friends and adjust to new routines.
The big whopper: When Destiny Washington cannot think of a discovery during Discovery Week at school, she makes up a story, but finds that she cannot keep on pretending it is true.
11) Wild girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
12) Water Street
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Series
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
14) Gingersnap
Author
Language
English
Description
When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
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