Phineas L. MacQuire … Blasts off! by Frances O’Roark Dowell publisher and date: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2008 genre: fiction age/grade:ages 8-12 Synopsis (from: www.bn.com) Houston,we have a problem! Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) is less than up-to-date on planetary happenings. (Marsquakes? Who knew?) If he’s going to be the best scientist in [...]
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Honeysuckle House by Andrea Cheng publisher and date: Front Street, 2004 genre: realistic fiction age/grade:grades 3-5 Synopsis (from www.bn.com) Alienation, longing, prejudice, and cultural difference is touched on in this immigrant story told in the voices of two ten-year-old girls. Sarah and Tina are fourth graders. The most important thing in the world to Sarah [...]
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A Step from Heaven by An Na publisher and date: Front Street, 2002 genre: realistic fiction age/grade: young adult Synopsis (from www.bn.com) 2001 National Book Award Nominee When she is five, Young Ju Park and her family move from Korea to California. During the flight, they climb so far into the sky she concludes they [...]
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