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1 Title: And w Miguel by: Joseph Krumgold Summary: The secret wish of Miguel Chavez, to go to the mountains with the men of his family, comes true. Title: Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by: Virginia Hamilton Summary: This book is a biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts. Award: Newbery 1954 Cassette: ne Award: ne Cassette: ne /nfiction 18 /nfiction nfiction

2 Title: Artemis Fowl by: Eoin Colfer Summary: Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind, but even he does not know what he has taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These fairies are armed and they are dangerous. Title: The Best Poems Ever by: Edric Mesmer Summary: Includes poems by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, Pablo Neruda, Lucille Clifton, Elizabeth Barret Browning and more. Award: ne Cassette: ne Award: ne Cassette: ne ne ne ne 584 ne available /nfiction 70 /nfiction nfiction

3 Title: Bull Run by: Paul Fleischman Summary: rtherners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War. Title: The Call of the Wild by: Jack London Summary: Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields, and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves. Award: ne Cassette: ne Award: ne Cassette: ne /nfiction 201 /nfiction

4 Title: The Chocolate War by: Robert Cormier Summary: This powerful novel is about a young high school student who refuses to be intimidated by society and the people around him. Title: The Devil's Arithmetic by: Jane olen Summary: Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage, until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Award: ne Cassette: ne Award: ne Cassette: ne /nfiction /nfiction

5 Title: The Endless Steppe by: Esther Hautzig Summary: During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the following five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe. Title: The Giver by: Lois Lowry Summary: The Elders of the Committee choose Jonas to be the person responsible for receiving and keeping all the memories of the past--a huge task for this exceptional boy. Award: ne Cassette: ne Award: Newbery 1994 Cassette: ne /nfiction nfiction /nfiction

6 Title: w Is our Time! by: Walter Dean Myers Summary: A history of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality, beginning with the capture of Africans in 119, continuing through the American Revolution, the Civil War, and into contemporary times. Title: Sacajawea by: Joseph Bruchac Summary: Sacajawea, a Shoshone Indian interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, and William Clark alternate in describing their experiences on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the rthwest. Award: Coretta Scott King 1992 Cassette: ne Award: ne Cassette: ne /nfiction nfiction 199 /nfiction

7 Title: Samir and onatan by: Daniella Carmi Summary: Samir is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy and traveling with him to Mars, where Samir finds peace about his brother's death. Translation is done by ael Lotan. Title: Some Friend! by: Carol Carrick Summary: Mike has always been a little in awe of his self-assertive friend Rob but one day, when pushed too far, Mike realizes he will have to take a stand of his own or lose self-respect. Award: ne Cassette: ne Award: ne Cassette: ne ne ne ne ne available 183 /nfiction /nfiction

8 Title: our Life in Poems by: Charles Doersch Summary: "Do you know any poets? ou might. Rockers can be poets. Rappers can be poets. The special someone who sits across from you in Spanish class might be a poet, too. Poetry is about the everyday stuff in your life. Award: ne Cassette: ne ne ne ne ne available 40 /nfiction nfiction

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