by Francine Levitov
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
"Eight hundred and fifty-three horrifying things had happened to me by the time I was a teenager. That was when I met my Pigman, whose real name was Nonno Frankie."
Winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award;
School LIbrary Journal Best Book of the Year;
Horn Book Fanfare Honor List;
New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age; and,
A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
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by Shirley Fetherolf
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Includes: King Midas and the Golden Touch and Elephant’s Child. Michael Cain’s narration brings to life greedy King Midas who soon comes to realize that there are some things in life more precious than gold. Jack Nicholson narrates the second story, Rudyard Kipling’s Elephant’s Child, which portrays the tale of a very curious baby elephant. This collection is perfect for young listeners.
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by Stephanie Squicciarini
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS, a four-time winner of the Utah Original Writing Competition and winner of Nebraska’s Golden Sower Award, grew up in Florida but now lives in Utah with her husband and seven children. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and helped develop the conference on Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers at Brigham Young University.
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by Miles Klein
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
James Patterson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the blockbuster series Maximum Ride. More than 100 million of his books are in print around the world, making him one of the top-selling writers of all time.
Ned Rust lives in Croton, NY, with his family. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone and McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
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by Stephanie Squicciarini
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Michael Harmon is the author of Skate (“A remarkable first novel” according to Kirkus Reviews) and The Last Exit to Normal (“An excellent read” according to a starred School Library Journal review). He lives in Washington state.
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by Erika Kosin
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
BRUCE COVILLE has published more than ninety books for young readers, including the bestselling My Teacher Is an Alien series and the wildly popular Unicorn Chronicles. With more than eighteen million books in print, he is one of America s most beloved writers of books for children.
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