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Hilton's Monthly Picks
for March 2006
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Friends: Stories about New Friends,
Old Friends, and Unexpectedly True Friends Edited by Ann M. Martin and David Levithan Collection of touching stories by children authors celebrating the many ways we make, keep, and enjoy all types of friendship. Was your best friend a person, animal, place, or thing? Grades 5-8 |
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The Missing Manatee By Cynthia DeFelice Who would harm a manatee swimming in protected waters? When Skeet reports his discovery to the authorities they can't find the creature's body and the mystery begins. On top of this his parents are thinking about separating which keeps him worried. Grades 5-8 |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLachlan (Classic) Set in the rural American past, Sarah is invited to leave her home in Maine by the sea to become a mail-order bride out West on the prairie. Caleb and Anna hope their new mother will stay with them on the farm. Sarah has traveled far and misses her own family and the sea, will she stay? Grades 4-7 |
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Sixth-Grade: Glommers, Norks, and
Me By Lisa Papademetriou Allie Kimball is starting middle school, and must now learn how to survive life in a whole different world, quite different from her old school. She must make new friends, work on keeping old friends and try not to lose herself in the process. Grades 5-7 |
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Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy
By Ellen Potter (Series) Olivia is involved in a supernatural adventure that takes place in a large brownstone where her father has just been hired as the new superintendent. Who are all of these strange late night visitors entering the dreamlike spirit world of this building? Grades 5-8 |
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Adam Canfield of the Slash By Michael Winerip Adam and Jennifer are co-editors of their elementary school newspaper and they are in a fight with their school principal. When a third grade cub reporter uncovers what maybe some corruption they turn into an investigative reporter team out to expose any injustice at the school. Grades 4-7 |
