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Joe Hilton's Monthly Picks
for November 2004

By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia

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Gregor the Overlander Gregor the Overlander
by Suzanne Collins
When eleven-year-old Gregor follows his little sister through a laundry room grate they are pulled into the dark underworld beneath the city in a battle between frightening creatures.
 
Otto and the Flying Twins

Otto and the Flying Twins
by Charlotte Haptie
Young Otto tries to the save his family and the City of Tees from doom. They are the last ones of an ancient magical world now under threat from the Normal Police who want to destroy all magic.

 
Climbing the Rainbow

Climbing the Rainbow
by Joy Hulme
Ten-year-old Dora makes a quilt to trace her experiences as she finally starts school. Her Mormon family moves from Utah to secure homestead rights for their farm in New Mexico.

 
The Dolphins of Laurentum

The Dolphins of Laurentum
by Caroline Lawrence (series)
Faced with her family losing everything, Flavia must go with her friends on a dangerous journey in Ancient Rome. She has to be the first one to uncover the mystery of a sunken ship with buried treasure aboard.

 
Alice in Blunderland

Alice in Blunderland
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (series)
Fourth-grader Alice tries unsuccessfully to avoid embarrassing mistakes and to establish better relations with her older brother Lester.

 
Jason and the Gorgon's Blood

Jason and the Gorgon's Blood
by Jane Yolen & Robert Harris
Jason, who will grow up to become the leader of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a unsafe mission to save his kingdom, learning along the way what it means to be in charge.

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