After Hollis washes his eyes in the dolphin fountain, he is able to see a special world whose inhabitants are the shadows of those people that have entered the garden of the house he is visiting.

The Shades

Betty Brock

Camelot Books

A wind-up toy mouse and his child, broken and then mended, set out to find the animals and doll house with which they were in the toy shop. Along the way, they make enemies with a dump rat and have many adventures.

the Mouse and His Child

Literature & Fiction

Russell-Hoban

Contemporary

Matthew Looney and the Space Pirates

The Bad Dreams of a Good Girl

Shreve, Susan

The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

A Matter of Life or Death
It's 1849, and twelve-year-old, Lucas Whitaker is all alone after his whole family dies of a disease called consumption which has swept through the community. Lucas is grief-stricken and filled with guilt. He might have saved his mother, who was the last to die, if only he had listened to news of a strange cure for this deadly disease.
Unable to manage the family farm by himself, Lucas finds work as an apprentice to Doc Beecher, doctor, dentist, barber and undertaker. Doc amputates a leg as easily as he pulls a tooth, yet when it comes to consumption, he remains powerless, unwilling to try the cure he calls nonsense. Lucas can't accept Doc's disbelief, and he joins others in the dark ritual they believe is their only hope. The startling results teach Lucas a great deal about fear, desperation, and the scientific reasoning that offers hope for a true cure.
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year An ALA Notable Book for Children A New York Public Library 1997 Best Books for the Teenage A CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies for 1997 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist

DEFELICE, CYNTHIA

Children's Books

When Dana uncovers a skeleton hidden in the wall of her home, she also uncovers a dark secret that stretches back years. When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family’s old house, she’s unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room—containing a human skeleton! How did such a thing get there? And why was the tiny room sealed up? With the help of a diary found in the room, Dana learns her house was once a station on the Underground Railroad. The young woman whose remains Dana discovered was Lizbet Charles, a conductor and former slave. As the scene shifts between Dana’s world and 1856, the story of the families that lived in the house unfolds. But as pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, one haunting question remains—why did Lizbet Charles die?

Steal Away Home

Jane Kristof

LANE CARSON is used to getting her own way-apart from throwing hissy fits and pulling outrageous stunts to attract her workaholic husband's attention, Lane lives a seemingly perfect life. But things are seldom as they seem... Lane is blindsided and her charmed and pampered existence uprooted, when her shattered husband, Micky Capello, breaks the devastating news: he's lost the family fortune and is leaving on a quest to "find himself." The most daunting part is they're losing the nannies-and the children Lane barely knows will live with her. Without the leisure to wallow in misery and self-pity, Lane is catapulted into an adventure of a lifetime that's filled with outlandish and often emotionally charged escapades of trial and error, all with her ber supportive-albeit dysfunctional-family in tow. This comedic drama is bursting with outlandish hilarity and warmth, and is sure to keep you roaring with laughter, while tugging at your heart with its endearing candid reflection. A must read

Riches & Rags: Things are seldom as they seem.

Humor & Entertainment

Nagasaki, Camille

Humor

Prince-and-Princess stories tap into our longing for a better life, a truly meaningful destiny. But many struggle to find it, because of doubts about their true identity. This book gives keys to a fulfilling life that can make a difference in this world.

Cinderella and her Sisters: Identity, Authority and Inheritance (Light for the Darkness)

Bloomer, Dr. Tom

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