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FREEDMAN, RUSSELL
IMMIGRANT KIDS
“A refreshingly un-woeful introduction
to the experience of being a young
urban immigrant around the turn of
the century. As the text describes the
arduous crossing, the terrifying health
inspections, the cramped apartments,
[and] strange schools, [black-and-white]
photos by Riis and Hine make the scenes
real and recollections of immigrant childhoods
give them a personal dimension....
Concise, graphic, and designed in every
respect to catch and hold the reader’s
interest.” —Kirkus
Rec: AN, BL, C, CE, CLJ, IN, K, NC, NYC, R, SLJ, TE
8 x 10 80 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037594-7 $8.99
GARDNER, SALLY
I, CORIANDER
“This atmospheric blend of historical fiction
and original fairy tale spans 15 years
in the life of Coriander, daughter of a
London merchant and his fairy-princess
wife. Moving between England and her
mother’s world with a pair of magical
silver shoes, Coriander recovers a lost
treasure, frees an enslaved fairy prince,
defeats an evil witch, and then must do
the hardest thing of all: decide in which
world she ultimately belongs…[an]
absorbing, picturesque tale.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, C, H, K, PWH, SLJH, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 288 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240763-9 $6.99
GARFIELD, JAMES B.
FOLLOW MY LEADER
After Jimmy is blinded in an accident
with a firecracker, he has to relearn all
the things he used to know. With the
help of a determined therapist, he learns
to read braille and to use a cane. Then
he’s given the chance to have a guide
dog. Learning to work with Leader is
not easy, but Jimmy tries harder than he
ever has before. Can Leader really give
him the ability and the confidence he
needs?
Rec: K, SLJ
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1994
978-0-14-036485-9 $5.99
GATES, DORIS
BLUE WILLOW
Illustrated by Paul Lantz
“Janey, whose father was an itinerant
farm worker, wanted desperately a settled
home and friends and a well-ordered life.
This story, told with sensitive beauty...
should widen the horizens of those who
read it.” —The Horn Book
Rec: AN, BL, C, CE, E, H, K, SLJ, TE, W
Newbery Honor
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 176 pp. 1976
978-0-14-030924-9 $6.99
GAUTHIER, GAIL
THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA
“Sixth-grader Therese LeClerc, growing
up in 1966, feels alienated from
her farming family and French Catholic
heritage, increasingly idealizing the life
of a privileged classmate. When she’s assigned
an oral report on area hero Ethan
Allen…she’s less than overjoyed, especially
when she has to redo it. Gradually,
though, she gains an appreciation of
history’s lessons and a boost in self-confidence,
and she discovers that there’s
usually more than one side to a story and
to a person. Tessy’s spirited first-person
narrative…is both entertaining and insightful,
with occasional irreverent commentary
on such timeless issues as peer
and family pressure and school life.”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 240 pp. 2002
978-0-698-11968-0 $6.99
GODDEN, RUMER
THE DOLLS’ HOUSE
Illustrated by Tasha Tudor
“The sensitive, penetrating art of Rumer
Godden has created the choicest of all
doll stories.”
Rec: AN, BL, CE, CS, H, SLJ, W
—The Horn Book
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 1976
978-0-14-030942-3 $5.99
GOING, K. L.
THE LIBERATION OF
GABRIEL KING
“ ‘Could a chicken become a warrior and
fight oppression?’ Small for his age, Gabriel,
10, is scared of the bullies in his allwhite
trailer park in small-town Georgia
in 1976. His tough best friend, Frita, the
only black kid in his class, helps him to
overcome his fear, and he’s able to stand
with her when the Klan threatens. As
in Going’s Printz Honor Book Fat Kid
Rules the World…the characters here are
funny and brave and drawn with candor
and immediacy.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, H, KH, PWH, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 160 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240766-0 $6.99
See index for more titles by K. L. Going.