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MOERI, LOUISE<br />
SAVE QUEEN OF SHEBA<br />
“Moeri has shaped this story with an<br />
unsensationalized precision that will<br />
compel readers through the experience<br />
of a twelve-year-old King David (biblically<br />
named by his parents), who regains<br />
consciousness after the massacre of his<br />
wagon train and assumes responsibility<br />
for his little sister’s life on a barren<br />
plain....Vivid [and] memorable.”<br />
—BooklistH<br />
Rec: AN, BLH, CR, H, PW, SLJ, TE<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 128 pp. 1994<br />
978-0-14-037148-2 $4.99<br />
MOHR, NICHOLAS A.<br />
FELITA<br />
Illustrated by Ray Cruz<br />
Felita’s parents promise she will love<br />
their new neighborhood. Only Abuelita,<br />
her grandmother, understands how<br />
much Felita will miss her old block, and<br />
her best friend Gigi. But her new neighbors<br />
taunt and tease Felita and her family<br />
because they are from Puerto Rico. “An<br />
honest, realistic view of an important<br />
aspect of contemporary American life.”<br />
—The Horn Book<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 112 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-14-130643-8 $5.99<br />
GOING HOME<br />
“Felita Maldonado’s growing up continues<br />
in this warm novel that centers<br />
on the spring she finds a boyfriend and<br />
the summer she spends in Puerto Rico.<br />
Deftly written and lively—an enjoyable<br />
story for any reader.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, C, CS, H, NC, PW, SLJ, W<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-14-130644-5 $5.99<br />
MOREY, WALT<br />
GENTLE BEN<br />
Illustrated by John Schoenherr<br />
This tale of Alaska before statehood is<br />
“the warm and moving story of the deep<br />
bond of trust and friendship between<br />
young Mark Anderson and Ben, a huge<br />
Alaskan brown bear....Told with a simplicity<br />
and dignity which befits its characters,<br />
human and animal, Gentle Ben is a<br />
memorable reading experience.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: AN, B, BL, CE, CS, E, HG, LJ, SLJ, TE, W<br />
5 x 6 3/4 192 pp. 1992<br />
978-0-14-036035-6 $6.99<br />
Puffin Modern Classic<br />
5 x 7 192 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240551-2 $6.99<br />
See index for more titles by John Schoenherr.<br />
kAVIk THE WOLF DOG<br />
Illustrated by Peter Parnall<br />
“The wolf dog was purchased by a<br />
wealthy American and injured in a plane<br />
crash....Rescued by Andy, the animal<br />
learned kindness for the first time....The<br />
setting is vividly created, and the dangers<br />
of the long trek are described with pace<br />
and suspense.’’ —Bulletin of the<br />
Center for Children’s Books<br />
Rec: C, CE, CS, E, H, HG, PW, SLJ, T<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 192 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-14-038423-9 $5.99<br />
MORGAN, CLAY<br />
THE BOY WHO SPOkE DOG<br />
“When his ship wrecks, Jack, a nineteenth-century<br />
cabin boy, finds himself<br />
stranded on a remote island. Once<br />
inhabited by farmers, the island now<br />
has only sheep and sheep dogs..... The<br />
story, told in alternating viewpoints shifts<br />
between Jack’s perspective and that of<br />
Moxie, a young dog…Morgan delivers<br />
an unusual, engrossing novel, using vivid<br />
language to project the reader into the<br />
sounds and smells of the animal world as<br />
he examines the ancient bonds between<br />
humans and dogs.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, K, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 7/8 176 pp. 2005<br />
978-0-14-240343-3 $5.99<br />
MORGENSTERN, SUSIE<br />
SECRET LETTERS FROM 0 TO 10<br />
Illustrated by Gill Rosner<br />
“Winner of the French equivalent of the<br />
Newbery medal, this novel portrays the<br />
poignant journey of a young boy who<br />
learns to enjoy life, express his love for<br />
others and, at the same time, learn to<br />
love himself.” —School Library JournalH<br />
“Quirky characters, heightening suspense,<br />
and hilarious situations are deftly<br />
combined in this tender novel...which<br />
examines a few of the large and small<br />
ways people affect one another.”<br />
—BooklistH<br />
Rec: BLH, C, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, TK, V<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-14-130819-7 $4.99<br />
See index for more titles by Susie Morgenstern.<br />
MYERS, ANNA<br />
THE kEEPING ROOM<br />
When Colonel Joseph Kreshaw leaves<br />
Camden, South Carolina, to lead the<br />
American rebels in their struggle against<br />
the British, he leaves his son Joey behind<br />
as the man of the house. “Myers maintains<br />
her usual high standards for historical<br />
fiction, allowing the human drama<br />
to remain in the forefront of the story...<br />
Joey moves beyond hatred, his opinions<br />
of war—and slavery—forever changed.<br />
Finely crafted, the book offers a potent<br />
message, unfettered by moralizing, about<br />
war.” —The Horn Book<br />
Rec: BL, C, H<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-14-130468-7 $5.99<br />
RED-DIRT JESSIE<br />
After Jessie Harper’s little sister dies, her<br />
father just seems to give up on life. Mrs.<br />
Harper has to keep the family together<br />
through the worst of the depression—but<br />
Jessie’s got a plan. There’s<br />
an abandoned dog on a nearby farm, a<br />
dog who won’t trust anyone. If Jessie<br />
can tame Ring, maybe the two of them<br />
together can bring her father back. “Every<br />
member of this family comes to life...<br />
There is humor, down-to-earth dialogue<br />
and action, and a cliffhanger climax.”<br />
—School Library JournalH<br />
Rec: KH, PC, SLJH<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 128 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-14-038734-6 $4.99<br />
MYERS, WALTER DEAN<br />
AMISTAD<br />
A Long Road to Freedom<br />
“With characteristic scholarship, clarity,<br />
insight, and compassion, Myers presents<br />
readers with the facts and the moral and<br />
historical significance of the Amistad episode.<br />
Archival photographs and artwork,<br />
newspaper accounts and correspondence,<br />
and interpretive text reveal the dramatic<br />
story of the captive Africans who<br />
mutinied against their slaver crew and<br />
accidentally landed in the United States<br />
instead of back in Africa…Myers offers<br />
readers a well-researched, documented,<br />
nonfictionalized account of this farreaching<br />
episode. Frequent black-andwhite<br />
maps, drawings, and diagrams add<br />
to an understanding of this tragic event.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
7 1/2x 9 112 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-14-130004-7 $9.99<br />
See index for more titles by Walter Dean Myers.<br />
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Ages 8-12 • Intermediate Independent Reads