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THOMPSON, C. E.<br />
GLOW-IN-THE-DARk<br />
CONSTELLATIONS<br />
A Field Guide for <strong>Young</strong> Stargazers<br />
Illustrated by Randy Chewning<br />
“A simple, straightforward introduction<br />
to ten northern hemisphere constellations.<br />
Scattered throughout are suggested<br />
ways to learn the constellations,<br />
ranging from studying one until you can<br />
picture it in your mind to using the book<br />
with a flashlight in a dark room to play a<br />
shape identification game with a friend.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: CS, E, K, NS, SLJ<br />
8 x 10 32 pp. 1989/1999<br />
978-0-448-41253-5 $8.99<br />
TOLL, NELLY S.<br />
BEHIND THE SECRET WINDOW<br />
A Memoir of a Hidden Childhood<br />
During World War Two<br />
“In Toll’s remembrance, art equals hope:<br />
her happy family pictures, painted in the<br />
secret room where she and her mother<br />
hid from the Nazis and the Poles, show<br />
extraordinary preteen talent as well as the<br />
will to survive.” —Kirkus<br />
Rec: K, PW<br />
5 x 7 7/8 176 pp. 2003<br />
978-0-14-230241-5 $5.99<br />
TRUEIT, TRUDI<br />
JULEP O’TOOLE:<br />
CONFESSIONS OF A MIDDLE CHILD<br />
“With an older sister who appears to be<br />
perfect and a younger brother who is<br />
highly asthmatic and spoiled, 11-year-old<br />
Julep feels invisible. She is absorbed in<br />
the ordinary trials of life, wishing to be<br />
popular, agonizing over what to wear for<br />
her school picture, hating her red hair<br />
and freckles, and resentful at having to<br />
look out for her brother…Julep comes<br />
across as imaginative, real, and often<br />
funny.” —School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, C, K, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 7/8 192 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240798-1 $5.99<br />
JULEP O’TOOLE:<br />
MISS INDEPENDENT<br />
“This sequel incorporates lots of familiar<br />
preteen concerns, and Julep’s perky diary<br />
entries, peppered throughout the narrative,<br />
bring intimacy to the wry, often<br />
heartfelt story, which stresses that growing<br />
up doesn’t necessarily mean growing<br />
apart from family.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 7/8 176 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240829-2 $5.99<br />
VALENTINE, SUSAN<br />
CARLY PATTERSON<br />
Olympic Idol<br />
An interesting biography of one of the<br />
star’s of the 2004 summer Olympic<br />
games.<br />
4 1/4 x 7 160 pp. 2004<br />
978-1-59514-039-5 $4.99<br />
VAN LEEUWEN, JEAN<br />
BOUND FOR OREGON<br />
The Oregon Trail, 1852. Nine-year-old<br />
Mary Ellen Todd, filled with the pioneer<br />
spirit, treks cross country with her family<br />
in search of a better life. The Todds<br />
survive when Indians circle their wagon<br />
train and swollen rivets block their<br />
path. But when winter draws near and<br />
a mother has a new baby, will the Todds<br />
have the strength to complete their journey?<br />
“A fine introduction to life on the<br />
Oregon Trail.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BKL, BL, E, H, PW, TE, W<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 176 pp. 1996<br />
978-0-14-038319-5 $5.99<br />
DEAR MOM,<br />
YOU’RE RUINING MY LIFE<br />
“Sam is a very normal eleven-year old,<br />
and readers will take to her because of<br />
it.” —Booklist “Attention to detail gives<br />
this novel an unusual and satisfying<br />
sparkle.”<br />
Rec: BL, C, CR, E, K, PW, W<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 1990<br />
978-0-14-034386-1 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Jean Van Leeuwen.<br />
VAN MAARSEN,<br />
JACQUELINE<br />
A FRIEND CALLED ANNE<br />
One Girl’s story of War, Peace and a<br />
Unique Friendship with Anne Frank<br />
Retold for children by Carol Ann Lee<br />
“Lee offers an edition of van Maarsen’s<br />
book My Friend Anne Frank rewritten<br />
for a younger audience. Van Maarsen,<br />
who met Anne Frank in 1941 at the Jewish<br />
Lyceum, their school in Amsterdam,<br />
became her closest friend…This absorbing<br />
book vividly portrays life in occupied<br />
Amsterdam and throws interesting<br />
sidelights on Anne Frank’s story.”<br />
—Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, C, H, K, SLJ<br />
10 3/8 x 8 7/16 176 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240719-6 $6.99<br />
VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN<br />
MAGIC CAN BE MURDER<br />
There’s no spell for keeping her Nola’s<br />
mother—who hears voices and is a magnet<br />
for witch-hunters—out of trouble.<br />
The two of them evade the authorities by<br />
traveling from town to town, taking odd<br />
jobs and moving on-until the day Nola<br />
magically witnesses a murder. “<strong>Readers</strong><br />
will be rewarded with a solid mystery<br />
and a handful of memorable characters.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 2002<br />
978-0-14-230210-1 $6.99<br />
THERE’S A DEAD PERSON<br />
FOLLOWING MY SISTER AROUND<br />
When Ted’s five-year-old sister Vicki invents<br />
an imaginary friend, no one is too<br />
concerned...except that her friend can<br />
move things. Ted is sure Vicki’s “friend”<br />
is a ghost but why would a ghost be<br />
haunting his sister. “A fast-paced story<br />
that mixes scares and history for some<br />
can’t-put-it-down fun.” —Kirkus<br />
Rec: K, PW<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-14-131281-1 $5.99<br />
VOS, IDA<br />
ANNA IS STILL HERE<br />
Translated by Terese Edelstein<br />
and Inez Smidt<br />
“Anna, a Dutch Jewish girl, has survived<br />
the war in hiding. Vos conveys Anna’s<br />
heartbreaking and heroic efforts with an<br />
exemplary economy [and] looks beyond<br />
the usual “happy” ending of survivor stories...to<br />
pose more thoughtful questions<br />
about the price of survival; her answers<br />
are...profoundly stirring.”<br />
—Publishers WeeklyH<br />
Rec: H, KH, PWH, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 1995<br />
978-0-14-036909-0 $5.99<br />
HIDE AND SEEk<br />
Translated by Terese Edelstein<br />
and Inez Smidt<br />
“Rachel Hartog is eight years old in<br />
1940 when she begins to notice changes<br />
around her: the innumerable restrictions<br />
on behavior of Jews....Rachel and her<br />
family go into hiding after a number<br />
of Jewish children are taken away.The<br />
experiences described in Anne Frank:<br />
The Diary of a <strong>Young</strong> Girl are made<br />
accessible to a younger audience.”<br />
—The Horn Book<br />
Rec: BKL, BLH, H, PW<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 1995<br />
978-0-14-036908-3 $5.99<br />
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Ages 8-12 • Intermediate Independent Reads