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PRESSLER, MIRJAM
ANNE FRANk: A HIDDEN LIFE
“This fascinating biographical companion
to Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young
Girl will impel the reader to reread the
diary itself...[Pressler] is as intimately
acquainted with Anne as a person can
be fifty-five years after Anne’s death.
Pressler’s convincing conclusions about
Anne’s literary gifts are fascinating. She
offers useful information about other
inhabitants of the Annex and their interactions
with Anne...For those readers
interested in the girl behind the diary,
this is an important book.” —VOYA
Rec: H, PWH, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 192 pp. 2001
978-0-14-131226-2 $7.99
MALkA
“Based on one Jewish family’s real escape
story, Pressler’s novel never romanticizes
either the victims or the rescuers. When
the Nazi roundups begin in her Polish
town in 1943, Dr. Hannah Mai tries
to flee with her two daughters, Minna,
16, and Malka, 7, over the border to
Hungary. On their way through the
mountains, Malka becomes ill; the other
refugees persuade Hannah to leave the
small child behind with a family and
send for her when she’s well. But that
family dumps Malka, leaving her on her
own…the survival adventure will hold
readers to the very last page.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, HH KH, PW, SLJ, V
4 1/4 x 7 288 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240269-6 $5.99
QUALEY, MARSHA
JUST LIkE THAT
“Hanna Martin, 18, is independent,
opinionated, and fierce….Deeply affected
by an encounter with two teens
shortly before their tragic death at the
lake, Hanna uses her talent as an artist to
explore conflicted feelings of guilt, disengagement,
and secrecy; art becomes both
obsession and therapy…Qualey writes
with quiet fierceness, giving her characters
depth and the plot complexities
that transcend the sometimes hackneyed
trend toward grim realism in YA novels.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL,C, H, K, SLJ, V
4 1/4 x 7 240 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240830-8 $6.99
RAAB, M. E.
MISSING PERSONS
Sophie and Sam Shattenberg are devastated
when their father dies. . Desperate
to get away from their greedy stepmother,
they withdraw their father’s money
from the bank and hit the road in search
of adventure.
#1 THE ROSE QUEEN
Rec: BLH, PW, SLJ, V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 192 pp. 2004
978-0-14-250041-5 $5.99
#2 THE CHOCOLATE LOVER
Rec: BLH, PW, SLJ, V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 192 pp. 2004
978-0-14-250042-2 $5.99
#3 THE VENETIAN POLICEMAN
Rec: BLH, PW, SLJ, V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 192 pp. 2004
978-0-14-250043-9 $5.99
#4 THE UNSUSPECTING
GOURMET
Rec: BLH, PW, SLJ, V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 192 pp. 2004
978-0-14-250044-6 $5.99
RABINOVICI, SCHOSCHANA
THANkS TO MY MOTHER
Translated by James Skofield
“Rabinovici recounts in exacting detail
how the Holocaust decimated her
large, extended Lithuanian family....The
book is clearly one of the most moving
memoirs that have emerged from the
Holocaust. It is both a living testament
to the incomprehensible reality of the
Holocaust and the author’s tribute to
her heroic mother.” —School Library
Journal
Rec: BKL, BL, HG, PW, SLJ, V
6 x 9 256 pp. 2000
978-0-14-130596-7 $8.99
RANKIN, LOUISE
DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAINS
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Momo has always wanted a Lhasa terrier—a
dog like the ones the Tibetan
Buddhist priests hold sacred in their
temples. When a trader brings Pempa
to her parents’ teahouse, Momo’s dream
comes true. Then a band of robbers
steals the valuable dog and escapes with
him into the mountains. To recover
Pempa, Momo must travel the Great
Trade Route—a dangerous journey she
may not survive. “A beautiful and inspiring
book with pictures that fit in every
respect.” —The Horn Book
Rec: AN, H
Newbery Honor
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1993
978-0-14-036335-7 $6.99
See index for more titles by Kurt Wiese.
RASKIN, ELLEN
THE MYSTERIOUS
DISAPPEARANCE OF LEON
(I MEAN NOEL)
For answers to crazy and important
questions, try this “story crammed with
baffling word puzzles, a dozen zany
characters, uproariously funny situations
and unmitigated slapstick.”
—The Horn Book
Rec: AN, B, BL, C, H, K, LC, NYT, PW, SLJH, TE, W
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 1989
978-0-14-032945-2 $5.99
THE WESTING GAME
One fateful day, sixteen people gather for
the reading of the will of the very rich
Samuel W. Westing. To their surprise,
the will turns out to be a contest, challenging
the heirs to find out who among
them is Westing’s murderer. Only two
people hold all the clues. One is a Westing
heir...and the other is the reader!
“A supersharp mystery...Confoundingly
clever, and very funny.” —Booklist
Rec: AN, B, BG, BL, C, CLJ, H, K, LC, NYT, PW, SLJ, TE, W
Newbery Medal
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 192 pp. 1997/1992
978-0-14-038664-6
Puffin Modern Classic
$6.99
5 x 7 192 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240120-0 $6.99
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