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*NEW* The Duel: The Parallel Lives of
Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr
by Judith St. George
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K
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The most famous duel in American history took
place on July 11, 1804, between two renowned
politicians, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Despite many similarities in their lives (they both
were orphaned at a young age, attended the same
college, and served under General Washington),
Hamilton and Burr often disagreed with each other
and sometimes used each other to achieve personal
ends. One final insult led to a duel that immortalized
one man and ruined the other. Bibliography. Index.
Isbn: 9780670011247 • Dewey: 973.4/6092 • 6" x 9" • 112 pp
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009
The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton &
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Eggs u
by Jerry Spinelli
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, Hs, KH, KL, PW
David, nine, thinks that obeying the rules and never
watching the sun rise will bring his mother back.
Primrose, thirteen, wants to earn enough at the flea
market to create the cozy home her kooky fortunetelling
mother can’t provide. Both are missing their
fathers. After a chance meeting, David and Primrose
are soon spending late nights picking through the
trash and going to the all-night Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s
an unlikely friendship, but they prefer each other to a
meddling grandmother and a needy mother.
Isbn: 9780316166461 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" • 240 pp
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 610l
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2007
Elephant Run u
by Roland Smith
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ, V, WM
1942: Fourteen-year-old Nick Freestone is glad to
leave war-torn London behind and return to his
father’s teak plantation in Burma, where he lived as a
small child. There he meets Mya, an aspiring mahout
whose family tends the plantation’s elephants, and
Hilltop, a mysterious monk. Then the Japanese army
arrives. Nick becomes a prisoner in his own room,
and his father is sent to a labor camp. With the help
of Hilltop and a rogue elephant named Hannibal,
Nick and Mya must escape and rescue their families.
Isbn: 9781423104025 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 750l
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2007
Elijah of Buxton u
by Christopher Paul Curtis
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH
“It ain’t something I ever boast on, but I was the very
first child to be born free in the Elgin Settlement
at Raleigh at Canada West, what we call Buxton.”
Elijah’s small-town life is full of adventures: riding Old
Flap the mule to the secret lake to catch fish, trying
to get a chance to shoot the Preacher’s pearl-handled
mystery pistol, playing pranks with his best friend
Cooter. Then, even though “being fragile’s the biggest
bone Ma’s got to pick with me,” Elijah is given a
serious, frightening responsibility. A 2008 Newbery
Honor Book. Winner of the 2008 Scott O’Dell
Award, the 2008 Corretta Scott King Award, and the
2008 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.
Isbn: 9780439023443 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 1070l
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2007
Elvis & Olive
by Stephanie Watson
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, WC
Most people find their neighbors boring.
Neighborhood spies Annie and Natalie—code
names Elvis and Olive—know better. As Annie
puts it: “Even the most dull-looking people do all
kinds of weird, interesting things when they think
no one’s watching.” Clarissa Jackson, for example,
plants fake flowers in her garden; Virginia Brooks,
a former television actress, eats face cream. Spying,
both girls agree, is the most fun they’ve ever had—
until, that is, they inadvertently discover big secrets
about each other.
Isbn: 9780545031837 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" • 256 pp
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 690l
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008
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