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Lily’s Crossing-Patricia GiffLittle Women –Louisa May AlcottA Long Way FromChicago -Richard PeckPeak – Roland SmithPictures of Hollis Woods-Patricia Reilly GiffThe Prince and thePauper – Mark TwainRacing in the Rain-My Life as a Dog -Garth SteinRiding the Flume-Patricia PfitschThe Secret Garden –Frances H. BurnettShadow – MichaelMorpurgoShipwreck at theBottom of the World -Jennifer ArmstrongA young girl learns that World War II is bound to changeeveryone, even the Americans who never leave home.Beloved story of the four March girls, Jo, Beth, Amy, andMeg, as they grow up.A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with hissister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-lifegrandmotherThis is the emotional, tension-filled story of a fourteen-year-old boy's attempt to be theyoungest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.A troublesome 12-year-old orphan, staying with an elderlyartist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in afoster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.An interesting story of two young boys who switched theiridentities and their lifestyles.Told from the perspective of Enzo, the family dog, this is a moving story aboutlove and loss, family, dreams, and the bond between a dog and its "people."In 1894, 15-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermenand protect the largest sequoia tree ever seen, which hadBeen given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.Mary befriends the invalid son of the manor and together theyinvestigate the mysteries of the secret garden.With the horrors of war bearing down on them, Aman and his mother arebarely surviving in an Afghan cave, and staying there any longer will end horribly.However life in England brings new problems.This is the extraordinary and harrowing true story of Shackleton and thecrew of the Endurance. This is the story of their attempt to cross the frozenAntarctic continent from one side to the other and all the adventures theyencountered.Small as an Elephant-Jennifer JacobsonJack's mom is gone, leaving him all alone on a campsite in Maine. Can he findhis way back to Boston before the authorities realize what happened?Tangerine –Edward BloorPaul Fisher is an adolescent faced with challenges of adjustingto a new school, making new friends, and confronting the horrible truthabout his family.