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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for July 2005
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Millions By Frank Cottrell Boyce Anthony and Damian Cunningham, middle school students find a very large sum of money that has to be spent in less than three weeks. If the money is not spent it becomes worthless. What would you do if you a million in cash fell down out of the sky? Grades 5-8 |
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Call Me Maria By Judith Ortiz Cofer Fifteen-year-old Maria has moved from Puerto Rico to New York to be with her father. Through her wonderful poetry and letters we learn about her past on the island and her new American life. Grades 6-8. |
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The Old Willis Place By Mary Downing Hahn Lissa, the young daughter of the new caretaker slowly discovers that there maybe ghosts where they have come to live. She must try to uncover the secrets of the decaying mansion with the help of her new friends. Grades 5-7 |
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No Time, Like Show Time By Michael Hoeye Hermux Tantamoq the watchmaker mouse is called to help solve the mystery at the Varmint Theater. Someone is out to harm Fluster Varmint the famous show business mouse. Can Hermux save the day with a theater full of suspects? Grades 5-8 |
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Close Encounters of the Third World
Kind By Jennifer J. Stewart Like it or not twelve-year-old Annie will be living the next two month in Nepal with her family on a medical mission. Annie must prepare for her special journey and adventure. Grades 4-6 |
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The Borrowers By Mary Norton (Classic) Meet the little people who live in an old country house, a mother, father and their daughter. They live underneath the kitchen floor in their tiny home. Whatever they need they simply borrow from the people who live above them the humans. Grades 4-8 |
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