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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for November 2008
by Joe Hilton of the Free Library of
Philadelphia
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
by Betsy Lewin (Easy Reader)
Kate has the best horse in the entire county. Together they ride the range and take care of the cows. Grades 1-3
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New Pig in Town
by Lisa Wheller (Easy Reader)
Fitch the wolf and Chip the pig meet up in school and try to be friends. (Grades 1-3)
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So Totally Emily Ebers
by Lisa Yee
Twelve-year-old Emily Ebers, has just moved with her mother across the country to California from New Jersey after her parents' divorce. She begins to write daily letters in her journal to her missing father who is on the road with his old rock band. Grades 5-7
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A Song for Harlem
by Pat McKissack (Series)
Grandmother Gee shares the story of Lilly Belle with her three grandchildren. In 1928, 12-year-old Lilly Belle from Tennessee wins a writing contest and gets the golden opportunity to attend a young authors' writing program in Harlem led by Zora Neale Hurston. Grads 3-4 |
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The Wild Girls
by Pat Murphy
After moving to a new state twelve-year-old Joan meets Sarah who has the nicknamed Fox. Both girls love to play and explore the wooded outdoors around their homes. After winning a writing contest together the girls learn a lot about themselves at writing camp. Grades 5-9 |
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TheGollywhopper Games
by Jody Feldman
Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson is a contestant in the Golly Toy and Game Company very big contest. Thousands of children are competing for prizes of money and a college scholarship. You have to solve extraordinary puzzles and do crazy challenges. Let the games begin. Grads 4-8
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The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Classic)
April and Melanie are so interested with ancient Egypt they have fun developing their own fantasyEgyptgame. Soon some weird things start to happen in their community. They become involved in a murder case and meet a psychic. Grades 4-6. |
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One Beastly Beast: (Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales)
by Garth Nix
An amusing collection of four fantasy stories including one featuring a boy who joins a band of swashbuckling navy rats tracking down Blackbread the Pirate, the Princess and the beast, Serena and the sea serpent and Bill the Inventor. Grades 3-5
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