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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for December 2005
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Shakespeare's Secret By Elise Broach Life is not easy starting the sixth grade at a new school with a name from a character in a famous play. Hero has a mystery to uncover when she told about a very expensive jewel that may be hidden in her new house by the woman next door. Grades 5-7 |
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Among the Enemy By Margaret Peterson Haddix In a society that allows families to have only two children, the third born are know as shadow children who are hunted down by the Population Police. Matthias has penetrated their ranks, but who can he trust? Grades 4-6 |
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The Horse from the Sea By Victoria Holmes Fourteen-year-old Nora Donavan put her life in danger when she tries to rescue a horse and a young soldier both injured and lost from a shipwrecked Spanish Armanda in 1588 off the west coast of Ireland. Grades 5-7 |
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Gentles Holler By Kerry Madden Livy Two lives in the North Carolina hills with her parents and eight brothers and sisters where something is always happening. They don't have a lot to live off of but they make do. When she not doing chores or baby sitting she likes to write and write songs with her old guitar. Grades 5-8 |
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The Search for Belle Prater By Ruth White Woodrow, Cousin Gypsy, and Cassie who has a gift go off in search of Woodrow's mother who been missing for over a year. Their adventure begins after Woodrow receives a mysterious phone at midnight on his birthday from a nearby town. Grades 4-6 |
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White Fang By Jack London (Classic) Part dog, part wolf he has to learn about endurance impulse, and trustworthiness. Born into a world of violent behavior and cruelty from man and creature it is eat or be eaten. White Fang must learn to live in man's civilization or die. Grades 5-8 |
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