Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary D. Schmidt
It’s 1911, and Turner Buckminster has moved with his parents to Phippsburg, Maine. As the new preacher’s son and living under the constant scrutiny of the townspeople, Turner has a hard time enjoying...
View ArticleA Season of Secrets, by Richard Peck
It’s 1958, and twelve-year-old Bobby Barnhard and his family are the new neighbors of Grandma Dowdel. Always the consummate story-teller, Richard Peck has put together another rollicking tale with...
View ArticleThe Gold-threaded Dress, by Carolyn Marsden
Oy (a.k.a. Olivia) wants to be invited into the circle of popular girls in her new fourth-grade class, but the group leader is demanding a chance to try on Oy’s beautiful dress from Thailand as a...
View ArticleAmber Brown is Green with Envy, by Paula Danziger
“Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his...
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