Natasha Friend
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Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature
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A thirteen-year-old girl struggles with bulimia after her father dies.
Parents Wanted
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George Harrar
Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature
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Focuses on the adoption of a boy with ADD.
The Trouble with Jeremy Chance
George Harrar
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Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year
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Father-son conflict during the final days of World War I.
No Place
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Kay Haugaard
Based on a true story of Latino youth who create an inner-city park.
The Monkey Thief
Aileen Kilgore Henderson
New York Public Library Best Books of the Year: “Books for the Teen Age”
A twelve-year-old boy is sent to live with his uncle in a Costa Rican rain forest.
Hard Times for Jake Smith
Aileen Kilgore Henderson
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A girl searches for her family in the Depression-era South.
The Summer of the Bonepile Monster
Aileen Kilgore Henderson
Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature
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A brother and sister spend the summer with their great-grandmother in the South.
Treasure of Panther Peak
Aileen Kilgore Henderson
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New York Public Library Best Books of the Year: “Books for the Teen Age”
A twelve-year-old girl adjusts to her new life in Big Bend National Park.
I Am Lavina Cumming
Susan Lowell
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association Award
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This lively story culminates with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The Boy with Paper Wings
Susan Lowell
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This story about a feverish boy's imagined battles includes paper-folding instructions.
The Secret of the Ruby Ring
Yvonne MacGrory
A blend of time travel and historical fiction set in 1885 Ireland.
Emma and the Ruby Ring
Yvonne MacGrory
A tale of time travel to nineteenth-century Ireland.