Gossamer

Can littlest one, and her touch light as gossamer, protect John’s heart and soul from the nightmare of his dark past? Each night she and her teacher, visit an old woman’s home where she softly touches beloved objects, gathering happy memories, Thin Elderly, and drops of old scents and sounds. But the dreaded sinisteeds, dark fearsome creatures that plague their victims with nightmares, are always at work against the dreamgivers.

When the old woman takes in John, an angry foster child with a troubled past, the Sinisteeds go after him with their horrifying nightmares. Littlest one pieces these bits together and presents them to her sleeping human in the form of pleasant dreams. Littlest one is a tiny creature slowly learning her job of giving dreams to humans.

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Silent Boy

She was fascinated by her father’s work, and even as a child she knew that she too wanted to be a doctor. So when events took an unexpected and tragic turn, it was Katy alone who could unravel the mystery of what had occurred and why. She wanted to know about people. Katy thatcher was the bright and curious daughter of the town doctor.

Although jacob never spoke to her or even looked at her directly, Katy grew to understand him from the moments they spent together quietly singing to the horses. Hmh. She knew there was meaning in the sounds he made and purpose behind his movements. Perhaps it was this, her insatiable curiosity, or simply the charm of Jacob’s gentle intimacy with animals large and small, that fueled their friendship.

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The Willoughbys

. But they have no idea what lies ahead in their quest to rid themselves of their ghastly parents and live happily ever after. Little do the willoughby kids know that their neglectful mother and father are hatching an evil plan to get rid of them! Not to worry—these resourceful adventurers have a few plans of their own.

Unfortunately, the willoughby parents are not very fond of their children, and the truth is that the siblings are not too keen on their parents either. Hmh. Soon to be an animated film starring ricky gervais, maya rudolph, and sean cullen! from the newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, comes a "hilarious" Booklist, starred review and wonderfully old-fashioned story about a mother and father who are all too eager to be rid of their four children .

And four children who are all too happy to be rid of their parents. The willoughby's—timothy; his twin brothers, Barnaby A and Barnaby B; and their little sister, Jane—are old-fashioned children who adore old-fashioned adventures. Yearling Books.


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A Summer to Die

Yearling Books. Harcourt Brace and Company. Molly is beautiful and popular, and Meg is brainy and introverted. Thirteen-year-old Meg and her sister Molly couldn't be more different. Accepting these differences has always been difficult for Meg. Hmh. When molly falls ill, however, Meg must learn not only to accept Molly and her life, but to accept death.

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Son Giver Quartet

When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That it had been stolen from her body. Now claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice. Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, The Giver, as well as Gathering Blue and Messenger where a new hero emerges.

That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. But what became of him she never knew. Claire had a son. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil. Hmh. They called her Water Claire. Harcourt Brace and Company.

That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. Yearling Books. Harcourt Brace and Company. What was his name? was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible.


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Autumn Street

Harcourt Brace and Company. But the year she goes to live in her grandfather's big house—while her father is fighting in World War II—Elizabeth can't put a name to those dark, shadowy fears. This lovely repackaged edition features a new introduction by the author. Harcourt Brace and Company. Yearling Books.

There are things to be afraid of in the woods at the end of Autumn Street. But she finds solace in her friendship with Charles, a boy who teaches her to take risks. Together the two children try to interpret an adult world that is always puzzling and often cruel. Together, on a day when snow obscures everything but terror, they leave that world behind and enter the world that is waiting in the woods.

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Messenger Giver Quartet

But forest is now hostile to Matty as well. But forest has become hostile to Matty as well, and he is armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s bestselling Giver Quartet, Gathering Blue, which includes The Giver, and Son.

Trouble is brewing in Village. As one of the few people able to travel through the dangerous Forest, Matty must deliver the message that Village will soon be closed to outsiders. Once a utopian community that prided itself on welcoming strangers, Village will soon be cut off to all outsiders. Yearling Books.

Harcourt Brace and Company. Harcourt Brace and Company. Strange changes are taking place in Village. Now he must risk everything to fight his way through it, armed only with an emerging power he cannot yet explain or understand. As one of the few able to traverse the forbidding Forest, Matty must deliver the message of Village’s closing and try to convince Seer’s daughter Kira to return with him before it’s too late.

Messenger is the masterful third novel in Lois Lowry’s Giver Quartet, Gathering Blue, which includes The Giver, and Son. Hmh.


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War Dances

Harcourt Brace and Company. Yearling Books. In his first new fiction since winning the national book award for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, best-selling author Sherman Alexie delivers a virtuoso collection of tender, witty, and soulful stories that expertly capture modern relationships from the most diverse angles.

Harcourt Brace and Company. War dances brims with alexie’s poetic and revolutionary prose, and reminds us once again why he ranks as one of our country’s finest writers. With bright insight into the minds of artists, husbands, just as he learns that he himself may have a brain tumor; “the ballad of paul nonetheless, fathers, a son recalls his father’s “natural Indian death” from alcohol and diabetes, Alexie populates his stories with average men on the brink of exceptional change: In the title story, and sons, entrepreneurs, ” dissects a vintage clothing store owner’s failing marriage and courtship of a Puma-clad stranger in airports across the country; and “Breaking and Entering” recounts a film editor’s fateful confrontation with an thieving adolescent.

Brazen and wise war Dances takes us to the heart of what it means to be human. The new beginnings, successes, mistakes, and regrets that make up our daily lives are laid bare in this wide-ranging new work that is quintessential Hmh.


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Gathering Blue Giver Quartet

Hmh. This second book in the Giver Quartet has been stunningly redesigned in paperback. Gathering Blue. Harcourt Brace and Company. Six years later, physically flawed, orphaned, she ushered readers back into its mysterious but plausible future world in Gathering Blue to tell the story of Kira, and left with an uncertain future.

Harcourt Brace and Company. As she did in the giver and later messenger, in Gathering Blue Lois Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable. Lois lowry won her first Newbery Medal in 1994 for The Giver. Yearling Books.


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Number the Stars

As the german troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden.

Harcourt Brace and Company. Yearling Books. Width - 5. 11. Depth - 7. 65. Harcourt Brace and Company. Gathering Blue. Hmh. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war. With a new introduction by the author. Grades - 4, 5, 6, 7. Weight - 0

314. Height - 044.


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Messenger

Village once welcomed newcomers, but something sinister has seeped into Village and the people have voted to close it to outsiders. Grades - 4, 6, 5, 7. Weight - 0314. Laurel Leaf Library. Height - 044. Messenger is the masterful third novel in the Giver Quartet, which began with the dystopian bestseller The Giver, now a major motion picture.

Matty has lived in village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man known for his special sight. Now he must risk everything to make one last journey through the treacherous forest with his only weapon, a power he unexpectedly discovers within himself. From the Trade Paperback edition. Matty has been invaluable as a messenger.

Depth - 7. 65. Gathering Blue. Harcourt Brace and Company. Harcourt Brace and Company. Hmh. Yearling Books. Width - 5.


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