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	La aritmética del diablo (The Devil's Arithmetic) by Jane Yolen	Spanish Middle Apr 2021	$12.00 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Spanish Middle La aritmética del diablo (The Devil's Arithmetic) by Jane Yolen Winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Hannah is tired of holiday gatherings−all her family ever talks about is the past. In fact, it seems to her that’s what they do every Jewish holiday. But this year’s Passover Seder will be different−Hannah will be mysteriously transported into the past…and only she knows the unspeakable horrors that await. ISBN 9781644732632 Potentially Sensitive Areas Discrimination: Religious , Social Issue: Harsh Realities of Life , Violence: Death Topics Jewish people. Concentration camps. Time travel. Occupied Poland (1939–1945). World War II (1939–1945). Passover Seder. Conduct of life. Family life. Tradition. Heritage. Spanish language materials. View Details
	A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus	Realistic Fiction Middle Plus Apr 2021	$16.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Realistic Fiction Middle Plus A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus For fans of The War That Saved My Life and other World War II fiction, A Place to Hang the Moon is the tale of three orphaned siblings who are evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secret hope of finding a permanent family. It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren’t terribly upset by the death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care of them since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in the dark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if they hope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children from London to the countryside be the answer? It’s a preposterous plan, but off they go - keeping their predicament a secret - and hoping to be placed in a temporary home that ends up lasting forever. Moving from one billet to another, the children suffer the cruel trickery of foster brothers, the cold realities of outdoor toilets and the hollowness of empty stomachs. They find comfort in the village lending library, whose kind librarian, Nora Müller, seems an excellent choice of billet, except that her German husband’s whereabouts are currently unknown, and some of the villagers consider her unsuitable. A Place to Hang the Moon is a story about the dire importance of family: the one you’re given, and the one you choose. ISBN 9780823447053 Potentially Sensitive Areas Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur Topics World War II (1939–1945). England. Evacuees. Orphans. Brothers and sisters. Siblings. Family life. Villages. Twentieth-century British history. King George VI of Great Britain (1936–1952). View Details
	Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufman	Young Adults Plus Apr 2021	$16.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Young Adults Plus Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufman A young woman survives the unthinkable in this stunning and emotionally satisfying tale of family, love, and resilience, set against the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Esther dreams of so much more than the marriage her parents have arranged to a prosperous silversmith. Always curious and eager to explore, she must accept the burden of being the dutiful daughter. Yet she is torn between her family responsibilities and her own desires; she longs for the handsome Jacob, even though he treats her like a child, and is confused by her attraction to the Roman freedman Tiberius, a man who should be her sworn enemy. Meanwhile, the growing turmoil threatens to tear apart not only her beloved city, Jerusalem, but also her own family. As the streets turn into a bloody battleground between rebels and Romans, Esther’s journey becomes one of survival. She remains fiercely devoted to her family, and braves famine, siege, and slavery to protect those she loves. This emotional and impassioned saga, based on real characters and meticulous research, seamlessly blends the fascinating story of the Jewish people with a timeless protagonist determined to take charge of her own life against all odds. ISBN 9780593125847 Potentially Sensitive Areas Language: Mild Language , Sexual Content: Contact Between Adult and Minor , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes , Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion Topics Family life. Jerusalem. Jews. Jewish history. Jewish rebellion, 66–73. First-century history of Jerusalem. Siege of Jerusalem, 70 AD. Religion. War. Military. Girls and Women. View Details
	These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong	Current Trends High Plus Mar 2021	$17.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Current Trends High Plus These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal. But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns—and grudges—aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule. ISBN 9781534457690 Potentially Sensitive Areas Crime: Gang/Organized Crime , Language: Moderate Language , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes , Violence: General , Violence: Death , Violence: Gun Violence , Violence: Self-Harm Topics Fantasy. Retellings. Monsters. Death. Gangs. Blood feuds. Romance. Colonialism. Twentieth-century history of Shanghai, China. View Details
	Sobreviví el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor) by Lauren Tarshis	Spanish Elementary Mar 2021	$12.00 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Spanish Elementary Sobreviví el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor) by Lauren Tarshis Seventy years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers! History's most terrifying moments are brought vividly to life in the action-packed fictional "I Survived" series! Do you have what it takes to survive…the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Eleven-year-old Danny Crane is alone on his favorite beach in Hawaii when the world is torn apart and World War II officially hits the United States. Does he have what it takes to find his way home in the midst of the bombs, the smoke, and the destruction of the day that will live in infamy? ISBN 9781338715545 Series Sobrevivi Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: Graphic Descriptions , Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War Topics Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1941). World War II (1939–1945). Survival. Action and adventure. Spanish language materials. View Details
	The Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink	History High Mar 2021	$17.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
History High The Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink A historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street." Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals. Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict. Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon. But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are. ISBN 9781250768476 Potentially Sensitive Areas Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Language: Mild Language , Violence: General , Crime: Hate Crimes Topics Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921. History of twentieth-century Tulsa, Oklahoma. Violence against African Americans. African American neighborhoods. Riots. Violence. Racism. Greenwood (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Race relations. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963). Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). Twentieth-century US history. Small towns. Romance. View Details
	Daughter of the White Rose by Diane Zahler	Advanced Readers Plus Mar 2021	$16.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Advanced Readers Plus Daughter of the White Rose by Diane Zahler Can a common girl save a prince trapped in the Tower of London? April. England. 1483. The king is dead. Long live the king. Nell Gould is the daughter of the royal butcher, a commoner, but she has been raised as the playmate of King Edward and Queen Elizabeth’s royal children: Princess Cecily, Princess Bess, Prince Dickon, and Prince Ned, heir apparent and Nell’s best and closest friend. They think alike, her and Ned, preferring books and jousts to finery and gossip and the sparkle of the court. But when King Edward dies, Prince Ned is imprisoned in the Tower of London by his scheming uncle, the evil Richard III—and Nell with him. Can they escape? Is Nell the key? Based on the real royal scandal of the Princes in the Tower, Daughter of the White Rose covers a shocking episode in medieval history that has captured the imagination for 530 years. A story of murder, betrayal, resilience, and growing up, this girl-led medieval middle-grade novel will make a perfect companion to Catherine, Called Birdy and The Mad Wolf’s Daughter. ISBN 9780823446070 Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: Mild Violence , Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War Topics Princes. Social classes. False imprisonment. King Edward IV (1442–1483). King Richard III (1452–1485). Fifteenth-century British history. Wars of the Roses. Friendship. Siblings. First love. Printing presses. View Details
	Peril at Owl Park: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen by Marthe Jocelyn	Mystery Middle Plus Mar 2021	$17.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Mystery Middle Plus Peril at Owl Park: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen by Marthe Jocelyn For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death in her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can’t wait to spend the holidays with her sister Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, an enormous manor house in the country; Grannie Jane and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights including Aggie’s almost cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon and disguises aplenty in the form of a group of travelling actors, not to mention a secret passageway AND an enormous, cursed emerald. Not even glowering old Lady Greyson (the Senior) can interfere with Aggie’s festive cheer. But when Aggie and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning, things take a deadly serious turn. With the help of a certain nosy reporter, Aggie and Hector will once again have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work to find the murderer on the loose. ISBN 9780735265493 Series Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: Mild Violence Topics Mystery and detective stories. England. Agatha Christie (1890–1976). Murder. Friendship. Family life. Christmas. Twentieth-century British history. View Details
	Just Like That by Gary D Schmidt	Advanced Readers Mar 2021	$16.80 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Advanced Readers Just Like That by Gary D Schmidt In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other. ISBN 9780544084773 Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: Death , Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War , Language: Mild Language , Crime: Gang/Organized Crime , Medical: Animal Anatomy/Reproduction Topics Boarding schools. Preparatory schools. Gangs. Theft. Grief. Death. Loneliness. Teenagers. Maine. Conduct of life. Friendship. First loves. Homelessness. Social classes. Classism. Vietnam War (1961–1975). 1960s US history. View Details
	Una larga travesía hasta el agua (A Long Walk to Water) by Linda Sue Park	Spanish Middle Mar 2021	$12.00 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Spanish Middle Una larga travesía hasta el agua (A Long Walk to Water) by Linda Sue Park The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way. ISBN 9780358265108 Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: Gun Violence , Violence: Mild Violence , Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War Topics Salva Dut (1974– ). Refugees. Survival. Water supply. Black people. Sudan. History of Sudan. Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Spanish language materials. View Details
	Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E. Burg	Realistic Fiction Middle Plus Feb 2021	$16.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Realistic Fiction Middle Plus Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E. Burg THERE WAS NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT THIS DISASTER. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889 was a lively, working-class factory city. Above the soot-soaked streets, an elite fishing and hunting club, built on a pristine man-made lake, drew America's wealthiest business barons. Though repeatedly urged to fix the deteriorating dam that held the lake, the club members disregarded the warnings. And when heavy rains came, the dam collapsed and plunged the city into chaos. On that fateful day, six children found themselves caught in the wreckage. The chorus of their voices--all inspired by real people--create a gripping portrait of loss and healing. Plumbing themes of class, injustice, deprivation, and the environment, Ann E. Burg summons her prodigious heart and virtuosic poetry to turn a little-known tragedy--one of the deadliest in our country's history--into a transcendent and hopeful work of art. ISBN 9781338540697 Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: Death Topics Floods. Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County). Johnstown Flood (1889). Dam failures. Nineteenth-century US history. Survival. Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919). Andrew Mellon (1855–1937). Clara Barton (1821–1912). Novels in verse. View Details
	In a Flash by Donna Jo Napoli	Advanced Readers Feb 2021	$16.80 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Advanced Readers In a Flash by Donna Jo Napoli In 1940, when Simona is eight and her sister, Carolina, is five, their father becomes the cook to the Italian ambassador to Japan, and the family leaves Italy for Tokyo. The girls learn perfect Japanese, make friends, and begin to love life in their new home. But soon Japan is engaged in a world war. In 1943, when all Italians in Japan are confined to internment camps as enemy aliens, Papà and the girls are forced to part, and Simona and Carolina embark on a dramatic journey. Anyone who aids them could be arrested for treason. All the sisters have is each other: their wits, courage, and resilience, and the hope that they will find people who see them not as the enemy, but simply as children trying to survive. In this gripping, deeply moving story, Donna Jo Napoli gives readers an unforgettable and authentic new perspective on World War II. ISBN 9781101934142 Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War , Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism Topics Sisters. World War II (1939–1945). Survival. Italians in Japan. Twentieth-century Japanese history. Internment camps. Identity. View Details

La aritmética del diablo (The Devil's Arithmetic)

by Jane Yolen

Apr 2021

Spanish Middle

$12.00 Member Price

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

Hannah is tired of holiday gatherings−all her family ever talks about is the past. In fact, it seems to her that’s what they do every Jewish holiday. But this year’s Passover Seder will be different−Hannah will be mysteriously transported into the past…and only she knows the unspeakable horrors that await.

A Place to Hang the Moon

by Kate Albus

Apr 2021

Realistic Fiction Middle Plus

$16.85 Member Price

For fans of The War That Saved My Life and other World War II fiction, A Place to Hang the Moon is the tale of three orphaned siblings who are evacuated from London to live in the countryside with the secret hope of finding a permanent family.

It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, 9, aren’t terribly upset by the death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care of them since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in the dark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if they hope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children from London to the countryside be the answer? It’s a preposterous plan, but off they go - keeping their predicament a secret - and hoping to be placed in a temporary home that ends up lasting forever. Moving from one billet to another, the children suffer the cruel trickery of foster brothers, the cold realities of outdoor toilets and the hollowness of empty stomachs. They find comfort in the village lending library, whose kind librarian, Nora Müller, seems an excellent choice of billet, except that her German husband’s whereabouts are currently unknown, and some of the villagers consider her unsuitable.

A Place to Hang the Moon is a story about the dire importance of family: the one you’re given, and the one you choose.

Rebel Daughter

by Lori Banov Kaufman

Apr 2021

Young Adults Plus

$16.85 Member Price

A young woman survives the unthinkable in this stunning and emotionally satisfying tale of family, love, and resilience, set against the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.

Esther dreams of so much more than the marriage her parents have arranged to a prosperous silversmith. Always curious and eager to explore, she must accept the burden of being the dutiful daughter. Yet she is torn between her family responsibilities and her own desires; she longs for the handsome Jacob, even though he treats her like a child, and is confused by her attraction to the Roman freedman Tiberius, a man who should be her sworn enemy.

Meanwhile, the growing turmoil threatens to tear apart not only her beloved city, Jerusalem, but also her own family. As the streets turn into a bloody battleground between rebels and Romans, Esther’s journey becomes one of survival. She remains fiercely devoted to her family, and braves famine, siege, and slavery to protect those she loves.

This emotional and impassioned saga, based on real characters and meticulous research, seamlessly blends the fascinating story of the Jewish people with a timeless protagonist determined to take charge of her own life against all odds.

These Violent Delights

by Chloe Gong

Mar 2021

Current Trends High Plus

$17.85 Member Price

The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.

A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.

But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns—and grudges—aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.

Sobreviví el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor)

by Lauren Tarshis

Mar 2021

Spanish Elementary

$12.00 Member Price

Seventy years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers!

History's most terrifying moments are brought vividly to life in the action-packed fictional "I Survived" series! Do you have what it takes to survive…the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

Eleven-year-old Danny Crane is alone on his favorite beach in Hawaii when the world is torn apart and World War II officially hits the United States. Does he have what it takes to find his way home in the midst of the bombs, the smoke, and the destruction of the day that will live in infamy?

The Angel of Greenwood

by Randi Pink

Mar 2021

History High

$17.85 Member Price

A historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the "Black Wall Street."

Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of W.E.B. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals.

Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict.

Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon.

But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.

Daughter of the White Rose

by Diane Zahler

Mar 2021

Advanced Readers Plus

$16.85 Member Price

Can a common girl save a prince trapped in the Tower of London?

April. England. 1483. The king is dead. Long live the king.

Nell Gould is the daughter of the royal butcher, a commoner, but she has been raised as the playmate of King Edward and Queen Elizabeth’s royal children: Princess Cecily, Princess Bess, Prince Dickon, and Prince Ned, heir apparent and Nell’s best and closest friend. They think alike, her and Ned, preferring books and jousts to finery and gossip and the sparkle of the court. But when King Edward dies, Prince Ned is imprisoned in the Tower of London by his scheming uncle, the evil Richard III—and Nell with him. Can they escape? Is Nell the key?

Based on the real royal scandal of the Princes in the Tower, Daughter of the White Rose covers a shocking episode in medieval history that has captured the imagination for 530 years. A story of murder, betrayal, resilience, and growing up, this girl-led medieval middle-grade novel will make a perfect companion to Catherine, Called Birdy and The Mad Wolf’s Daughter.

Peril at Owl Park: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen

by Marthe Jocelyn

Mar 2021

Mystery Middle Plus

$17.85 Member Price

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency.

Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death in her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can’t wait to spend the holidays with her sister Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, an enormous manor house in the country; Grannie Jane and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights including Aggie’s almost cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon and disguises aplenty in the form of a group of travelling actors, not to mention a secret passageway AND an enormous, cursed emerald. Not even glowering old Lady Greyson (the Senior) can interfere with Aggie’s festive cheer. But when Aggie and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning, things take a deadly serious turn. With the help of a certain nosy reporter, Aggie and Hector will once again have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work to find the murderer on the loose.

Just Like That

by Gary D Schmidt

Mar 2021

Advanced Readers

$16.80 Member Price

In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other.

Una larga travesía hasta el agua (A Long Walk to Water)

by Linda Sue Park

Mar 2021

Spanish Middle

$12.00 Member Price

The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.

Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown

by Ann E. Burg

Feb 2021

Realistic Fiction Middle Plus

$16.85 Member Price

THERE WAS NOTHING NATURAL ABOUT THIS DISASTER.

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889 was a lively, working-class factory city. Above the soot-soaked streets, an elite fishing and hunting club, built on a pristine man-made lake, drew America's wealthiest business barons. Though repeatedly urged to fix the deteriorating dam that held the lake, the club members disregarded the warnings. And when heavy rains came, the dam collapsed and plunged the city into chaos.

On that fateful day, six children found themselves caught in the wreckage.

The chorus of their voices--all inspired by real people--create a gripping portrait of loss and healing. Plumbing themes of class, injustice, deprivation, and the environment, Ann E. Burg summons her prodigious heart and virtuosic poetry to turn a little-known tragedy--one of the deadliest in our country's history--into a transcendent and hopeful work of art.

In a Flash

by Donna Jo Napoli

Feb 2021

Advanced Readers

$16.80 Member Price

In 1940, when Simona is eight and her sister, Carolina, is five, their father becomes the cook to the Italian ambassador to Japan, and the family leaves Italy for Tokyo. The girls learn perfect Japanese, make friends, and begin to love life in their new home. But soon Japan is engaged in a world war. In 1943, when all Italians in Japan are confined to internment camps as enemy aliens, Papà and the girls are forced to part, and Simona and Carolina embark on a dramatic journey. Anyone who aids them could be arrested for treason. All the sisters have is each other: their wits, courage, and resilience, and the hope that they will find people who see them not as the enemy, but simply as children trying to survive.

In this gripping, deeply moving story, Donna Jo Napoli gives readers an unforgettable and authentic new perspective on World War II.

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La aritmética del diablo (The Devil's Arithmetic)

A Place to Hang the Moon

Rebel Daughter

These Violent Delights

Sobreviví el bombardeo de Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor)

The Angel of Greenwood

Daughter of the White Rose

Peril at Owl Park: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen

Just Like That

Una larga travesía hasta el agua (A Long Walk to Water)

Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown

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