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Debbie, Hector, Patty, Lenny and Phil were all friends. They had been friends for a very long time. Middle school brings changes, new talents and interests and maybe their friendship will grow into something more. Or then again, maybe their friendship is fine the way it is.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 1/31/2011
ISBN-10: 0060092734
ISBN-13: 9780060092733
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Zoe Elias dreams of being a piano prodigy. She is sure that she will perform in a concert at Carnegie Hall, with a long gown and white gloves, and that the audience will love her. What she gets is an electronic organ, which plays 24 different beats with the flip of a switch. What a surprise to learn that she enjoys playing the organ, and that she is good at it! While Zoe is learning about the organ, she is also learning about growing up, dealing with losing her best friend, and finding a new one, when the unusual boy in her class admires her playing ability. When her teacher suggests that she perform in a contest, Zoe is sure her luck is changing.
Similar books: You're a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman by Claudia Mills; Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
Reviewed by: vfv
Date read: 5/21/2009
ISBN-10: 0152060073
ISBN-13: 9780152060077
Victor has lived in the small village of Los Arboles, Mexico for as long as he can remember. Every spring, many of the men in the village embark on the dangerous trip north trying to cross the border to help support their family as migrant workers for the summer. When Victor's father fails to return in the fall, Victor has to become the man of the house and try and support his family. Victor's best friend, Rico, decides that this is the year he will take the trip north and he is hoping that Victor will come with him. Victor doesn't want to go, until the corn crop his family has been raising fails to bring in enough money to support the family. Victor is faced with a decision that will change his life. Without the money to pay for a coyote to help him across the border into El Norte, he will have to try traveling north on his own. Will he be able to make the dangerous trip north and enter the United States illegally, or will he get caught by the border patrol? Read this great adventure and find out!
Similar authors: Gary Paulsen and Ben Mikaelsen
Reviewed by: BK
Date read: 6/23/2009
ISBN-10: 0060741406
ISBN-13: 9780060741402
Delia loves ballet and her sister Pearl is a goth. They try to get over their mother's death, but their dad doesn't talk about her. Delia has a strict dance teacher and becomes a star ballerina.
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 11/24/2009
ISBN-10: 0064407519
ISBN-13: 9780064407519
What a cruel and unhappy life 11 year old Min has led. Her earliest memories are of being abused, then abandoned in a fair washroom. She 'hasn't worked out' with four different foster families and is again returned to Children's Aid the week before Christmas.
Enter Dr. Jess Hart, who because of her own tragic childhood may have what Min needs to turn her life around and her own in the process. Add a badly mistreated dog, a loving puppy and a resourceful and enthusiastic 12 year old boy and you have all the ingredients you need for a happy ending..or do you?
Reviewed by: ewl
Date read: 1/15/2010
ISBN-10: 1935279157
ISBN-13: 9781935279150
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