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Entries Tagged as 'Upper Grade Fiction'

Under the Baseball Moon by John H. Ritter

December 8th, 2006 · No Comments

             When I read this title, I was puzzled, I had never heard the phrase “Baseball Moon” before.  So I ordered a copy for the grandchildren and it arrived with a cover showing the silhouette of a boy playing a trumpet on a pier under a moon drawn as a baseball.   Now I am intrigued. 
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Maximum Ride

October 10th, 2006 · No Comments

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A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments

A Summer to Die is a story about a family with two girls, sisters who have grown up together but yet very different.  Molly is considered beautiful and confident while Meg is awkward and more of a loner.  They move to a different house and new school.  Molly while approaching the teen changes seems to [...]

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Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix

September 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Bethany is looking forward to her thirteenth birthday. But before the special day arrives her father takes her and her mother in the car and drives across several states and deposits Bethany with an aunt she was not aware existed.  Bethany has no idea as to the whys and wherefores of this action.  Things she [...]

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