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River Falls
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November
2001
Fiction for
Younger Children - Young Adult Fiction
Past Selections
Younger Children
- Book!Book!Book!
by Deborah Bruss
E Bru (Picture Books)
When the children go back to school, the
animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town to
trying to find something to do.
- What
Pete Ate From A-Z
by Maira Kalman
E Kal (Grades 1-3)
In this alphabet book, a child relates some of the unusual things
eaten by Pete the Dog, including an accordion, a lucky quarter, and
Uncle Norman’s underpants.
- Widget
by Lyn Rossiter McFarland
E McF (Picture Books)
A small stray dog is accepted into a household
full of cats by learning to "fit in", but then his owner is
hurt, and he shows all that being a dog is not so bad.
- Little
Whistles Dinner Party
by Cynthia Rylant
E Ryl (Grades 1-3)
When Little Whistle, a toy guinea pig who
lives in Toytown department store, wakes up one
night feeling quite hungry. He then invites of all of his toy
friends to a special dinner party.
Dumpy
La Rue
by Elizabeth Winthrop
E Win (Picture Books)
A rhyming story about a pig whose passion for
dancing becomes contagious.
Young Adult Fiction
- The
Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot
YA Cab
Fourteen year old Mia , who is trying to lead a
normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that
her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and
that she is a princess and the heir to the thrown.
- Princess
in the Spotlight
by Meg Cab
YA Cab
Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the thrown of a
small European principality, Mia discovers that things soon get out of
hand when her Grandmother arranges a media interview, and with just a few
words that she speaks, she alienates everyone.
- A
Face First
by Priscilla Cummings
YA Cum
Twelve year old Kelley decides to cut off contact with her friends and
classmates after suffering third degree burns to face and body in a car
accident near her home on Maryland’s Kent Island.
- Racing
the Past
by Sis Deans
YA Dea
After the death of his abusive father, eleven year old Ricky tries to help
his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that
running helps him deal with his own anger and the taunts of a bullying
classmate.
- The
Land
by Mildred Taylor
YA Tay
In a prequel to Roll of thunder Hear My Cry, Paul- Edward, grandfather
of Cassie Logan, and the slave of a white plantation owner and a slave
mother of African Indian heritage, follows his dream of owning his own
land through his own hard work and determination.
New Books of Past Months
Fiction
for Younger Children - Young Adult Fiction
Past Selections
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