October 2002

Older Fiction

Coleman, Evelyn
Circle of Fire
(History Mystery Series)
Pleasant Company, 2001
+ PB Col
In 1958 Mendy Thompson's secret hideaway is the beautiful place she knows as a hidden forest in a clearing near her rural Tennessee home. Mendy discovers that trespassers are coming at night, and in addition to the trampling and littering ,she finds that their evil secret planning is a threat to all she loves.

Creech, Sharon
Ruby Holler
Harper Collins, 2002
+ Cre
Dallas and Florida have had a terrible existence in an orphanage, and have always dreamed of being adopted into a loving family. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric old couple living in a beautiful mysterious place called Ruby Holler. When Dallas and Florida are invited to stay in Ruby Holler, they are all drawn into magical, mystical existence.

Durbin, William
The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant
(My Name is America)
Scholastic, 2002
+ Dur
Thirteen year old C.J. travels with his family from their devastated dust bowl plagued home in Oklahoma and on a difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers. All is recorded in a journal.

Jones, Elizabeth Mc David
Mystery on Skull Island
(History Mystery)
Pleasant Company, 2001
+ PB Jon
In 1724, twelve year old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island neat Charles Town, South Carolina , and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon becomes Rachel's stepmother.

Junke, Cornelia
The Thief Lord
Scholastic, 2001
+ Jun
The setting is the underworld in Venice, Italy. This underworld shelters children like Bo and Prosper, who are running away from their cruel aunt and uncle, and they encounter the Thief Lord in this underworld,. Though he appears self confident and bold, as he leads a ring of children who dabble in petty crimes, Prosper and Bo soon learn that the Thief Lord has secrets of his own. Everyone is soon everyone is drawn into a fantastic spellbinding conclusion.

Kornblatt, Marc
Understanding Buddy
Simon and Schuster, 2002
+ Kor
When a classmate stops speaking because of the death of his mother, fifth grade Sam tries to befriend him, and risks destroying his relationship with his best friend.

Naylor, Phyllis
The Girls Take Over
Random House, 2002
+ Nay
7th in a series. The Hatford boys and the Malloy girls continue their rivalry and competition and get themselves in deeper trouble as they try to out do each other in bottle racing , spelling bees and baseball.

Paterson, Katherine
The Same Stuff as Stars
Clarion Books, 2002
+ Pat
Angel and her brother Bernie are abandoned by their self absorbed mother, and with their father in jail, the only place they have to go is their great- grandmother's crumbling down Vermont shack. Angel is left totally in charge of the frail old woman and her little brother. There is only one bright spot in Angel's day-a mysterious stranger who appears on clear nights and teaches Angel all about the stars and planets and constellations.

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