Julia Sweeney
1995 was, for Julia Sweeney, a truly horrible year. She got a divorce (amicable), bought a small bungalow in Hollywood, and looked forward to a life that said, "Here dwells a happily single young woman!" But then the ax fell. Her younger [... more]
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Don Powers
One morning in France during World War I, two young sisters stumble upon an astonishing find in the woods: a soldier who has walked away from battle longing to see his ailing younger brother... One morning in the woods of World War I France, two ... [... more]
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Marianne Brandis
Flames are bright against the night sky. Thirteen-year-old Emma watches with horrified fascination as they consume the family's log cabin, leaving her and her younger brother orphaned. These three books are set in the early 1830s. Emma's grief ... [... more]
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Roberta Smith
It isn't easy being Julian's younger brother. When Huey has bad dreams, Julian says his are scarier. When Huey wants to study animal tracks, Julian says he's too young. But Huey isn't a baby. He's an adventurer, a chef, a tracker, and a scout. ... [... more]
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Joelle Stolz
IN THE LIBYAN CITY of Ghadames, Malika watches her merchant father depart on one of his caravan expeditions. She too yearns to travel to distant cities, and longs to learn to read like her younger brother. But nearly 12 years old, and soon to be ... [... more]
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Toni Anzetti
Toni Anzetti's interest in biology began at age three, when she collected a large bucket of assorted amphibians and turned them loose in the tent where she was living with her parents and younger brother. In a later experiment, she and her ... [... more]
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Diane Schwemm
Elli Wells denies her own longings to protect her younger brother from Charlotte Ransom, the girl she knows will break Ethan's heart. Ethan Wells sets his sights on the one thing he's wanted all his life: Charlotte Ransom. Who's spending the ... [... more]
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Ann Strugnell
Julian is a quick fibber and a wishful thinker. And he is great at telling stories. He can make people-especially his younger brother, Huey-believe just about anything. Like the story about the cats that come in the mail. Or the fig leaves that ... [... more]
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John Fitzgerald
The Great Brain is Tom D. Fitzgerald, aged ten. The story is told by J.D., a sometimes confounded but always admiring younger brother. Such people as Mr. Standish, the mean schoolmaster, regret the day they came up against The Great Brain. But ... [... more]
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