| Julie
of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George,
John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
Miyax,
like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may
determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily
married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to
reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she becomes lost in the
vast Alaskan tundra, with... Read more |
| Junebug
by Alice Mead.
Grades 4-7. Junebug lives in the projects, taking care of his
little sister, Tasha, when his mother works. He avoids the older
boys in gangs and dreams of someday becoming a boat captain. Afraid
of changing his life, bleak as it is, for something unknown, he
hopes his mother won't move the family... Read more |
| The
Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett,
Lois Lowry (Illustrator)
Mistress Mary is quite
contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages
to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as
she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a
gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a
locked-up garden... Read more |
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