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Across Five Aprils
• Irene Hunt
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Irene Hunt's enduring classic of the Civil War recounts the story of Jethro and his older brothers, who choose to fight on opposite sides during the Civil War. While Jethro grows to adulthood in Illinois (a state neither strictly Yankee nor strictly Reb), his brothers fight and send letters home. Gripping stuff for ages 9-12.
(USA44, $4.99)
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Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman
• Helen Hoover
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A handsome reprint of a classic holiday fable of peace, joy and understanding set in the North Woods, featuring 30 hand-colored woodcuts by Betsy Bowen.
(GLK41, $14.95)
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The House of Dies Drear
• Virginia Hamilton
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A novel about a modern family living in a haunted Civil War-era house.
(USS258, $6.99)
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Little House Boxed Set
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Garth Williams
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's wonderful tales of early prairie life based on her childhood experience.
(USW445, $62.99)
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Naya Nuki, Shoshoni Girl Who Ran
• Kenneth Thomasma
• Eunice Hundley
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A story of a Native American girl's escape from her captors.
(USW316, $7.99)
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Prairie Grasslands
• Wayne Lynch
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Through personal anecdote, fact-filled passages, and magnificent full-color photographs, celebrated author and photographer Lynch brings to life the countless wonders of prairie grasslands as he examines their ecology.
(GEN481, $8.95)
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
• Phillip Hoose
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers.
(BRD30, $21.00)
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Stories from Where We Live, The Great North American Prairie
• Sara St. Antoine
• Paul Mirocha
• Trudy Nicholson
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An anthology of writings about this North American ecoregion, from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Texas -- wonderfully useful as a young person's guide to people, nature and place.
(USM48, $10.95)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Robert Sabuda
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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Sabuda's twirling foot-high tornado, glittering Emerald City, hot air balloon and other creations transcend the art of pop-up, transporting the reader into a magical realm.
(USM80, $27.99)
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