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Book Safari -- Children's Literature Database
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16 book reviews found, page 1 of 4. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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Bella At Midnight
Audience: 3rd Grade - 9th Grade
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If you enjoy variants of the Cinderella story, you won't want to miss this more complex adventure/romance. When Bella is born, her mother dies and she is left with a father who wants nothing to do with her. Her aunt takes her to a wetnurse, who eventually raises Bella as part of her own family. As a young child, Bella is best friends with the prince. War, political intrigue, and family tensions tear them apart and tragedy seems certain until Bella proves her courage by sabotaging a terrible plot. Disguises, secret messages, and enchanted gifts all add intrigue to this fast-paced fairy tale.
Similar authors: Karen Cushman, Jan Resh Thomas, Gail Carson Levine
Similar books: 'Catherine, Called Birdy,' 'Counterfeit Princess,' 'Ella Enchanted'
Date read: 08/03/2006
ISBN: 0060775734
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Boston Jane: The Claim
Audience: 4th Grade - 9th Grade
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This book is the third in a series (following 'Boston Jane: An Adventure' and 'Boston Jane: Wilderness Days') about the adventurous and spunky Jane Peck who travels from Boston to Washington Territory. Just as life is becoming more settled and sophisticated in the town of Shoalwater Bay in the Washington Territory, Jane's life becomes socially and politically complicated. Her past classmate and enemy, the vindictive Sally Biddle, comes to town with her parents and seems, for a time, to destroy Jane's life. Jane's deep respect for the Chinook Indians gives her the spirit to stay true to her beliefs and character.
Similar authors: Gloria Whelan
Date read: 02/18/2005
ISBN: 0060290455
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Climbing the Stairs
Audience: 5th Grade - 12th Grade
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Fifteen-year-old Vidya lives in British-occupied India during World War II and yearns for freedom on many levels--freedom for herself, to escape traditional Indian society in order to study in college; freedom from the British who have been dictating how Indians live; and, from an even wider scope, freedom from the Axis powers: Nazi Germany and Japan. When Vidya's father, a doctor, gets severely injured in a freedom protest, the family must move to their extended family's compound and live a traditional life, with men and women in separate living quarters. Vidja's desire for independence and learning soon cause her to break all the rules and bring about an emotional storm in the family.
Date read: 12/01/2008
ISBN: 0399247467
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Fairest
Audience: 5th Grade - 12th Grade
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The innkeepers at the Featherbed Inn find Aza as an infant, abandonned by her parents, left with almost nothing except a magical singing voice. Aza is hideously ugly and struggles emotionally with her looks. A duchess visiting the inn takes a liking to Aza and invites her to the marriage of the King to Ivi, who soon asks Aza to be her lady-in-waiting. As soon as Ivi reveals herself to be evil and Aza discovers the queen's magical mirror, parallels between 'Fairest' and 'Snow White' become clear. The vain queen will stop at nothing to remain the most beautiful (and to rule the harshest) in the land. Being in serious danger, Aza runs off to the Gnome Caverns, where she is protected by caring gnomes until she chokes on an apple. This adventurous and romantic tale will keep you spellbound until the last page.
Similar authors: Donna Jo Napoli; Nancy Springer
Similar books: 'Ella Enchanted' by Gail Carson Levine; 'The Magic Circle' and 'Zel' by Donna Jo Napoli
Date read: 12/03/2006
ISBN: 0060734086
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Flipped
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
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Flipped is told alternating chapters by two middle schoolers who describe how their feelings change about themselves and each other. The first time Juli Baker saw Bryce Loski, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was in second grade. Not much changes until eighth grade, when Juli isn't sure that she still likes Bryce as much as she used to, and he begins to appreciate her more.
Awards won: California Young Reader Medal
Date read: 5/25/2003
ISBN: 0375811745
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