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Book Safari -- Children's Literature Database
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14 book reviews found, page 1 of 3. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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Close to Shore : The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
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Close to Shore takes an indepth look at the summer of 1916. Just when ocean swimming has become popular, a rogue Great White shark left its usual deep-ocean habitat and headed in the direction of the New Jersey shoreline to begin a deadly rampage. These attacks triggered mass hysteria and launched the most extensive shark hunt in U.S. history. Lots of photos, maps and period newspaper clippings allow readers to really get a feel for what life was like in the early 20th century.
Date read: 5/25/2004
ISBN: 0375822313
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Coraline
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
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Coraline is bored, so when she is unable to explore outside, she takes the key to the one locked door in her house. What she finds on the other side is an alternate reality with an 'other' mother and 'other' father who seem more attentive than her real parents. However, when she tries to leave, things turn ugly and she realizes that the situation is not as it first appears.
Awards won: Best Books for YA's 2003
Date read: 10/15/2002
ISBN: 0380977788
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Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
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This book is a collection of scary short stories from the South. All of them have African-American themes, and are best when they are read in the Dark-Thirty, which is the half hour before nightfall. Read these with a friend, or alone... if you dare!
Similar books: Sweet Whispers Brother Rush, Front Porch Stories at the One Room School
Date read: 7/27/1995
ISBN: 0679818634
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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
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13 year old Gilda Joyce's favorite activities are: writing novels, spying on neighbors and developing her psychic abilities. She is able to put her psychic abilities to the test after inviting herself to San Francisco to visit a distant cousin and his daughter, Juliet, who Gilda has never met. After learning that Juliet's aunt jumped to her death from the top of the estate's tower-and that Juliet has seen her ghost-Gilda is determined to communicate with the dead woman and solve the mystery of her death.
Awards won: SLJ Best Books 2005
Date read: 01/25/2006
ISBN: 0525473750
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Revenge of the Witch
Audience: 6th Grade - 12th Grade
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Since he is the seventh son of a seventh son,Thomas Ward is destined to have special powers. When he turns thirteen, Thomas begins an apprenticeship with the Spook to learn how to keep the world free of boggarts, ghosts, and evil witches. During his early training Thomas unintentionally releases a malevolent witch from captivity, resulting in a series of shivery events. This is the first book in a series.
Similar authors: Cornelia Funke, John Flanagan, Jenny Nimmo
Similar books: 'Inkspell,' 'Curse of the Bane,' 'Ranger's Apprentice'
Awards won: Outstanding International Children's Book Award, 2005
Date read: 12/1/2005
ISBN: 0060766182
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