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Book Safari -- Children's Literature Database
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20 book reviews found, page 1 of 4. Narrow results by selecting age range:
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
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Shortly after Opal and her father, a preacher, move to Florida. Opal finds a dog at the Winn-Dixie supermarket. A big, ugly, dog she calls Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, her father tells Opal ten things about her missing mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, and Gloria Dump, and Otis, who plays the guitar for the animals in his pet shop.
Similar books: Summer of Riley, Missing May, Shiloh
Awards won: 2002 Rebecca Caudill Nominee, 2000 Parent's Choice Winner
Date read: 9/26/2002
ISBN: 0763607762
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| Commenter: Alana, age 10 |
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| Commenter: Emma, age 10 |
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| Commenter: Katie, age 11 |
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| Commenter: Lauryn, age 10 |
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| Commenter: Olivia, age 11 |
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Sweetie Pie's Reaction to Animals Out of Cages |
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| Commenter: Rose, age 8 |
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| Commenter: Sydney, age 10 |
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Bed-knob And Broomstick
Audience: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
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One summer three children are sent to the country from London to stay with their aunt. They soon learn that one of their neighbors has magical powers. Miss Price can fly using a broomstick and she give the youngest child, Paul, a magic bed-knob which allows his bed to fly to other places, as well as into the past. While their adventures are interesting, they often lead to unforeseen complications.
Similar books: Rosemary's Witch, Island of the Aunts
Date read: 7/1/1995
ISBN: 0140304452
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Bridge to Terabithia
Audience: 4th Grade - 10th Grade
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One would think that Jess, a fifth grade boy, could never be friends with Leslie, a girl who comes to live next door to the farm Jess lives on in a rural area near Washington, D. C. First of all, Leslie is a faster runner than Jess and dashes his hopes of being the fastest runner in fifth grade. Next, she is a girl, and Jess already has four sisters, most of whom he finds very annoying. Finally, Leslie has led a more privileged life than Jess. Her parents are writers who make an unconventional move to the country to get 'back to the basics', while Jess's family leads a near poverty level existence. In spite of all these factors, they become close friends and build an imaginary kingdom, Terabithia, where they can escape the real world. When a dreadful tragedy strikes, Jess must learn to deal with his own grief and the way his life has been forever changed by his friendshhip with Leslie.
Similar books: Number the Stars (Lois Lowry), It's Like This, Cat (Emily Cheney Neville)
Date read: 03/24/1997
ISBN: 0690013590
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City of Ember
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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In Ember, everyone is assigned a job at the age of 12. The choice is random, drawn from a hat, but Lina still hopes that she will be assigned the job of Messenger. She wants to run through the city, perhaps even into the Unknown Regions. Lina becomes a messenger, but only through trading with Doon who longs to work in the Pipeworks. Through their jobs, Lina and Doon learn that the electrical outages and supply shortages in the city point to a insecure future. Will they find a way out of the city before its too late...and what if it's true that there is nothing beyond the city of Ember?
Similar books: The Giver (Lowry); Running out of Time (Haddix)
Date read: 02/07/2004
ISBN: 0375822739
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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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