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Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck Kindle | Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Audio CD Joe and Mary Alice Dowdel go to visit their lively grandmother who lives in a sleepy Illinois town during the 1930’s. Age Range: 8 – 12 years … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) The Garden of Eden Motel by Morse Hamilton Hardcover Dal moves with his step-father to rural Eden, Idaho during the 1950’s. Age Range: 10 and up  Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1st edition (October 28, 1999) ISBN-10: 0688168140 ISBN-13: 978-0688168148 Fire Storm by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor Hardcover Outdoor adventure … Read more

Going on a trip to Hawai’i with your children? Find some great kid’s books to get them acquainted with the culture and learn some history before you leave. Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis and illustrated by Kenard Pak Paperback | Hardcover Join the family, or ohana, as they … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor (2010)  Kindle | Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Audio CD Set in Carter, Georgia, young Owen is adjusting to having to move to his grandfather’s house when he discovers a wonderful secret that has fallen off the train. Can … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Junonia by Kevin Henkes Kindle | Paperback | Hardcover Almost ten-year-old Alice Rice loves the family tradition of celebrating her birthdays in a cottage on the Florida beach. This year she has the faintest sense of foreboding, however, as the rental car passes over the bridge. Who will be … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links.) Water Rat by Marnie Laird Paperback | Hardcover About a colonial boy who escapes an abusive tavern owner and comes to live with a doctor on a Delaware farm. Reading age : 9 years and up Publisher : Winslow Pr (May 10, 2001) ISBN-10 : 158837002X ISBN-13 : 978-1588370020 … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Down the Rabbit Hole (An Echo Falls Mystery) by Peter Abrahams Kindle | Audiobook | Paperback | Audio CD In this mystery for older children, eight grader Ingrid Levin-Hill works to solve a murder case. Age Range: 8 – 12 years Publisher: HarperCollins; English Language edition (April 25, 2006) ISBN-10: … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Katerina’s Wish by Jeannie Mobley Kindle | Paperback | Hardcover Katerina’s family has immigrated to Colorado with the dream of buying a farm, but in the meanwhile her father works in a coal mine. Drawing on the wisdom of folktales from her childhood, Katerina works to help her … Read more

Fiction: (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 by Lauren Tarshis (2020) Kindle | Paperback | Hardcover | Audiobook When eleven-year-old Josh moves to Northern California, his cousin helps him adjust. One day a walk in the forest puts them in the path of a raging wildfire. Will they survive? … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine (2012) Kindle | Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover Set in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1958, 12-year-old Marlee makes friends with the new girl in middle school, Liz. Marlee admires that Liz sticks up for herself. One day Liz disappears from … Read more