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Book Review: Elijah of Buxton
Humorous, powerful, masterful escaped-slave tale.
Read MoreBook Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
When Hugo's father, a clockmaker, is killed in a fire, he's taken in by his uncle. They live together in a hidden room inside the walls of the Paris train station, where it's his job to maintain the station clocks -- until one night he disappears. Now Hugo is alone, still living inside the station walls, stealing to survive, and still maintaining the clocks so no one will know his uncle is gone.
Hugo also works on an automaton, a mechanical man, that his father was trying to restore. He steals parts from a toyshop in the station. When he is caught, the mean store owner takes away his father's notebook and threatens him with arrest. But the old man's hidden past and Hugo's are intertwined, and the secret message hidden in the automaton's workings is only the beginning. Includes Acknowledgments, Credits, and References.
Read MoreBook Review: The Devil's Arithmetic
The intense Holocaust story propels readers toward the ending.
Read MoreBook Review: The Shakespeare Stealer
Has found a ready audience among the upper elementary and middle school set.
Read MoreBook Review: Number the Stars
A brave Danish girl helps smuggle her Jewish friends to safety.
Read MoreBook Review: The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
A funny novel with a devastating emotional punch.
Read MoreBook Review: My Brother Sam Is Dead
A great historical novel about the Revolution for older kids.
Read MoreBook Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Speare brings 17th-century America to vibrant life for today's kids.
Read MoreBook Review: Day of Tears : A Novel in Dialogue
Prize-winning story of the biggest slave auction in history.
Read MoreBook Review: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Cassie's family deals with racism in their Mississippi town.
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