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Black American Literature. J. Weston Walsh, 1973.
Literature
of the American Revolution. J. Weston Walsh, 1974.
A
Summer to Die. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and
popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope
with Molly's illness and death.
Find
a Stranger, Say Goodbye. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
Natalie Armstrong, an attractive, happy teenager about to enter
college, sets out to discover the parents who gave her up at
infancy.
Here
in Kennebunkport. Durrell, 1978. Book of photographs.
Anastasia
Krupnik. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979.
Anastasia's tenth year has some good things, like falling in
love and really getting to know her grandmother, and some bad
things, like finding out about an impending baby brother.
Autumn
Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.
When her father leaves to fight in World War II, Elizabeth goes
with her mother and sister to her grandfather's house, where she
learns to face up to the always puzzling and often cruel
realities of the adult world.
Anastasia
Again. Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision
to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.
Taking Care of Terrific. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1983.
In Boston's famous Public Garden, fourteen-year-old Enid and her
four-year-old pal, Tom Terrific, learn lots about life from new
friendships with a bag lady and a saxophone player.
The
One Hundredth Thing About Caroline. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1983.
When their mother starts to date the mystery man on the fifth
floor, who has been instructed by his agent to "eliminate
the children" by the first of May, eleven-year-old Caroline
and her older brother figure they're targeted to be the victims
of a savage crime.
Anastasia,
Ask your Analyst. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Anastasia's seventh-grade science project becomes almost
more than she can handle, but brother Sam, age three, and a bust
of Freud nobly aid her.
Anastasia
at your Service. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Chronically short of cash, twelve-year-old Anastasia looks for a
job and finds more than she bargained for.
Us
and Uncle Fraud. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Eleven-year-old Louise Cunningham watches with wonder as a visit
from her unusual uncle gives her ordinary small town a glow of
something mysterious and magical.
Anastasia
on her Own. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
When her mother is called out of town, Anastasia and her father
set about to prove that running a house is actually easier than
it seems.
Switcharound.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
Forced to spend a summer with their father and his
"new" family, Caroline, age eleven, and J.P., age
thirteen, are given unpleasant responsibilities for which they
are determined to get revenge.
Anastasia
has the Answers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
Anastasia continues the perilous process of growing up, as her
thirteenth year involves conquering the art of rope climbing,
playing Cupid for a recently widowed uncle, and surviving a
crush on her gym teacher.
Anastasia's
chosen career. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
In her seventh adventure, the irrepressible Anastasia decides
that charm school is the answer to her career dilemmas.
Rabble
Starkey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
Twelve-year-old Rabble Starkey's mother is hired by Mrs. Bigelow
to look after her children while she's in the hospital. Living
in that huge house, Rabble feels she's finally found a home. But
soon she and her mother must question what's really best for
them.
All About Sam. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
Sam's adventures, some of which also occur in the books about
Anastasia, are warm and life-affirming; they are related with
humorous affection, without a trace of condescension.
Your
move, J.P.! Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
A
sequel to "The One Hundredth Thing about Caroline" and
"Switcharound", the book presents a good case for the
danger of mixing lies and love and is just as lively and
entertaining as the earlier two.
Number
the Stars. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
Winner of the Newbery Award for Children's Literature,
1990.
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen
often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943 and
their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages,
and the Nazi soldiers marching in their town.
Anastasia at this Address. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Anastasia Krupnik answers a personal ad, and by stretching the
truth, finds herself in quite a predicament when the special
"he" wants to meet her.
Attaboy,
Sam! Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
In this second book about Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother,
Sam concocts a perfume made of his mother's favorite smells to
honor her request for only homemade gifts for her birthday.
The
Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. The winner of the
Newbery Award for Children's Literature 1994.
At the age of twelve,
Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world,
is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who
alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.
Anastasia Absolutely. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1995.
Anastasia finds herself in another embarrassing mess when she
accidentally puts the bag of her dog's droppings instead of her
mother's packages in the mailbox, and things get worse when the
police investigate the mailbox.
See
You Around, Sam! Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Sam Krupnik decides to run away to Alaska when his mother won't
let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. Sam stops at
neighbors' houses to say goodbye and is given so much gear and
information, he wonders if he's made the right choice.
Stay!
Keeper’s Story. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
This is the story of a dog who tells his own tale. As a pup he
is separated from his mother and siblings. Through it all,
Keeper can't forget his long lost little sister. If only they
could be together again, life would be perfect. But an old enemy
is watching and waiting to make his move.
Looking
back : a book of memories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1998.
It is a rare album memoir for both children and adults; it's
straightforward text is accompanied by beautiful and sometimes
heartbreaking black-and-white photographs. Includes
pictures of Lois' time in Japan.
Zooman Sam. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1999.
It's
Future Job Day at Sam's nursery school, and Sam, who has
zookeeping aspirations, is thrilled when his teacher says he can
tell the other children about a series of zoo animals: "For
six weeks he could stand in front of the circle and feel that
feeling of being the most interesting person in the room."
Gathering
Blue. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
In this speculation on the nature of the future of human
society, life in Kira's community is nasty, brutish, and, for
the ill or disabled, short.
Gooney
Bird Greene. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
When story time arrives, the choice is unanimous: they
want to hear about Gooney Bird Greene. And that suits her just
fine, because, as it turns out, Gooney Bird has quite a few
interesting and absolutely true stories to tell.
The
Silent Boy. Houghton Mifflin , 2003.
A sensitive and
moving story of a wide-eyed young girl growing up at the
beginning of the twentieth century and the influence of the farm
community around her.
The
Messenger. Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books,
2004.
Seven years
after he fled with a baby and found a new life, Jonas is now a
man. Seven years after she planted the seedling that would
create the color blue, and made a decision to stay, Kira is now
a woman. The mischievous urchin once called Matt is now Matty.
He lives in a place called Village. But
strange changes are taking place in Village. To save the people
he loves, Matty must risk everything and fight his way through
the darkest of places, armed only with an emerging power he
cannot yet explain or understand. He will change the world for
all of them.
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