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Title:   Son Author:  Lois Lowry Illustrator: Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Publication Date:  October 2012 ISBN:  978-0547887203 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary: Son begins in the same controlled community and at the same time as The Giver. Twelve-year old

Name of Book:  Night Tree Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator: Ted Rand Publisher: Voyager Books Harcourt Brace & Company ISBN: 978-0152001216 Audience:  Ages4-8 Summary:  On Christmas Eve, a family treks into the woods to trim an evergreen with edible decorations for the forest

Name of Book:  If You’re Missing Baby Jesus Author:  Jean Gietzen Illustrator:  Lila Rose Kennedy Publisher:  Blue Cottage Gifts, a division of Multnomah Books ISBN:  1-58860-024-6 Audience:  Ages 7—9 Summary:  In 1943, a young family of four in North Dakota buys a nativity set

Name of Book:  The Miracle Stealer Author:  Neil Connelly Illustrator: Publisher:  Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic, Inc. ISBN:  9780545131957 Audience:  Grade 7 and up Summary:  Six-year-old Daniel is the “miracle boy” of Paradise, Pennsylvania. People come from

Name of Book:  Garmann’s Summer Author:  Stian Hole Illustrator:  Stian Hole Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Younger Readers ISBN:  9780802853394 Audience:  Ages 6 and up. Summary:  Garmann, who is 6 years old, lives in Scandinavia.  He will soon go off to his first year at

Title:  Inside Out and Back Again Author: Thanhha Lai Publisher:  HarperCollins, 2011 ISBN:  9780061962783 Audience:  Ages 8 and up Summary: Ten-year-old Ha, her mother and three older brothers flee Saigon as it is falling to the Communists in 1975.  Ha leaves behind her papaya

Name of Book: The Grimm Legacy Author: Polly Shulman Illustrator: None Publisher: Puffin Books, 2011 (Reprint edition) ISBN: 9780142419045 Audience: ages 10+ Summary:  Elizabeth Rew’s life has all the elements of a good fairy tale.  Her mother has died; her father has remarried

Name of Book: 100 Cupboards Author: N. D. Wilson Illustrator: Jeff Nentrup Publisher: Yearling/ Random House Books for Young Readers (December 26, 2007) ISBN: 0375838813 Audience:  Intended for ages 8-12, but younger children may not enjoy the somewhat slow pace.  However, this

Name of Book:  Life As We Knew It Author:  Susan Beth Pfeffer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780152061548 Audience: Ages 12 and up Summary:  This is a realistic fiction work about the aftermath of an asteroid hitting our moon and one family’s struggle to survive.

Name of Book:  Up A Road Slowly Author:  Irene Hunt Publisher:  Berkley ISBN: 978-0425202050 Audience:  Ages 10 and up Summary:  After her mother’s death Julie goes to live with her spinster Aunt Cordelia in a big house in the country. As she grows from seven to seventeen she