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Title: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Author: Judy Blume Publisher: Dell Yearling Book Publication Date: 1970 ISBN: 0-440-40419-3 Audience: Grades 3-7 Summary: Margaret Simon has moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, anxious about a new home and a new school.

Title:  Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Author: Mo Willems Illustrator: Mo Willems Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Publication date: 2003 ISBN number: 978-078681988-1 Audience:  Ages 2 – 6 Summary of book:    The bus driver has left the reader in charge to make

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: Jamaica’s Find Author:  Juanita Havill Illustrator:  Anne Sibley O’Brien Publisher:  Scholastic, Inc. ISBN:  0590425048 Audience:  Ages 4 and up Summary:  Jamaica is thrilled to find a stuffed dog, “worn from hugging,” under the slide at the park.  She takes the dog

Name of Book:   A Long Way from Chicago Author:   Richard Peck Illustrator:   None Publisher:   Puffin Books Audience:   Ages 9-15 Summary:   Joey and his little sister Mary Alice live in Depression-era Chicago.  But they have no contact with the gangsters who reigned over the

Name of Book:   Catcher Caught Author:   Sarah Collins Honenberger Illustrator:   None Publisher:   Amazon Encore Audience:   High School and adult (age 15+) Summary:   Daniel, a high school student, has been diagnosed with a virulent form of leukemia.  Even with chemotherapy,

Name of Book:  A Year Down Yonder Author: Richard Peck Illustrator: None Publisher: Puffin Books Audience: Ages 10+ (all the way up to senior citizens!) Summary:  A Year Down Yonder, winner of the 2001 Newberry Medal, is the sequel to A Long Way from Chicago.  The first book was

Title: Sunday Is For God Author: Michael McGowan Illustrator: Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Publisher: Schwartz Wade Books ISBN: 9780375984188` Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: “Weekdays are for school. Saturday’s for having fun. But Sunday is the Lord’s day. Sunday is for God. That’s

Name of Book:  Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie Author:  Laura Rankin Illustrator:  Laura Rankin Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Audience: Ages 5-12 Summary: Ruthie was a lover of teeny tiny things. Ruthie finds a teeny tiny camera on the playground at school and

Name of Book:  Stepping on the Cracks Author:  Mary Downing Hahn Illustrator:  None Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Audience:  ages 11-15.  Other sources list the target audience as ages 9-12.  While some elements in the book (being bullied, family loyalty, having secrets,