Eve Bunting
1) Forbidden
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In early-nineteenth century Scotland, sixteen-year-old Josie, an orphan, is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy northwest coast. Everything and everyone in her new surroundings, including her relatives, is sinister, threatening, and mysterious. She's told that Eli, the young man she's attracted to, is forbidden to her, but not why. Spirited, curious, and determined, Josie sets out to learn the village's secrets and discovers evil,...
2) Pirate boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As Colin imagines himself in a series of adventures beginning with joining a pirate crew, his mother assures him that she will always be there to help if he needs her.
Author
Series
Frog and friends volume 4
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Frog finds a flower and tries to keep it alive, flies on his seagull friend's back, and gets help from his friends when he has trouble falling asleep.
9) Smoky night
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
11) Emma's turtle
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen, he imagines that he is having adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.
12) One green apple
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
13) My robot
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Cecil the robot is good at playing tag, leading the school band, and performing tricks with the dog, but there is one important thing he does best of all.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"A beginning reader book containing three stories in which Frog shares a Thanksgiving feast with his woodland friends, celebrates his first Christmas, and rings in the New Year with a twist on tradition"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
At his own "just-about" birthday party, Little Badger discovers that his friends have birthdays at just about the same time as his and thoughtfully figures out how everyone can celebrate their "just-about" birthdays and go home with a special present.