Ten to Fourteen, 2012 List
Amulet
9780810997158
$14.95
2011
See the annotation under "Audio."
Flash Point
9781596434493
$18.99
2011
Gangsters, teetotalers, and alcoholics abound in this carefully researched but highly readable history of Prohibition replete with photographs, archival images, and source notes.
Walker
9780802798176
$17.99
2011
Delightfully disgusting and gory! Find out the lurid details behind the deaths of nineteen famous figures including Henry VIII who exploded inside his coffin and Beethoven, whose doctors cut a hole cut in his stomach to pump out 10 quarts of pus through a hose. Fainthearted readers beware!
Atheneum
9781416995852
$16.99
2011
Now in high school, Janie regrets her successful campaign to convince her parents to move to the country and live on a goat farm. Can the combination of a cute boy, a friend named Monster, a jam band, and a history project on civil rights turn things around?
Schwartz & Wade
9780375841989
$18.99
2011
In alternating chapters, two stories unfold: Amelia Earhart’s final flight and the search for her missing plane. Included are photographs, images of original documents, and telling details about the ordinary citizens who reported hearing her distress calls.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
9780374379933
$15.99
2011
See annotation under "Audio."
Atheneum
9781416913733
$15.99
2011
Historical details and humor are interwoven with family tragedy in this second volume about May Amelia who once again proves that she has the “sisu”—guts and courage—to survive life on a farm in 1900 in Washington State with her Finnish immigrant family.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
9780374369149
$16.99
2011
After her mother’s death, Serena’s seventh grade year becomes even more stressful as she tries to cope with her father’s depression, care for her younger brother, maintain her grades, rehearse for the leading role in her school play, and help save the drama program.
Harper
9780061962783
$15.99
2011
Ten-year-old refugee Hà struggles to fit into an unfamiliar culture after she flees Vietnam and arrives in America with her family. Written in free-verse, this realistic account of both alienation and hope is based on the author’s own experiences.
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