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 Diary of an Anorexic GirlBest Price: $6.09 Aside from a minor time inaccuracy (within the first couple pages) the author's diary approach... |  Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant TeenagerBest Price: $2.57 Maybe it's because I'm now past the target age for this book, and because I now know about how... |  Breaking ThroughBest Price: $3.30 I am an ESL teacher who works with 7th and 8th grade, primarily male, Latino and Hmong students.... |  A Summer LifeBest Price: $2.92 I read Gary Soto's "A Summer Life" while I was writing my first book in order to... |  Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous TeenagerBest Price: $2.55 I know this book is written as a diary, but I do believe that it could have been written much... |
 We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries Of Teenagers Who Died In The HolocaustFor any teen studying the Holocaust and reading Diary of Anne Frank, this is a great read with... |  Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! (Unforgettable Americans)Best Price: $2.57 Jean Fritz is perhaps best known for her short picture book biographies of Revolutionary War... |  Parallel JourneysBest Price: $2.00 Although this was a book about great sorrow and despair, the strength of the human spirit shines... |  Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de'Medici (Young Royals)Best Price: $4.28 Duchessina like most books by Carolyn Meyer was amazing. It talkes of a young girl woes family... |  The Pigman and Me (Bantam Starfire Books)Best Price: $10.00 The Pigman and Me is an autobiography of the life of Paul Zindel. This book consists of the many... |
 Mary, Bloody Mary: A Young Royals BookBest Price: $1.06 Queen Mary of England, often called "Bloody Mary" for some of the brutality exhibited... |  Jay's JournalBest Price: $3.26 When I first began to read this book I wasn't really into it. THen when I get farther into the... |  A Girl from YamhillBest Price: $2.65 Beverly Cleary A girl from Yamhill Author: Beverly Cleary Mostly all children love and grow... |  Doomed Queen Anne: A Young Royals Book (Young Royals)Best Price: $2.43 Royal Praise for Doomed Queen Anne The trite love story of a princess meeting her true... |  Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created HerBest Price: $2.71 If you had asked me, when I was twelve years old, who I wanted to be when I grew up, I wouldn't... |
 My Brother, My Sister, and IBest Price: $0.99 This is the book about the story followed by "So far from Bamboo Grove." I recommend... |  I Don't Want To Be CrazyBest Price: $4.07 Okay, well I'm not sure why everyone thinks this is such a magnificent book. The story line was... |  Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With YouBest Price: $10.81 In all honesty, I was rather disappointed with this one. The story is that of Jeanne, a... |  Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, ArtistBest Price: $10.65 Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist, is an outstanding, and easy to read book for... |  BoyBest Price: $7.54 This hilarious book from Roald Dahl that tells about the funny things that he had done... |
 Richard Wright and the Library CardBest Price: $3.93 With all this obession over testing in school and phonics, researchers have repeatedly found... |  Marie, DancingBest Price: $2.34 A nice book, about the young dancer who posed for Degas' (in)famous statue, La Petite Danseuse... |  War Boy: A Wartime ChildhoodBest Price: $10.53 For American kids also born in 1938 as was Michael Foreman we only thought we suffered under the... |  Anne Frank: Life in HidingBest Price: $0.99 This book is magical, because it shows you and makes you feel like you are the scene. It made me... |  It's a Jungle Out There (The Rani Adventures; Bk. 1) (The Rani Adventures Series : Vol 1)Best Price: $4.90 A mixture of the hilarious and the poignant, "It's a Jungle Out There" is a thoroughly... |
 Patience, Princess Catherine: A Young Royals Book (Young Royals)Best Price: $2.08 Carolyn Meyer once again does a wonderful job in telling the story this time Catherine of... |  Going SoloBest Price: $6.87 What an entertaining read this proves--not surprisingly--by the author of the children's... |  The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of FantasyBest Price: $6.02 If you are a reader of fantasy, an aspiring writer, or simply an avid book-lover, don't miss... |  Muggles and Magic: An Unofficial Guide to J.k. Rowling and the Harry Potter PhenomenonBest Price: $6.39 I very much enjoyed this third edition of 'Muggles and Magic', and it's great to have a new, up... |  Two Fisted Science: Stories About ScientistsBest Price: $8.86 I'm not sure if it is entirely fair for me to give a review of this book, since I was one of the... |
 Morning Star of the Reformation (Light Line Ser.)Best Price: $3.98 I recommend this book for students ages 10-13 who are studying Martin Luther and the... |  Mohandas GandhiBest Price: $89.95 |  Beware, Princess Elizabeth: A Young Royals BookBest Price: $0.20 This book is probably the best historical fiction book for teens. It is page turnng and covers... |  The Moon and IBest Price: $0.99 this book has absolutely nothing to do with the moon. this is a story about betsy byars life. ... |  Abe Lincoln Grows UpBest Price: $1.69 If you enjoy history and want a clean read that will keep you hooked cover to cover than this is... |
 Mary Shelley: Frankenstein's Creator (Barnard Biography Series (Berkeley, Calif.).)Best Price: $4.25 This biography of Mary Shelly offers very moving insights into the life (sorrows, defeats,... |  Song of the MagdaleneBest Price: $3.25 i'm 17 yrs old and truthfully know nothing about world history. I have common sense, and i sort... |  Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told By ThemselvesBest Price: $6.84 Ten slaves—all under the age of 19—tell stories of enslavement, brutality,... |  The Life and Death of Crazy HorseBest Price: $14.03 This excelent story about adventure and courage takes place in the great vast american west... |  Go Ask AliceBest Price: $7.99 Ok, so I read this as a young teen in the mid 70s. At the time, I remember thinking it was such... |
 The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarBest Price: $2.60 I read this book years ago, as a child, and was thrilled to find I could still get a copy years... |  Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American FamilyBest Price: $4.94 this inspiring book was written by a friend of mine...who i've known since he was shorter than i... |  Cartoonists (History Makers)Best Price: $28.69 |  Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in ArtBest Price: $0.90 This book is one of the most interesting biographies! It bring this wonderful author alive with... |  Little by Little: A Writer's Education (Puffin Story Books)Best Price: $19.98 So I've been steadily working my way through the greatest children's books of all time for just... |
 The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane (Newbery Honor Book)Best Price: $15.68 Freedman's interesting narrative of the Wright brothers portrays them as proper gentlemen who... |  Coming Home: From the Life of Langston HughesBest Price: $3.23 Floyd Cooper's book is the perfect introduction to the early life of one of America's literary... |  Herstory: Women Who Changed the WorldA big, bright, attractive young adult-friendly but not dumbed-down reference. I'm particularly... |  SacagaweaBest Price: $8.63 I used this book for my biography book report. I also got books from the library, but this one... |  Ten Best Jewish Children's StoriesBest Price: $10.52 I can only say my children and I have greatly enjoyed the stories in this book. It makes for... |
 Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane GreyBest Price: $1.99 Ann Rinaldi never disappoints--Nine Days a Queen was another excellent novel. An interesting... |  Critical Companion to T. S. Eliot: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work (Critical Companion to)Best Price: $65.00 |  Sterling Point Books: Invasion: The Story of D-Day (Sterling Point Books)Best Price: $3.45 June 6, 1944: The greatest amphibious invasion the world had ever seen was launched, involving... |  The Lost GardenBest Price: $1.98 I had to read this book for Language Arts. I didn't like it at all. It's good read, don't get... |  Ways of Telling: Fourteen Interviews With Masters of the Art of the Pict: Fourteen Interviews With the Masters of the Art of the Picture BookBest Price: $2.06 Award-winning author, critic, and scholar of children's books Leonard S. Marcus is unmatched in... |
 People in the News - John Grisham (People in the News)Best Price: $44.89 John Grisham's name has become a synonym for blockbuster. This title follows his life and his... |  Poetry for Young People: William Butler YeatsBest Price: $4.95 I cannot think of a better way to introduce the poetry of William Butler Yeats than this small... |  Four Perfect Pebbles: : A Holocaust StoryBest Price: $13.04 This account of the Holocaust doubles as a succinct retelling of the German history that brought... | ||
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