Thursday, February 16, 2012

New Children's and Young Adult Books

The Boy on Cinnamon Street - Phoebe Stone
Since a tragedy she cannot remember, thirteen-year-old Louise has changed her name, given up gymnastics, moved in with her grandparents, and locked her feelings inside but through her friends Reni and Hen and notes from a secret admirer she begins to find herself again.

Bad Kitty for President - Nick Bruel
Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Association.


Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London - Andrea Warren
A biography of Charles Dickens, discussing how his father's debts forced him to go to work in a shoe polish factory, and looking at how his observations of the poor led him to write novels with an eye toward bringing attention to the plight of London's destitute children.

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