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email: wow@email.arizona.edu
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The Ask And The Answer: Chaos Walking: Book Two

Published: 2009, Candlewick
Tags: Betrayal, dystopia, Friendship, Suspicion, violence
Categories: Science FictionScience Fiction, United StatesScience Fiction, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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Return to Groosham Grange: The Unholy Grail

Published: 2009, Philomel
Tags: boarding schools, Ghosts, Supernatural, Witches
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), FantasyEngland (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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Last December

Published: 2009, Front Street
Tags: Depression, Mental illness, Siblings, Social and family issues, Suicide
Categories: CanadaCanada, Realistic FictionCanada, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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The Dog in the Wood

Published: 2009, Front Street
Tags: Family life, Farm life, Holocaust, Prisoners, World War II
Categories: GermanyGermany, Historical FictionGermany, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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The Lake Atitlan Reference Guide

Published: 2004, Adventures in Education, Inc.
Tags: Environment, History, Lakes, Reference
Categories: Central AmericaCentral America, GuatemalaCentral America, Guatemala, Information BookCentral America, Guatemala, Information Book, NonfictionCentral America, Guatemala, Information Book, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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The Sunita Experiment

Published: 1994, Hyperion (Juv)
Tags: Customs and practices, Emmigrants and immigrants, Family, Family and social issues
Categories: AsiaAsia, IndiaAsia, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction

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The Shepherd’s Granddaughter

Published: 2008, Groundwood Books
Tags: Family, heritage, Occupation
Categories: Intermediate (ages 9-14)Intermediate (ages 9-14), Middle EastIntermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, PalestineIntermediate (ages 9-14), Middle East, Palestine, Realistic Fiction

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Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion

Published: 2009, Tundra
Tags: grandfather, Imagination, War
Categories: CanadaCanada, Picture BookCanada, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Canada, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction

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Why War is Never a Good Idea

Published: 2007, HarperCollins
Tags: War
Categories: InternationalInternational, Picture BookInternational, Picture Book, PoetryInternational, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Killer’s Tears

Published: 2006, Random House Children's Books
Tags: Murder, Redemption, relationships
Categories: AmericasAmericas, ChileAmericas, Chile, Realistic FictionAmericas, Chile, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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