Polacco, Patricia
Summary: A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2015
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Summary: Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2012Polacco, Patricia.
Summary: A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2013Polacco, Patricia.
Summary: Paige Darling loves the stuffed rabbit her grandmother has made for her, but when she ties a helium-filled balloon to Bun Bun Button the toy gets loose and goes floating away, and it may take some Darling luck to bring her home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 2011Polacco, Patricia.
Summary: A tapestry that is being used to cover a hole in a church wall at Christmas brings together an elderly couple who were separated during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Emma Kate and her best friend, an elephant, share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2005
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Summary: When her beloved Ginger, a piano-playing socialite and very snappy dresser, makes a last-minute trip to London not knowing her housesitter has cancelled, Petunia the pig does more than fend for herself, she becomes Ginger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2007
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Summary: When the spooky Graves family moves to town and tries to fit in with the "normal" residents of Union City, everyone is in for a few surprises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2003
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Summary: When the Graves family goes on their annual camping trip to Lake Bleakmire, they make a frightening discovery in the forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2008
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Summary: A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Polacco 1988Polacco, Patricia.
Summary: After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to her obnoxious older brother, a young girl makes a wish on a falling star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1994
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Summary: Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1994
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia
Summary: Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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Summary: A stray dog secretly adopted by the men of a U.S. Coast Guard base in San Francisco Bay proves to be a hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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Summary: The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 1993
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Summary: Sixth-grade friends Lyla and Jamie, both new to their school, stand up for each other when a clique of popular girls bullies them online.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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Summary: To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: When Marilyn and her teacher, Miss Wichelman, both get cancer, they encourage each other and, aided by medical treatments and support from friends, they get better. Based on a true story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: When Mr. Lincoln, "the coolest principal in the whole world," discovers that Eugene, the school bully, knows a lot about birds, he uses this interest to help Eugene overcome his intolerance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Because she is afraid to read an essay aloud in English class, young Patricia is invited to take Mr. Wayne's drama class where she paints sets, participates in fun exercises, and memorizes every part in the play the others are rehearsing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1988
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2 available in Juvenile Holidays - Springtime Holidays, Call number: JE POLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Although she is the best matchmaker in the neighborhood, Jerome's Bubbie has a hard time finding a match for the fussy Mr. Sussman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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Summary: "Stella loves books so much, she starts her own library--but then a storm threatens to destroy everything"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016