Polacco, Patricia.
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2001
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Summary: After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2008
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Summary: Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2010
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Summary: Miss Parks, a new teacher, is devastated when her cat, Autumn, disappears during a storm but with the help of her students she finds not only Autumn but also the man of her dreams.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2007
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2008
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Summary: Stephanie Michelle, who cares for animals and listens to the sun, believes the homeless child, Fondo, when he tells her that the geese have invited him to fly away with them.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1996
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Summary: A girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1995
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2013
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Summary: After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkoth, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book for Young Readers 1994
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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Summary: During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1996
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Summary: When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2011
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC POLPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2000
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Summary: Animals make many different noises, but when they make too much noise their mommies quiet them down.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2005
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Summary: Richie and his younger sister Trisha face off in a contest to see whose hobby is more challenging.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2006
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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!
Format: text
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2007
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1988
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Summary: Frankie and his eight brothers and sisters learn lessons about giving, family, and tradition during a snowy Michigan Christmas long ago.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2004