Archive for the ‘Fiction (non-fantasy)’ Category
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Amulet Books, 2008
Fiction<
ISBN-10: 0810994739
224 pages
Synopsis
Who can keep secrets when there’s an older brother there to tell everyone? Greg Heffley has gone through something disastrous over his summer vacation that he wants no one to know about. Now that the school year has started, he has to navigate the pressures and difficulties of middle school, a bully of an older brother, a tattletale younger brother, and a big secret he fights desperately to keep. …
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The Penderwick’s: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Knopf Books For Young Readers, 2005
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375831436
272 pages
National Book Award Winner
Synopsis
The four Penderwick sisters are at first dismayed that they may not have a summer getaway adventure, but soon something opens up. They drive just a short while and end up at the Arundel estate, a place with a high society history and a difficult place for the four sisters to stay out of trouble. …
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Feathers
Putnam Juvenile, 2007
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0399239898
208 pages
Newberry Honor Book
Synopsis
Frannie’s life is about to change in important ways. She just doesn’t know it yet. While contemplating a famous line from an Emily Dickenson poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” she notices a change in her surroundings—winter emerges, her mother becomes pregnant, and, most importantly, a new boy arrives in class who looks like Jesus. Within just a few months, Frannie grows sensitive to the people around her, and the result is that she herself changes and discovers the true meaning of hope in light of Emily Dickenson’s words. …
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