Posts Tagged ‘orphans’
After Tupac and D Foster
Putnam Young Adult, 2008
Fiction
ISBN: 0399246541
160 pages
Newbery Honor Book
Synopsis
A summer of adventure and loss, the unnamed narrator gains a new best friend named D Foster. Mysteriously coming out of nowhere, D quickly becomes friends with the narrator and her best friend Neeka. Throughout this coming of age text, the narrator takes us on a journey throughout her summer, starting when D shows up, just after Tupac gets shot for the first time, and ending when Tupac gets killed and D leaves to go live with her real mother. Woodson takes us back a few years to show the reality of living in Queens as an African American family, and many of the personal and national events that effect the block the narrator lives on. …
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008
Fiction
ISBN: 0316057800
448 pages
Synopsis
A year after their original dangerous task of unearthing the terrible plan of Mr. Curtain to take over the world and enslave the minds of men with his nefarious machine, The Whisperer, the four genius children are ready to take another trip together that will stimulate their ever growing minds. …
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0316057770
485 pages
Synopsis
Something is direly wrong with the world and the people are calling for the governments to do something about it. They generally refer to it as the Emergency. However, deep beneath the surface, a discovery has been made that shows that not all is what it seems, and the world isn’t that bad. However, this discovery leads Mr. Benedict to believe that it’s about to get much worse. …
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