Books written by Cynthia DeFelice
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Nelly May Has Her Say
She'll save his roof-topped castleorum, but she will not be his fuzzy-dust-and-fooder any longer. In Nelly May Has Her Say, Cynthia DeFelice and Henry Cole team up for a fun-filled romp that makes a great read aloud.
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Mae a immeboulu
Mae a immeboulu
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Signal
"Shhh," I whisper, and clamp my free hand around her muzzle to keep her from barking. The woman takes small, careful steps across the uneven gravel drive, climbs the stairs onto the porch, and stands for a minute looking at the door, ...
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The Ghost of Fossil Glen
And what does the ghost want from Allie? As Allie discovers that her role is to avenge a murder, she also learns something about friendship, false and true, in the latest chilling tale from best selling author Cynthia DeFelice.
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The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter
Jessie, an elderly calligrapher who writes announcements and notices of birth, marriage, and death for the townsfolk, discovers that she has the ability to predict the future in her writings.
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One Potato, Two Potato
Using pen and gouache, the artist shows the "simple" characters in all their winning complexity. One Potato, Two Potato is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Fort
But when two older boys mess with the fort—and with another kid who can't fight back—the friends are forced to launch Operation Doom, with unexpected results for all concerned, in this novel about two funny and very real young heroes.
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The Missing Manatee: A Mystery About Fishing and Family
The Missing Manatee is a nominee for the 2006 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery
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Wild Life
In this story of adventure and survival, Erik learns about the challenges and satisfactions of living off the land, the power of family secrets, and the pain of losing what you love.
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Death at Devil's Bridge
Should he tell on Donny? In Cynthia DeFelice's exciting new adventure novel, the hero faces up to his own weakness and struggles to decide what to do about his friend.
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Devil's Bridge
When Ben overhears two men plotting to cheat in the annual Striped Bass Derby, he risks his life to stop them. By the author of Weasel. Reprint.
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The Ghost of Cutler Creek
This new book about Allie Nichols is another masterful novel of suspense by an author who consistently writes solid, entertaining stories.
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Wild Life
When 12-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs ...
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Under the Same Sky
Under the Same Sky is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Nowhere to Call Home
When her father kills himself after losing his money in the stock market crash of 1929, twelve-year-old Frances, now a penniless orphan decides to hop abroad a freight train and live the life of a hobo.
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The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
... blood makes people sick, so we learned to bleed 'em, to get out the bad blood. We learned to bleed and blister and purge and puke our patients.” Doc snorted derisively. “And when that didn't work, we were told to bleed, blister, purge ...
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The Light on Hogback Hill
When she investigates the mysterious light up on Hogback Hill, eleven-year-old Hadley finds and befriends a hunchbacked old woman with a tragic past.
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Lostman's River
In the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Tyler encounters vicious hunters whose actions threaten to destroy the Everglades ecosystem, and as a result joins the battle to protect that fragile environment.