Books from Carolrhoda Books
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Come Morning
By Leslie Davis GuccioneTwelve-year-old Freedom, the son of a freed slave living in Delaware in the early 1850s, takes over his father's work in the Underground Railroad when his father disappears.
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What If It Never Stops Raining?
my report went great, we had a fun ball-game, and I didn't do anything dumb like Patrick.” “You see, you don't have to worry about everything,” said. “I had a pretty good day after all,” he told his mom. “It did stop raining, “Stop. No ...
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Ghost Walls: The Story of a 17th-Century Colonial Homestead
By Sally M. WalkerAward-winning author Sally M. Walker tells the story of how teams of scientists and historians managed to hear the ghostly echoes of St. John's House and, over the course of decades of painstaking work, made them speak their stories again.
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Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.
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I, Emma Freke
By Elizabeth AtkinsonGrowing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for some ...
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#1 The Black Dragon
By Julian Sedgwick... Black Dragon. But almost immediately, Laura is kidnapped, and Danny realizes that the Black Dragon may be connected to his family's past. With an old friend and a girl who clearly knows more than she lets on, he races through the ...
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Seventh Grade Vs. the Galaxy
By Joshua S. LevyIn 2299, seventh-grader Jack and his classmates find themselves in hostile alien territory after Jack accidentally launches their rickety public schoolship light years away from home.
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Hillary to the Rescue
On the wintry day when her drama club has a mishap on the way to see a play in the city, Hillary is glad that she has bundled up in her warmest snow gear.
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A Flight of Angels
By Geoffrey TreaseSheila and her friends solve a 400-year-old mystery while exploring the caves under their historical city of Nottingham for a class project.
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Carolyn's Story: A Book about an Adopted Girl
A Book About an Adopted Girl.
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Harriet and the Garden
Harriet feels terrible after accidentally trampling a neighbor's garden and ruining her prize dahlia, until she confesses and sets things right.
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Tiger Turcotte Takes on the Know-it-all
By Pansie Hart FloodWhen seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte ends up in after-school detention with his arch-enemy Donna Overton, they both learn a lot.
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The Boy and the Devil
A retelling of the traditional Norwegian tale of how a little boy outwits the Devil.
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Earthwise at Home: A Guide to the Care & Feeding of Your Planet
By Linda Lowery, Marybeth LorbieckiSuggests activities that can help save our planet, including recycling, power conservation, and smart shopping.
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The Case of the Missing Bills
By Beatrice S. Smith, George OverlieWhen Kate is accused of taking money from her teacher's purse, Ben tries to help her find the real thief.