Linda Sue Park
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English
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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The
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Clarion Books
Pub. Date
20210316
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English
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If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class. Illustrated with black-and-white art.
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Scholastic Audio
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English
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The shadow of a man in black has followed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan on their worldwide search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. And now, in the wake of a terrible tragedy, he's ready to step out of the darkness.
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Allida
Pub. Date
20240917
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English
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"Gracie loves snorkeling! She loves it so much, she convinces her parents to let her plan a family vacation to Roatan, Honduras, where they can all snorkel together. She even makes a new friend there. Now, if only her irritating little brother would leave her alone, everything would be perfect. Then Gracie hurts her leg, and all her carefully made plans start to come apart. Worse still, she learns the reef itself is in serious danger. Gracie wants...
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Wing and Claw volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Raffa Santana is a healer, not a fighter. As a gifted apothecary, he has amazing instincts for unleashing the potential of magical-seeming plants. But his skills have failed to free the animals that the heartless Chancellor captured and turned against the people of Obsidia directly threatening Raffa's friends and family.
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Series
Wing and Claw volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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When Raffa makes a cure from a rare crimson vine he finds deep in the forbidden forest, the bat he saves transforms into something much more.
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Wing and Claw volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Hoping to return home after a winter in the Sudden Mountains so he can join his parents in the fight against the evil Chancellor, Raffa must use his apothecary skills while enlisting the help of human and animal friends to survive the journey.
10) A Single Shard
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the damage by setting off on a difficult and dangerous journey that will change his life forever.
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Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names, including hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced the same.
12) My Book and Me
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Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
20240604
Language
English
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A celebration of books and reading from Newbery medal winner Linda Sue Park and illustrated by two-time Caldecott medal winner, Chris Raschka.
This is my book.
My favorite book.
I carry it with me
wherever I go.