A Thousand Never Evers
Written by Shana Burg
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $7.99
IN KUCKACHOO, MISSISSIPPI, 1963, Addie Ann Pickett worships her brother Elias and follows in his footsteps by attending the black junior high school. But when her careless act leads to her brother’s disappearance and possible murder, Addie Ann, Mama, and Uncle Bump struggle with not knowing if he’s dead or alive...
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Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin
Written by Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $4.99
JACK AND ANNIE continue their quest for the secrets of happiness—secrets they need to save Merlin. This time, the Magic Tree House takes them to the one continent they haven’t visited before: Antarctica! What can they hope to learn about happiness in such a barren place? Only the penguins know for...
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Fortune's Fool
Written by Kathleen Karr
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $6.50
“A well-mapped medieval road trip.”—The Bulletin
Orphaned and left to make his own way in the world, Conrad the Good serves as court jester to a most unworthy master: Lord Otto “the Witless,” who rarely appreciates jesting and acrobatics and more often rewards his good fool with a good whipping. So one...
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Man in the Moon
Written by Dotti Enderle
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $5.99
“This well-constructed novel satisfies on many levels.”—School Library Journal
Janine is prepared for a sticky, boring summer on her family’s land in the middle of nowhere. Far from town and with only her ailing brother Ricky for company, Janine spends half her time stuck inside with him, wishing that their mother would...
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Clay Man
The Golem of Prague
Retold by Irene N.Watts
Illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.95
It is 1595, and the rabbi’s son Jacob is frustrated with having to live in the walled ghetto known as Jewish Town. Why can’t he venture outside of the gates and explore the beautiful city? His father warns him that Passover is a dangerous time to be a Jew and that...
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A Faraway Island
Written by Annika Thor
Translated by Linda Schenck
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden.It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-year-old Nellie—are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go...
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A Faraway Island
Written by Annika Thor
Translated by Linda Schenck
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden.It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-year-old Nellie—are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go...
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A Faraway Island
Written by Annika Thor
Translated by Linda Schenck
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden.It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-year-old Nellie—are sent to Sweden to escape the Nazis. They expect to stay there six months, until their parents can flee to Amsterdam; then all four will go...
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The Giant-Slayer
Written by Iain Lawrence
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
A girl’s imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine’s gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside...
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The Giant-Slayer
Written by Iain Lawrence
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $16.99
A girl’s imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine’s gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside...
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The Giant-Slayer
Written by Iain Lawrence
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 304 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $19.99
A girl’s imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine’s gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside...
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The Book of the Maidservant
Written by Rebecca Barnhouse
Read by Susan Duerden and Rebecca Barnhouse
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $34.00
“A funny and wise book about friendship, loyalty, and love.”—Karen Cushman
Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned medieval holy woman. Dame Margery feels the suffering the Virgin Mary felt for her son but cares little for the misery she sees every day. When she announces that Johanna...
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The Book of the Maidservant
Written by Rebecca Barnhouse
Read by Susan Duerden and Rebecca Barnhouse
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $17.00
“A funny and wise book about friendship, loyalty, and love.”—Karen Cushman
Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned medieval holy woman. Dame Margery feels the suffering the Virgin Mary felt for her son but cares little for the misery she sees every day. When she announces that Johanna...
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The Book of the Maidservant
Written by Rebecca Barnhouse
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.99
“A funny and wise book about friendship, loyalty, and love.”—Karen Cushman
Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned medieval holy woman. Dame Margery feels the suffering the Virgin Mary felt for her son but cares little for the misery she sees every day. When she announces that Johanna...
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The Book of the Maidservant
Written by Rebecca Barnhouse
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.99
“A funny and wise book about friendship, loyalty, and love.”—Karen Cushman
Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned medieval holy woman. Dame Margery feels the suffering the Virgin Mary felt for her son but cares little for the misery she sees every day. When she announces that Johanna...
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The Book of the Maidservant
Written by Rebecca Barnhouse
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $19.99
“A funny and wise book about friendship, loyalty, and love.”—Karen Cushman
Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned medieval holy woman. Dame Margery feels the suffering the Virgin Mary felt for her son but cares little for the misery she sees every day. When she announces that Johanna...
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Horse Diaries #3: Koda
Written by Patricia Hermes
Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $5.99
For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .
Independence, Missouri, 1846
Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets out with Jasmine’s family on a long...
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Horse Diaries #3: Koda
Written by Patricia Hermes
Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $5.99
For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .
Independence, Missouri, 1846
Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets out with Jasmine’s family on a long...
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Horse Diaries #3: Koda
Written by Patricia Hermes
Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $12.99
For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .
Independence, Missouri, 1846
Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets out with Jasmine’s family on a long...
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War Games
Written by Audrey Couloumbis and Akila Couloumbis
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.99
Based on a true story of World War II.
For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels unreal and far away. What’s real is working in his papa’s garden. Playing marbles with his friends. Fighting with his older brother, Zola. Zola, who must always be first. Who must always be best. But when...
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War Games
Written by Audrey Couloumbis and Akila Couloumbis
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $16.99
Based on a true story of World War II.
For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels unreal and far away. What’s real is working in his papa’s garden. Playing marbles with his friends. Fighting with his older brother, Zola. Zola, who must always be first. Who must always be best. But when...
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War Games
Written by Audrey Couloumbis and Akila Couloumbis
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $19.99
Based on a true story of World War II.
For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels unreal and far away. What’s real is working in his papa’s garden. Playing marbles with his friends. Fighting with his older brother, Zola. Zola, who must always be first. Who must always be best. But when...
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A Brief History of Montmaray
Written by Michelle Cooper
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $16.99
“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”
Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the...
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A Brief History of Montmaray
Written by Michelle Cooper
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $16.99
“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”
Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the...
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A Brief History of Montmaray
Written by Michelle Cooper
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 304 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $19.99
“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”
Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the...
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