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A tender story of a father-son adventure with themes of community and kindness, in short chapters with vivid full-colour illustrations, by bestseller and Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt and acclaimed artist Eugene Yelchin.

Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep-one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken. In addition to figuring out middle school, Carter has to adjust to the unwelcome presence of this new know-it-all adult in his life and navigate the butler's notions of decorum. And ultimately, when his burden of grief and anger from the past can no longer ...

A moving coming-of-age story of a white minister's son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl and finds strength after painful losses transform his life.

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A tender father-and-son story about the passage of time, the change of seasons, and the excitement of reaching a goal. Eager for maple syrup, Ethan can't wait till sugaring time rolls around. And he can't wait till his loose tooth falls out. But his father keeps telling him it's not time yet, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't make time pass more quickly. The closeness of father and son is evident throughout as they wait and then celeb...

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The award-winning author of "Orbiting Jupiter" tells the story of Carter Jones's reception of an unexpected arrival in the form of an English butler with bowler hat, insistently there to stay. The butler finds Carter in a trying moment in terms of family life, and the butler's presence is sure to teach Carter about the value of a problem shared becoming a problem halved.

Jack ist 12 Jahre alt und lebt auf einer Farm mitten auf dem Land im Bundesstaat Maine. Joseph ist 14 und Jacks neuer Pflegebruder. Er ist außerdem bereits ein Vater, hat seine kleine Tochter Jupiter aber noch nie gesehen. Erst langsam beginnen die beiden Jungs, eine Beziehung zueinander aufzubauen. Als Josephs Geschichte nach und nach enthüllt wird, muss Jack erkennen, dass nichts so ist wie es scheint.

Bestselling author and two-time Newbery Honoree Schmidt tells a coming-of-age story with the light touch of "The Wednesday Wars, " the heart of "Okay for Now, " and the unique presence of a wise and witty butler.

A Newbery Honor book, this wonderfully witty and compelling novel chronicles a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-1968 school year.

Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. This picture book biography traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans. Full color.

Joseph, padre a tredici anni, non ha mai visto la figlia Juno, data in adozione alla nascita. Joseph non ha avuto una vita semplice: di sua madre sa pochissimo, il padre è alcolista e violento. Dopo un periodo in riformatorio, viene assegnato a una famiglia affidataria nel Maine: qui scopre per la prima volta cosa significa essere accolti senza pregiudizi e cosa si prova ad avere qualcuno che stia dalla tua parte. Grazie ai suoi nuovi genitori...

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The Valorim are about to fall to a dark lord when they send a necklace containing their planet across the cosmos, hurtling past a trillion stars... all the way into the lunchbox of Tommy Pepper. Mourning his late mother, Tommy doesn't notice much about the chain he found, but soon he is drawing the twin suns and humming the music of a hanorah.

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