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A stunning debut novel about prejudice, friendship and justice. Ages: 9+.

Erst ist es ein Stock, der Annabelle trifft, dann die Hand, die sich um den Hals eines Vogels schließt, und schließlich der gespannte Draht, der für James lebensbedrohlich wird. Das ist Betty, das neue Mädchen in Annabelles Klasse, die letztendlich das ganze Dorf gegen den kauzigen Außenseiter Toby aufbringt. Doch Annabelle durchschaut ihre Lügen und falschen Anschuldigungen. Und sie kennt Toby, der ihr schon oft zur Seite gestanden hat. Als B...

After graduating from Brown University in 1981 with a degree in English literature, Lauren Wolk spent a year as a writer with the Battered Women¿s Project of the St. Paul American Indian Center, and then worked as both an editor and an English teacher. Since 2007, she has been the Associate Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. She is an award-winning poet and also a visual artist.Wolf Hollow is set in western Pennsylvania where her fam...

- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor-winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year.An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Parents' Magazine Best Book of the Year • A Booklist Editors' Choice selection • A BookPage Best Book of the Year • A Horn Book Fanfare Selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Y...

A Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerA young girl's kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying in 1940s America. Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly ...

- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor-winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year.An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Parents' Magazine Best Book of the Year • A Booklist Editors' Choice selection • A BookPage Best Book of the Year • A Horn Book Fanfare Selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Y...

People feel at home in Belle Haven, and in many ways it is like any other small town, with a café where regulars come for the fresh cinnamon rolls and to talk about the weather, or one another, often staying all day. It's a town with the usual collection of quirky characters--the people everyone knows who, by staying in one place long enough, have become part of its landscape. But what sets Belle Haven apart is its especially strong sense of c...