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Presents a deeply moving portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept the sudden death of his best friend Jaime and his overwhelming guilt about still being able to enjoy the things Jaime loved so much.

Hardcover:

9781930332256 | Ill edition (Lectorum Pubns, November 1, 2002), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death.

As she struggles to cope with a difficult mother and finding her place in the world, young Nealy Compton finds solace in the relative solitude and safety beneath her neighbor's porch

Hardcover:

9780670837526 | Viking Pr, March 1, 1993, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: As she struggles to cope with a difficult mother and finding her place in the world, young Nealy Compton finds solace in the relative solitude and safety beneath her neighbor's porch

Paperback:

9780140346862 | Reprint edition (Puffin, March 1, 1995), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: As she struggles to cope with a difficult mother and finding her place in the world, young Nealy Compton finds solace in the relative solitude and safety beneath her neighbor's porch

Reinforced:

9780606072816 | Demco Media, March 1, 1995, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: As she struggles to cope with a difficult mother and finding her place in the world, young Nealy Compton finds solace in the relative solitude and safety beneath her neighbor's porch

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John-too must face the fact that two of his favorite people are becoming strangers to him when his beloved grandmother develops Alzheimer's Disease and his best friend starts using racial epithets.

Hardcover:

9780399224430 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old John-too is dismayed when his grandmother, who has come to live with his family, begins to experience increasing incidents of confusion and memory loss

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A portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death

Hardcover:

9780690805116 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1973, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: A sensitive portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death

Paperback:

9780064402385 | Revised edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death
9780590337847 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, March 1, 1982), cover price $2.25 | About this edition: A portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death

Library:

9780690805123 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1973, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: A sensitive portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death

Reinforced:

9780606039369 | Demco Media, May 1, 1992, cover price $13.60 | About this edition: A portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death.

Prebinding:

9780808540953 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A portrayal of a young boy's attempt to understand and accept his best friend's sudden death

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A rift develops in the closeness shared by eleven-year-old Jonathon and his best friends when a new boy moves onto the street and insists on pushing himself into Jonathon's life

Hardcover:

9780399218408 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A rift develops in the closeness shared by eleven-year-old Jonathon and his best friends when a new boy moves onto the street and insists on pushing himself into Jonathon's life

While immobilized in a hospital bed, Janessa journeys into a world of dreamlike adventures with the gods of Norse legend.

Hardcover:

9780670807390 | Penguin USA, October 1, 1989, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: While immobilized in a hospital bed, Janessa journeys into a world of dreamlike adventures with the gods of Norse legend.

Paperback:

9780140322248 | Reprint edition (Puffin, April 1, 1991), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Janessa's only way to ease the pain of lying immobilized in a hospital bed is to remain numb to everything and everyone until the day her imagination chances on the key to another world where she can run free again

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A friendless, overweight twelve-year-old with an overprotective mother begins to change the monotonous pattern of his life

Paperback:

9780140344448 | Reissue edition (Puffin, May 1, 1990), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A friendless, overweight twelve-year-old with an overprotective mother begins to change the monotonous pattern of his life

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An eight-year-old boy's struggle to cope with a special physical problem is relieved by daily visits to a marsh and learning about its marine life.
By Doris Buchanan Smith and Alan Tiegreen (illustrator)

Library:

9780690047745 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1989), cover price $13.89 | About this edition: A nine-year-old boy with a learning disability finds pleasure in studying the fascinating creatures of a tidal marsh

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Passionate about karate, fourteen-year-old Troy tries to convince his disapproving parents about the true nature of the art and its importance in his life.

Hardcover:

9780399214646 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1992, cover price $5.00 | About this edition: A disqualification in a karate tournament, his growing feelings for a lovely young dancer, and a near fatal accident lead fourteen-year-old Troy Matthews to reassess his goals, relationships, and values
9780027862508 | Atheneum, December 1, 1988, cover price $11.95

When twelve-year-old Lacey and her mother return to their Southern Appalachian roots, they encounter a large, loving extended family, tragedy, and a lack of acceptance among the inhabitants of the tiny, rural community of Bitter Creek

Hardcover:

9780670807833 | Viking Pr, May 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

Paperback:

9780140322231 | Puffin, September 1, 1988, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

Product Description: An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

Hardcover:

9780844672120 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, January 31, 2002, cover price $19.75 | About this edition: An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

Reinforced:

9780606039024 | Demco Media, September 1, 1988, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

Prebinding:

9780833502933 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.45 | About this edition: An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.

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Product Description: This is a tragic story about Jamie who, while his friend was watching, disturbed a nest of bees and was fatally stung. As he writhed in agony his friend ignored his condition thinking that he was fooling around and he thereafter suffered from a sense of despair and guilt.

Paperback:

9780807201244 | Pap/cas edition (Listening Library, January 1, 1988), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: This is a tragic story about Jamie who, while his friend was watching, disturbed a nest of bees and was fatally stung.

Raised by a severe grandfather and inept mother, thirteen-year-old Chauncey matures as he cares for a kitten and searches for a foster home for it

Paperback:

9780140319286 | Viking Childrens Books, August 1, 1986, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Abused by his grandfather and neglected by his mother, a 'tough' thirteen-year-old sees running away as the only solution to changing his life until a friend open his eyes to an alternative.

Ten-year-old Laura must deal with her unease about her lack of religious upbringing, when her best friends are Jewish and Christian, and with her feelings for a mysterious neighbor who seems to be a witch.

Hardcover:

9780670419982 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1984, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Laura takes her first steps toward recognizing and utilizing her own inner strength after her best friends, Anna and Zipporah--secure in their respective Christian and Jewish faiths--question the lack of religion in her family life

The Riley family dog, Moonshadow, joins the Rileys in resisting the transformation of rural Cherry Mountain into a popular vacation area

School and Library:

9780027858501 | Atheneum, September 1, 1982, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A mountain family with adopted children and a dog must learn to deal with their new neighbors, who bring some 'modern' changes to their mountain home.

Ten-year-old Darby Bannister has difficulty adjusting to a new environment when she moves with her family from Washington, D.C., to Atlanta in the middle of World War II.

School and Library:

9780027780604 | Atheneum, October 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A young girl moves from Washington, D.

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Teenager Stephanie Stone finds growing up easy in her small hometown in Georgia until her first romance leads her to begin questioning her beliefs and identity

Hardcover:

9780690013818 | Ty Crowell Co, September 1, 1978, cover price $11.20 | About this edition: Growing up is not quite so easy as she'd expected for a teenage girl in a small Georgia town.

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A high school track star struggles to find himself in the weeks just before graduation.

Hardcover:

9780688220662 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1976, cover price $8.50 | About this edition: A high school track star struggles to find himself in the weeks just before graduation.

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Tomboyish Sara attempts to cope with her parents' divorce and her newfound desire for boyfriends and an active social life

Hardcover:

9780690005356 | Ty Crowell Co, January 1, 1975, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A shy fifteen-year-old girl, more at ease on the sports field than anywhere else, tries to cope with new feelings and a gradual understanding of herself, her divorced parents, and other people around her.

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