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The glimpsing book

2015
Twelve-year-old Sebastian is struck by the eerie similarity of photos separated by half a century and half the globe. The photos are of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but to the side in all of them is a mysterious boy holding a book to his chest, the same book in every photo. It is too strange to be a coincidence, but what else could it possibly be? Back home in Virginia, seventh graders Henrietta and TP discover a novel that changes each time Henrietta reads it. When Sebastian learns that a girl his age has the book, he needs to find her. Figuring out the powerful mystery of Unus Operor, the magical book that seems to have the answers to all their questions involves saving Henrietta and TP'-s school library, tracking down a famous author, creating beautiful graffiti in the school bathroom, and forming a meaningful new friendship.

Look at my book

how kids can write & illustrate terrific books
Provides ideas and simple directions for writing, illustrating, designing, and binding books.

Banned books

1998
Contains an alphabetical listing of 100 books that have been the target of religious censorship, covering the full range of history from biblical times through the twentieth century.

Banned books

1998
Contains a series of alphabetically arranged essays that describe 105 books that have been banned for political reasons, each providing a summary of the text, a censorship history, and a list of resources for further reading.

Arthur and the scare-your-pants-off club

text by Stephen Krensky ; based on the teleplay by Terence Taylor
1998
When the latest Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club book is banned, Arthur and the gang think of a scheme for getting the books back.

The book that will make you love books

2014
Describes a variety of different reasons to love books and reading.

The Wonderful Book

A rabbit, bear, mice, fox, ans a worm all try to find different uses for a book but when a boy finds the book and begins to read it, they all agree that it is a wonderful book.

Magill's literary annual, 2015

2015
Profiles notable fiction and nonfiction works published in 2014, arranged alphabetically by title from L-Z, providing a critical essay, review list, and bibliographic information for each, and includes an annotated list of titles.

A tale of highly unusual magic

"Two girls on opposite sides of the planet connect through a mysterious book, whose phantom narrator guides them into spinning a story about the past that will affect their futures"--.

Archie Greene and the magician's secret

2015
Archie Greene has lived with his grandmother since he was a baby, but when a mysterious package arrives on his twelfth birthday with instructions to take it to a strange bookshop in Oxford, he finds himself involved with a secret society of people who protect the world's magical books, and discovers that he has family he never knew about.

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