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When Ratboy lived next door

2005
When his strange family moves into her quiet southern Indiana town, sixth-grader Lydia Carson initially despises her new neighbor and classmate, who seems as wild as the raccoon that is his closest companion.

Ghost train

2004
When Billy finds a burlap sack containing a pistol and a cryptic, threatening note, he and his best friends Dannie and Finn avoid rehearsals for the town's historical pageant while trying to learn who holds a grudge and is plotting against the railroad.

Hurry up, Houdini!

Sent back in time to locate Harry Houdini, Jack and Annie end up getting into an argument that threatens their mission. As the time to meet Houdini nears, they have to find a way to patch up their relationship and continue to work together.

The mighty Lalouche

In Paris, France, more than a hundred years ago, a small man named Lalouche is let go from his job as a mail carrier because of new electric cars. To make a living, Lalouche discovers that he has great skill as a fighter. After the electric cars end in disaster, Lalouche is offered his job back which he happily accepts.

Rebecca to the rescue

2009
While celebrating her brother's Bar Mitzvah on Coney Island, nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin disobeys by going off on her own, leaving her cousin Ana, a recent immigrant, alone.

Rebecca and the movies

2009
Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.

Rebecca and Ana

2009
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.

Changes for Rebecca

2009
Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.

Candlelight for Rebecca

2009
While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.

The cry of the loon

a Samantha mystery
2009
In June 1907, twelve-year-old Samantha looks forward to a happy summer with Nellie and her younger sisters at Grandmary's country home in the Adirondacks but a series of mysterious accidents on the property lead Samantha to suspect that someone is deliberately causing trouble.

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