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Great Reads

Due to our catalog upgrade, the bibliographies on this page no longer link to our catalog.  Please be patient while we update our lists.

New Book Reviews

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Peter Catalanotto

Reading Level: Ages 3 - 8

Young superhero, Question Boy, asks non-stop questions to poor unsuspecting everyday superheroes like Garbage Man until he meets Little Miss Know-It-All...

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Robert Lipsyte

Reading Level: Grades 7+

"Boxing is a dying sport. People aren't much interested anymore. They want easy things, like television, bowling, car rides."

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Francisco X. Stork

Reading Level: Grades 7+

Marcelo, a high school junior with a somewhat undefined precise location on the autism spectrum, is wildly looking forward to spending his summer working...

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Michael De Guzman

Reading Level: Grades 3-6

Henrietta Hornbuckle is a clown in Filbert's Traveling Clown Circus, and has been her whole life. Used to the travelling life, loving to watch the...

e-Books

TumbleBooks
Animated storybooks, book puzzles and games, language learning, and readalongs, including beginning readers and junior novels

BookFlix
Video storybooks paired with nonfiction eBooks reinforce early reading skills and introduce children to real-world facts and information

My Media Mall
E-books and E-audiobooks can be downloaded to a personal computer, and enjoyed anywhere on a wide range of portable devices, including MP3 players, IPods and IPads, smartphones, and ereaders, including the Amazon Kindle

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