2007 ALSC Notable Children's Books - Older Readers (Part 3)
Discover the 2007 ALSC Notable Children's Books for Older Readers, featuring award-winning picks like Lois Lowry's *Gossamer*, Terry Pratchett's *Wintersmith*, and Mike Lupica's *Heat*. This curated list of exceptional juvenile fiction and nonfiction—from Russell Freedman's *Freedom Walkers* to *The Killer's Tears*—offers compelling reads for teens and young adults. Explore powerful stories of courage, adventure, and history in this essential booklist for parents, educators, and young book lovers.
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Freedom Riders
by Ann Bausum
Explores the Civil Rights movement and the young people who called themselves Freedom Riders.
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The Killer's Tears
by Anne-Laure Bondoux
A young boy, Paolo, and the man who murdered his parents, Angel, gradually become like father and son as they live and work together on the remote Chilean farm where Paolo was born.
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Ask Me No Questions
by Marina Budhos
Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of the visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.
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The Last Dragon
by Silvana De Mari
Yorsh is alone in a wet, cold world beset by intolerance (especially toward elves) when he encounters a gruff, human woman, whose sympathy is aroused by the forlorn Yorsh's lot.
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Escape!
by Sid Fleischman
Who was this man who could walk through brick walls and, with a snap of his fingers, vanish elephants? In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdini—magician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him! He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. In this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional magician, enriches his warm homage with insider information and unmaskings. Did Houdini really pick the jailhouse lock to let a fellow circus performer escape? Were his secrets really buried with him? Was he a bum magician, as some rivals claimed? How did he manage to be born in two cities, in two countries, on two continents at the same instant? Here are the stories of how a knockabout kid named Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished rabbi, presto-changoed himself into the legendary Harry Houdini. Here, too, are rare photographs never before seen by the general reader!
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Freedom Walkers
by Russell Freedman
Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.
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Up Before Daybreak
by Deborah Hopkinson
Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.
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Gossamer
by Lois Lowry
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. 100,000 first printing.
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Heat
by Mike Lupica
The #1 Bestseller! Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family’s escape from Cuba, Michael’s only family is his seventeen-yearold brother Carlos. If Social Services hears of their situation, they will be separated in the foster-care system—or worse, sent back to Cuba. Together, the boys carry on alone, dodging bills and anyone who asks too many questions. But then someone wonders how a twelve-year-old boy could possibly throw with as much power as Michael Arroyo throws. With no way to prove his age, no birth certificate, and no parent to fight for his cause, Michael’s secret world is blown wide open, and he discovers that family can come from the most unexpected sources. Perfect for any Little Leaguer with dreams of making it big--as well as for fans of Mike Lupica's other New York Times bestsellers Travel Team, The Big Field, The Underdogs, Million-Dollar Throw, and The Game Changers series, this cheer-worthy baseball story shows that when the game knocks you down, champions stand tall.
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Wintersmith
by Terry Pratchett
In the third adventure of Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a new challenge: a boy who is winter itself.
