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4-6
English boy Leo is fascinated with gladiators and yearns to be a real hero himself. So when he gets into trouble, Leo compounds his guilt by letting people believe he was actually saving a little dog named Jack Pepper. Realistic details, a cute pup, and a strong theme of what it means to be a hero will attract middle graders.
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4-6
Eleven-year-old Nell doesn't fit in anywhere, not at home nor at school. During a visit with her aunt in the English countryside, she finds a kindred soul in mischievous but goodhearted wild girl Angel. The isolated rural setting makes a believable backdrop for this story, a mix of realism and fantasy, about the fates of two young girls and a local legend.
202 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen
| September, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-06-212220-9$16.99
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4-6
Cally's fifth grade classroom enrolls in a hospice-benefiting "sponsored silence"--and she keeps the silence. New neighbor Sam, blind and mostly deaf, and a dog named Homeless that appears with her dead mother's ghost help Cally say what she needs to, with or without words. Lean's rewarding first novel stands out for its clean, evocative prose and genuine characters.
Reviewer: Nina Lindsay
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2012
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