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(0)Madeleine Curry
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate--zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can't--or won't-answer any questions. She won't even tell them...
2) Wonder
Author
Language
English
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HAR--Kids Summer Reading 2023 All Together Now
NPM - JUV GRL V
NPM - JUV Realistic Fic
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
NPM - JUV GRL V
NPM - JUV Realistic Fic
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
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Description
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid -- but his classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie's point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of...