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Book Review | Marcelo in the Real World
by Francisco X. Stork

Score: 4

© 2009, Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Marcelo Sandoval is 18-years-old and making plans for the summer between his junior and senior year at Paterson High School, a special preparatory school for children with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). Looking forward to working as the stable man at Paterson, in charge of caring [...]

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Book Review | Dan and the Mudman
by Jonny Zucker

Score: 3

by Jonny Zucker
© 2009, Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Dan Bernstein’s family moves to a small town far outside of London, and he faces a number of lifestyle changes. None, however, challenges him as much as the blatant anti-Semitism of the class bully, Steve, or so he thinks. When his class project on long-distance running, turns into [...]

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Book Review | Sparrow Girl
by Sara Pennypacker

Score: 4

Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
© 2009, Disney-Hyperion Books.
In 1958, Mao Tse-Tung declared a war on four pests – rats, flies, mosquitoes and sparrows.  SPARROWS? Why, sparrows? Because sparrows ate grain and the population of China was starving. Sparrows were declared enemies of the people and a massive campaign was waged to eliminate them from the countryside [...]

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Book Review | This Tree Counts
by Alison Formento

Score: 3.5

Illustrated by Sarah Snow
© 2010, Albert Whitman & Company.
One large oak tree stood at the back of Oak Lane School. Mr. Tate wants his class to plant some more oak trees, but before they do, he asks them to listen to the big tree’s story. As they stop and hug the tree, the class [...]

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Book Review | First Rain
by Charlotte Herman

Score: 4

Illustrated by Kathryn Mitter
© 2010, Albert Whitman & Company.

Abby is sad because she and her family are leaving her grandmother in America and making aliyah (literally,going up) to Israel. However, from the start, Abby and her grandma stay in touch by letter, telephone and internet as Abby shares her feelings and describes everything she is [...]

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