Dandi Daley Mackall
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At Christmas, Jack is missing his father who left home to find work, and unhappy that the cookies his mother is baking are for the needy at church, until she tells him the story of how Christmas cookies originated in the Middle Ages as a way to tell people about the Nativity. Includes a recipe for springerle.
63) Seeing stars
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An introduction to the North Star and 10 familiar constellations, which are outlined with sparkly foil in the night sky.
65) Silent dreams
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Orphaned Camilla and her aunt, two of the many homeless persons in early twentieth-century America, forget their difficult lives when they go to the Saturday motion picture matinee. Includes an historical note on silent movies.
70) Kyra's story
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When seventeen-year-old Kyra of Macon, Iowa, becomes overwhelmed by the stress of senior year in high school, the school play, and early admission to drama school she begins taking prescription drugs, unaware that her twin brother will suffer the consequences.
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It's only a few days before Christmas and strange things are happening in the city of New Bristol. Eerie sightings have occurred at a deserted mansion, pieces to the city's nativity scene have disappeared, and now someone is missing. While solving the mystery, the three members of the Puzzle Club discover the true message of Christmas.
75) Eva underground
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In 1978, a high school senior is forced by her widowed father to move from their comfortable Chicago suburb to help with an underground education movement in communist Poland.