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Betsy Cornwell
Sixteen-year-old Nicolette is an inventor and mechanic trapped in a dreary life of service under a bullying stepfamily after her mother disappears. On her sixteenth birthday, she finds a hidden workshop in the cellar and meets Jules, a magical little metal horse. The discoveries give Nicolette reason to imagine another life and seek an escape. The story is presented as a reworked Cinderella tale.
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Great Ball of LightEvan KuhlmanGreat Ball of Light centers on twins Fiona and Fenton, who catch a radiant ball with the power to restore life. After Fenton discovers what it can do, its effects extend to bugs, trees, the twins’ old dog Scruffy, and people. The story presents the magical object and the surprising consequences that follow when the siblings encounter its power to return living things to life. Charcoal-pencil and watercolor illustrations accompany the story.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World Warillustrated by Jim Kay, David AlmondThis 2019 Candlewick Press collection contains eleven original short stories about the tragedy associated with the First World War, often called the war intended to end all wars. The stories are accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. Its title identifies the pieces as being inspired by objects from that conflict, linking the collection's form and subject to the material traces of the war.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Seneca VillageMarilyn NelsonA collection of poems and connecting prose pieces imagines life in Seneca Village, a predominantly African American New York City community demolished in 1857 for the construction of Central Park. The poems use fictionalized voices whose names draw on people Marilyn Nelson found in census records. Spanning from the community’s 1825 establishment to its final years, the book moves among individuals and families. Opening and closing material adds historical context and discusses the poetic forms used.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details