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Boxcar children volume Prequel
Language
English
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In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
Author
Language
English
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"Nora and Ben's younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets ... One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself ... Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and Ben's parents. But if she is adopted, how could that have happened without the children knowing?"--
6) Fly Away
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
From the Newbery Award - winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall comes a story about one brave girl who saves her family from losing everything.
Everyone in Lucy's family sings. Opera. Rap. Lullabies. Everyone, except Lucy. Lucy can't sing; her voice just won't come out.
Just like singing, helping Aunt Frankie prepare for flooding season is a family tradition - even if Frankie doesn't want the help. And this year, when the flood arrives, danger finds...