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1	Out of the Dust more books like this by Karen Hesse A poem cycle that reads as a novel, this Newbery Medal winner tells the story of Billie Jo, a girl who struggles to help her family survive the dust bowl years of the Depression. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Witness more books like this by Karen Hesse In this novel set in 1924 Vermont, 11 different characters share their reactions to the fact that a sect of the Ku Klux Klan has been established in their small town. Two of those characters, a 12-year-old African-American girl named Lenora and a six-year-old Jewish girl named Esther, become targets of the Klan's harassment even as other townsfolk ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Letters from Rifka more books like this by Karen Hesse Set between 1919 and 1920, LETTERS FROM RIFKA tells the story of a 12-year-old Jewish girl who, along with her parents and her brother, attempts to escape persecution in her homeland of Russia. The family manages to flee to Poland, and from there, they plan to immigrate to the United States, already home to Rifka's three older brothers. Although ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Music of Dolphins more books like this by Karen Hesse The story of a girl, who was raised by dolphins, as she reenters the world of human beings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Phoenix Rising more books like this by Karen Hesse Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the leak at the nuclear plant. Without warning, Nyle's world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, mistrust, and death. Hesse takes on a nearly unharnessable subject, contains it, and makes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Come On, Rain more books like this by Karen Hesse, Jon J Muth (Illustrator), John Muth (Illustrator) A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Stowaway more books like this by Karen Hesse The fictionalized journal of Nicholas Young, an 11-year-old boy who was a real stowaway on a 1768 voyage of the ship "Endeavor." During the ship's three-year journey through the South Seas, Nicholas has many adventures, and gets to know the ship's captain--James Cook. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin more books like this by Karen Hesse In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Just Juice more books like this by Karen Hesse From the author of the Newbery Medal winner, "Out of the Dust." Letters and numbers still don't make sense to Juice Faulstich. She'd rather skip school and spend the day at home in the North Carolina hills. But when the bank threatens to repossess her family's home, Juice faces her first life-sized problem. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Aleutian Sparrow more books like this by Karen Hesse The Newbery Medalist ("Out of the Dust") tells the searing story of a young Aleut girl who, with the residents of her village, is forced to leave her home and enter an internment camp after the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Cats in Krasinski Square more books like this by Karen Hesse, Wendy Watson (Illustrator) "I look like any child/playing with cats /in the daylight/in Warsaw,/my Jewish armband/burned with the rags I wore/when I escaped the Ghetto." The Jews are starving to death behind the Ghetto wall in World War II Poland, and two orphaned Jewish sisters have escaped and pretend to be Polish: "I wear my Polish look. I walk my Polish walk." The young ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Sable more books like this by Karen Hesse Tate is thrilled that her father has allowed her to adopt a stray dog, which she calls Sable, even though she must keep it outside because of her mother's fear of dogs. Tate loves Sable, but her neighbors don't feel the same way, and they begin complaining about Sable's habits. Fed up, Tate's father gives Sable away. Tate dreams of having her dog ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Lester's Dog more books like this by Karen Hesse, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator) A story of a child overcoming a common fear, conveying the special bonds of an unusual friendship. Carpenter's full-color illustrations capture the drama of confrontation and the mood of a small-town summer evening. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	Out of the Dust: Literature Guide more books like this by Karen Hesse, Linda Ward Beech Introduce your students to this Newbery Award winner books with this engaging teaching guides. Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, creative cross-curricular activities, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and discussion questions. For use with Grades 4-8. see all copies from $2.93! new only from $2.93! \| SVS
15 view cover	Brooklyn Bridge more books like this by Karen Hesse, Fred Berman (Read by) From the incomparable Karen Hesse comes a powerfully evocative and accessible family story, set at the turn of the century, by turns serious, funny, and with a touch of magical realism. see all copies from $8.40! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
16 view cover	Time of Angels more books like this by Karen Hesse Set during World War I, this is the story of Hannah, a young girl who believes in angels. Hannah and her family--sisters Libbie and Eve and their Tanta Rose--are all victims of an influenza epidemic. Hannah is forced to leave her family and when she finally recovers from her illness her faith in the power of angels aids her in finding her family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Wish on a Unicorn more books like this by Karen Hesse Sixth grader Maggie feels burdened by her seven-year-old sister Hannie, who is slightly brain-damaged and believes that a toy unicorn has magical powers, until one afternoon a crisis shows her how special Hannie is. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $71.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Lavender more books like this by Karen Hesse When Codie's favorite aunt is having a baby, Codie has lots of worries: will the baby and her aunt be all right, will Codie's baby quilt be done on time, and will her aunt still have time for her? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Dear America more books like this by Karen Hesse Newbery Medalist Hesse pens the diary of a Union girl living in the divided state of Delaware during the explosive first year of the Civil War-a conflict mirrored in Amelia's struggle to keep her parents' disintegrating marriage together. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.12! \| signed copies
20 view cover	The Stone Lamp: Eight Stories of Hanukkah Through History more books like this by Karen Hesse, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) This collection of eight poems, one for each night of Hanukkah, highlights tragic and important events in Jewish history. Color illustrations accompany the verses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	Poppy's Chair more books like this by Karen Hesse Young Leah has always spent two weeks of each summer with her grandparents, Gramm and Poppy. This is the first summer Leah will be spending with Gramm since Poppy's death. Leah finds the house a little bit scary and lonely without the presence of Poppy, but Gramm works to help her accept his death. Illustrated with pastel drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.91! \| first editions
22 view cover	A Time for Angels more books like this by Karen Hesse Set during World War I, this is the story of Hannah, a young girl who believes in angels. Hannah and her family--sisters Libbie and Eve and their Tanta Rose--are all victims of an influenza epidemic. Hannah is forced to leave her family and when she finally recovers from her illness her faith in the power of angels aids her in finding her family. see all copies from $4.61! new only from $4.63!
23 view cover	Lejos del Polvo more books like this by Karen Hesse Exquisitely written, this compelling, and often mournful novel is about a young girl growing up in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl during the Depression. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.28!
24 view cover	Young Nick's head more books like this by Karen Hesse The year is 1768. Nicholas Young's mind is made up. He's had enough! Enough of the cruel butcher to whom he is apprenticed and enough of his indifferent father lurking somewhere in the background of his existence. He's had enough of the squalor of his life in London. He's going to run away. But when he's stowed away on board a smallish ship he has ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $11.94! \| first editions
25 view cover	A Time of Angels: A Revised Edition: Time for Angels more books like this by Karen Hesse see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.48!

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