The three Bone cousins, Smiley, Phoney and Fone are run out of Boneville. They get lost and separated when they travel past the borders of their map. One-by-one they all find their way to a fantastical valley filled with talking leaf shaped bugs; snarling, hairy rat creatures and an adoring, little possum family. They must struggle through the sudden winter to find each other and then try to find their way back to Boneville.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 11/23/2011

ISBN-13: 9780439706230

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Fans of the Ranger's Apprentice series will love this new series by the same author. From the time Hal is young, he is known as an outsider since his father, a warrior, was killed on a mission, and his mother was born in another region. When the time for Brotherband training arrives, the time when young men are trained to become warriors, Hal and a band of other misfits form a team. Not the most powerful or the most popular boys, they draw on their ingenuity to compete in a series of tests of strength, teamwork and agility for a chance to emerge as a winning team. While this book has a slow start with lengthy descriptions of the making and sailing of a boat, the action heats up when the boys enter Brotherband training and continues to a finish that will have readers eager to find out what happens next.

Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award

Awards nominated: 2014 Rebecca Caudill Nominee

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 6/8/2013

ISBN-10: 9780399256196

ISBN-13: 9780399256196

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A boy who loves to climb gets a shot at his dream of climbing Mt. Everest.

Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee 2012

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 10/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0152024174

ISBN-13: 9780545038133

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Jake, Peter, and Moses are looking forward to heli-skiing, and snowboarding, in the backcountry, but, just after they are dropped off, a helicopter crashes. It's up to them to rescue any survivors. Part of the Take It to the Xtreme series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/25/2009

ISBN-10: 1552855309

ISBN-13: 9781552855300

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Hildy Biddle is a high school reporter in the small town of Banesville, New York, kicknamed The Happiest Town in the Happy Apple Valley. But the sleepy town is stricken with hysteria and fear after a series of spooky happenings start occurring near the old Ludlow House. As Pen Piedmont, the editor of the local paper, publishes fear-mongering headlines, high-school reporter Hildy has to determine if she can find what is behind the incidents and settle her community's growing unrest. Will Hildy take on the challenge or will the threats against herself and her friends stop her?

Reviewed by: bklyczek

Date read: 1/28/2010

ISBN-10: 0399234756

ISBN-13: 9780399234750

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