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Read-Alikes for
Titanic Crossing
by Barbara Williams
Viewpoint, our book discussion group for students in
grades 6-8, read and discussed Titanic Crossing. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading some of her other books:
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| Beheaded, Survived
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by Barbara Williams
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JH WIL
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Jane wonders if she made the right decision in her choice of summer activities, a trip to England, especially when she gets a strange partner in the tour guide's "buddy" system. In the end, she's found a true friend and learns that she is a survivor.
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| The Crazy Gang Next Door
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by Barbara Williams
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JH WIL
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Kim's job is to look after her neighbor's house while she is away. She doesn't know what to do when a group of wild-looking kids claiming to be Mrs. Overfield's nieces and nephews take over the house. Chaos reigns and the house is turned upside down. Can Kim solve the mystery and get the house back together before Mrs. Overfield returns?
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| H-E-L-L-L-P! The Crazy Gang is Back
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by Barbara Williams
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JH WIL
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To her horror, Kim finds out that two members of the Spikes gang have transferred to her school and that one of them has a crush on her.
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MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: Accidents
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| On My Honor
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by Marion Dane Bauer
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J BAU
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After promising not to, Joel and his friend Tony take a swim in the treacherous Vermillion River. Joel doesn't realize that Tony cannot swim until it is too late. Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents what happened when the promise was broken.
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| Something Very Sorry
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by Arno Bohlmeijer
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J BOH
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In her journal, Rosemyn describes her struggles after a car accident which results in serious injuries to her father and younger sister and her mother's death.
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| Flight #116 is Down
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by Caroline B. Cooney
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JH COO
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Using strength and courage that she never knew she had, Heide helps rescue people from a plane that crashes on her family's isolated property.
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| Wish Me Luck
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by James Heneghan
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JH HEN
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Based on a true story. While trying to escape the air raids in Liverpool, Jaimie takes a passenger ship to Canada. The ship gets hit by a German U-boat during World War II and begins to sink.
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| Phoenix Rising
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by Karen Hesse
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JH HES
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After an accident at a nearby nuclear power plant causes a radiation leak, Nylie learns about relationships and death when Ezra who was exposed to radiation comes to stay at her house in Vermont.
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| Hatchet
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by Gary Paulsen
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JH PAU
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| After a plane crash, Brian Robeson is stranded in the Canadian wilderness. To survive, he must rely on his intelligence, his instincts, and one tool: a hatchet.
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| (Look also for Brian's Winter.)
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
July 1998.
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