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61) Extra credit
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English
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As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
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360 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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When her struggles with anxiety worsen in the aftermath of a family death, Lottie is bequeathed a series of letters from her late aunt, a best-selling author, who leaves instructions to help Lottie overcome her fears and explore her own literary voice.
64) For me?
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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When friends Duck, Toad, and Otter each receive an envelope containing nothing but a rose and a sheet of paper with a heart drawn on it they are first puzzled, then jealous, as they try to find out who sent the mysterious gifts and why.
65) Anna & Natalie
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Anna and her seeing-eye dog Natalie are chosen by Anna's teacher to participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
66) Thea's tree
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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English
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Thea Teawinkle plants an odd, purple, bean-shaped seed in her backyard for her class science project, with astonishing results that even the experts she writes to--including a botanist, an arborist, a museum curator, and a symphony director--cannot offer any explanations for.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Nine-year-old Lizzie writes to her mother, who is deployed overseas during wartime, and includes maps that show her mother what Lizzie has been thinking and doing. Includes nonfiction tips for helping children of military families.
68) I wanna iguana
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
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English
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Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.
69) The Roxy letters
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309 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Meet Roxy. She's a sometimes vegan, always broke artist with a heart the size of Texas and an ex living in her spare bedroom. Her life is messy, but with the help of a few good friends and by the grace of the goddess Venus she'll discover that good sex, true love, and her life's purpose are all closer than she realizes. Bridget Jones penned a diary; Roxy writes letters. Specifically: she writes letters to her hapless, rent-avoidant ex-boyfriend --...
70) The love letter
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
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English
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Stumbling on the same mysterious love letter in turn, best friends Hedgehog, Bunny, and Squirrel are reminded of the joys of friendship following a silly mix-up about their secret admirer.
71) Love, Aubrey
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262 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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While living with her Gram in Vermont, eleven-year-old Aubrey writes letters as a way of dealing with losing her father and sister in a car accident, and then being abandoned by her grief-stricken mother.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustration ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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"Astronaut Clayton Anderson lived aboard the International Space Station--and while he didn't mail letters home, imagine if he did! These letters are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space. Backmatter includes even more information on space, astronauts, and living among the stars"--
73) Dear Mr. G
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"A child forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor In a series of letters"--Provided by publisher.
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307 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Growing up, the Anderson sisters could not have been more different. Susie, the wild one, had an adventurous life while Camilla "Mills" followed a safer path. When Susie suddenly dies, Mills falls apart. Until she receives a bundle of mysterious letters from her estranged sister ... Each letter instructs her to visit a place special to Susie, both to spread her ashes but also to uncover some truths Susie has long kept hidden from her family"--
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Marion Lane volume 2
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English
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"It's 1959 and a new killer haunts the streets of London, having baffled Scotland Yard. The newspapers call him The Florist because of the rose he brands on his victims. The police have turned yet again to the Inquirers at Miss Brickett's for assistance, and second-year Marion Lane is assigned the case. But she's already dealing with a mystery of her own, having received an unsigned letter warning her that one of the three new recruits should not...
76) Love, Stargirl
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274 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
78) Why we broke up
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end.
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213 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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A haunting coming of age novel told in a series of letters to an unknown correspondent reveals the life of Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. It's a story of what it's like to grow up in high school, tracing a course through uncharted territory in the world of first dates, family dramas, and new friends.
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