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18 reviews
Lurlene Mcdaniel

Laurel-Leaf Books, 2006

this book is just completely awsome
this is probably one of the best books i will ever read. i just ordered the other two in the collection and i cant wait to get them. this book has just the right amount of excitement mixed with romance. it is a story about a girl who really has to find herself through this new boy she meets. his name is carson. he is apparently really handsome. her mom has ms which is a desiese that enables her ...

Island of the Blue Dolphins

609 reviews
Scott O'Dell

Laurel-Leaf Books, 1978

Classic adventure
This is a story I have read many times since I was a child. I'm sure every little girl goes through that phase where she would like nothing more than to be a wild maiden living alone with the animals, and that is probably the basis of a lot of appeal. But that does destract from the fact that this is an incredibly written, incredibly moving story of survival and the overcoming of loneliness. ...

The Slave Dancer

131 reviews
Paula Fox

Laurel-Leaf Books, 1997

Excellent, thought provoking story
I teach reading to both Junior and Senior high school students so I am always looking for superior adolescent literature. The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox, winner of the Newbery Medal for most distinguished contribution to American literature for children in 1974, is a good choice. The novel, set in 1840, revolves around Jesse Boller, a teenage boy from New Orleans. Because Jessie enjoys ...

Arm of the Starfish, The

40 reviews
Madeleine L'Engle

Laurel-Leaf Books, 1980

One of her very best books for children (and adults)
I have read almost all of Madeleine L'Engle's fiction, and this is my favorite book of hers written for children, hands down. Don't let that stop you from reading it if you are an adult! This is a crisply plotted, tense novel that moves with speed and grace. Attention, screenwriters: It would make a great movie! It deals with universal issues and moral dilemmas that many people face, and it ...

Pageant

1 review
Kathryn Lasky

Laurel-Leaf Books by Dell Books, 1988

Book for all times
Pageant was on of the first books I read when I moved from children's books to (gasp) the juvenile fiction section in the library. It was full of raw opinions and controversial teenage issues, seen through the eyes of a Jewish teenager. This is by far one of the better books I have read, seing as I have read it more than twenty times! Pageant is humorous and easy to relate to, as well as thought ...

The Young Unicorns
Madeline L'Engle

Laurel Leaf Books, 1980

"A highly unusual novel, both frightenly realistic and highly imaginative. The Young Unicorns maintains Madeline L'Engle's repretation as one of the finest present day authors for young people."