Tegan's Top Ten Kids' Reads for 2009


When You Reach Me (Paperback)

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375850868
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Published: Yearling, 3/2011
"What starts out as a fun and interesting story about a girl growing up in New York City in the 1970s takes amazing twists to one of the best surprises-- and most rewarding endings-- I've read. Smart and satisfying."- Tegan Ages 9-14

$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780399252181
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Published: Philomel, 9/2009
"I still almost cry every time I think about this beautiful, funny book. It's like the best pound puppies-- full of love, utterly unique, an deserving of your loyalty and attention." -Tegan Ages 8- 108+

Any Which Wall (Paperback)

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375855610
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Published: Yearling, 5/2010
"This gives me that carefree, summer-time feeling every time I think about it. The group of kids and their magical adventures have an innocence and excitement that's hard to find." -Tegan Ages 9-12

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780763652982
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Published: Candlewick, 3/2011
"TIE between The Magician's Elephant and Leo and the Lesser Lion: Two very different novels, but both are timeless and beautiful." -Tegan

$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780375845574
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Published: Yearling, 5/2010
"A darn funny and thrilling futuristic novel about a boy on a space station-- and a mission. My favorite nickname in the book? 'Boogermunch.' Sure brings out the 10-year-old boy in me!" -Tegan Ages 9-12

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375843037
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Published: Yearling, 7/2010
"This book had all I was craving: a great narrator, a fun mystery, delightful friendships, and puzzles that I could solve along with the characters."- Tegan Ages 9-14

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780142417188
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Published: Puffin, 1/2011
"This sequel can stand alone as a humorous but touching novel about life on Alcatraz Island as a child of a guard in 1935. Meet Capone and his wife Mae and ponder issues like how to treat convicts who come to fix your plumbing and what to do when you owe one to the country's most dangerous mobster." -Tegan Ages 9-13

$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780385736480
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Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 9/2009
"'All good spies have a sidekick, and monkeys make perfect assistants... Monkeys aren't cheap. Not anymore.' Learn all this and more as Andrew North, 3rd grader, not-so-suavely dodges the perils of elementary school and a teenaged brother." -Tegan Ages 7-10

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375846106
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Published: Yearling, 2/2010
"I found this very sweet and emotionally true-- a book that deals with grief and eighth grade in a very realistic way. I got so caught up in Molly's adventures on the boys' baseball team that I couldn't help cheering for her (and her wonderful friends) the whole book through." -Tegan Ages 11-14

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375846830
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 7/2009
"TIE: Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Institute and Ottoline Goes to School. One has a lunch lady heroine who thwarts evil with the help of nifty gadgets like a spatucopter (yes, it's a spatula that turns into a helicopter). The other has a little girl who attends a boarding school with her best friend, a hairy Norwegian bog creature named Mr. Munroe. Both have hilarious stories and detailed illustrations that will keep kids rereading." -Tegan Ages 7-10.

$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780375847493
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Published: Yearling, 12/2010
"TIE between The Magician's Elephant and Leo and the Lesser Lion: Two very different novels, but both are timeless and beautiful." -Tegan

$10.99
ISBN-13: 9780061449000
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Published: HarperCollins, 7/2009
"TIE: Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Institute and Ottoline Goes to School. One has a lunch lady heroine who thwarts evil with the help of nifty gadgets like a spatucopter (yes, it's a spatula that turns into a helicopter). The other has a little girl who attends a boarding school with her best friend, a hairy Norwegian bog creature named Mr. Munroe. Both have hilarious stories and detailed illustrations that will keep kids rereading." -Tegan Ages 7-10.