Rebecca Stead

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1) When you reach me

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As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid, " a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.

2) The lost library

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Stead, Rebecca

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"When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...

3) Goodbye stranger

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Stead, Rebecca

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As Bridge makes her way through seventh grade on Manhattan's Upper West Side with her best friends, curvacious Em, crusader Tab, and a curious new friend--or more than friend--Sherm, she finds the answer she has been seeking since she barely survived an accident at age eight: "What is my purpose?"

4) The list of things that will not change

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Stead, Rebecca

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Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.

5) Liar & spy

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Stead, Rebecca

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Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.

6) When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner)

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Stead, Rebecca

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eBook, Kindle

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"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post

This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to

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7) Bob

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Mass, Wendy

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.

8) Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass Interview: Professional Book Nerds Interview

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Professional Book Nerds

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Professional Book Nerds Interviews

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Middle grade authors Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass join the show to chat about their enchanting novel Bob! They also share thoughts on working collaboratively and loads more.

9) Other Worlds

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Scieszka, Jon

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Guys Read
Guys Read Other Worlds

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eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children's literature.

Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite writers—Rick Riordan, who has written an all-new and exclusive Percy Jackson tale, Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame, Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead,

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Rebecca Stead

1) When you reach me

2) The lost library

3) Goodbye stranger

4) The list of things that will not change

5) Liar & spy

6) When You Reach Me: (Newbery Medal Winner)

7) Bob

8) Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass Interview: Professional Book Nerds Interview

9) Other Worlds