{"id":4790,"date":"2018-07-02T12:48:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=4790"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:32:56","slug":"ages-8-to-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/voicesviews\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Ages 8 to 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/not-nothing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing.jpg 400w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-100x151.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-150x227.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-200x302.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-300x453.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/aladdin-not-nothing-108x163.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/not-nothing\/\">Not Nothing<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/\">Children's Books<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>By Gayle Forman \u2013 <\/b><b><i>Aladdin, 2024<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s only 12, but Alex has had a hard life<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he\u2019s attended a dozen schools, he\u2019s lost his mom, and now he\u2019s been sentenced to volunteering at a retirement center. He knows the act that landed him this punishment was unforgivable and he feels terrible about it, but he\u2019s also angry and scared, and he\u2019s definitely not interested in being a part of whatever makes the center smell the way it does. And if he has to bide his time there, he sure is not going to spend it with Maya-Jade, whose grandmother lives at Shady Glen and who <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">must <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be a do-gooder if she\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">choosing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to spend her summer as a volunteer. But one day, 107-year-old, selectively mute resident Josey\u2014 who has been impatiently waiting to die\u2014decides to break his silence to Alex. Suddenly, going in each day is less of a chore. As Josey shares his memories of love, death and survival in World War II Poland, the quick friendship between the duo helps Alex begin to see there\u2019s life beyond his own pain and that connecting with people brings more joy than sorrow. The book\u2019s theme of compassion and forgiveness is timeless, and best-selling author Gayle Forman delivers with this moving story that will appeal to all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/bread-and-roses-too\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too.jpg 313w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-100x152.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-150x228.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-200x304.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-300x455.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Bread-and-Roses-too-108x164.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/bread-and-roses-too\/\">Bread and Roses, Too<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Katherine Paterson<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Clarion, 2006<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This absorbing novel takes place during the infamous 1912 \u201cBread and Roses\u201d strike in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. When the authorities resort to violence, some of the mill workers\u2019 children are sent to volunteer hosts in Vermont to protect them until the strike is over. The two protagonists, Rosa and Jake, stay with a memorable older Italian couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gerbati.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/bread-and-roses-too\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/a-time-of-angels\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels.jpg 312w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-197x300.jpg 197w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-100x152.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-150x228.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-200x304.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-300x457.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Time-of-Angels-108x164.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/a-time-of-angels\/\">A Time of Angels<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Karen Hesse<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Hyperion, 1995<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is September 1918, near the end of World War I, and the life of a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Boston is about to be turned upside down. Hannah and her two younger sisters, Libbie and Eve, live in a basement tenement with their great-aunt Tanta Rose and her stern roommate Vashti, who practices herbal medicine. The girls\u2019 parents are in Russia and have not been heard from in months.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/12\/a-time-of-angels\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-outcasts-of-19-schuyler-place\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place.jpg 320w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-96x150.jpg 96w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-192x300.jpg 192w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-100x156.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-150x234.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-200x312.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-300x468.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Outcasts-of-19-Schuyler-Place-108x168.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-outcasts-of-19-schuyler-place\/\">The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">E. L. Konigsburg<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;<em>&nbsp;Simon &amp; Schuster, 2004<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rose brothers, Morris and Alexander, are Jewish immigrants from Hungary who share a jewelry business and a house. They have also collaborated for 45 years on building three towers of scrap steel in their backyard. Now taller than any of the surrounding houses, the towers are decorated with thousands of pendants\u2014gears from old clocks, shards of colored glass, bits of porcelain\u2014that sparkle in the light and sing softly in the wind.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-outcasts-of-19-schuyler-place\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-series\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart.jpg 326w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-98x150.jpg 98w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-100x153.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-150x230.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-200x306.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-300x459.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-108x165.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-series\/\">Vet Volunteers series<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Laurie Halse Anderson<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211; <em>American Girl\/Puffin Books\/Penguin Random House, 2002\u20132016<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five preteen kids\u2014Maggie, Sunita, Brenna, Zoe and David\u2014tell their stories of volunteering at a veterinary clinic in Pennsylvania. The clinic is owned by Dr. J. J. MacKenzie, better known as Dr. Mac, the grandmother of first cousins Maggie and Zoe. The series offers a peek into what veterinary work is really like.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/wild-at-heart-series\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/seedfolks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-639x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-639x1024.jpg 639w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-94x150.jpg 94w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-187x300.jpg 187w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-768x1232.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-100x160.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-150x241.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-200x321.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-300x481.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-450x722.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-600x962.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks-108x173.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Seedfolks.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/seedfolks\/\">Seedfolks<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Paul Fleischman, with black-and-white illustrations by Judy Pedersen<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>HarperCollins, 1997<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neighbors in a run-down, multiethnic area of Cleveland gradually transform a junk-filled vacant lot into a community garden. Thirteen fictional characters\u2014linked by the garden and the neighborhood\u2014tell their stories with voices spanning a variety of backgrounds, personalities and poignant personal situations. The youngest character is 9, the oldest is over 90, and there are plenty of appealing children, teens and adults in between.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/seedfolks\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/steal-away\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away.jpg 315w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-100x151.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-150x226.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-200x302.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-300x452.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Steal-Away-108x163.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/steal-away\/\">Steal Away<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Jennifer Armstrong &#8211;<em>&nbsp;Scholastic, 1992<\/em><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This historical novel depicts a lifelong friendship between two 13-year-old girls who meet in 1855. Susannah is a white orphan uprooted from Vermont to her coldhearted uncle\u2019s Virginia farm; Bethlehem is a slave there. Each miserable for her own reasons, they escape together and flee north. Their perilous journey is described in flashbacks as they take turns narrating it 41 years later in Toronto, where Bethlehem is dying of tuberculosis. Susannah has come from New York at her old friend\u2019s request, and she has brought her granddaughter, Mary.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/steal-away\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/a-long-way-from-chicago-a-novel-in-stories\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-728x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-728x1024.jpg 728w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-213x300.jpg 213w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-768x1080.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-100x141.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-150x211.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-200x281.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-300x422.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-450x633.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-600x844.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago-108x152.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Long-Way-From-Chicago.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/a-long-way-from-chicago-a-novel-in-stories\/\">A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Richard Peck<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Dial, 1998<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this historical novel of the Great Depression, Joe recalls how he and his sister, Mary Alice, traveled from Chicago to spend a week with their widowed grandmother in rural Illinois every August from 1929 (when Joey was 9 and Mary Alice was 7) through 1935. Grandma Dowdel is one tough cookie. She\u2019s not intimidated by anyone or anything, from the local teen hoodlums to the sheriff or the rich banker and his high-society wife. \u201cTough as an old boot, or so we thought,\u201d says Joey. A large, energetic woman with her hair in a bun at the back of her head, Grandma does her own baking, cans her own tomatoes and makes her own soap. She can grab a snake and break its neck with one quick snap.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/a-long-way-from-chicago-a-novel-in-stories\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/because-of-winn-dixie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie.jpg 336w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-100x149.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-150x223.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-200x297.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-300x446.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Because-of-Winn-Dixie-108x160.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/because-of-winn-dixie\/\">Because of Winn-Dixie<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Kate DeCamillo<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Candlewick Press, 2000. A Newbery Honor Book.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lonely, 10-year-old girl named Opal moves to a trailer park in a small Florida town with her father, an introverted preacher. Opal keeps hoping that her mother, who left years ago, will return. When Opal finds a stray dog in a grocery store, she rescues him and names him Winn-Dixie after the store. It is partly through the dog\u2019s comical exploits that she meets a curious assortment of characters, including two eccentric old ladies.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/because-of-winn-dixie\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/granny-torrelli-makes-soup\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"446\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup-100x149.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup-150x223.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup-200x297.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Granny-Torrelli-Makes-Soup-108x161.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/granny-torrelli-makes-soup\/\">Granny Torrelli Makes Soup<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Sharon Creech, with black-and-white illustrations by Chris Raschka<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;<em>&nbsp;HarperCollins, 2003<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For all of her 12 years, Rosie has been best friends with Bailey, the blind boy next door. Bailey often comes over when Rosie\u2019s Granny Torrelli comes to stay while her parents go out. They usually cook together\u2014soup one night, pasta another.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/granny-torrelli-makes-soup\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/pictures-of-hollis-woods\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods.jpg 349w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-209x300.jpg 209w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-100x143.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-150x215.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-200x287.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-300x430.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pictures-of-Hollis-Woods-108x155.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/pictures-of-hollis-woods\/\">Pictures of Hollis Woods<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Patricia Reilly Giff<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Wendy Lamb, 2002. A Newbery Honor Book.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hollis Woods is an 11-year-old orphan who loves to draw. She yearns for a real family but has run away from several barren foster homes. Hollis finds a new foster home living with Josie, a retired art teacher who carves statues from tree branches in her Long Island backyard. Alternating chapters move forward and backward from when Hollis meets Josie. Hollis says she wrecked everything with her preceding foster family, the Regans, the summer before. She clearly liked them, so the suspense builds as readers wonder what went wrong.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/pictures-of-hollis-woods\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/night-wings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings.jpg 312w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-94x150.jpg 94w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-187x300.jpg 187w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-100x160.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-150x240.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-200x321.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-300x481.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Night-Wings-108x173.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/night-wings\/\">Night Wings<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/childrens-books\/ages-8-to-12\/\">Ages 8 to 12<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong><span class=\"byline\">By&nbsp;<span class=\"\">Joseph Bruchac, with black-and-white illustrations by Sally Wern Comport<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<em>HarperCollins, 2009<\/em>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Near Mount Washington in New Hampshire, a gangly, 13-year-old, Native American boy moves into his grandfather\u2019s trailer because his parents are soldiers now deployed to the Middle East. The boy\u2019s American name is Paul, but Grampa Peter addresses him as Piel, his Abenaki name.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/night-wings\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/night-wings\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Night Wings<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2645,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4790","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4790"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6101,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4790\/revisions\/6101"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}