Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 by oaktownslim
Framed
by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.
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Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 by oaktownslim
Kickoff
Kickoff!
by Tiki and Ronde Barber
Tiki and Ronde Barber tryout for the football team when they enter junior high.
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Cover-up
by John Feinstein
Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.
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Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 by ginger9
Which came first, the book or the film? Find them all at the Alameda County Library!
Because of Winn-Dixie
Based on the book by Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
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Bridge to Terabithia
Based on the [...]
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