A Child's Christmas in Wales

Daydreams and Diaries

Harry Sue

Tigers, Not Daughters

A Month of Sundays

Way Up and Over Everything

The Turning

19 Love Songs

Named after the attack that launched her country into war, Pearl Harbor Keenan has become accustomed to occasional encounters with the mysterious woman her town calls Walking Mary. No one in Framburg, Illinois, seems to know why Walking Mary meets every train that runs through their sleepy town, morning, noon, and night, as she has for forty years. Only Pearl thinks to question why, to reach out -- and to discover that what she might receive from this unlikely friendship far surpasses anything she ever could think to give. And only Pearl's younger brother can see, all too clearly, that Pearl's friendship with Walking Mary threatens not only the fragile peace within their family, but also those around them -- their friends, and even the town itself. James VanOosting's quietly powerful story examines the coming of age of one sister and brother within the larger structures of family and community.

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A Child's Christmas in Wales

Dylan Thomas, 1952

Daydreams and Diaries

Jacqueline Wilson, 2014

Harry Sue

Sue Stauffacher, 2005

Tigers, Not Daughters

Samantha Mabry, 2020

A Month of Sundays

Ruth White, 2011

Way Up and Over Everything

Alice Mcgill, Jude Daly, 2007

The Turning

Amy Reed, 2011

19 Love Songs

David Levithan, 2012