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09/14/2004: "Young Adult books to read aloud..."
my mom and i were talking last night about great books to read aloud to kids. she reads many books to her classes throughout the year and she was looking for suggestions of some new and different books. so i went and fished a few off of my bookshelves...
 | Stowaway by Karen Hesse A journal of an 11 yr old boy who stows-away on the H.M.S. Endeavor with Captain James Cook. They are at sea for 3 years on a secret mission to discover a new continent. The story is fictions, but based on a real boy who stowed-away on that ship. |
 | The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley A story told from the perspective of the characters in a fairy tale book. The book's characters have to act out their scenes for the Reader every time the book is opened. Sylvie, a 12 yr old princess, has been doing her lines for 80 years and is starting to get a little bored.... |
 | Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye Hermux Tantamoq is a mouse watchmaker who lives a quiet life with his pet ladybug, Terfle, until he meets Linka Perflinger, professional aviatrix and adventuress. Adventure ensues... |
 | The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop A classic. A boy is given a model castle whose medieval characters start doing some strange and unusual things. |