Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Bantam
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman

The gates of Mr. Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last -- and only five children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop -- a fat pig who would eat anything that came within reach or bite; Veruca Salt -- a spoiled brat with parents trained to jump at her every scream; Violet Beauregarde -- a gum-chewing gabber with the fastest jaws and the slowest wits around; Mike...
Publisher: Bantam 1977  

Secret, Silent Screams - Joan Lowery Nixon
Secret, Silent Screams

Nixon, Joan Lowery

_____ A high school girl is determined to solve the cause of what is an apparent rash of suicides at her school. She is sure these are not suicides, but has difficulty convincing the officials involved. A suspenseful story that also gives information about suicide cases and prevention.

_____ Dell, 1988. Paperback, 180 pages.

_____ Cover has some rubbing and light edgewear, but book is tight, as though never read.
Publisher: Dell, 1988  

Strawberry Girl
Strawberry Girl

Lenski, Lois

_____ A story of Florida in the early 1900s before the coming of the automobile.

_____ J. B. Lippincott, 1945, 25th printing. Hard library binding, no dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, 194 pages.

_____ Ex-School with pocket inside back, and library stamps. Some light soiling and creased pages. Firmly bound.
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott, 1945  

Meg of Heron's Neck
Meg of Heron's Neck

Ladd, Elizabeth

_____ Orphan Meg moves from her free life on a boat to her strict uncle's chicken farm.

_____ William Morrow and Co Inc., 1968. LOC 61-10769. Hard pictorial cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, 191 pages.

_____ Ex-School, with pockets inside front and back, penned numbers, etc. Clean and crisp, very light wear to cover.

_____ Under 2 lbs.
Publisher: William Morrow and Co Inc., 1968  

Darnell Rock Reporting
Darnell Rock Reporting

Myers, Walter Dean

_____ Before he knows it, Darnell Rock changes from a kid who can't do anything right to a person who can make a difference.

_____ Dell, 1996, 1st ed. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall, 135 pages.

_____ Ex-School, with pocket inside back, stamps, etc. Cover has been laminated. Very good.

_____ Under 1 lb.
Publisher: Dell, 1996, 1st ed  

Dreams of Victory - - S/H Included

Ellen Conford, ill by Rockwell, Gail

Results of a vivid imagination are well documented in an amusing story about a sixth grader who describes herself as a loser. A story that both losers and achievers should find heartening.

Dell Yearling Book, 1974. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall, 121 pages.

Ex-School, with pocket in front, stamps, etc. Rubs, creases and edge and corner wear.

Under 1 lb.
Publisher: Dell Yearling Book, 1974
ISBN: 0-440-03251-095  

Theatre Shoes - Streatfield

Streatfeild, Noel

Before Sorrel, Mark, and Holly have time to think, their world is turned upside down. When their father is reported missing from the navy, they are sent to live with their grandmother, whom they have never met, in London. Grandmother was a famous actress, so it seems only natural that they should attend a special theatre school. Madame Fidolia, their instructor, says they remind her of the three Fossil children, who had studied with her many years before. But Soral,...
Publisher: Dell Yearling Book, 1983
ISBN: 0-440-48791-9  

The Great Rat Island Adventure

Talbot, Charlene Joy

'Vickie, you can't stay here, ' Joel said. 'There's a hurricane coming. The water's going to blow right over this island!' 'But my foot's caught between these rocks,' Vickie cried. ' You've got to help me.'

Scholastic Book Services, 1979. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall, 164 pages.

Name penned to top and front free fly. cover is scuffed and has a creased corner. One inch tear along back of spine, stress creases. Text is good condition.

...
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services, 1979  

Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance

Bunting, Eve

It seems as if Janet Hamm is the only girl in the whole seventh grade who doesn't have a date for the dance. She wants to be in on all the fun, but if she goes alone she'll end up in what Danny DePuzo calls the dog pen!

Reading level 4.

Bantam-Skylark Books, 1989. ISBN 0-553-15537-7. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall, 104 pages.

Cover is creased. Bumped corners and a couple of creased corners. good....
Publisher: Bantam-Skylark Books, 1989
ISBN: 0-553-15537-7  

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

The gates of Mr. Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last -- and only five children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop -- a fat pig who would eat anything that came within reach or bite; Veruca Salt -- a spoiled brat with parents trained to jump at her every scream; Violet Beauregarde -- a gum-chewing gabber with the fastest jaws and the slowest wits around; Mike Teavee -- a fiend for television;...
Publisher: Puffin Books 1988
ISBN: 0-14-032869-6  

The Fear Place - ages 9 - 14
The Fear Place

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

For ages 9 - 14. When he and his older brother Gordon are left camping alone in the Rocky Mountains, twelve-year-old Doug faces his fear of heights and his feelings about Gordon - with the help of a cougar.

Atheneum, 1994. ISBN 0-689-31866-9. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall, 118 pages.

Name stamped on top edge of pages. Slight corner wear and edge wear. Some creased pages. Clean and firmly bound.
Publisher: Atheneum, 1994
ISBN: 0-689-31866-9  

The Little Ark - Holland
The Little Ark

De Hartog, Jan

_____ At the tender ages of 10 and 11, Jan and Adinda are caught in a tidal wave that devastates their home and nearly swallows up the whole country of Holland. By a stroke of luck, they are spared when the mammoth wave rips across the countryside, leaving nothing but roofs, treetops, dead livestock and the church steeple of their village. In the terrible flood that follows, the two orphans are rescued by a pirate ship and carried from one incredible...
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971
ISBN: 0-448-05380-2  

Portrait of Ivan - Fox
Portrait of Ivan

Paula Fox, ill. by Saul Lambert

With his mother dead and his well-to-do father seldom around, 11-year-old Ivan leads an overprotected empty existence. While having his portrait painted, Ivan encounters two people who begin to show him that life is not as flat and emotionless as he thinks.

Dell Yearling Book, 1973. ISBN 0-440-06786-095. Soft cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall, 131 pages.

Ex-School, with pocket inside front, stamps, etc. Tear at upper...
Publisher: Dell Yearling Book, 1973
ISBN: 0-440-06786-095  

Pippi Goes on Board - Pippi Longstocking Pippi Goes on Board

Astrid Lindgren, ill. by Glanzman, Louis S. Glanzman, translated by Florence Lamborn

Wouldn't it be fun never to go to school? Or to shop for thirty-six pounds of candy and give it to your friends? Or to be shipwrecked on a desert island? Pippi Longstocking does all this and more. Join Pippi and her friends, Tommy and Annika, her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and her horse, in a rollicking adventure.
Cover photograph of Tami Erin as Pippi Longstocking.

Viking...
Publisher: Viking Press, 1988
ISBN: 0-670-55677-7  

Josefina Learns a Lesson - A School Story - Book two
Josefina Learns a Lesson - A School Story - Book two

The American Girls Collection

Valerie Tripp, ill. by Jean-Paul Tibbles

Josefina is an Hispanic girl of New Mexico in 1824. She learns to weave and to read. Will she forget Mama?

Scholastic Book Services, 1998. ISBN 0-590-02316-0. Soft cover, 6 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches tall, 70 pages.

Name inside front. Slight corner wear. Very good.

Under 1 lb.
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services, 1998
ISBN: 0-590-02316-0