Librarians Choices 2006 pt 3 (novels continued nonfiction)
Discover the best of Librarians' Choices 2006 in this curated collection of standout novels and nonfiction for youth. Featuring acclaimed works like *Peter Pan in Scarlet*, *The Poet Slave of Cuba*, and *Freedom Walkers*, this list highlights diverse juvenile and young adult reads—from historical fiction to inspiring true stories. Perfect for librarians, educators, and young readers seeking award-worthy 2006 book picks.
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The Road to Paris
by Nikki Grimes
Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.
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The Year of the Dog
by Grace Lin
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
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Peter Pan in Scarlet
by Geraldine McCaughrean
The adventures continue for the three Darling children and Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
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Roxie and the Hooligans
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on how to survive any crisis when she becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers.
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The Poet Slave of Cuba
by Margarita Engle
A portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.
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Escape!
by Sid Fleischman
Who was this man who could walk through brick walls and, with a snap of his fingers, vanish elephants? In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdini—magician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him! He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. In this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional magician, enriches his warm homage with insider information and unmaskings. Did Houdini really pick the jailhouse lock to let a fellow circus performer escape? Were his secrets really buried with him? Was he a bum magician, as some rivals claimed? How did he manage to be born in two cities, in two countries, on two continents at the same instant? Here are the stories of how a knockabout kid named Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished rabbi, presto-changoed himself into the legendary Harry Houdini. Here, too, are rare photographs never before seen by the general reader!
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Freedom Walkers
by Russell Freedman
Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.
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The Braid
by Helen Frost
In this unforgettable novel, award-winning poet Helen Frost eloquently twists strand over strand of language, braiding the words at the edges of the poems to bring new poetic forms to life while intertwining the destinies of two young girls and the people who cross their paths.
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Up Before Daybreak
by Deborah Hopkinson
Read about the importance of cotton in America's history and learn about the lives of people who picked it and worked with it.
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Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You
by Hanna Jansen
Jeanne and her family, who are Tutsis living in Rwanda during a time of civil war, flee their home in hopes of evading Hutu soldiers as political events threaten to overtake them.
