age ~56
from Portland, OR
Callie loves her dog Lulah, soccer, star-gazing, her friend Mariette, and her far-from-perfect family. But she is struggling to discover what she believes in. Her parents and her church tell her there are right and wrong answers to everything – all she has to do is believe. Callie knows from being a...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
153
Publisher
Mercer Arts and Letters, LLC
ISBN #
9
On a remarkable daywhen fish leap among the stars,and bird., mar beneath the waters,a girl is born in the South of India.From her childhood, Parvati is known in her village for the extraordinary events that seem to spring from her dancing feet, and which set her and her family apart. One day a great...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN #
0064409791
EAN Code
9780064409797
ISBN #
5
Najmah, a young Afghan girl whose name means “star,” suddenly finds herself alone when her father and older brother are conscripted by the Taliban and her mother and newborn brother are killed in an air raid. An American woman, Elaine, whose Islamic name is Nusrat, is also on her own. She waits out ...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Paperback
Pages
281
Publisher
Square Fish
ISBN #
0312377762
ISBN #
4
Mumtaz, daughter of Shabanu, has lived with her father's traditional Muslim family for 10 years, enduring the scorn of her auntie Leyla day in and day out. Her only protectors are her uncle Omar and Baba, patriarch of the Amirzai tribe, but even they would disown her if they knew she had a crush on ...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
Ember
ISBN #
0307976424
EAN Code
9780307976420
ISBN #
2
By the author of Shabanu, a Newbery Honor BookThe summer after fourth grade, a lonely girl wants just one thing: a dog. It's all she can think of. She tries everything to convince her parents to let her have one, but nothing works. She is sure that she will spend another whole summer alone – dogless...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
128
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN #
0374327793
EAN Code
9780374327798
ISBN #
8
Prince Edward inadvertently switches places with Tom Canty, a pauper. While both boys are interested in experiencing life in the other's shoes, they are dismayed by the realities of their new lives. Written before The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was finished, this tale contains the elements of so...
Author
Mark Twain
Binding
Paperback
Pages
352
Publisher
Aladdin
ISBN #
1416928057
EAN Code
9781416928058
ISBN #
7
A Season of ChangeAlong the Virginia shoreline where their families have lived for generations, Buck and Tunes Smith defy tradition. Raised together like brother and sister, they are bound by surname, but not by skin color. And just as Buck has come to rely on Tunes, Tunes has come to trust that eve...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
244
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN #
6
The world of Newbery Honor Book Shabanu is vividly re-created in this novel of a young Pakistani woman's heartbreaking struggle against the tyranny of custom and ancient law. Shabanu, now a mother at 18, faces daily challenges to her position in her husband's household, even as she plans for her you...
Author
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Publisher
Ember
ISBN #
9780307977892
EAN Code
9780307977892
ISBN #
3
Suzanne Fisher Staples is an American writer of children's books. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she grew up in a small community around Northeastern...
ISBN #
6