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by Charles Dickens
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 1070L
The original text is denser than modern adaptations, but the Gothic pacing and genuine stakes (Tiny Tim might die) grip kids; worth the stretch with a parent nearby for first read.
no coverby Stephen G. Bloom
Nonfiction · 1100L
A genuinely unusual nonfiction book for this age — haunting portraits and short biographies that teach kids to see dignity in ordinary rural lives and ask better questions about who deserves to be remembered.
no coverby Stephen G. Bloom
Nonfiction · 1100L
A genuinely unusual nonfiction book for this age — haunting portraits and short biographies that teach kids to see dignity in ordinary rural lives and ask better questions about who deserves to be remembered.