Candice F. Ransom, Author . Lerner/Carolrhoda $15.95 (176p) ISBN 978-1-57505-933-4
Ransom's (More Than a Name
) moving, meditative story, set in the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, tells of 11-year-old Jane-Ery's struggle to accept her father's death in a sawmill accident. She and Grandpap and Mama must...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author Harlequin Books $2.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-373-98012-3
Cressida's mother has inherited her uncle's broken-down home, and now she and Cress have to spend a chunk of the summer preparing the house for sale. But Darien, barely older than Cress, lives there, claiming that he made Uncle Ellsworth's last days
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Candice F. Ransom, Author Bradbury Press $13.95 (136p) ISBN 978-0-02-775665-4
In September of 1959 Wendy starts third grade, which brings some disconcerting changes. Unlike last year, she won't have a teacher who smells like baby powder, and she won't be given chocolate milk each morning. Her best friend has moved away, her...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40501-0
Kobie, who previously starred in Thirteen, has to face high school without her best friend Gretchen. But they've agreed to keep lists of the ""right things'' that the elite kids do, so they can imitate and be accepted. Then Kobie finds herself on...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author Scholastic $12.95 (149p) ISBN 978-0-590-41982-6
The author of the popular Kobie series takes a look at sibling relationships, focusing on Jackie, a bratty but ennobled younger sister who is constantly overlooked in favor of her ``perfect'' older sister, Sharon. The sisters are equally to blame...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author Scholastic $2.75 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-42977-1
Millicent, a thoroughly likable nine-year-old, is the shining star of this novel, which middle graders will want to read in a single sitting. The book's pace is as energetic as its heroine, who longs to be her parents' favorite child. She sets out...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $14 (115p) ISBN 978-0-02-775795-8
When Cammie Bradley's mother remarries, the eight-year-old must cope with a number of distressing changes-a new town, a new school and even her stepfather's gentle teasing. (Cammie also bears the hurt from knowing that her biological father left the
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Candice F. Ransom, Author, Eric Velasquez, Illustrator , illus. by Eric Velasquez. Walker $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8869-6
It is "Sunday! Sweet Sunday!" in pre–Civil War Fredericksburg, Va., and Kezia and her mother head down Liberty Street, the road traveled by captives who are "at liberty" for the afternoon. "White folks own the streets like...
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Candice Ransom, illus. by Heather Ross. Disney-Hyperion, $14.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-4231-3173-1
Ransom (The Old Blue Pickup Truck) attempts a humorous, affecting story about a wacky, brave, and determined eight-year-old with mixed success. Iva Honeysuckle announces her life’s ambition early on: to become a “famous discoverer,” beginning by “fin
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Candice F. Ransom, Author, Wade Zahares, Illustrator , illus. by Wade Zahares. Walker $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8088-1
Declarative, rhyming phrases accompany striking illustrations in tribute to the enigmatic Chincoteague ponies that live off the Virginia coast. While several explanations for the ponies’ presence on the island of Assateague are offered in...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author, Felicia Bond, Illustrator, Felicia Bond, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-020848-6
Ransom ( Thirteen ; Ladies and Jellybeans ) follows a likable girl and her mother as they run errands one day. The child has nothing to put inside her ``big green pocketbook that's just like Mama's,'' but friendly townspeople soon give her quite an...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author, Ransom, Author Troll Communications $3.95 (126p) ISBN 978-0-8167-2989-0
The first volumes in the Tales from Third Grade series fumble with muddy characterizations and flimsy plots. Amber Cantrell, the heroine of both books, is imaginative and outgoing, but utterly desperate to be center stage--apparently a symptom of...
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Candice F. Ransom, Author, Ransom, Author, Peter M. Fiore, Illustrator Troll Communications $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8167-3384-2
A 10-year-old girl's Christmas wish comes true when her father returns home from his faraway work in time to celebrate with the family. With evocative turns of phrase, Ransom (More Than a Name) whisks readers back to the coldest winter in Appalachia:
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