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By: Chris Lynch Rate: good Richard Riley Moncrief is obsessed with baseball. He doesn’t understand how anyone can not like baseball, and he thinks all boys are destined to at least know how to play baseball, if not be a pro at it. But Richard is going to be a pro. Fred Lynn and Jim…

By: Katherine Rundell Rate: good For fans of survival stories, The Explorer by Katherine Rundell is perfect. Fred, Con, Lila and her five-year-old brother Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when their plane crashes over the Amazon and the pilot dies. The four kids must face predators such as caiman and…

By: Lauren Wolk Rate: good In this touching story by Lauren Wolk, author of Wolf Hollow, a twelve-year-old-girl named Crow was washed up on one of the Elizabeth Islands on a skiff as an infant. Osh, the inhabitant of the island, adopted her. Osh had escaped from his old life in the city, which he…