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81) Sounder
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Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
82) Onion John
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His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes a conflict between Andy and his father.
83) Thimble summer
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Garnet finds a silver thimble near the river just before a much needed rain and thinks the thimble is an omen of a happy summer. Exciting things do happen.
94) The white stag
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Retells the legendary story of the Huns and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.
95) Adam of the road
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The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.
97) Shadow of a bull
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Manolo Olivar has to make a decision: to follow in his famous father's shadow and become a bullfighter, or to follow his heart and become a doctor.
98) Roller skates
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The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's.
100) Miss Hickory
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Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.