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1. My Writing and Reading Life: Deborah Hopkinson, Author of A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
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By: Guest Posts, on 4/18/2016
Blog: The Children's Book Review (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Historical Fiction, Chapter Books, Author Interviews, Social Justice, featured, Books for Boys, Immigrants, Justice, Animal Rights, Deborah Hopkinson, Homelessness & Poverty, 19th Century Books, Books Set in New York, Books with Pickpockets, Street Musicians, Add a tag

Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of more than 45 books for young readers.

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2. Beholding Bee by Kimberly Newton Fusco | Review
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By: TCBR Contributor, on 9/21/2013
Blog: The Children's Book Review (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Magic, Ages 9-12, Historical Fiction, Chapter Books, Ghosts, Books for Girls, Homelessness, World War 2, Kimberly Newton Fusco, Homelessness & Poverty, Add a tag

This should be a sad tale but instead is up-lifting. Much of that is due to the protagonist’s wry voice: Twelve-year-old Bee (short for Beatrice) is an orphan and works for a traveling carnival, living in the back of a truck with nineteen-year-old Pauline.

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3. Hold Fast by Blue Balliett | Review
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By: TCBR Contributor, on 9/11/2013
Blog: The Children's Book Review (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Family, Parents, Homelessness & Poverty, Mysteries, Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Chapter Books, Books for Girls, Social Graces, Add a tag

This book will appeal to readers in 5th through 7th grades who like a good mystery, poetry, and stories about hardship and changes in fortune.

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