Stephen Wunderli
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"Pull out the best adjectives for a luminous comic novel--Wunderli's first--about two boys coming of age in 1939 in Thistle, Utah. At his grandfather's wish, Two Moons--a Navajo--lives with Matt's family in order to go to school. When the boys are 11, Two Mooms goes through the Navajo ceremony to become a man. Matt's induction into adulthood is wilder and funnier, a wonderfully realized fantasy...The story is memorably tuned to the need for fantasy...
3) Little Boo
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This simple story by author Stephen Wunderli and illustrator Tim Zeltner is more than a fun Halloween read-Little Boo is a heartwarming tale perfect for any child who can't wait to grow up.
The leaves fall, the wind blows, and one little pumpkin seed tries and tries to be scary. But he doesn't scare anyone... not the snowflakes in winter, not the bees in spring, not even the watering can!
The wind tells him to be patient-he'll be scary soon enough....
4) Dear Moon
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"We want to have a word with you!" Max shouts at the moon. "Face-to-face, man-to-Man in the Moon. We need you to stay where you are!"
Max and Ely are best friends, but each night the moon marks the passage of time, closer and closer to the day Ely will go to the hospital. But the determined friends have a plan: they'll build a rocket, launch to the moon, and keep it from moving. In this poignant story of grief and healing, Max learns that time will...
5) Isle of Hope
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Michael Hawkes was born in England to an Irish mother. She returned with Michael and his twin sister to Ireland only to be taken by the Catholic Church. They then trafficked him to California where he was abused by the most powerful priest in Los Angeles, The Right Rev. Monsignor Benjamin Hawkes. Michael's powerful inspirational memoir Isle of Hope follows his search for his birth family, and to find redemption and peace. A gripping and powerful story....