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childrenofexile

Children of Exile
by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author)

Booktalk: For the past twelve years, adults called “Freds” have raised Rosi, her younger brother Bobo, and the other children of their town, saying it is too dangerous for them to stay with their parents, but now they are all being sent back. Since Rosi is the oldest, all the younger kids are looking to her with questions she doesn’t have the answers to. She’d always trusted the Freds completely, but now she’s not so sure.

Snippet: “Have you seen any kids older than us here?” he asked.

I thought about the people I’d seen on my long walk from the plane to the parents’ house. I thought about the people I’d seen at the cinder-block church that morning.

“No,” I said. “I haven’t.”

Edway turned to face me directly.

“It wouldn’t just be a coincidence for no babies to be born in my ginormous family for thirteen years,” he said. “Or in this entire town. Something happened. What was it? What happened to all the kids who were little kids when we were born?”

horriblyhungrygingerbreadboy

The Horribly Hungry Gingerbread Boy: A San Francisco Story
by Elisa Kleven (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: When Shirley bakes herself a gingerbread treat to bring to school, the last thing she expects is for him to leap out of her lunchbox and begin gobbling everything in sight. A wild chase ensues–on foot and by cable car–through iconic San Francisco neighborhoods including the Mission, Chinatown, North Beach, and Fisherman’s Wharf. Will Shirley be able to catch the gingerbread boy before he eats up the whole city? A recipe for (non-magical) gingerbread treats is included.

Snippet: “Hey you,” cried Shirley. “Stop! Come back!”
“No way!” he said. “I’m not your snack.”