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HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND NEVER BE FOUND
by Sara Nickerson
Ages 10-up
This is a mysterious book that is great for children ages 10 and up.

"Margaret's father has been dead four years. He was a champion swimmer who drowned. Now Margaret's mother chain smokes, bites her fingernails, and sleeps all weekend --- every weekend. Margaret and her little sister Sophie know that they can't mention their father."
Different suspense happens in this book. What is with the island and the mother?

Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here by Lizann Flatt and illustrated by Scot Ritchie
This story tells about transportation from the Ice Age to today and beyond. Through this book we see the first travelers who migrate to North America on foot carrying backpacks and pulling their possessions in travois. We see European ships arriving carrying horses which become a major mode of transportation for quite some time. We see the invention of the steam engine, trains, streetcars, cars, and airplanes. How will we get around in the future? Flatt poses this question in the end. Will space travel become as common as automobile travel?

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