1980s NOVELS

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1980s NOVELS

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DECEMBER STILLNESS
THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN
A SOLITARY BLUE
TEX
THE HERO AND THE CROWN
WAIT TIL HELEN COMES
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
DRAGONWINGS
SWEET WHISPERS, BROTHER RUSH
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DECEMBER STILLNESS
Class novel not available for book projects

• by Mary Downing Hahn
• Realistic fiction A 15-year-old's desire to
  help a homeless Vietnam vet teaches her about the
  devastating impact of the war.
• AR 6 pts. Level 5.1

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THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN

• by Bruce Brooks
• Realistic Fiction - Brooks' fine first novel has
  a basketball theme and plenty of action, but
  sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a
  serious story of friendship and madness. (School
  Library Journal). "Brilliant sportswriting and a
  trenchant examination of the friendship between
  (the) narrator . . . and a white boy in trouble.
• AR 11 pts. Level 5.4

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A SOLITARY BLUE

• by Cynthia Voigt
• Realistic Fiction - Divorce is never easy. Jeff
  learns a lesson about love and emerges from a
  solitary depression when he realizes that he can
  be alone and not be lonely. By the author of
  Homecoming and Dicey's Song.
• AR 11 pts. Level 5.3

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SWEET WHISPERS, BROTHER RUSH

• by Virginia Hamilton
• Fantasy - Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of
  her working mother who leaves her in charge of a
  retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her
  dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of
  her family's problems.
• AR 8 pts. Level 3.8

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WAIT TIL HELEN COMES

• by Mary Downing Hahn
• Fantasy/ realistic fiction - Ghost story fans
  have a spooky treat in store with Hahn's eerie
  new novel. Molly, the 12-year-old narrator, and
  her brother Michael dislike their bratty
  5-year-old stepsister Heather and resent the
  family move to an isolated converted church in
  the country. The adjourning graveyard frightens
  Molly, but Heather seems drawn to it.
• AR 5 pts. Level 4.6

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THE HERO AND THE CROWN

• by Robin McKinley
• Fantasy - Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard
  Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the
  birthright due her as the daughter of the
  Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious,
  demon-haunted North.
• AR 15 pts. Level 7

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TEX

• by S.E. Hinton
• Realistic fiction Easy going, thoughtless, and
  direct, Tex at 15 likes everyone and everything.
  Life with his 17-year-old brother, Mason, would
  be just about perfect if only Mason would stop
  complaining about Pop, who hasn't been home in
  five months. Mason just wants to leave Oklahoma
  for good. Can Tex keep it all together?
• AR 7 pts. Level 4.7

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THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW

• by S.E. Hinton
• Realistic fiction - S. E. Hinton paints a richly
  textured portrait of two boys at a crossroads in
  their friendship. With careful, intimate strokes,
  Hinton reveals a boy struggling over whether to
  protect his best friend or whether to follow his
  own beliefs about right and wrong.
• AR 5 pts. Level 4.6

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DRAGONWINGS

• by Laurence Yep
• Historical fiction This story of strife and
  toil is told in a manner true to its ancient
  roots. Throughout the tale, the listener is
  engaged with the characters' struggles for a
  better life and fulfillment of their dreams.
• AR 10 Level 5.3

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