Kids Books10 used library books ages 8-13 for boys and girls $25

Condition: All books have worn covers, are fully bound. readable and understandable, All are from public and school libraries, and are suitable for younger readers. All the authors are celebrated for their writing skills, using proper English, correct phrasing and composition. All these books support our social and moral beliefs. Most of the books have slightly larger print for easier reading and are small enough to be handled and carried comfortably.

Books: #1. DRAGONSONG BY ANNE MCCAFFREY, 14th printing 1983, 126 pages, 10.8 x 17.5 x 1.5 cm, ISBN 0553234609

STORY: Every two hundred years or so, shimmering Threads fall from space, raining death and black ruin on Pern. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleagured skies, flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the Planet. But it was not Threadfall that made young Menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper, who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. She came upon a group of fire lizards, wild and smaller relatives of the fire-breathing dragons. Her music swirl about them; she taught nine to sing, suddenly Menolly was no longer alone.

#2. SATURDAYS BY ELIZABETH ENRIGHT, softcover, 175 pages, 5th printing 1971; 12 x 19.3 x 0.7 cm; ISBN 9780871409577; grades 3-7

STORY: The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper in New York City. 13-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; 12-year-old mischievous Rush; 10½-year-old Randy, who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful 6 year-old Oliver six. Tired of wasting Saturdays doing nothing but wishing for larger allowances, the four kids start the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club (I.S.A.A.C.). If they pool their resources and take turns spending the whole amount, they can each have at least one memorable Saturday afternoon of their own. These are the stories of each kid’s adventures.

#3. GHOSTS WHO WENT TO SCHOOL BY JUDITH SPEARING, softcover, 160 pages; 15.5 x 19.5 x 0.6 cm; ISBN 0590404520.

Two old-fashioned ghost brothers go to a modern school. This is a shock for the other children but more shocking to the teachers and the school routine. The ghosts win the hearts of the school as they enforce the old-fashioned rules of good behaviour stopping bullying and helping children learn.

#4. (2 short stories) The Water buffalo Children and The Dragon Fish by Pearl S. Buck; softcover; 63 pages, 3.3 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm; 2nd printing 1966;

Story 1 – When a little girl picks up a stone and rubs it, a great lumbering animal appears with 2 Chinese children on the back. The Children believe the stone is magic and have a day of amusing adventures trying discover the extent of the “powers”. Story 2- A Chinese and an American girl meet in China. Their parents and brothers do not treat them as equals to boys. The girls run away together, their frightened parents and brothers search for them, and they all return home with promises of equality

#5. KIDNAPPED by Robert Louis Stevenson; softcover; 1st printing Ryerson Press; 221 pages; 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.8 cm;

Story – David Balfour is kidnapped and shipped aboard the brig Covenant by his uncle to prevent David from discovering he not his uncle should inherit the Shaw estate. On the covenant David meets the spirited and daring Alan Breck. It is David’s and Alan’s adventures and narrow escapes from death that make this story an exciting and entrancing story. .

#6. VAMPIRES OF OTTAWA BY ERIC WILSON; softcover, 1st Canadian printing 1984; 119 pages; 11 x 17.9 x 0.8 cm; ISBN 0002228580

Story: Within the walls of a gloomy estate known as Backwater, Lis Austin discovers the strange world of Baron Nicolai Zaba, a man who lives in constant fear,. What is the secret if the ancient chapel’s underground vault? Why are the words In Evie Memory scrawled on a wall” Who secretly threatens the Baron? All the answers lie within these pages but be warned: reading this book will make your blood run cold.

#7 THE MOFFATS BY ELEANOR ESTES; softcover; 290 pages; 1st printing Voyager 1941; 15.5 x 19.4 x 2 cm; predates ISBN (new issues uses ISBN 9780152025410)

Story: The Moffats live on New Dollar St in Cranbury. There are 4 children. Joey could do everything well except dance but dancing brought him fame. Sylvie had natural curls and a sweet reasonableness. Jane was a child of inspiration – if she tired of the world right side up, she viewed if upside down. Five-and-a-half year-old Rufus meant well but was the prey of circumstance – once he racketed to New Haven in a freight car, moved by a pure sense of duty. Though one story is played in reality, it is lit by the special enchantment that attends things remembered with affection and laughter, and the Moffats have become one of the best-loved families in children’s literature.

#8. THE FREEDOM TRAIN by Dorothy Sterling; softcover, 191 pages, 11th Scholastic printing 1970. (1st in 1954); 13.7 x 19.4 x 1.1 cm, ISBN 0590029444

Story: For eight-year-old Harriet there was no laughing, no playing. Because Harriet was a slave, like her mother, and all he family. “Some day,” she said. “I’m going to be free.” Finally she did escape. – by the secret route called the “Underground Railroad.” But even when she was free, Harriet couldn’t forget. her people were still slaves. Again and again. She risked her life to lead her people to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Freedom Train is the exciting, true story, of Harriet Tubman’s bold and daring life.

#9. F TROOP “THE GREAT INDIAN UPRISING” by William Johnston; hardcover, 1967 issue, 214 pages, 14.6 x 20.2 x 2.1 cm; predates ISBN

Story: F Troop is from the TV series 1965-67, a late 1800s group in the USA trying to keep the peace between natives and settlers. Sergeant O'Rourke and Corporal Agarn have an agreement with the natives allowing them to sell native made souvenirs but they find sales are not profitable enough while also, the natives decide they aren’t getting enough. Through mistakes, misunderstandings, stupidity, they stumble into and through what could start an Indian uprising. Silliness to laugh at and dangerous if not correctted.

#10 SAND DUNE PONY BY TONY NESBIT, hardcover, 1954 issue, 282 pages, 05.1 x 19.7 x 2.7 cm, predates ISBN NEW ISSUES ISBN-10: 1258390663 AND ISBN-13: 978-1258390662

Story: Sand Dune Pony is the story of a boy named Pete and a wild mustang pony set in what is now Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. At the center of the story is a sinister individual who is seemingly dedicated to causing random harm. Pete and an old cowboy by the name of Hatsy get to the bottom of the mystery as they come across the remains of long-dead humans and the bodies of slain animals. Written in the 1950s, the progressive Franklin Folsom (alias Troy Nesbit) had refreshing views of women, Native Americans, and the environment, and he was prescient in having his characters often oppose corporate and government efforts to develop wilderness areas.

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