Gary D. Schmidt
Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor ... [... more]
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Biography - Schmidt, Gary D. (1957-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 16 Publication Date: 2007-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Straw Into Gold
The Prices We Pay: An intriguing re-mix of the Rumpelstiltskin story, the story of what might have happened had the Queen not guessed R.'s name correctly...and it also solves the mystery of why R. would have wanted that baby, anyway...and no, it's [... more]
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In God's Hands
Contemporary parable: In God's Hands is a fable about how God meets the needs of people in unexpected ways. The story is based in a Temple, which connects families who have very different socio-economic status in the community. A man prays for help [... more]
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The Sin Eater
This is one of the best young-adult books I've ever read.: This book is a true gem. It is beautifully written and constructed. The reviewer from Booklist seems to have misunderstood the book when she said that the Sin Eater element was not well [... more]
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Pilgrim's Progress: A Retelling
Enthralling version for children: I read John Bunyan's original work and found it wonderful, but I didn't feel it would entrance my children the way it did me with all of the heavy phraseology littered throughout the story. I normally detest " [... more]
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The Great Stone Face
an imagination of one's mind: I am much interested in teaching lessons for kids. There are too many books to teach knowledge, but hard to find any to teach wisdom. We, adults, sholud teach our children the abstract conceptions, such as happy, [... more]
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The Blessing of the Lord: Stories from the Old and New ...
Stunning achievment: In principle I am oppose dot a book like this. It takes some of teh key Old Testament stories and imaginatively looks at them from a different angle. The last thing a small child needs is to be confused about what the inspired Word [... more]
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Straw into Gold
The Prices We Pay: An intriguing re-mix of the Rumpelstiltskin story, the story of what might have happened had the Queen not guessed R.'s name correctly...and it also solves the mystery of why R. would have wanted that baby, anyway...and no, it's [... more]
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The Wednesday Wars
review: It was somewhat entertaining. It's not one of those novels that you simply can't put down, but I still enjoyed reading it. amazing read!: i loved the wednesday wars it was a very fun book it was just great WOW!: I loved this book! I bought it [... more]
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Pilgrim's Progress: A Retelling
Enthralling version for children: I read John Bunyan's original work and found it wonderful, but I didn't feel it would entrance my children the way it did me with all of the heavy phraseology littered throughout the story. I normally detest " [... more]
$22.00
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
"I Have Some Friends Before Me Gone": I picked this book up from the children's section because of its setting -- a town on the Maine coast in 1912. Any sentimental notions I had of a cozy read about my home state were soon shredded. " [... more]
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