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Gloria Whelan

One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go. Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow this to happen to her sister. Understanding that one girl must leave, she sets out in the middle of the night, vowing not to return. With luminescent detail, National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan transports readers to China, where law conspires with tradition, tearing a young woman from her family, sending her on a remarkable journey to find a home of her own.

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Carrie Bender

When, after their brother's marriage, Nancy and Dannie leave Hemlock Hill Farm to help the Taylor family at Timber Lane Cove, Nancy wonders if she'll ever have a home of her own, especially since Andrew, her intended, is still far away in Tennessee.

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Leslie Gould

"Ben and Bea have always irritated each other. But when their friends push them together, can they cease bickering long enough to fall in love?"--

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Yoshiko Uchida

Rinko is dismayed at having to spend part of her summer vacation helping out in the household of recently widowed Mrs. Hata, but discovers pleasant surprises waiting for her.