I am Darn Tough by Licia MorelliMorelli isn't just writing about a cross country race run by a young girl, perhaps 11, with brown skin and flushed cheeks. The girl prepares at the starting line with her teammates. There is the crunch of gravel, large hills, and twisting paths, captured in soft focus watercolors. It is a true quest, right down to the moment of stumbling and scraping her knee. "I remember crying, feeling defeated. My heart hurting, stomach in knots." Readers are there

and wonder

Just lovely

Pub Date: October 31

Isak Dinesen

Both compact and comprehensive

Twig stood it upside down next to the dandelion

Lemony Snicket)

Dimensions: 4

recognize people

She illustrated nearly one hundred books

is the background for Langton's fantasy

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