The Camels Hump Library, Season 6
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Welcome to the Season 6 library. Click on a book below to learn more!
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The BFG
Roald Dahl
© 1982 Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd.
www.roalddahl.com
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Sophie discovers giants are planning to eat the children of England. How do you free the world of guzzle-swallomping, kid-eating giants? You cook up a plot with the BFG...
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Missing May
Cynthia Rylant
© 1992 Cynthia Rylant
Orchard Books/Scholastic Inc.
Twelve-year-old Summer's only support is her Great Uncle Ob, and he's lost his will to live. But don't give up hope...help is on the way.
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Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli
© 1990 Jerry Spinelli
Little, Brown & Co. and Listening Library
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Maniac Magee is legendary—he's incredible at basketball, running and untying knots. All he wants is a home. But sometimes, finding where you belong isn't all that easy...
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The House with a Clock in its Walls
John Bellairs
© 1973 John Bellairs
Puffin Books/Richard Curtis Associates
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Ten-year-old Lewis has unleashed a force that threatens not only himself and his Uncle Jonathan, but the entire world. The turn of events are both spellbinding and ridiculous in this delightfully creepy book.
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Homeless Bird
Gloria Whelan
© 2000 Gloria Whelan
HarperCollins Publishers
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A young Indian woman tries to find her own life and fulfill her dreams, despite the traditions that keep her from them.
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North
Donna Jo Napoli
© 2004 Donna Jo Napoli
HarperCollins Publishers
Alvin has been on a short leash his whole life, and at twelve he's sick of it. So when he's assigned a report on his hero—Matthew Henson, the African-American co-discoverer of the North Pole—it's all he needs to set him off on his own improbable and miraculous journey...
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The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett
© 2003 Terry Pratchett
HarperCollins Publishers
Strange forces of magic seem to be gathering around Tiffany's home. She's only nine years old, but she's shown her own powers and that makes people listen, even if they're only six inches tall and love to fight...
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
© 1877 Anna Sewell
Public Domain
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The beloved classic novel of a horse's long and varied life in Victorian England...
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I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade
Diane Lee Wilson
© 1997 Diane Lee Wilson
Orchard Books/Scholastic
Part of a nomadic tribe during the reign of Kublai Khan, Oyuna dreams of bringing honor and good luck to her family. She sets off on a journey which will change her luck forever...
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Kokopelli's Flute
Will Hobbs
© 1995 Will Hobbs
Simon & Schuster
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While exploring an ancient cliff dwelling, Tepary Jones finds a flute left behind by tomb raiders. His efforts to find the raiders are complicated by a magic older than the ruins in this fantasy adventure...
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Half Magic
Edward Eager
© 1954 Edward Eager, renewed © 1982 Jane Eager
Harcourt, Inc.
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Jane's found a magic coin that grants people's wishes, but only half of what they wish for. Soon she and her siblings are taking turns wishing for twice as much as what they really want to happen. But, as they say, be careful what you wish for...
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The Family Under the Bridge
Natalie Savage Carlson
© 1958 Natalie Savate Carlson
HarperCollins Publishers
A Parisian hobo finds himself sharing his home under the bridge with three children. Can he make their Christmas wish come true?
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Understood Betsy
Dorothy Canfield Fischer
© 1916 Dorothy Canfield Fischer
Public Domain
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Thin, pale, orphaned Elizabeth Ann is sent off to live with her country cousins in Vermont. She's lived a sheltered life, and now she's about to find out who she really is...
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The Missing Manatee
Cynthia DeFelice
© 2005 Cynthia DeFelice
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
www.fsgbooks.com
Out in his skiff, Skeet discovers a dead manatee. Not only is it dead, it's been shot, and that's illegal. When Skeet brings the deputy back to investigate, the manatee is gone. Now there's a real mystery, and Skeet's determined to find out what happened.
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Ida B.
Katherine Hannigan
© 2004 Katherine Hannigan
HarperCollins Publishers
Fiesty and independent, Ida B. has to cope when life throws her family some hard curves...
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Because of rights limitations, Camel's Hump Radio programs are not available on tape from Vermont Public Radio. However, full-text recordings of the books excerpted on Camel's Hump Radio are generally available for rent or to buy from one or more of the following sources:
- Books on Tape
- Blackstone Audiobooks
- Listening Library
- Recorded Books on Tape
- Audio Bookshelf
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