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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

Wild Pony Island (2005)

When Rick Landon comes to the attention of the law. his mother decides to move the family back to her home town - Ocracoke Island.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

The Will to Win (2005)

A collection of short stories by a master, many of which deal with high school sports.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John Gincano

Away to Sea (2006)

Jim Slater ran away from his father’s farmhouse to become a sailor. Later, he discovered he was aboard a slave ship.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Clinton Balmer

Behind the Ranges (2006)

Seventeen year old Dick goes with his botanist father on a trip high into the Olympic mountains. But Dick is taken captive by a stranger.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

The Buckboard Stranger (2006)

When a smooth-talking stranger with a fast rig comes to town, Chuck and Barney are in for a summer of mystery and excitement.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Paul Calle

The Cape May Packet (2006)

When British war ships cut off shipping during the War of 1812, Will Hand and his father convert their packet ship to a privateer.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Robert Frankenberg

Cedar’s Boy (2006)

Shad Davis gets caught up in the excitement of harness racing and finds he has a talent for driving.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Lee Townsend

Clear for Action! (2006)

In 1912 Jeff Robbins is pressed into service with the British Navy. His subsequent adventures aboard a man-o-war and escape make for a thrilling sea story.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Frank Beaudouin

The Commodore’s Cup (2006)

Luke Cramer loves to sail and when he chances on a wrecked Comet class sailboat he leaps at the chance to fix it up and sail it in the local fleet.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Don Sibley

Everglades Adventure (2006)

Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War where he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

The Fish Hawk’s Nest (2006)

Andy Corson goes to count the cattle on Leaming’s Island, Cape May, New Jersey and discovers a crew of smugglers has been at work on the island.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Flotsam (2006)

The Melville underwater camera holds a trove of unexpected pictures.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 2007

Guns for the Saratoga (2006)

Gideon Jones helps his father cast guns for the American Navy’s new sloop-of-war, then decides to join her crew to fight the British.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John O’Hara Cosgrave, II

The House of Arden (2006)

Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Keep ’Em Rolling (2006)

Dave Marsh and his family make the long trek to Oregon behind a team of oxen.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Al Savitt

The King of Attolia (2006)

Married to the Queen of Attolia, Eugenides must consolidate their power before the Medes return.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Vince Natale

King of the Hills (2006)

Breck Townsend went to New Hampshire to photograph the biggest buck and found himself tangling with a gang of poachers.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Lee Townsend

Lionel and the Book of Beasts (2006)

Lionel is taken from his nursery and made king. When he opens a book in his ever-so-great grandfather’s library, he accidentally releases a fierce dragon. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Little Lulu Color Special (2006)

A special all-color edition containing selected stories from John Stanley’s masterpiece.

Little Lulu Volume 10 (2006)

The tenth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 38-42.

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