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Top 10 Books of 2009
How About Some Suggestions for Books
for Holiday Gifts?
This reviewer has picked
ten books from the 2009 reviews to suggest
to you as ones you might like to consider
asking for as holiday gifts.
Book
Reviews
This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for December include
(1) A present day Eskimo boy finds himself
while doing things the old way, (2)
a home-schooled boy finds eighth grade
in school a unique experience, (3) a
girl makes the adjustment from elementary
to middle school, and (4) a hard-nosed
girl finds being tough doesn't solve
everything
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Earl
Austin's book
Tells
about over-zealous sports parents
Have
you heard about the parent who sent his 8-year-old
boy to 17 basketball camps--all in one summer?
Or the mom who spent thousands to create a
personalized bobble-head doll of her daughter
while she was still in high school?
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Flood
wall mural
Logos
School's giant mural depicts river life
Seniors Abbie Driver and Gabi Ehrig said
they didn't know much about art before they
entered Logos School after running into behavioral
problems at other area schools.
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Outdoor
newspaper
Kids publish
newspaper on prairie experiences
First, there was a two-day visit to the Shaw
Nature Reserve. Then, a group of 10 third-graders
created a newspaper on what they learned about
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H4K
essays
Two elementary
kids pick their coaches as role models
Fifth-graders
Domineik Ousley and Reggie Murphy both selected
coaches of their after-school athletic teams
as their favorite role models who showed the
most community kindness.
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Youth
deer hunt
Youth has double
success during deer hunts
Thirteen-year-old
Dirk Otterstein had double success during
the opening days of the 2009 Missouri deer
hunting season. He managed to bag a deer on
each of two different hunting outings.
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Young
Achiever
 Preparing
for a career as a veterinarian
Eleven-year-old
Hannah Braunseis of Waterloo, IL, plans to
be a large-animal veterinarian when she grows
up. She's using excellent grades in school
and 4-H projects at home to prepare for that
career.
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Figuring
prices on three make-believe planets