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Winter
2001 Children's Book Sense 76 Picks
Here are the 76 most
noteworthy new and recent children's books, as compiled from hundreds of recommendations
by independent booksellers across America. One bookseller's quote has been
chosen to represent each of these top vote-getters.
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The Bellown Mystery Series
 Secrets
of Belltown, The
by Murphy, T. M.
(Ages 9 - 12, J. N. Townsend Publishing, $9.95, 1880158345)
"The Belltown books are great favorites of ours. They're on the order of The Hardy Boys or The Three Investigators. The sleuth is a high school kid, Orville Jacques, who's always finding reasons to investigate long-unsolved cases. He's always hoping to get together with a girl and routinely bumbles the approach. But he's sharper than many of the other local characters, and out-gumshoes 'em every time. The stories have made readers of many reluctant 8 to12 year-olds." - Carol Chittenden, Eight Cousins Bookstore, Falmouth, MA
Secrets of Cranberry Beach, The
by Murphy, T. M.
(Ages 9 - 12, J. N. Townsend Publishing, $9.95, 1880158361)
Secrets of Cain's Castle, The
by Murphy, T. M.
(Ages 9 - 12, J. N. Townsend Publishing, $9.95, 1880158388)
Secrets of Pilgrim Pond, The
by Murphy, T. M.
(Ages 9 - 12, J. N. Townsend Publishing, $9.95, 1880158396)
Secrets of Code Z
by Murphy, T. M.
(Ages 9 - 12, J. N. Townsend Publishing, $9.95, 1880158337)
The Buccaneers
Wreckers, The
by Lawrence, Iain
(Ages 9 - 12, LaurelLeaf, $4.99, 0440415454)
"Lawrence has written these three tales about life at sea in the early 1800s. We meet pirates and unsavory sailors and learn about ships and sailing. But most important of all, the reader becomes part of a swashbuckling adventure. For those pirate and adventure lovers fourth grade and up." - The Staff at Butterfly Books, De Pere, WI
 Smugglers,
The
by Lawrence, Iain
(Ages 9 - 12, Yearling, $4.99, 0440415969)
Buccaneers,
The
by Lawrence,
Iain
(Ages 9 - 12, Delacorte, $15.95, 0385327366)
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