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Amy Lesemann wants to read: I need books for my nine year old nephew. He loved the Genius files, by Dan Gutman, and is working his way through the Baseball card series. Despite this - he usually prefers realistic fiction (I know, I know- baseball card = fantasy. So he's not con ...more

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About: I have lived abroad and enjoy traveling. I have recently retired from a long teaching career, mostly focused on teaching reading and writing. Recently ...more

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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Brian Selznick

she said: " This is historical, so I am not sure if you would consider this realistic or not. It is set it the 1920s (I think) and is about an orphan in a train station. There was a film adaptation a few years, but the book itself is a work of art. It's half novel, half pencil sketches. ...more "