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Book a New Adventure! Summer vacation is the perfect time to explore the outdoors, play and read! Explore new worlds through books. The Mini Page offers ideas for fun books to start you on your adventures.

Elizabeth Rusch has written several nonfiction books for kids. She also teaches writing.

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“Eruption!” tells the true story of scientists who risk their lives to study active volcanoes.

Marissa Moss has written about 40 books for kids and has illustrated many of them. She is best known for her “Amelia’s Notebook” series.

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“Barbed Wire Baseball” is the true story of a Japanese-American pro baseball player. When he and his family are sent to an internment, or prison, camp after Pearl Harbor, he sets up baseball games in the camp.

Robert Burleigh has written more than 40 books for kids and has created videos.

Tim Federle has worked as a dancer and dance coach on Broadway. He has also written another book for kids.

Penny Warner has written more than 50 books for kids and adults. She also teaches child development and writing.

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In “The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse,” four kids who love codes band together to figure out the clues in a hunt for buried treasure.

Catherine Jinks has written more than 40 books for kids.

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In “How to Catch a Bogle,” an orphan girl acts as bait for child-eating monsters threatening 1870s London.

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“Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer” is the true story of a woman who made major discoveries even though no one in the 1800s would hire women astronomers.

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In “Better Nate Than Ever,” a small-town boy makes a daring trip to New York to fulfill his dream of becoming a Broadway star.

Ann Burg has taught English and written several books for kids.

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In “Serafina’s Promise,” an 11-year-old girl in Haiti dreams of becoming a doctor. But her family can’t afford to send her to school, and a flood and an earthquake destroy her home and the town. Still, she has hope.

Annette LeBlanc Cate has written and illustrated one other book for kids, and she also illustrates for a magazine.

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The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.

On the Web:• lisagraff.com/recipes.html• sharondraper.com/homework.asp• hmhbooks.com/schmidt/resources.html At the library:• “A Summer of Sundays” by Lindsay Eland• “Last Best Days of Summer” by Valerie Hobbs• “Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore” by Jim Arnosky

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Words that remind us of things we can find in books are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: ADVENTURE, ART, BIOGRAPHY, CLUES, CRAFTS, EXCITEMENT, FACTS, FUN, GAMES, GUIDES, HELP, IDEAS, JOKES, MAP, MYSTERY, PHOTOS, PUZZLE, ROMANCE, SPORTS, STORIES, TIPS, WONDER.

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Duncan Tonatiuh has written and illustrated several books for kids.

Lisa Graff has written several books for kids. She has also edited children’s books.

Cindy Trumbore has written several books for kids.

In “Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale,” a young rabbit goes in search of his father, who had gone north to find work.

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Carl Hiaasen is a reporter who has written books for kids and adults.

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dad takes a job as an animal wrangler on a reality TV show. The animals don’t cause anywhere near as much trouble as the adult humans.

Jennifer Nielsen has coached high school debate and run a theater.In “The Shadow Throne,” the last book in the Ascendance trilogy, the young king faces war.jacket art © 2014, published

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“Parrots Over Puerto Rico” is the true story of the green parrots that almost became extinct until a group of scientists saved them.

Shannon Messenger has written the first books of two series.

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In “Keeper of the Lost Cities,”a friendless 12-year-old girl meets a boy who helps her learn the magical reason she has never fit in. She must use her new knowledge to stop a rising threat.

Tamera Will Wissinger has written one other book for kids.

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“Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse” tells the funny story of a boy dealing with a little sister tagging along on a father/son fishing trip.

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In “A Tangle of Knots,” an orphan girl has a magical Talent, which is making the perfect cake. An evil Talent thief threatens her world. This story is told from many characters’ viewpoints.

Cynthia Kadohata’s books include the 2005 Newbery Medal winner “Kira-Kira.”

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In “The Thing About Luck,” a 12-year-old girl and her younger brother help their traditional Japanese-American grandparents cook for migrant workers. When bad luck comes, she must save the day.

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“Triptivities” is a mix of puzzles, games, art projects and activities to add to the fun of a long car trip.

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Meet LeVar Burton LeVar Burton is helping promote the Disney Junior and First Book campaign “Give a Book, Get a Book.” Through this program, Disney will donate up to 1 million books to First Book, which donates new books to U.S. communities in need. To learn more, you can go to: giveabookgetabook.com. LeVar is the co-founder of the former “Reading Rainbow” TV show and present-day “Reading Rainbow” app. He is a longtime advocate of children’s literacy.

LeVar, 57, was born in Germany as Levardis Burton Jr. His father had been stationed there while in the U.S. Army. When he was 13, LeVar began studying for the Catholic priesthood. He switched to studying drama in college. He is an actor and director best known for playing Commander Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” He became famous when he starred in the TV miniseries “Roots.”

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You’ll need:• 1 Granny Smith apple• 6 to 8 tablespoons peanut butter• 8 slices whole-wheat bread• honeyWhat to do:1. Peel apple and cut into thin slices.2. Spread desired amount of peanut butter on all 8 slices of bread.3. Drizzle honey over peanut butter.4. Place 1/4 of apple slices on each half of sandwich.5. Top with remaining slices of bread to make 4 sandwiches.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.

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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?

Randy: Why is it bad to leave a book outside overnight?

Ryan: Because in the morning it will be overdew!

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Rip: How is a book like Congress?Rachel: They both have pages!

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Neishka Cardona and Kimi Davidson came to Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, four years ago as the first recruits for the school’s brand-new women’s bowling team.

The teammates helped the Bearkats advance to the NCAA tournament during their freshman and junior years, finishing seventh each time. But as seniors, Cardona, a political science major, and Davidson, a history major, led SHSU to the school’s first NCAA Division I national championship in any sport by knocking off the defending national champions from the University of Nebraska on April 12. In the best-of-seven deciding match, Davidson, in her final collegiate throw, rolled a strike for the win, clinching the title for the young team.

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Look through your newspaper for stories that would make good books.

The Mini Page thanks the Association for Library Service to Children for help with this issue.

Rob Harrell is a comic strip writer and illustrator.

Rachel Renee Russell is an attorney who has written several books for kids.

Amanda Kingloff has worked as lifestyle director for a magazine and TV shows.

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In the graphic novel “Monster on the Hill,” towns are proud of their scary monsters. But one monster is too sad to be scary. Can a street kid save the day?

Sharon Draper is a high school English teacher and has written several books for young people.

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In “Stars and Sparks on Stage: Clubhouse Mysteries,” four boys are sure they’ll win the prize money in a talent contest. But then they meet a girl with a great voice who needs the money even more.

Katherine Rundell has written one other book for kids.

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In “Rooftoppers,” Sophie, her guardian, a street kid and his gang hiding among the roofs of Paris, search for Sophie’s long-lost mother.

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“Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun” has step-by-step photos and instructions for making crafts out of everyday materials.

Jenny Lee is a writer for the Disney Channel series “Shake It Up!”

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In “Elvis and the Underdogs,” a 10-year-old boy has been sickly all his life. But then he gets Elvis, a bossy therapy dog that talks. Through Elvis, the boy finds friends at last.

S.E. Grove is a historian.

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In “The Glass Sentence,” each of the world’s continents has been thrown into a different time period. Sophia and her friend Theo seek clues to saving the world and her parents in this first book of a trilogy.

Gary D. Schmidt teaches college English and has written several books for kids.

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“Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert” is the true story of the son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave in Peru. He was honored for healing the poor.

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In “Dork Diaries 5: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All,” Nikki becomes the advice columnist for the school newspaper. But she needs help from her friends to answer the pleas for advice.

Caroline Kennedy is an editor, writer, attorney and U.S. ambassador to Japan. Her parents were former President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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“Poems to Learn by Heart” offers a wide variety of poetry from many poets. Each poem was chosen because it is fun to learn and recite.

Lois Lowry won Newbery Medals for “The Giver” and “Number the Stars.” She has written more than 30 books for young adults. “The Giver” has just been made into a movie.

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“The Giver” is the first of a four-part series. When a 12-year-old boy becomes the Receiver of Memory, he is trained by an older man called The Giver. He discovers his supposedly perfect world is filled with darkness.