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1) All shook up
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Josh goes to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers--to his horror--that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator
Author
Series
Simon B. Rhymin' volume 1
Language
English
Description
Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone
Author
Series
Clockwork dark volume 3
Language
English
Description
In The Nine Pound Hammer, John Bemis introduced middle-grade readers to a whole new approach to epic fantasy, founded on characters and themes from American mythology and lore, including the legend of John Henry. Now in the third and final book, the heroes come together at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago for a final confrontation with a businessman and tycoon who is in fact an ageless evil known as the Gog. With his Dark Machine, he intends...
6) Hold fast
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father
7) The Wright 3
Author
Series
Chasing Vermeer volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished. Second book in the series featuring art sleuth friends Calder, Petra, and Tommy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
While visiting Chicago, twins Ashley and Bryce catch up with old friends, visit the house where they grew up, see many reminders of their deceased father, and help search for their best friends' uncle, who disappeared days before his wedding
12) The Westing game
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
13) Bang
Author
Series
Visions (Lisa McMann) volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"A teen who used to see a vision of a crash must help her boyfriend as he is now seeing a vision of a school shooting"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
Author
Series
Simon B. Rhymin' volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Simon B. Rhymin' and his crew notice inequality in their school and neighborhoood, they use rhymes to help bring their community together.--
19) Cuckoo feathers
Author
Series
Simply Sarah volume 2
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
When two pigeons that Sarah wants as pets move from her Chicago apartment's window ledge to the building next door, Sarah tries to figure out how to get them to come back
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