The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
	The Bulletin Dozen is a monthly theme-based booklist available as an online-only Bulletin feature. Since we're awfully fond of bakers here at the Bulletin, we thought we'd adopt their philosophy of generosity and throw in an extra one or two when we have them to offer--so don't expect an even dozen. Please feel free to copy, download, or link to these lists. We ask only that you cite the source. See the archive for lists from previous months.
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• Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Delacorte, 2001. Gr. 7-12
  After Carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift store, she and her friends soon find out that the unassuming pants not only conform to each girl's body but also affect the wearer's life in unexpected ways. (BCCB 12/01)
  
• Cofer, Judith Ortiz. An Island Like You. Kroupa/Orchard, 1995. Gr. 7-12
  Twelve stories from the barrio in Paterson, New Jersey give voice to the confusion and conflict of the teens living there as they make their way between childhood and adulthood. (BCCB 5/95)
• Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer; illus. by David Diaz. Cotler/HarperCollins, 2000. Gr. 5-8
  The ship's logs of Sophie and Cody, two members of a six-person crew sailing across the Atlantic, record the healing power of the voyage. (BCCB 4/00)
• Danziger, Paula and Ann M. Martin. P.S. Longer Letter Later. Scholastic Press, 1998. Gr. 6-8
  After Tara*Starr moves away, the letters that she and her best friend Elizabeth exchange help to deepen their bond while sharing their separate experiences.
• Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks; illus. by Judy Pedersen. HarperCollins, 1997. Gr. 6-9
  Discover the richness of an ethnically diverse neighborhood through the stories of several of its inhabitants as they work to transform a vacant city lot into a garden oasis. (BCCB 7/97)
• Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade. Dial Books, 2002. Gr. 7-10
  Through a mix of personal reflections and the poetry they share during Open Mike Fridays, the eighteen students of Mr. Ward's English class dismantle the personas behind which they hide as they begin to question their perceptions of each other. (BCCB 3/02)
• Hesse, Karen. Witness. Scholastic, 2001. Gr. 6-9
  Hesse uses free-verse poetry in five acts to express the bigotry, fear, and violence experienced by the inhabitants of a small Vermont town upon the arrival of the KKK in 1922. (BCCB 11/01)
• James, Simon. Dear Mr. Blueberry. McElderry, 1991. 5-7 yrs
  Factual information on whales is subtly woven into this exchange of letters between teacher and student, contrasting Mr. Blueberry's insistence that whales do not live in ponds and Emily's blithe confidence that there is indeed a whale among the goldfish.
• Konigsburg, E. L. The View from Saturday. Karl/Atheneum, 1996. Gr. 4-6
  Stories from each member of Epiphany's sixth grade Academic Bowl team further uncover the web of human ties that connect their lives. (BCCB 11/96)
• Koss, Amy. The Girls. Dial, 2000. Gr. 5-8
  Koss uses the voices of six middle school girls to relate the hurt, fears, and jealousy underlying girl cliques. (BCCB 6/00)
• Spinelli, Jerry. The Library Card. Scholastic, 1997. Gr. 4-6
  A blue library card mysteriously appears in the lives of four young adults and transforms their lives in four very different ways. (BCCB 3/97)
• Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Bat 6. Scholastic, 1998. Gr. 5-9
  As the members of the 1949 girls' softball teams recount the incidents leading up to the tragedy that mars Bat 6, their big end of year game, it becomes clear that December 7, 1941 is more than just a distant memory. (BCCB 6/98)

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