JFIC Stand Alone Books


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Book cover for "The family under the bridge"
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5 stars
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An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children and a job for himself.
Book cover for "The invention of Hugo Cabret"
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4.6 stars
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When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Book cover for "Marguerite makes a book"
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5 stars
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In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle.
Book cover for "The Mona Lisa missing!"
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"In this choose-your-own adventure, the Mona Lisa stolen just before your family's Paris trip, and the Sûreté enlists your help, but when you arrive in France you must choose between meeting a friend with a lead on the thieves or assisting the officials"--
Book cover for "My secret guide to Paris"
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2.8 stars
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Twelve-year-old Nora has always dreamed of going to Paris with her grandmother, but when her grandmother dies it seems like Paris is gone with her--until Nora finds three airline tickets in a trunk, and sets out to persuade her mother to use them.
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5 stars
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"Penelope Magnificent spends as little time as possible with her awful parents--a grocery-mogul father and a fashion-obsessed mother who loves expensive purses more than she does her daughter. But when they mention an important trip to Paris, Nell begs to come along. Paris holds something very dear to her: her old au pair Perrine--Pear--who lives there. Pear used to write to Nell every week, promising to come to her rescue, but recently the letters...
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4.8 stars
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When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of "rooftoppers." When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles, who's been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair go to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, aided by...
Book cover for "Safiyyah's war"
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5 stars
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"War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah's life changes forever. Her best friend's family [has] fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city. It's not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous...