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Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster

U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller.
 

1230 Ave. of Americas, NY NY 10020

www.simonsayskids.com

LaFaye's Worth (0689857306, $15.95) comes from a teacher and author who brings to life a new aspect of the orphan train Orphan Trains were a system of transporting orphans from the coastal cities of the United States to the Midwest United States for adoption. Orphan Trains ran between 1854 and 1929, relocating an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children.  stories, telling of son Nathaniel, injured in a farm accident, and the boy John Worth who is brought from an orphan train to help his father. Nathaniel is jealous of the boy who now commands his father's respect, and grieves for the lost opportunities his leg injury means. Caught up in a battle between rancher and farmers--and a newfound new·found  
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Recently discovered: a newfound pastime.

Adj. 1. newfound - newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea"
 romance with a Greek immigrant girl--Nathaniel finds new worth in his life and a newfound understanding in Worth. Melissa de la Cruz's The Au Pairs (0689870663, $14.95) tells of two new au pairs for one of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 City's wealthiest families: seemingly ideal situations with underlying problems. A hot bikini Bikini (bēkē`nē), atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), W central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands. It comprises 36 islets on a reef 25 mi (40 km) long.  cover draws readers to the story of au pairs who face social challenges and romance problems alike.
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Title Annotation:The Fiction Shelf
Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2004
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