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Beth,

Here is NoveList K8's suggestions for Epistolary novels using the letter writing format. Search the Genre "epistolary novels" with any other desired limiters to refine a search.

Bobbie Kocim


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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10416052&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10416052&site=novpk8-live>  (May 2015)
> By: Jones, Kelly
> Through a series of letters, Sophie Brown, age twelve, tells of her family's move to her Great Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084200&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Dear Levi <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084200&site=novpk8-live>  (Mar 1994)
> By: Woodruff, Elvira
> Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=093182&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Letters from camp <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=093182&site=novpk8-live>  (Jun 1999)
> By: Klise, Kate
> Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=092862&site=novpk8-live>	 
> My brother made me do it <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=092862&site=novpk8-live>  (Apr 2000)
> By: Kehret, Peg
> In letters to an elderly pen pal, eleven-year-old Julie describes how her mischievous younger brother is always getting her in trouble, how she is dealing with painful juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and how she struggles to finish a fund-raising race on crutches.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084199&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Dear Austin <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=084199&site=novpk8-live>  (Sep 1998)
> By: Woodruff, Elvira
> In 1853, in letters to his older brother, eleven-year-old Levi describes his adventures in the Pennsylvania countryside with his black friend Jupiter and his experiences with the Underground Railroad.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=083966&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Love from your friend, Hannah <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=083966&site=novpk8-live>  (Mar 1998)
> By: Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw
> From her home in back of the Grand View Restaurant in rural New York, Hannah writes letters to her best friend, a pen pal, and even to President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=137456&site=novpk8-live>	 
> The naked mole-rat letters <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=137456&site=novpk8-live>  (Apr 2005)
> By: Amato, Mary
> When her father begins a long-distance romance with a Washington, D.C. zookeeper, twelve-year-old Frankie sends fabricated email letters to the zookeeper in an attempt to end the relationship.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=147393&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Dear Max <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=147393&site=novpk8-live>  (Jan 2004)
> By: Grindley, Sally
> As Max--who is almost ten--and his favorite author, D.J. Lucas, exchange letters, the two writers help each other with their new books and develop a special friendship.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10482508&site=novpk8-live>	 
> The only girl in school <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=10482508&site=novpk8-live>  (Jan 2016)
> By: Standiford, Natalie
> In a story told in letters, when Claire's best friend moves away just before the start of fifth grade, Claire becomes the only girl in her tiny island elementary school--and suddenly boys she has been friends with her whole life turn into resentful, bullying strangers.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128146&site=novpk8-live>	 
> The last gold diggers <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128146&site=novpk8-live>  (Apr 2008)
> By: Horse, Harry
> A series of letters from Grandfather reveal his adventures in Australia with the remarkable little dog Roo, as he seeks his long-lost older brother, Uncle Vincent, who went there to find gold when he was seventeen.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=103042&site=novpk8-live>	 
> Dear Emma <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=103042&site=novpk8-live>  (Oct 2002)
> By: Hurwitz, Johanna
> In her letters to a Vermont friend, eighth grader Dossi, a Russian, Jewish immigrant living in the Lower East Side of New York City in 1910, shares her thoughts about her new brother-in-law, the diphtheria epidemic, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=258924&site=novpk8-live>	 
> The penguins of doom <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=258924&site=novpk8-live>  (Oct 2007)
> By: Fishbone, Greg R., 1970-
> In a series of letters to various interested parties, including teachers, the school psychologist, a police lieutenant, and others, triplet Septina Nash reveals the complicated tale of her sister Sexta's disappearance, and how penguins and mathematics are involved.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128125&site=novpk8-live>	 
> The last castaways <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=128125&site=novpk8-live>  (Apr 2009)
> By: Horse, Harry
> In a series of letters, Grandfather reveals his adventures with his remarkable little dog Roo and the captain of the Unsinkable, as they go in search of the Door to the Sea, the Forgotten Sea, and the Great Cod Bank.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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>  <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=290109&site=novpk8-live>	 
> The last cowboys <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=njh&tg=UI&an=290109&site=novpk8-live>  (Oct 2008)
> By: Horse, Harry
> In a series of letters to his grandson, an elderly gentleman relates how he and his remarkable little dog traveled to America on an expedition to the Wild West to find the dog's grandfather, rumored to be living among cowboys following a successful movie career.
> Popularity: 	  	Fiction	Ages 9-12
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