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Dretzin, Julie
Overview
| Works: | 47
works in
175
publications in
3
languages and
14,825
library holdings
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| Roles: | Narrator, Performer, Actor |
| Classifications: | pz7.k67673,
813.6 |
Most widely held works by
Julie Dretzin
The green glass sea by Ellen Klages (
Sound Recording
)
9
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
856
libraries
worldwide
In 1943, eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan lives with her scientist father in Los Alamos, New Mexico, as he works on a top secret government program, and befriends an aspiring artist who is a misfit just like her.
Story time by Edward Bloor (
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
between
2004
and
2007
in
English
and held by
735
libraries
worldwide
George and Kate are promised the best education but instead face obsessed administrators, endless tests, and evil spirits when they are transferred to Whittaker Magnet School.
Heir to the glimmering world by Cynthia Ozick (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
2005
and
2011
in
English
and held by
728
libraries
worldwide
Ozick takes us to the outskirts of the Bronx in the 1930s, as New York fills with Europe's ousted dreamers, turned overnight into refugees. Rose Meadows unknowingly enters this world when she answers an ambiguous want ad for an "assistant" to a Herr Mitwisser, the patriarch of a large, chaotic household. Rosie, orphaned at eighteen, has been living with her distant relative Bertram, who sparks her first erotic desires. But just as he begins to return her affection, his lover, a radical socialist named Ninel (Lenin spelled backward), turns her out. And so Rosie takes refuge from love among refugees of world upheaval.
Certain girls by Jennifer Weiner (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
in
2008
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
717
libraries
worldwide
The sequel to the bestselling novel, Good in Bed, finds author Cannie Shapiro 13 years after her debut novel became an overnight success. Cannie is about to learn that it's not easy to hide your past, especially when it's been in print. Now anonymously writing science fiction, seven pounds lighter, and enoying life as a soccer mom and doctor's wife, Cannie must deal with the consequences when her daughter Joy stumbles onto that first novel.
Secrets to happiness by Sarah Dunn (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
English
and held by
713
libraries
worldwide
Recently divorced Holly Frick is still in love with her ex and woefully depressed, but that doesn't mean her friends will stop asking her for relationship advice. Her best friend is on the verge of having an affair, and another woman wants her help too--getting with Holly's ex! So what's a girl to do? Get two new men at once, of course--one a lovable dog, and the other a much younger lover.
Whispers from the dead by Joan Lowery Nixon (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
in
1999
in
English
and held by
680
libraries
worldwide
After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages about a murder committed in her house.
The winning attitude! what it takes to be a champion by Michelle Kwan (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2001
and
2005
in
English
and held by
652
libraries
worldwide
Suggests how to set goals and achieve your dreams, using such tools as discipline and maintaining a positive attitude.
Love me, love my broccoli by Julie Anne Peters (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
between
2000
and
2007
in
English
and held by
642
libraries
worldwide
If eighth-grader Chloe isn't studying with her best friend, she's working for animal rights. Everything changes when Brett, a charming, hamburger-chomping footbball player asks her out.
Coyote dream by Jessica Davis Stein (
Sound Recording
)
6
editions published
between
2004
and
2011
in
English
and held by
639
libraries
worldwide
Introspective artist Ben Lonefeather is content raising the orphaned coyote pups he rescued after their mother was killed on the highway. Meanwhile, New Yorker Sarah Friedman hurries west on a business trip to buy American Indian art for her popular store. When Sarah's car stalls near the reservation, Ben comes to her aid. Offering her a place to stay, if only for a short time, Ben soon finds himself falling into a passionate tryst with Sarah.
Jumping the nail by Eve Bunting (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
between
1999
and
2005
in
English
and held by
627
libraries
worldwide
When Elisa jumps the nail with her boyfriend Scooter, and survives, her friend Dru begins to see how deeply their feat has affected the emotionally fragile Elisa.
December stillness by Mary Downing Hahn (
Sound Recording
)
4
editions published
between
1998
and
2005
in
English
and held by
621
libraries
worldwide
Under pressure from her high school teacher, a reluctant student decides to write a current events paper on the life of a homeless veteran she has seen in the library. Before writing about him, however, she must find a way to get to know him.
White sands, red menace by Ellen Klages (
Sound Recording
)
10
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
587
libraries
worldwide
Living with the Gordons in their quiet desert town in New Mexico in 1946, Dewey is learning a lot from her science-obsessed adoptive family, but just as she begins to settle in and get comfortable, Dewey's long-lost mother reemerges to take her away from the only stability she has ever really known in her young life.
The kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Joan Lowery Nixon (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2001
in
English
and held by
569
libraries
worldwide
A teenage girl is kidnapped, but when freed, is accused of masterminding the scheme to extort money from her wealthy grandmother.
The center of everything by Laura Moriarty (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
in
2003
in
English
and held by
555
libraries
worldwide
A fictional story of a 10-year-old math prodigy Evelyn Bucknow. Living in Kansas with her single mother and deeply religious grandmother. Evelyn believes she is destined to marry Travis, the boy next door. But as she grows up, she experiences the beartbreak of a love not meant to be.
There's a girl in my hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
1999
and
2009
in
English
and held by
393
libraries
worldwide
Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates.
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2005
and
2008
in
English
and held by
387
libraries
worldwide
Fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves Indiana to enroll at the prestigious Ault School in Massachusetts. Surrounded by beautiful and wealthy students, Lee immediately feels like an outsider. both repulsed and captivated by her classmates, she carve out a niche for herself. But everything falls apart when Lee's private thoughts become public information--leading to her ostracism.
Into the dark by Peter Abrahams (
Sound Recording
)
10
editions published
between
2008
and
2010
in
English
and held by
324
libraries
worldwide
Thirteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes aficionado Ingrid Levin-Hill tries to clear her grandfather's name when he is accused of murdering an environmental activist found dead on his farm.
Angel on the square by Gloria Whelan (
Sound Recording
)
7
editions published
between
2003
and
2009
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
305
libraries
worldwide
In 1913 Russia, twelve-year-old Katya eagerly anticipates leaving her St. Petersburg home, though not her older cousin Misha, to join her mother, a lady in waiting in the household of Tsar Nicholas II, but the ensuing years bring world war, revolution, and undreamed of changes to her life.
Body bags by Christopher Golden (
Sound Recording
)
5
editions published
between
2001
and
2005
in
English
and held by
272
libraries
worldwide
As college student Jenna starts her new job with the medical examiner, she is drawn into a web of terrifying disease, dangerous politics, and intriguing mystery. And when one of her professors ends up dead, she starts making connections even the police haven't seen--connections which will bring her face to face with a pair of killers: one medical, and one all too human.
Fame and glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O'Connor (
Sound Recording
)
3
editions published
in
2004
in
English
and held by
269
libraries
worldwide
Unpopular sixth-grader Burdette "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, whom everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted.
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