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Short Stories For Older, and Not Quite So Old, Children    by Dandi Palmer
Price: $0.99 USD. 15370 words. Published by Dodo Books on October 23, 2010. .

Tales about sticky confectionary, talking fish, restless gargoyles, mysterious magical eggs in the depths of space, a reasonable giant rat, worlds made with words and worlds drowned in rivers of chocolate… For teenagers and children. (Some suitable for adults as well.)
My Homework Ate My Dog!    by Teddy Dee
Price: $2.99 USD. 660 words. Published on February 18, 2011. .

Laugh out loud as you share in the tale of a young boy and his dog as they scheme to finish a science project at the last minute. A story book of the highest caliber that delivers important cautionary messages for today's youth, specifically internet safety, exercising judgement and the repercussions associated with procrastination. This is book is a must have for the home library!
The Slope of Kongwa Hill: A Boy's Tale of Africa    by Tony Edwards
Price: $5.99 USD. 154130 words. Published by AgioPublishing on September 4, 2011. .

Based on the author's memoirs, this novel picks up his story when, at age 9, as a result of his parents moving to East Africa, Tony finds himself bound for Kongwa School in January 1952. Located just south of the Maasai Steppe where was to be found every manner of game, exotic bird life, insects and reptiles, Kongwa provided a harsh if adventure-filled location in which to be educated and grow.
Some Lessons In Gaelic    by McCawley Grange
Price: $7.99 USD. 119030 words. Published by Amolibros  on April 18, 2012. .

When an eleven-year-old English boy arrives in Southern Ireland, walking on his hands and quoting Shakespeare, the natives begin to treat him with suspicion. The town he finds himself in is a small mid-century (1950) maelstrom of snobbery, nationalism, sexual repression and quaint quintessential Irish intolerance, presided over by a clergy, discharging duties of guidance and tutelage.