Seattle Fiction for Kids
Children's books for all ages set in Seattle or Washington State.
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Dash
Mitsi is like every other kid in her neighborhood: born at Swedish Hospital and cheering for the Seattle Rainiers. But when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, the government makes her and her family go to an internment camp, leaving her beloved dog Dash behind in Seattle.
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Ivan
The factual story of Ivan, a gorilla kidnapped and then held at Tacoma's B&I mall for 27 years before being moved to Woodland Park Zoo and then Zoo Atlanta.
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Hannah West, Sleuth on the Trail
Hannah West and her mom are professional house-sitters in Seattle. When a dog goes missing in Fremont, it's up to Hannah and her detective skills to find it.
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Echoes of the Past
In Seattle's Madrona neighborhood, Binnie's little sister has a superpower. But Binnie and Cassie aren't the only ones who know, as a strange man begins to pursue them.
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The Honest Truth
Mark knows he's sick, the kind of sick you don't recover from. But instead of waiting to die in Wenatchee, Mark and his dog run away, to climb Mount Rainier.
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Cinderella Smith
Cinderella Smith doesn't have a mean stepmother, but she does lose her shoes an awful lot. When a new girl comes to her school, Cinderella must help her new friend figure out how to deal with the mean girls.
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The One and Only Ivan
This novel in verse tells the story of Ivan the gorilla's life in captivity at an unnamed mall (Tacoma's B&I) for 27 years.
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The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me
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Paper Wishes
in 1942, Manami and her family are told they must leave their Bainbridge Island home and go to the Manzanar internment camp in California.
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A Ticket to the Pennant
Huey has a coveted ticket to the final game in the Seattle Rainiers pennant race. But when he loses it, he must criss-cross the Rainier Valley to find it.
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