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h b thompson middle school summer reading list 2010 the following books are recommended for summer reading even though the fiction lists are organized by grade please look through all the lists to find titles that interest you and are the appropriate reading level the descriptions of the books were provided by the follet company sixth grade list allie deborah the meanest girl 1st ed new milford conn roaring brook press 2005 sixth-grader alyssa fontana who thinks that her life is perfect becomes the object of a practical joke which she blames on hayden martin the new girl who is tagged the meanest girl in town babbitt natalie tuck everlasting 1st ed new york farrar straus giroux 1975 the tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older barron t a the lost years of merlin new york philomel books c.1996 a young boy who has not identity or memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of wales and finds his true mama after a series of fantastic adventures baum l frank lyman frank 1856-1919 the wonderful wizard of oz n.y books of wonder c1987.after a cyclone transports her to the land of oz dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to kansas burnford sheila every the incredible journey [1st ed boston little brown [1961 a siamese cat an old bull terrier and a young labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the canadian wilderness to find their family calonita jen secrets of my hollywood life a novel 1st ed new york little brown 2006 longing to experience the life of a normal teenager sixteen-year-old actress kaitlin burke assumes a false identity to attend a local high school clements andrew things not seen new york philomel books 2002 when fifteenyear-old bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible he and his parents and his new blind friend alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it cooney caroline b the face on the milk carton bantam 1991 c1990 a photograph of a missing girl on a mild carton leads janie on a search for her real identity author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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creech sharon the wanderer new york harpercollinspublishers 2000 thirteen year old sophie and her cousin cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the wanderer a forty-five foot sailboat which along with uncles and another cousin is en route to visit their grandfather in england curtis christopher paul the watsons go to birmingham 1963 a novel new york bantam doubleday bell books for young readers 1997 c1995 the ordinary and sometimes humorous interactions and everyday routines of the watsons an african american family living in flint michigan are drastically changed after they go to visit grandma in alabama in the summer of 1963 dicamillo kate the tale of despereaux being the story of a mouse a princess some soup and a spool of thread cambridge mass candlewick press 2003 the adventures of desperaux tilling a small mouse of unusual talents the princess that he loves the servant girl who longs to be a princess and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin dowd siobhan the london eye mystery 1st american ed oxford david fickling books 2008 c2007 when ted and kat s cousin salim disappears from the london eye ferris wheel the two siblings must work together ted with his brain that is wired differently and impatient kat to try to solve the mystery of what happened to salim ellis deborah the breadwinner toronto buffalo n.y douglas mcintyre berkeley ca distributed in the u.s.a by publishers group west [2002 c2000 because the taliban rulers of kabul afghanistan impose strict limitations on women s freedom and behavior eleven-year-old parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father s arrest fleming ian 1908-1964 chitty chitty bang bang the magical car new york random house [1964 two children persuade their father an inventor to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers gantos jack joey pigza loses control n y harper trophy 2002 sequel to joey pigza swallowed the key joey who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship george jean craighead 1919 my side of the mountain [1st ed new york dutton 1959.young sam gribley leaves new york city and spends a year living by himself in a remote area of the catskill mountains author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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giff patricia reilly pictures of hollis woods new york wendy lamb books c2002 a troublesome twelve-year-old orphan staying with an elderly artist who needs her remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home with a family that truly seemed to care about her gipson fred 1908 old yeller [new york harper [1956 in the late 1860 s in the texas hill country a big yellow dog and a fourteen year-old boy form a close loving relationship haddix margaret peterson escape from memory new york simon schuster books for young readers 2003 allowing herself to be hypnotized fifteen-year-old kira reveals memories of another time and place that may eventually cost her and her mother their lives hale shannon the goose girl 1st u.s ed new york bloomsbury 2003 princess anidori on her way to marry a prince she has never met is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers ibbotson eva the star of kazan 1st american ed new york dutton children s books 2004 annika a twelve-year-old foundling in late nineteenth-century vienna inherits a trunk of costume jewelry and soon afterwards a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in germany irving washington 1783-1859 the legend of sleepy hollow new york f watts [c1966 famous story in which a superstitious school master meets a headless horseman kelly jacqueline the evolution of calpurnia tate 1st ed new york henry holt 2009 in central texas in 1899 while learning about the natural world with her grandfather eleven-year-old callie vee tate also learns about love life and the obstacles a woman faces this is a newbery honor book korman gordon schooled 1st ed new york hyperion books for children c2007 after his hippie grandmother ends up in the hospital cap anderson is forced to leave the commune where he is homeschooled and attend claverage middle school where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of bullies l engle madeleine a wrinkle in time new york farrar straus and giroux c1962 meg murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for meg s father who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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levine gail carson ella enchanted new york harpertrophy 1998 c1997 in this novel based on the story of cinderella ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her lord cynthia rules 1st ed new york scholastic press 2006 frustrated at life with an autistic brother twelve-year-old catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic lupica mike travel team new york philomel books c2004 after he is cut from his travel basketball team the very same team that his father once led to national prominence twelve-year-old danny walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory mazer harry the last mission new york delacorte press c1979 in 1944 a 15-year-old jewish boy tells his family he will travel in the west but instead enlists in the united states air corps and is subsequently taken prisoner by the germans myers walter dean the dream bearer harpercollins/amistad 2003 twelve year old david s father is home from a mental hospital and trying to control his anger david s brother may be involved with drugs and their mother tries to keep the family together when he meets mr moses who calls himself a dream bearer david begins to understand his own place in the family and the outside world a challenging yet satisfying snapshot of a life norton mary the borrowers [s.l harcourt 1953 miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock selznick brian the invention of hugo cabret a novel in words and pictures 1st ed new york scholastic press 2007 when twelve-year-old hugo an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a paris train station in 1931 meets a mysterious toy seller and his goddaughter his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized the wonderful thing about this book is that it is part graphic novel and part text it s beautiful written and illustrated shinn sharon the safe-keeper s secret new york viking 2004 fiona is safe-keeper in the small village of tambleham where neighbors and strangers alike come one by one in secret to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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sleator william hell phone new york amulet books 2006 seventeen-year-old nick buys a used cell phone only to call his girlfriend but strange and desperate people keep calling one of them a denizen of hell begging for or demanding his help spinelli jerry stargirl new york knopf distributed by random house house 2000 in this story about the perils of popularity the courage of nonconformity and the thrill of first love and eccentric student named stargirl changes mica high school forever white e b elwyn brooks charlotte s web new york harpercollins [1980 c1952 wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer s christmas dinner until his spider friend charlotte decides to help him winerip michael adam canfield of the slash cambridge ma candlewick press 2005 while serving as co-editors of their school newspaper middle-schoolers adam and jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and the city s government seventh grade list abrahams peter down the rabbit hole an echo falls mystery new york laura geringer books c2005 like her idol sherlock holmes eighth grader ingrid levin-hill uses her intellect to solve a murder case in her home town of echo falls anderson laurie halse fever 1793 new york simon schuster books for young readers c2000 in 1793 philadelphia sixteen-year-old matilda cook separated from her sick mother learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic barrie j m james matthew 1860-1937 peter pan waterville me thorndike press 2003 the adventures of the three darling children in never-never land with peter pan the boy who would not grow up blacker terence boy2girl new york farrar straus and giroux 2005 c2004 after the death of his mother thirteen-year-old sam comes to live with his cousin and as a prank he dresses up as a girl for school bradbury ray 1920 the martian chronicles grand master editions bantam pbk ed new york bantam spectra 1979 chronicles the early attempts by humans to colonize an inhabited mars by transforming the red planet into a mirror image of the world they left behind author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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burnett frances hodgson the secret garden new york franklin watts 2007,c1911 orphaned 10-year-old mary comes to live in a lonely house on the yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid causing and the mysteries of a locked garden carter ally i d tell you i love you but then i d have to kill you 1st ed new york hyperion c2006 as a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former cia operative cammie is sheltered from normal teenage life until while on a class surveillance mission she meets a local boy clements andrew the janitor s boy new york simon schuster books for young readers 2000 fifth grader jack finds himself the target of ridicule at school when it becomes known that his father is one of the janitors and he turns his anger onto his father collier james lincoln 1928 my brother sam is dead new york scholastic [1985 c1974 when sam meeker leaves his home in redding connecticut a town loyal to the king to fight with the rebel army he places his family in a very difficult position farmer nancy the house of the scorpion new york atheneum books for young readers c2002 in a future where humans despise clones matt enjoys special status as the young clone of el patrón the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between mexico and the united states feinstein john last shot a final four mystery new york knopf distributed by random house c2005 after winning a basketball reporting contest eighth graders stevie and susan carol are sent to cover the final four tournament where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game gaiman neil the graveyard book 1st ed new york harpercollins pub c2008 an orphaned boy is raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard landy derek skulduggery pleasant 1st ed new york harpercollins c2007 when twelve-year-old stephanie inherits her weird uncle s estate she must join forces with skulduggery pleasant a skeleton mage to save the world from the faceless ones lewis c s clive staples 1898-1963 the magician s nephew new york macmillan c1955 digory and polly two english children are sent away by a magician to a place where they witness how aslan creates narnia and gives the gift of speech to its animals author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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mckinley robin the hero and the crown new york greenwillow books c1985 aerin with the guidance of the wizard luther and the help of the blue sword wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious demon-haunted north montgomery l m anne of green gables new york franklin watts 2007,c1908 anne an 11-year-old orphan is sent by mistake to live with a lonely middle-aged brother and sister on a prince edward island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her paulsen gary the white fox chronicles new york dell laurel leaf [2002 c2000 escape return breakout having been imprisoned when the confederation of consolidated republics a foreign power conquered los angeles in 2056 fourteenyear-old cody escapes and endures hardship to become the underground hero the white fox pfeffer susan beth 1948 life as we knew it.1st ed orlando harcourt c 2006 through journal entries sixteen-year-old miranda describes her family s struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon causing worldwide tsunamis earthquakes and volcanic eruptions philbrick w r w rodman freak the mighty new york blue sky 1993 at the beginning of eighth grade learning disabled max and his new friend freak whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team orr wendy peeling the onion new york holiday house c1997 following an automobile accident in which her neck is broken a teenage karate champion begins a long and painful recovery with the help of her family pratchett terry nation 1st ed new york ny harpercollins c2008 after a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known mau an island boy and daphne an aristocratic english girl together with a small band of refugees set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives schlitz laura amy a drowned maiden s hair a melodrama 1st ed cambridge mass candlewick press c2006.at the barbary asylum for female orphans eleven-year-old maud is adopted by three spinster sisters moonlighting as mediums who take her home and reveal to her the role she will play in their seances author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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sheth kashmira keeping corner 1st ed new york hyperion c2007 in india in the 1940s thirteen-year-old leela s happy spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine whom she barely knows dies leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from mahatma ghandi s social and political reforms steinbeck john 1902-1968 the red pony new york viking 1966 ownership of a beautiful red pony teaches ten-year-old jody about life and death supplee suzanne artichoke s heart 1st ed new york dutton books c2008 when she is almost sixteen years old rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight mocked at school and at heavenly hair her mother s beauty salon and feeling out of control and as she slowly loses weight she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother s cancer having a boyfriend for the first time and discovering that other people s lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside eighth grade list alexie sherman 1966 the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian 1st ed new york little brown c2007.budding cartoonist junior leaves his troubled school on the spokane indian reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other indian is the school mascot anderson m t feed cambridge mass candlewick press,2002 in a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble boyne john the boy in the striped pajamas a fable 1st american ed oxford david fickling books 2006 bored and lonely after his family moves from berlin to a place called out-with in 1942 bruno the son of a nazi officer befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence blundell judy what i saw and how i lied 1st ed new york scholastic press 2008 in 1947 with her jovial stepfather joe back from the war and family life returning to normal teenage evie smitten by the handsome young ex-gi who seems to have a secret hold on joe finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome changes her life and that of her family forever bodett tom norman tuttle on the last frontier a novel in stories new york knopf 2004 episodes in the life of alaskan teenager norman tuttle as he grows from ages thirteen to fifteen falls in love for the first time and deepens his relationship with his father bradbury jennifer shift simon schuster/atheneum 2008 chris and win take a bicycle trip across america after graduation but only one returns and that person is pressured to reveal what happened author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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bradbury ray the illustrated man garden city n.y doubleday 1951 eighteen science fiction stories dealing with love madness and death on mars venus and in space which attempt to depict man s nature brown jennifer hate list 1st ed new york little brown 2009 sixteen-year-old valerie whose boyfriend nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain budhos marina tamar ask me no questions 1st ed new york atheneum books for young readers c2006 fourteen-year-old nadira her sister and their parents leave bangladesh for new york city but the expiration of their visas and the events of september 11 2001 bring frustration sorrow and terror for the whole family card orson scott ender s game new york tor 1994 c1991 ender who is the result of genetic experimentation may be the military genius earth needs in its war against an alien enemy carroll lewis 1832-1898 alice s adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass new york new american library 1960 collins suzanne the hunger games 1st ed new york scholastic press 2008 sixteen-year-old katniss everdeen becomes a contender in the annual hunger games a grave competition mandated by the government where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death the ultimate survivor show cottrell boyce frank framed 1st american ed new york ny harpercollins 2005 dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make snowdonia oasis auto marvel into a more profitable business but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of manod wales with valuable paintings and their father disappears that they consider turning to crime crane stephen 1871-1900 the red badge of courage dover ed mineola n.y dover publications 2004 presents stephen crane s classic novel about henry flemming a young civil war union soldier who experiences his first battle and then has to come to terms with his own fears and feelings of cowardice curtis christopher paul bud not buddy new york delacorte press 1999 ten-year-old bud a motherless boy living in flint michigan during the great depression escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father the renowned bandleader h.e calloway of grand rapids author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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friend natasha perfect 1st ed minneapolis minn milkweed editions 2004 following the death of her father a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother s and ten-year-old sister s grief as well as her own haddon mark the curious incident of the dog in the night-time 1st ed new york doubleday c2003.despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people christopher a mathematically-gifted autistic fifteen-year-old boy decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor s dog and uncovers secret information about his mother kantor melissa confessions of a not it girl new york hyperion c2004 during her senior year of high school jan miller struggles to find out what and who she wants as college applications deadlines loom crushes dematerialize and best friends manage to remain it kerr m e slap your sides a novel new york harpercollins c2001 life in their pennsylvania hometown changes for jubal shoemaker and his family when his older brother witnesses to his quaker beliefs by becoming a conscientious objector during world war ii keyes daniel flowers for algernon 1st ed new york harcourt brace [1995 c1966 after being mentally retarded for all of his thirty-two years charlie gordon undergoes an operation designed to change his life lipsyte robert the contender new york harper row [1967 a harlem high school dropout escapes from a gang of punks into a boxing gym where he learns that being a contender is hard and often discouraging work but that you don t know anything until you try livingston lesley wondrous strange a novel 1st ed new york harperteen 2009 when seventeen-year-old actress kelley winslow meets sonny flannery she discovers he is a changeling who guards the gate between the faerie otherworld and the mortal realm and also that her mother had otherworldly powers that she passed on to kelley malamud bernard the natural new york ferrar straus and giroux c1952 the book follows roy hobbs a baseball prodigy whose career is sidetracked when he is shot by a crazed fan most of the story concerns itself with his attempts to return to baseball later in life when he plays for the fictional new york knights with his legendary bat wonderboy author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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murdock catherine gilbert dairy queen a novel boston houghton-mifflin 2006 after spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school s rival football team sixteen-year-old d.j decides to go out for the sport herself not anticipating the reactions of those around her myers walter dean the beast new york scholastic 2003 a visit to his harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he loves is using drugs give sixteenyear-old anthony witherspoon a new perspective both on his home and on his life at a connecticut prep school orwell george 1903-1950 animal farm 1984 1st ed new york harcourt [2003 contains george orwell s novels animal farm and 1984 in this allegory the animals on a farm band together to form a government park linda sue a single shard new york clarion books,2001 tree-ear a thirteenyear-old orphan in medieval korea lives under a bridge in a potters village and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself pfeffer susan beth 1948 life as we knew it 1st ed orlando harcourt c2006 through journal entries sixteen-year-old miranda describes her family s struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon causing worldwide tsunamis earthquakes and volcanic eruptions potok chaim the chosen new york fawcett crest 1985 c1967 in 1940s brooklyn new york an accident throws reuven malther and danny saunders together despite their differences reuven is a modern orthodox jew with an intellectual zionist father danny is the brilliant son and rightful heir to a hasidic rebbe the young men form a deep if unlikely friendship stevenson robert louis dr jekyll and mr hyde and other stories of the supernatural new york franklin watts 2007 dr jekyll and mr hyde the bottle imp -markheim the body-snatcher a collection of spooky stories including one about a good doctor who is transformed into a vicious violent and deformed monster tolkien j r r john ronald reuel the hobbit or there and back again boston houghton mifflin 2001 bilbo baggins a respectable well-to-do hobbit lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return warren robert penn 1905 all the king s men 2nd harvest ed san diego [calif harcourt brace 1996 c1946 willie stark a well-intentioned idealistic backcountry lawyer is unable to resist greed for power and lust for politics during his rise and fall as an american demagogue author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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westerfeld scott so yesterday a novel new york razorbill c2004 hunter braque a new york city teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is cool combines his analytical skills with girlfriend jen s creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture non-fiction titles andryszewski tricia the amazing life of moe berg :catcher scholar spy brookfield conn millbrook press c1996 traces the life of a man who managed two successful careers as a baseball player and as a secret agent during world war ii armstrong jennifer photo by brady a picture of the civil war new york atheneum books for young readers c2005 tells the story of the civil war photographer mathew brady and the band of field photographers he hired to travel with the troops and record images of the time beer edith hahn nazi officer s wife how one jewish woman survived the holocaust demco media 2002 autobiography of a woman who took on the identity of a nonjewish woman and married a nazi officer in order to survive the holocaust bodanis david electric universe the shocking true story of electricity new york crown publishers c2005 the author presents a commentary on how electricity works and how it affects daily life and examines electricity s theoretical discoveries through the profiles of those such as thomas edison alexander graham bell and marconi coffey wayne r the boys of winter :the untold story of a coach a dream and the 1980 u.s olympic hockey team new york crown publishers c2005 tells the story of the 1980 u s olympic hockey team and their victory in lake placid n y remarque erich maria 1898-1970 all quiet on the western front little brown c1930 classic tale of world war i fleischman john phineas gage a gruesome but true story about brain science boston houghton mifflin c2002 true story of a railroad worker who lost part of his skull in an accident allowing medical science to study a living brain for the first time fleischman sid the abracadabra kid a writer slife new york greenwillow books 1996 the autobiography of the newbery award-winning children s author who set out from childhood to be a magician author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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grealy lucy autobiography of a face new york perennial,2003 c1994 a memoir in which award-winning poet lucy grealy recalls her experiences with a potentially terminal cancer that required she have a third of her jaw removed when she was nine years old and discusses the suffering she endured as she was growing up from classmates strangers and other people because of her looks grogan john 1957 marley a dog like no other 1st ed new york collins c2007 a special adaptation of the author s book marley me for young readers in which he shares the story of his golden retriever marley and tells of the love his family has for the dog gunther john 1901-1970 death be not proud a memoir 1st perennial classics ed new york perennial classics 1998 c1949 a biography of the author s son who died at seventeen after a fourteen-month illness caused by a brain tumor haney eric l inside delta force the story of america s elite counterterrorist unit new york delacorte press c2006 eric haney one of the founding members of delta force provides an inside look at the elite counterterrorist unit explaining the process by which men are selected for the unit and telling of his personal experiences with delta force in beirut tehran honduras and other hot spots throughout the world hoose phillip m the race to save the lord god bird.new york farrar straus and giroux 2004 tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker s extinction in the united states describing the encounters between this species and humans and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures jeter derek the life you imagine life lessons for achieving your dreams 1st pbk ed new york three rivers press c2000.new york yankees shortstop derek jeter tells about his life and his very early desire to play for the yankees and shares his ten-step plan for success includes profiles of jeter by friends and colleagues lord walter a night to remember new york holt [1955 nine breathless hours are retold in the incredible real-life story of the unsinkable titanic which after having struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in april 1912 sunk to the bottom of the north atlantic low alice the macmillan book of greek gods and heroes new york macmillan london collier macmillan c1985 recreates the popular myths of ancient greece including the legend of odysseus mccullough david g john adams new york simon schuster c2001 superb biography of the man some think is truly the father of our country author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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myers walter dean the greatest muhammad ali new york scholastic 2001 a biography of the controversial boxer muhammad ali opdyke irene gut in my hands memories of a holocaust rescuer new york knopf distributed by random house c1999 recounts the experiences of the author who as a young polish girl hid and saved jews during the holocaust saint-exupéry antoine de 1900-1944 the little prince new york harcourt brace world c1943 the narrator s airplane is downed in the sahara desert and he meets the little prince this is a fable about love and loneliness shields charles j 1951 i am scout the biography of harper lee 1st ed new york henry holt 2008 an exploration of the life and achievements of harper lee that discusses her southern upbringing education family writing of to kill a mockingbird association with truman capote and personality silverstein ken the radioactive boy scout the frightening true story of a whiz kid and his homemade nuclear reactor new york villard 2005 c2004 tells the story of david hahn the michigan teenager who built a nuclear breeder reactor in his backyard in 1994 endangering the residents of his michigan hometown and raising the ire of the federal government wiesel elie 1928 night 1st ed of this translation new york hill and wang 2006 presents a true account of the author s experiences as a jewish boy in a nazi concentration camp the library staff recommends adams douglas 1952 the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy new york harmony books 1989 c1979 join douglas adams s hapless hero arthur dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal ford prefect getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc alphin elaine marie ghost soldier new york henry holt 2001 alexander in north carolina while his father decides whether to remarry and move there meets the ghost of a confederate soldier and helps him look for his family anderson laurie halse speak new york farrar straus giroux 1999 a traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on melinda s freshman year in high school author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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baker e d the frog princess 1st u.s ed new york bloomsbury c2002 after reluctantly kissing a frog an awkward fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog too and sets off with the prince to seek the means and the selfconfidence to become human again balliett blue chasing vermeer new york scholastic press 2004 when seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious vermeer painting disappears eleven-year-olds petra and calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal bauer joan hope was here new york g.p putnam,c2000 when sixteen-year-old hope and the aunt who has raised her move from brooklyn to mulhoney wisconsin to work as waitress and cook in the welcome stairways diner they become involved with the diner owner s political campaign to oust the town s corrupt mayor brooks kevin martyn pig a novel new york scholastic inc 2002 faced with the possibility of living with a dreadful aunt fifteen-year-old martyn pig decides not to tell authorities when his alcoholic father dies accidentally instead asking a friend for her help in disposing of the body cabot meg the princess diaries new york harper avon 2000 fourteen-year-old mia who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in newyork city is shocked to learn that her father is the prince of genovia a small european principality and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne chotjewitz david daniel half human and the good nazi new york atheneum books for young readers 2004 in 1933 best friends daniel and armin admire hitler but as anti-semitism buoys hitler to power daniel learns he is half jewish threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved hamburg germany is becoming nightmarish also details daniel and armin s reunion in 1945 in interspersed chapters colfer eoin artemis fowl new york hyperion books for children c2001 when a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold the fairies fight back with magic technology and a particularly nasty troll coman carolyn what jamie saw arden n.c front street [emeryville ca distributed by publishers group west c1995 having fled to a family friend s hillside trailer after his mother s boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall nine-year-old jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear author has written many fine books this title is one of a series

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