Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Lady Margaret's Ghost

by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Lexile:???
Genre: Mystery

Felicity has been left in charge of the house while her mother is away. Her father tells her the legend of Lady Margaret and suddenly strange things begin happening in the house. Is Lady Margaret's ghost more than a legend or is there another explanation?

Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam

by Cynthia Kadohata
Lexile: 730
Genre Historical Fiction

Soldier Rick is ready to take on the world. He enlists in the U.S. Army after high school and is placed as a dog handler. He is assigned to Cracker, a large German Shepard, who will turn out to be one to the U.S. Army's most valuable weapons. But first, Rick has got to figure out how to get her out of her cage, without his hand getting bitten off!

Friday, September 25, 2009

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

by Lynne Jonell
Genre: Fantasy
Lexile: 780

Emmy has discovered a talking rat who is going to lead her on an adventure which will help her uncover a series of strange occurrences. Why do her parents want to travel all the time? Why is Miss Barmy, Emmy's nanny, so mean? Somehow there must be a connection....
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