by Kristine O'Connell George
Lexile: ???
Genre: Poetry Anthology
This collection of poems is for anyone who has ever experienced the ups and downs of middle school life. No doubt you will be able to connect with many of these poems - lost on the way to class, lockers that won't open, arguments with friends, homework assignments...these poems make middle school life seem almost...fun?
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Cornflakes
by James Stevenson
Lexile: ???
Genre: Poetry Anthology
This anthology takes you on a rather strange journey from hamburgers to the wastebasket to a weather report. This short, funny poems will bring you some good laughs.
Lexile: ???
Genre: Poetry Anthology
This anthology takes you on a rather strange journey from hamburgers to the wastebasket to a weather report. This short, funny poems will bring you some good laughs.
The Nine Lives of Travis Keating
Lexile: ???
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Travis Keating has agreed to a 365 day experiment - living in a tiny fishing community on the coast of Newfoundland with his dad. Things get off to a rocky start when he makes enemies with Hud, the town bully, who is out to get Travis at any chance he can get. Travis discovers some stray cats whom he befriends, but must keep secret from his father until it becomes a matter of life and death for his animals.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Travis Keating has agreed to a 365 day experiment - living in a tiny fishing community on the coast of Newfoundland with his dad. Things get off to a rocky start when he makes enemies with Hud, the town bully, who is out to get Travis at any chance he can get. Travis discovers some stray cats whom he befriends, but must keep secret from his father until it becomes a matter of life and death for his animals.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Firegirl
by Tony Abbott
Lexile: 670
Genre: Realistic Fiction
It's business as usual in Mrs. Tracy's 7th grade class until one day when Jessica, a new student arrives. Jessica has been horribly burned in a fire and doesn't come to school often because of frequent visits to the hospital for surgery and therapy. Tom is always relived when Jessica isn't there because he doesn't know how to talk to her without staring. Everyone in the class wonders what the story is behind her burns, but no one is willing to befriend her. One day, Mrs. Tracy asks Tom to take Jessica her homework, and Tom learns more than he wants to know about what happened to Jessica.
Lexile: 670
Genre: Realistic Fiction
It's business as usual in Mrs. Tracy's 7th grade class until one day when Jessica, a new student arrives. Jessica has been horribly burned in a fire and doesn't come to school often because of frequent visits to the hospital for surgery and therapy. Tom is always relived when Jessica isn't there because he doesn't know how to talk to her without staring. Everyone in the class wonders what the story is behind her burns, but no one is willing to befriend her. One day, Mrs. Tracy asks Tom to take Jessica her homework, and Tom learns more than he wants to know about what happened to Jessica.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Petey
by Ben Mikaelson
Lexile: 740
Genre: Realistic Fiction
At the age of two, Petey is placed into the care of the Warm Springs Insane Asylum after his parents have been told that their boy will never think, act, or grow like a normal child. Over the years, several people who take the time to get to know Petey and realize that he is able to think and communicate in many special ways. Eventually he meets Trevor, a boy who needs friends as much as Petey does, and the two of them form a unique and unlikely friendship that changes both of their lives for the better.
Lexile: 740
Genre: Realistic Fiction
At the age of two, Petey is placed into the care of the Warm Springs Insane Asylum after his parents have been told that their boy will never think, act, or grow like a normal child. Over the years, several people who take the time to get to know Petey and realize that he is able to think and communicate in many special ways. Eventually he meets Trevor, a boy who needs friends as much as Petey does, and the two of them form a unique and unlikely friendship that changes both of their lives for the better.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Crash Course
by Henry Gilroy and Gary Scheppke
Lexile:???
Genre: Graphic Novel
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padowan, Ahsoka Tano are searching for a separatist spy. Their search leads them to the Mon Gazza system where the biggest podrace of the galaxy is about to start. Ahsoka gets a crash course in podracing before entering the race, but will she survive this dangerous mission?
Lexile:???
Genre: Graphic Novel
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padowan, Ahsoka Tano are searching for a separatist spy. Their search leads them to the Mon Gazza system where the biggest podrace of the galaxy is about to start. Ahsoka gets a crash course in podracing before entering the race, but will she survive this dangerous mission?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Beyond the Grave (39 Clues #4)
by Jude Watson
Lexile: 550
Genre: Mystery
Amy and Dan are off and searching for the next clue in the quest to answer questions about their family's heritage. In the fourth adventure, they head to Egypt where they get an important message from their grandmother, Grace. Of course, nothing comes easy for the Cahills so there are more narrow escapes and mysteries to solve.
Lexile: 550
Genre: Mystery
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