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Shiver »
Title: Shiver Author: Maggie Steifvater Publishing: Scholastic Press; 1 edition (August 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-0545123266 Grade Level: 9-12 Summary: Grace has got an obsession. An obsession that tugs at her heart and prickles at her senses. It's not natural. It's supernatural and the only person who understands really isn't a [...]
The Surrender Tree »
Title: The Surrender Tree Author: Margarita Engle Publication:Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); 1st edition (April 1, 2008) ISBN: 978-0805086744 Grade Level: 7-12 Awards: 2009 Pura Bulpre Award, 2009 Newbery Award Honor Book Summary: Through a series of poems the story of Cuba's Wars for Independence, spanning from 1850-1899, are told [...]
Show Way »
Title: Show Way Author: Jacqueline Woodson , Illustrated by Hudson Talbott Publication: Putnam Juvenile (September 8, 2005) ISBN: 978-0399237492 Grade Level: 3-5 Awards: 2006 Newbery Honor Book Summary: The story of Jacqueline Woodson's family traced through the maternal line to the pre-Civil War era. Focuses on the history of [...]
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow »
Title: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti Publishing: Scholastic Nonfiction (April 1, 2005) ISBN: 978-0439353793 Grade Level: 5-8 Awards: 2008 Sibert Medal Winner, 2006 ALA Notable Children's Book Summary: 12 portraits of what it was like to be and grow in the Third Reich as a member [...]
The Wednesday Wars »
Title: The Wednesday Wars Author: Gary D Schmidt Publishing: Clarion Books (May 21, 2007) ISBN: 978-0618724833 Grade Level: 6-9 Awards: 2008 Newbery Award Summary: Young Holling Hoodhood lives in a perfect house on a perfect street, but everything is not perfect in Long Island because he's the only Presbyterian in a town of [...]
A Wreath for Emmett Till »
Title: A Wreath for Emmett Till Author: Marilyn Nelson, Illustrated by Phillipe Lardy Publication:Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (April 4, 2005) ISBN: 978-0618397525 Grade Level: 8-12 Awards: 2006 Printz Award Honor Book Summary: Emmett Till, the slain civil rights martyr, is memorialized in a heroic crown of [...]
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes »
Title: The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes Mystery Author: Nancy Springer Publication: Philomel (September 18, 2008) ISBN: 978-0399247804 Grade Level: 6-8 Awards: n/a Summary: When a previous client slips Enola, Sherlock Holmes' plucky little sister, a secret message in a ladies lavatory she must use all of her [...]
Warriors: Into the Wild »
Title: Warriors: Into the Wild Author: Erin Hunter Publication: HarperCollins (January 6, 2004) ISBN: 978-0060525507 Grade Level: 5-8 Awards: n/a Summary: Rusty has always wondered what lay beyond is garden in the forest, but when he has a chance encounter with a warrior apprentice he decides to make the leap and join [...]
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious »
Title:Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy Author: L.A. Meyer Publication: Harcourt Children's Books; 1st edition (September 1, 2002) ISBN: 978-0152167318 Grade Level: 6-8 Awards: 2004 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2005 Georgia Peach Award Summary: When Mary Faber's orphan [...]
The 39 Clues, Book 1: The Maze of Bones »
Title: The 39 Clues, Book 1: The Maze of Bones Author: Rick Riordan Publication: Scholastic Press; 1st edition (September 9, 2008) ISBN: 978-0545060394 Grade Level: 6-8 Awards: n/a Summary: When Amy and Dan's grandmother dies and leaves them with a choice of either a million dollars or a clue that may make them the most powerful [...]
