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| 9-12 | ALEXANDER,
LLOYD
[Includes Teacher's Resource] |
The Chronicles of Prydain
The Prydain Companion: A Reference Guide to Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles by Michael Tunnell |
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| 8-12 | Allie, Debora | The Meanest Girl [Starting a new school year, buying her first bra, parents fighting, fathers leaving, mysterious love notes, and the new girl ruining her life -- Alyssa has a lot on her mind. /humor and charm / love and friendship in the sixth grade.] | @AMAZON |
| 10-13
8-11 |
Almond, David | Skellig [man, bird, or angel?]
My Dad's a Birdman [lovely story that celebrates simple joys, loss and love and father and daughter] |
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| 10-13 | Almond, David, et al | CLICK (One Novel Ten Authors: David Almond, Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire, Ruth Ozeki, Linda Sue Park, Tim Wynne-Jones) [Maggie receives an inheritance from her beloved grandfather, a photojournist known as Gee.The gift is a wooden box with seven seashell, one from each continent. "in many ways this book is a construction of a life. It's a life seen from many different angles and with many different people's perspectives, and that's just how anyone's life is."] | @AMAZON |
| 8-11
9-11 |
Amato, Mary | The Word Eater [If you had the power to delete words, what would you delete?]
Drooling and Dangerous: The Riot Brothers Return |
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| 9-12
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Anderson, Margaret J. | Children of Summer:
Henri Fabre's Insects
Carl Linnaeus: Father of Classification |
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| 10-14
10 Up 10-14 10-14 8-12 11-13 8-12 8-11 All All 9-12 |
Avi | The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic
Never Mind!: A Twin Novel by Avi and Rachel Vail Crispin: The Cross of Lead [Newbery Medal] Crispin: At the Edge of the World (Book 2) Tales from the Dimwood Forest: Rayweed, Poppy, Poppy and Rye, Ereth's Birthday The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle The Secret School The Mayor of Central Park The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant) A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End: The Right Way to Write Writing (2008) The Seer of Shadows [a ghost must be kept from carrying out a horrifying revenge.] The Traitors' Gate [fast-paced Victorian London adventure inspired by the life of Charles Dickens whose father was put into debtor's prison while Charles was forced to make his own way in the world.] May 2007 |
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| 9-12 | Ardagh, Philip | A House Called Awful End: Book One of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy
The Fall of Fergal: First Unlikely Exploit Heir of Mystery: The Second Unlikely Exploit Dreadful Acts: Book Two in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy |
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| 9-12
All |
Babbitt, Natalie | Tuck Everlasting [Teacher's Guide]
Herbert Rowbarge The Search for Delicious |
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| 9-12 | Banks, Lynn Reid | Indian in the Cupboard [Lesson Plan]
Alice-by-Accident [single parent households][understanding our place in the world] |
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| 9-11 | Barber, Tiki & Ronde | KICKOFF! [Persistence, patience and teamwork are the themes of this novel ] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Barry, Dave | Peter and the Starcatchers [Prequel to Peter Pan]
Peter and the Shadow Thieves [Second prequel to Peter Pan] Peter and the Secret of Rundoon [conclusion] |
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| 9-12 | Bartoletti, Susan Campbell | Growing Up in Coal Country
[Coalcrackers of PA] [Coal Region of PA] |
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| 10-12 | Baskin, Nora Raleigh | What Every Girl
(except me) Knows
[coming of age and dealing with loss] |
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| 9-12 | Batt, Tanya Robyn | The Fabrics of Fairytale: Stories Spun from Far and Wide | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Baum, Frank L.
[100 Years]
[Resource File] |
The
Magic of Oz (1999)
The Lost Princess of Oz (1998) |
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| 9-11 | Birdsall, Jeanne
Listen to NPR |
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy | @AMAZON |
| 8-12 | Bildner, Phil and Loren Long | BARNSTORMERS: Tales of the Travelin' Nine Series
Game 1 Three Kids, a Mystery, and a Magic Ball Game 2 Game 3 - Three Kids, a Villain, and Great Balls of Fire! |
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| 8 Up | Bing, Christopher | Casey at the Bat | @AMAZON |
| 8-12 | Birney, Betty G. | The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs [journey of transformation and discovery] | @AMAZON |
| 10+ | Blackshaw/McKee | No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa | @AMAZON |
| 10-12 | Blegvad, Lenore | Kitty and Mr. Kipling: Neighbors in Vermont [Rudyard Kipling] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Blos, Joan | A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 | @AMAZON |
| 9-12
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Blume,
Judy
[Resource File] |
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
Superfudge Just As Long As We're Together Blubber |
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| 10-14 | Bode, N.E. | The Anybodies [switched at birth] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Bolden, Tonya | And
Not Afraid to Dare: The Stories of Ten African-American Women
Just Family |
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| 8-10 | Bonners, Susna | Making Music [Adjusting to a new neighborhood] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Boston, Lucy Maria (1892-1990) | THE GREEN KNOWE CHRONICLES: [Books based on this house]
Treasure of Green Knowe The River at Green Knowe The Children of Green Knowe An Enemy at Green Knowe A Stranger at Green Knowe The Stones of Green Knowe |
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| 9-12 | Brand, Christianna | Nanny McPhee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda | @AMAZON |
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Brink, Carol Ryrie | Caddie Woodlawn | @AMAZON |
| 10-13 | Brooke, William J. | A Is for Aarrgh! | @AMAZON |
| 10-13 | Brooks, Bruce [young adult books] J. | Dolores: Seven Stories About Her [nonconformist/defying labels] | @AMAZON |
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| 9-12 | Buchanan, Jane | Hank's Story [Orphan train] | @AMAZON |
| All
8-12 9-12 |
Bunting, Eve | Fly Away Home
[homeless]
The Summer of Riley I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert |
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| 9-12 | Butler, Susan | The Hermit Thrush Sings | @AMAZON |
| 7-10
9-12 |
Byars, Betsy | Me Tarzan
The Not-Just-Anybody Family (Reader's guide included) [timeless story/extraordinary family] Summer of the Swans [Lesson Plans and Activities] The Moon and I The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady |
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| 7-10
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Byars, Betsy, Betsy Duffey, Laurie Myers | The SOS File [throughout the year, a class writes about their biggest emergencies for extra credit. Last SOS doesn't get extra credit. It's the teacher (who was dyslexic and held back) Excellent message in this book! | @AMAZON |
| 9 Up | Byng, Georgia | Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism [Read the book before it becomes a movie!]
Molly Moon Stops the World |
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| 9-11 | Calvert, Patricia | BIGGER [post Civil War Historical Fiction] [friendship between boy and dog] | @AMAZON |
| 8-10 | Cameron, Ann | Gloria Rising ["big things are often not as big as they seem"] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Cameron, Eleanor | The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet | @AMAZON |
| 10-14 | Carmi, Daniella | Samir and Yonatan 2000 (Life on West Bank) | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Carroll, Lewis | The Complete Alice: Slipcased Gift Set [ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS] illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (beautiful editions)
Carroll, Lewis Extensive ON LINE TEXTS |
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| 9-12 | Casey, Suan | Women Invent : Two Centuries of Discoveries That Have Shaped Our World | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Catling, Patrick Skene | Chocolate Touch [Lesson Plan Activities] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Chang, Ina | A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War | @AMAZON |
| YR | Cleary,
Beverly
Lesson Plans/Bio Another Bio |
Ramona's
World
Mitch and Amy Socks Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Sister of the Bride Henry and Risby Strider Dear Mr. Henshaw The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
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| 8-11 | Clements, Andrew | Frindle [Student/Teacher
conflict]
The School Story [aspiring 12 year old author] A Week in the Woods |
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| 9-12 | Clinton, Susan | First Ladies (Cornerstones of Freedom) | @AMAZON |
| 6-12 | Coerr, Eleanor | Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Colfer, Eoin | ARTEMIS FOWL SERIES
The Artemis Fowl Files: The Ultimate Guide to the Best-selling Series |
Start Here |
| 9-12 | Conly, Jane Leslie | What Happened on Planet Kid | @AMAZON |
| 10-13 | Connor, Leslie | Waiting for Normal [All or nothing never adds up to normal. All or nothing can't bring you "all to home," which is exactly where Addie longs to be, with her half sisters, every day./Divorced parents/Loving stepfather/Split custody/Addiction/Excellent Read] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Cooney, Caroline B. | The Ransom of Mercy Carter [1704 French and Indian War] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Cooper, Susan | Victory [Two Children, Two Struggles, One Battle...HMS Victory, the ship in which Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805] | @AMAZON |
| YA
9-12 |
Cormier,
Robert
[1983 Biography] Interview Loving Goodbye |
The Chocolate
War
Heroes [Teacher's Guide] Fade Take Me Where the Good Times Are I am the Cheese In the Middle of the Night We All Fall Down Tenderness |
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| 11-14 | Couvillon, Jacques | The Chicken Dance [Eleven-year-old Don got a piano-playing chicken for a pet, an imaginary twin brother, and parents who barely know he exists. He's an expert on chickens, and becomes the youngest person ever to win the Horse Island chicken-judging contest and the town hero overnight.The contest is the beginning of a big, big adventure. It involves trips, fair weather friends, a missing sister, and one big secret. Readers will cheer for Don, who goes out of his way to see the good in everything.] | @AMAZON |
| 10-14 | Cox, Clinton | Houdini [About Houdini] | @AMAZON |
| Crane, Stephen | Red Badge of Courage | ||
| YA
9-12 10- |
Creech, Sharon
[Teacher's Resources] |
Bloomability
(See also Newbery)
The Wanderer - Newbery Honor Book Ruby Holler [Foster Children...it's never too late to be loved] Love That Dog [taking the spirit of poetry to a high level] Fishing in the Air (First Picturebook) Absolutely Normal Chaos, Walk Two Moons, Chasing Redbird Heartbeat [What does it mean to be you?] |
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| 10-14 | Crossley-Holland, Kevin | The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy, Book One) | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Cruise, Robin | Fiona's Private Pages (sequal/stand alone) [what is at the heart of a true friendship]
The Top-Secret Journal of Fiona Claire Jardin [dealing with parents' divorce] |
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| 9-12 | Curtis,
Christopher Paul
[Teacher Resource File] |
The Watsons Go
to Birmingham --1963
[Teacher's Guide] Bud, Not Buddy [See Newbery] |
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| 9-12 | Cushman,
Karen
[Teacher Resource File] |
The
Midwife's Apprentice
Catherine, Called Birdy The Ballad of Lucy Whipple |
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| 7-10 | Cutler, Jane | Leap, Frog
'Gator Aid No Dogs Allowed |
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| 7-12 | Dalgliesh, Alice | Bears
on Hemlock Mountain
The Courage of Sarah Noble [Learn more about Sarah Noble] |
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| 9-12 | Dahl,Roald
[Teacher Resource File] |
Matilda
The Best of Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Unit on Chocolate] Danny the Champion of the World The BFG |
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| 9-12 | Danzinger, Paula
[Interview: Danziger/ Martin] |
P.S. Longer Letter Later: A Novel in Letters [changing relationships]
Snail Mail No More Amber Brown Goes Forth [Interview] Amber Brown Is Green With Envy [shared custody/parent remarrying/choices/change/what is a normal family?] |
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| 9-12 | de Angeli, Marguerite | The Door in the Wall [Teacher's Guide] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | DeCamillo, Kate
[See Newbery] |
The Tiger Rising
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane [even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again] The Tale of Despereaux |
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| 9-14 | Deary, Terry | Classified Series [Reluctant Readers]
The Nuclear Winter Man Vanished! Breakout! Alien Landing |
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| 9 Up | de Guzman, Michael
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Melonhead [dysfunctional family/boy searching for a place to feel loved and wanted/journey of self-discovery]
Beekman's Big Deal [father/son relationship-finding "home"] The Bamboozlers [grandfather/grandson love and the passing of wisdom...and a bit of fortune hustling to spice it up] Finding Stinko [This is a fast-paced adventure about a runaway kid figuring out not just what he’s searching for but also what he has to say.] |
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| 10 up | Del Negro, Janice M. | Passion and Poison: Tales of Shape-Shifters, Ghosts, and Spirited Women | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Derby, Ken | The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of 5th Grade [How do you get invited to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman?] | @AMAZON |
| Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) | See
The
Mouse of Amherst for young readers.
[Emily Dickinson's Letters] [The Emily Dickinson Journal] [Columbia University's Project Bartleby - The Complete Poems] |
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| 7-10 | DiTerlizzi, Tony and Holly Black | NEW SERIES!!
Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie's Song |
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| 7-10 | DiTerlizzi, Tony and Holly Black
[Interview] |
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide (Book 1)
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone (Book 2) The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret (Book 3) The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree (Book 4) The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath (Book 5) The Spiderwick Chronicles: Notebook for Fantastical Observations (2005) [interactive storybook features seventeen mini-adventures collected from faerie watchers around the globe as well as plenty of pages for readers to add their own stories, maps, charts, notes, lists, diagrams, and drawings.] |
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| 9-12 | DiTerlizzi, Tony and Holly Black | Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
The superdeluxe, lavishly illustrated "field guide" features 142 information-packed pages, 41 full-color plates, 6 spectacular gatefolds, 6 watercolor landscapes, scores of black-and-white and color sketches, and enough information to satisfy even the most demanding faerie enthusiast. Not only will readers learn all about the 14 fantastical creatures featured in the series, but they'll be delighted and astonished by an additional 15 creatures featured in this elaborate volume--including mermaids, gargoyles, and more. Also included are dozens of snippets from Arthur Spiderwick's personal journal--information that links the Guide specifically to the Spiderwick Chronicles--as well as cameos from a few of the series' favorite characters. |
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| 10-13 | Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | The Brotherhood of the Conch
The Conch Bearer (Book I) The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming (Book II) |
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| 9-12
10 Up |
Dowell, Frances O'Roark | Chicken Boy [dysfunctional family/meaning of life/finding forgiveness]
Shooting the Moon [Vietnam War/about the sacrifices we make for what we believe and the people we love./Should be required reading.] Read the reviews. |
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| 10 Up | Duane, Diane | So You Want to Be a Wizard (20th Anniversary Edition) | @AMAZON |
| 9-11 | Dudley, David L. | The Bicycle Man [set in Georgia, 1927/poverty, racism for African-Americans] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Eager, Edward (1911-1964) | Half Magic: Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Easton, Richard | A Real American [Pennsylvania/Italian immigrants/coal mines | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Edwards, Julie Andrews | The Last of the
Really Great Whangdoodles
The Great American Mousical |
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| 7-11 | Elliott, David | Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle [Evangeline’s parents are called away on a research trip to the Ikkinasti Jungle, then mysteriously fail to return.... Comical, offbeat tale introduces a winning heroine ] | @AMAZON |
| 9-12 | Emerson, Scott | The Adventures of Samuel Blackthorne
The Case of the Cat with the Missing Ear: From the notebooks of Edward R. Smithfield, D.V.M. (Book One) 2003 |
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| 10-12 | Erdrich, Louise | The Birchbark House
The Game of Silence (Sequel) [core of the story, which is set in 1850, is white settlers' threats to the traditional Ojibwe way of life.] |
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| 8-11 | Evans, Douglas | Mouth Moths [wordplay, comical drawings, humor and warmth. Each story in this collection contains a lesson about behavior.] | |
Last Update: April 27, 2008
