Fall, 2006
Non-fiction
The Journey That Saved Curious George
Louise Borden and Allan Drummond
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs
Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine:
Solving The Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley Sally Walker
Poetry
Poems to Dream Together
Francisco X. Alarcon
Poemas Para Sonar Juntos
Middle Grade
Whales on Stilts
M.T. Anderson
The Penderwicks
Jeannie Birdsall
Criss Cross
Lynn Rae Perkins
D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths
Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
The Miraculous Journey of Edward
Tulane Kate DiCamillo
Capt. Hook
J.V. Hart
Flush
Carl Hiassen
Gossamer
Lois Lowry
Skybreaker
Kenneth Oppel
Magyk: Septimus Heap, Book one
Angie Sage
Each Little Bird that Sings
Deb Wiles
Young Adult
Anansi Boys
Neal Gaiman
Solstice Wood
Patricia McKillip
Twilight
Stephanie Meyers
Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin
The Book Thief
Marcus Zusak
Early Chapter Book
Baby Mouse
Jennifer Holm
Check these
out!
Picture Books
Dooby, Dooby Moo Doreen Cronin,
il. by Betsy Lewin
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and
Other Stories You’re Sure to Like Because They’re All About Monsters, and
Some Of Them Are Also About Food. You Like Food, Don’t You?
Well, All Right Then Adam Rex
Cookies Amy Krouse Rosenthal,
il. by Jane Dyer
I Will Hold You ‘Til You Sleep
Linda Zuckerman, il. by Jon J. Muth
Non-fiction
The American Story: 100 True Tales
From American History Jennifer Armstrong
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
Sid Fleischman
Middle Grade
Wright 3
Blue Balliett
A “triangle” of friends try to work out
their differences while discovering secrets, uncovering clues and trying
to save a hauntingly beautiful old building from being destroyed
Victory
Susan Cooper
An old book and a flag remnant form a psychic
connection between an English boy and girl who cross an ocean 200 year
apart. Swashbuckling sailors, secret treasure, long-lost relatives
and time travel.
Just for You to Know
Cheryl Harness
Almost thirteen, Carmine’s the oldest child
in her family, with five noisy little brothers, a dreamy mom, and a sometimes
reckless dad. When she's a famous artist, she'll get away from
them all!
Crossing the Wire
Will Hobbs
15-year-old Victor makes the painful decision
to leave his mother and younger siblings behind in Mexico and attempt a
dangerous border crossing, facing death and discovery at every turn.
Weedflower
Cynthia Kadohata
Sumiko is no stranger to discrimination,
especially when asked to leave a classmate's birthday party because she
is not white. But life as she knows it crumbles when Japan bombs
Pearl Harbor.
The Green Glass Sea
Ellen Klages
Children of world-class scientists live
in a strange kind of vacuum at Los Alamos in the days before the testing
of the Atom Bomb.
Probably the World’s Best Story about
a Dog and the Girl Who Loved Me D. James Smith
A dog-napping, a paper route, a boy locked
in his aunt’s attic, and a girl with a major crush on him threaten to keep
12-yr-old Paolo from his summer schemes.
