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Krosoczka, Jarrett J. LUNCH LADY AND THE VIDEO GAME VILLAIN
Krosoczka, Jarrett J. LUNCH LADY AND THE VIDEO GAME VILLAIN New York : Knopf, 2013 IL 3-6. RL 2.5 ISBN 0307980790 Student council president. That is what Hector is hoping for. The race is going to be tough but the Breakfast Bunch believes that Hector can pull this off. But in the midst of the campaigning, there is mystery afoot. Someone is stealing computer gadgets from students and staff. Can the kids find the thief and win the election?
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Book of the day 05/30/2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Book of the day 05/28/2013
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Kladstrup, Kristin. GARDEN PRINCESS
Kladstrup, Kristin. GARDEN PRINCESS Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2013 IL 5-8, RL 6.0 ISBN 0763656852 Princess Adele loves gardening. Of course she has heard of Lady Hortensia's beautiful garden but has never actually seen it. It is said the the flowers are always in bloom and that no two are alike. That just can't be true. When she gets the chance to enter the garden, she learns the terrible truth about the garden -- and Lady Hortensia. Now it is up to Adele to try to fix what is so terribly wrong.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Book of the day 05/26/2013
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Kadohata, Cynthia. THE THING ABOUT LUCK
Kadohata, Cynthia. THE THING ABOUT LUCK New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2013 IL 5-8 ISBN 1416918825 Some families seem to live a charmed life and some seen to have no luck at all. When Summer's Japanese American parents have to return to Japan to take care of family business, Summer and her brother Jaz stay with their grandparents. In order to pay the mortgage, the grandparents take a job with a custom harvesting company. And Summer and Jaz are working as well. This is just the latest in a series of bad luck events. As a matter of fact, Summer almost died of malaria earlier in the year. Life is hard for migrant workers but when grandfather gets ill, it is up to 12 year old Summer to figure out a way to keep them from losing everything.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Book of the day 05/23/2013
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Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. A THUNDEROUS WHISPER
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. A THUNDEROUS WHISPER New York : Knopf, 2012 IL 5-8, RL 5.9 ISBN 0375969292 Ani's story is set during the Spanish Civil War. Ani works in her family's sardine business and always smells like sardines. Ani finds her first real friend in Mathais Garca. Mathais is German and he has left Germany to escape the restrictions placed on Jews by the Nazis. The two become fast friends and also get involved in the Resistance. They are fighting for Spain and use the sardines to deliver secret messages. Will these two teenage spies be able to survive the coming war? What will happen when their sleepy little town is bombed by the Nazis?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Book of the day 05/22/2013
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Giff, Patricia Reilly. GINGERSNAP
Giff, Patricia Reilly. GINGERSNAP New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2013 IL 3-6, RL 3.2 ISBN 0375938915 Rob and Jayna lost their parents in a car accident with Jayna was just a bady. She now lives with Rob who is her only family. But the country is at war and Rob is shipped out to Japan leaving Jayna in the care of a neighbor. Jayna is not happy and longs for the day when Rob will return. When the news arrives that Rob is missing in action, she runs away in search of a woman in a photograph that is found in an old recipe book. Will Jayna find the mystery woman? And just who is this woman?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Book of the day 05/21/2013
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Gewirtz, Adina. ZEBRA FOREST Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2013 IL 3-6, RL 3.2 ISBN 0763660418 Annie and Rew are masters at storytelling. Some may even call it lying but Annie knows what she needs to do to stay safe. The two children live with their grandmother who has good days and bad days. Annie knows how to spin the truth to keep social services from taking them to foster care. And Annie and Rew love to sit in the woods behind the house telling stories. When an escaped convict breaks into the house, Annie will have to do a lot of talking to keep them safe. And when she finds out who the intruder is, her world is turned upside down.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Book of the day 05/20/2013
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Fusco, Kimberly Newton. BEHOLDING BEE
Fusco, Kimberly Newton. BEHOLDING BEE New York : Knopf, 2013 IL 4-6, RL 4.5 ISBN 0375968369 Bee was orphaned at a very young age and now she is living with a traveling carnival and trying to keep from becoming one of the freak show exhibits. Bee has a large birthmark on her face and she tries to keep to herself. Pauline runs the hotdog stand and is the closest thing Bee has to a mother. When Pauline leaves to work at another carnival, Bee takes off in search of a real home. Together with her pets, she finds a home with two mysterious women who take her in and offer her a home. But there is something very odd about these women. Why is it that Bee is the only one who can see them?
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Book of the day 05/14/2013
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Buyea, Rob. MR. TERUPT FALLS AGAIN
Buyea, Rob. MR. TERUPT FALLS AGAIN New York : Delacorte Press, 2012 IL 3-6 ISBN 0385742053 Mr. Terupt is back and he is now teaching 6th grade. After the tragedy of what happened in 5th grade, the kids are happy to find out that they will have Mr. Terupt as their teacher yet again. There are some aftereffects of the accident last year and the kids will learn how to cope with that. The children will go through many changes in 6th grade as will Mr. Terupt.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Book of the day 05/13/2013
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Bryant, Jen. A SPLASH OF RED : THE LIFE AND ART OF HORACE PIPPIN
Bryant, Jen. A SPLASH OF RED : THE LIFE AND ART OF HORACE PIPPIN New York : Knopf, 2013 IL K-3, RL 3.1 ISBN 0375967125 On February 22, 1888, a young boy named Horace was born in Pennsylvania. By the time Horace was three, he was drawing. He would use charcoal from the stove and draw whenever he could. When he won an artist's kit, he was finally able to add color to his drawings. As a young man, Horace went to war and his right arm was injured. He could no longer draw. Oh how he longed to be able to capture the images in his head. One day he decided to try something new. He tried using his left hand to support his right and started painting. Would this work?
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Book of the day 05/12/2013
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Beil, Michael D. THE SECRET CELLAR
Beil, Michael D. THE SECRET CELLAR New York : Knopf, 2012 IL 5-8, RL 4.8 ISBN 0375967419 The Red Blazer Girls from St. Veronica’s are back with a new adventure and mystery to solve. Sophie buys her father a fountain pen at a local antique store. Little does she know what mystery that will open up. She finds a message in the pen that leads to a secret cellar. They go to the home of the man who originally owned the pen. He is a mystery himself with a house full of puzzles. Now the girls are really determined to get to the bottom of this mystery.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Book of the day 05/09/2013
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Bachmann, Stefan. THE PECULIAR
Bachmann, Stefan. THE PECULIAR New York : Greenwillow Books, 2012 IL 3-6, RL 5.1 ISBN 0062195182 In an alternative, steampunk England, we are introduced to two siblings who are living in Bath in the aftermath of the human-faery war. Bartholomew and Hettie are changlings, or peculiars who are half human and half faery. Hated by both the humans and the faeries, the two have been taught to stay in the background and don’t get yourself noticed or you’ll be hanged. When Hettie is kidnapped by a lady plotting against the changelings, Bartholomew teams up with another outcast to try to find her.
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