PICTURE BOOKS
Bear Wants More
By: Karma
The story of Bear who is starving after his winter hibernation. He eats
and eats, but is always in need of more.
Till at the end, he has eaten so much he cannot fit through his own
front door.
Bear Stays Up For Christmas
By: Karma
The story of Bear, who wants to share Christmas with his friends. All
of Bear’s friends help keep up a very tired Bear, who is ready to hibernate.
Bear’s New Friend
By: Karma
The story of Bear, who while following the sound of something he has
never heard, makes a new friend.
You Can Do It, Sam
By: Amy Hest
Sam is a young bear that helps his mother bake delicious cakes for all
of his neighbors on
My Sister and I
By: P.K. Hallinan
The story of two sisters that love to do everything together. And even
though they fight at times, they will always be best friends.
Pinklicious
By: Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann
The story of a girl who eats too many pink cupcakes and wakes up one
morning completely kink. To get back to normal she has to eat a lot of green
vegetables.
Purplicious
By: Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann
Pink is out and black is in. The story of a girl who is made fun of
because she likes pink, which is a “baby color.” She struggles until she meets a new girl who
also likes pink, because when mixed with blue it makes purplicious purple.
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
By: Doreen Cronin
The funny story of a smart duck that manipulates the farmer's brother,
who is in charge while the farmer is on vacation. Duck changes farmer's instructions so that
the animals on the farm get pampered.
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
By: Doreen Cronin
The funny story of Farmer Brown and his Cows as they correspond through
typed letters. The cows and chickens want electric blankets, and until they get
them they are on strike: no milk and eggs for Farmer Brown.
A my name is
By: Jane Bayer
The alphabet comes to life, as each letter is used to tell the names,
type of animals, and their vocation and where they’re from. For example;
The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm
By: Paul Bright
A family of bears is sleeping, when a big storm starts to make scary noises. One by one, the
children climb in to mom and dad bear’s bed. Daddy bear keeps teasing the kids
about being scared, but in the end he is the most scared of all.
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
By: Karen Beaumont
A fun and silly song-like book about a little boy who love to
paint. He repeatedly says he “ain’t
gonna paint no more” but just can’t seem to help him self, as he starts with
his hand and ends up painting his entire body.
A Visitor for Bear
By: Bonny Becker
The story of a bear who doesn’t like visitors, or so he thinks. He is
continually trying to get rid of a pesky mouse that keeps popping up. Bear
eventually lets mouse stay a while. In the end Bear realizes how nice it is to
have a friend and doesn’t want mouse to leave.
A Story for Bear
By: Dennis Haseley
Busby Bear wakes up one morning and finds that his clothes have been
blown off the clothes line during the night. He sets out on a quest to retrieve
them. Along the way he meets a hare, a mouse, and a vegetarian ogre. His new
friends give him back his clothes, that they have mistakenly put to other uses.
Oh the Places You’ll Go
By: Dr. Seuss
A story about the adventures of life, its ups and downs, and the road
to success.
The Hiccupotamus
By: Aaron Zenz
A hippo has the hiccups and they just won’t stop. His friends are tired
of all the hiccup trouble and try everything to make hippo’s hiccups go away.
The Little
By: Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard
The story of an island far out in the sea and what it is like on the
island. Its seasons, storms, and plant and animal life. A kitten who visits the
island learns how the little island is part of the big world around it.
Moses
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
The story of Harriet Tubman, her journey to freedom through relying on
God, and how she returns to the south to save many other slaves.
Working Cotton
By: Sherley Anne Williams
The heartrending story of a migrant family and the hard reality of life
in the cotton fields.
Are You My Mother
By: P.D. Eastman
A baby bird has just hatched and cannot find his mother. He leaves the
nest and sets out to find her. He mistakes several other animals, and even a
boat and a plain, to be his mother. But in the end he finds her.
How Have I Grown
By: Mary Reid
A little girl’s reflection on how much she has grown from being a baby
to now being in kindergarten. How much
she has changed and learned to do new things along the way.
Me On the Map
By: Joan Sweeney
A young girl’s process of how
she finds her location in the world. She starts by knowing where she is and
works her way to the bigger picture: from her bedroom, to her house, street and
town, to her state and country and where it all is on a map of the world.
“…everybody has their own special place on the map.”
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
By: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
A fun book that starts with a tail and has you guessing what type of
animal it belongs to and what it is used for.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By: Eric Carle
A caterpillar is born and very
hunger. The eats for a whole week unable to bet full, until finally he gets a
stomach ache. The caterpillar them eats a leaf, makes a cocoon and becomes a
beautiful butterfly.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By: Laura Numeroff
This is a story about a boy and a mouse. The mouse wants a cookie and when the boy gives him a cookie it leads to a long list of other things the mouse will want to have.
POETRY
Jabberwocky
By: Lewis Carroll
A nonsense poem about a scary creature called the Jabberwocky and how a young boy slays the beast with his sword.
Always Sprinkle Pepper
in Your Hair
By: Shel Silverstein
Tells young children how they can avoid being kidnapped by a
Wild Barbazoop and sold to a Ragged Hag, by always sprinkling pepper in
their hair.
The Generals
By: Shel Silverstein
A comedic poem about war. Two generals discuss whether or not to go on with their war. They discuss going to the beach instead, but due to a torn bathing suite go on this the war instead.
The New Kid on the
Block
By: Jack Prelutsky
A poem about the new bully on the block, which happens to be what.... a girl.
The Crocodile's
Toothache
By: Shel Silverstein
A fun poem about a crocodile that goes to the dentist because he has a cavity. The dentist pulls too many teeth and the crocodile ends up eating the dentist.
The Road Not Taken
By: Robert Frost
A poem about a man who has to choose between two paths on his journey. He chooses the "the one less traveled by," which for to him made all the difference (good or bad we do not know).
One Fish, Two Fish,
Red Fish, Blue Fish
By: Dr. Seuss
A wonderful poem book that tells of fun imaginary creatures, like a Wump, a Zans, or a Gox, as only Dr. Seuss can.
FANTASY
Twilight
By: Stephenie Meyer
Iasbella Swan moves to Forks Washington to live with her father. She falls in love with Edward Cullen, who is no ordinary teenager. Edward is a vampire. Bella’s life is put in danger as she becomes a part of a world others only believed to be myth. There is a race to save Bella from James, a vampire who drinks human blood and is out to get Bella.
New Moon
By: Stephenie Meyer
Bella’s life is threatened once again, but this time by
Edward’s brother Jasper. Edward leaves
Bella, thinking that it is the only way to keep her safe. Bella becomes a zombie as she is unable to
cope with the loss of Edward. She rekindles her friendship with Jacob Black, a
Quileute Indian who happens to be a werewolf, who exists is to kill
vampires. Edward believes Bella has
killed herself and goes to
Eclipse
By: Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn
By: Stephenie Meyer
Edward and Bella are married. Against all odds Bella becomes pregnant on their honeymoon. The pregnancy progresses rapidly because of the vampire genes. They fear that Bella will die before the child can be born, but Bella is determined to have the baby regardless of the consequences. Bella gives birth to a girl, but is on the verge of death, and Edward must change her to save her life. The Volturi come to investigate the new hybrid child and once again the vampires must join forces with the werewolves, in order to save the half vamp child, Renesmee.
Percy Jackson &
the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
By: Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson discovers that he is a demigod, half human,
half god. He is sent to
Percy Jackson &
the Olympians: The
By: Rick Riordan
Percy’s guardian and best friend Grover, is on a quest of
find Pan, the god of the wild. He
becomes captured by a Cyclops. Thalia’s
tree, the source of power that keeps
Percy Jackson &
the Olympians: The Titan’s Curse
By: Rick Riordan
Two new demigods join
Percy Jackson &
the Olympians: The
By: Rick Riordan
Percy and Annabeth discover that Luke is using the Labyrinth
as a means to attack
Percy Jackson &
the Olympians: The Last Olympian
By: Rick Riordan
Percy and his fellow demigods still loyal to the gods fight
in a war against Luke and the followers of Kronos in
Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry Potter believes he is an ordinary boy until he turns eleven and discovers that he is a wizard. He is admitted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He discovers that he is famous because he did not die when his parents were killed by an evil wizard named Lord Voldermort. Harry makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Voldemort inhabits one of Harry’s teachers Professor Quirrel and tries to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone which would give Voldermort eternal life. Harry, with Ron and Hermione’s help, thwarts Voldemort’s attempt and obtains the stone for himself.
Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry Potter returns to Hogwart’s for his second year of school with some difficulty after a house elf named Dobby drops a desert on Harry’s uncle’s boss’s wife and stops him from getting onto the train. Harry has a new defense against the dark arts teacher Professor Lockhart. While leaving detention with Professor Lockhart Harry hears a voice talking about killing and finds Filtch’s cat Ms. Norris petrified with a message saying that the chamber of secrets has been reopened. Several other children are petrified and there is talk of closing the school. Harry finds a journal which shows his friend Hagrid as being the person who opened the chamber of secrets before. Ron’s sister Ginny is taken into the chamber of secrets. Ron and Harry find the entrance in the girl’s bathroom and Harry fights the basilisk that lives in the Chamber of Secrets to save Ginny.
Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry Potter gets in a fight with his Aunt Petuna and runs away from home. He ends up in Diagon Alley where he meets up with Ron and Hermione. He finds out from Ron’s father that the escaped prisoner Sirius Black was a friend of his parents and is believed to be responsible for their deaths. Dementors are assigned to protect the school and Harry faints every time they come near him. He elicits the new defense against the dark arts teacher Professor Lupin to help him protect himself against the dementors. Harry, Ron and Hermione are confronted by a large dog which steals Ron’s pet rat. The three chase after the dog which turns out to be Sirius Black and Ron’s rat turns out to be Peter Pettigrew, the person actually responsible for Harry’s parent’s death.
Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry returns for his fourth year of school at Hogwarts to find that the Triwizard’s Tournament is to take place with contestants from his school and two others. Harry is chosen as one of the contestants although he never put his name in the cup. Harry has to battle dragons, merpeople, and survive a labyrinth. When Harry reaches the tri-wizard cup along with a classmate, Cedric Diggory, they are transported to Voldemort’s family home. Cedric is killed and Harry’s blood is used to bring Voldemort back to his former self. Harry battles Voldemort’s and returns to Hogwarts with Cedric’s body.
Harry Potter and the
Order of
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley are attacked by
dementors. Harry has to go to court to prove that he had no choice but to use
magic as he is underage. Harry learns about a secret society called the Order
of the
Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry returns to Hogwarts for his sixth year of school with everyone believing he is the “Chosen One”, the one who will kill Lord Voldemort. He finds a potions book that belongs to the Half Blood Prince that allows him to excel in his potion’s class. Dumbledore the headmaster of the school teaches Harry Potter about Voldemort’s life thru his and others memories. They discover that Voldemort created horcruxes to cheat death. He split his soul and hid the pieces in special objects. Harry and Dumbledore go to retrieve one of the horcruxes and Dumbledore returns to Hogwarts very weak. Hogwarts has been overrun with the death eaters. Snape kills Dumbledore and flees the castle.
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows
By: J. K. Rawlings
Harry, Ron and Hermione do not return to school and go on a quest to find the remaining horcruxes so Voldemort can be destroyed. They find the first object a locket that belonged to Voldmort’s mother and are unable to destroy it until Harry discovers the sword of Griffindor in a pond. While searching for the horcruxes they are also trying to figure out what Dumbledore was trying to tell them when he left Hermione a book of children’s tales including the story of the Deathly Hallows. They discover that they possess one of the deathly hallows, Harry’s Invisibility cloak. Harry, Ron and Hermione find the goblet and Diadem horcruxes and destroy them. Then they battle for Hogwarts along with many others. Harry discovers that he is a horcrux as well and goes to Voldemort so he can be killed. The horcrux inside Harry dies but Harry survives because he inadvertently has all three deathly Hallows allowing him to cheat death. Neville Longbottom kills Nagini the last Horcrux making it possible for Harry to kill Voldemort.
Fablehaven
By: Brandon Mull
Kendra and Seth are sent to stay with their grandparents when their parents go on vacation. They discover that their grandparents are caretakers of a magical preserve when they drink special milk. They enjoy discovering the magical creatures and find that some are friendlier than others. The rules that protect Kendra, Seth and their grandparents are lifted on one night of the year, Mid-Summers Eve. Seth breaks the rules by opening a window to a goblin making his family susceptible to the evil creatures that live on the preserve. Kendra has to save her family and asks the fairies for their help.
Fablehaven: Rise of
the Evening Star
By: Brandon Mull
Kendra and Seth return to Fablehaven because their grandparents fear they are in danger of being taken by a group known as the Evening Star. This group is trying to steal the artifact that is hidden at Fablehaven. If this artifact is combined with the other four hidden at other preserves then they will be able to open the demon prison and cause the end of the world. Tanu, a potions master; Vanessa, mystical creature trapper; and Coulter,
a potion master;
are asked to help locate and protect the artifact. Kendra and Seth soon
discover that one of the three is a traitor and must beat them to the artifact.
Kendra discovers that the fairies have given her some unique abilities that
help her to protect Fablehaven and her family. Seth gains new abilities
when he uses his talents to save Fablehaven.
Fablehaven: Grip of
the Shadow Plague
By: Brandon Mull
Fablehaven has been saved from the Evening Star for now but
something is happening to the creatures at Fablehaven. A plague is turning the
creatures of light like the fairies into creatures of the dark. Kendra joins
the Knights of the Dawn, an organization fighting against the Evening Star. She
and Warren are sent to another preserve in
Fablehaven: Secrets of
the Dragon Sanctuary
By: Brandon Mull
Kendra and Seth return home and Kendra spends her free time reading the previous Fablehaven caretaker’s journal. Kendra is kidnapped and replaced by a double which dies three days later. The centaurs have one of the artifacts and Seth goes to Graulas for help. He is turned into a shadow charmer and steals the artifact from the centaurs. Kendra escapes and returns to Fablehaven. She and several others journey to Wyrmroost, a dragon sanctuary to retrieve another artifact. They are betrayed by one in their party and several lose their lives.
Gregor the Overlander
By: Suzanne Collins
11-year-old Gregor, a boy from
Gregor the Overlander
and the Prophecy of Bane
By: Suzanne Collins
Boots has disappears into the
Underland, and Gregor knows he must return to the strange underground
Gregor the Overlander
and the Curse of the Warmbloods
By: Suzanne Collins
Eleven-year-old Gregor is busy at home in Manhattan deciphering the Prophecy of Blood that calls for him and his younger sister, Boots, to return to the Underworld to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens all its warm-blooded inhabitants. Gregor's knows he must once again return to the Underland, but his mother refuses to let him leave. She finally relents, but insists on accompanying her children on their mission. When she becomes stricken with the plague, Gregor finally begins to understand his role in the prophecy. He is determined to find the cure to not only save his mother and Ares, his giant bat bond-mate, but all of the Underland. Gregor sets off with Boots; Ripred, the rat; and Temp, the giant cockroach, and their quest for the cure takes the boy and his friends into new sections of the Underland where there are carnivorous plants and a giant lizard. They face many perils and get help from some new friends along the way.
Gregor the Overlander
and the Marks of Secret
By: Suzanne Collins
Gregor and his sister Boots are regular visitors to Underland, where their mother is slowly recovering from injuries incurred from the plaque. Gregor has been meeting with Ripred the Gnawer, who is supposed to be teaching him echolocation, but Gregor is doing very badly. Ripred has his own problems, largest of which is Bane, the once-sweet little baby Gnawer whom the Gregor refused to kill in the second book. Bane, now a half-grown monster of a rat, is surprisingly charismatic yet emotionally stunted and easily controlled by the forces of evil. Other rats are using Bane to stir up a war against Regalia. When Queen Luxa gets a message that the mice that saved her life in the jungle are in trouble, she and Gregor head out to investigate, accompanied by her cousin Howard, several bats, Boots, and the cockroach Temp.
Gregor the Overlander
and the Code of Claw
By: Suzanne Collins
Everyone in the Underland has been taking great pains to keep the new prophecy, The Prophecy of Time, from Gregor. Gregor knew from the beginning that it must say something awful, but he never imagined just how awful: The prophecy calls for the warrior’s death. The warrior, of course, being Gregor. Now, with an army of rats approaching Regalia, and Gregor’s mom and his sister still there, Gregor must gather up his courage in the face of this terrifying prophecy to defend Regalia and get his family safely home. The entire existence of the Underland is in Gregor’s hands and time is running out. There is a code to be cracked, a mysterious new princess to contend with, Gregor’s burgeoning dark side, and a war to end all wars.
HISTORICAL FICTION
My America: My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Diary
by: Mary Pope Osborne
Meet Kaya, An American Girl
by: Janet Shaw
Kaya, a young native American girl, is taught a valuable lesson in trust and obedience while visiting her dad’s parents. It is hard for Kaya not to boast of her beautiful horse, Steps High. She wants to be the best horsewomen in her village. But when boasting leads to a daring bareback race, Kaya puts both herself and her horse in danger. And she also endangers her little twin brothers, who have wandered off into the woods during Kaya’s race. Although the boys are found unharmed, boys and girls were taught and expected to behave respectfully and responsibly. Kaya having disobeyed her mother's orders to watch the twins, must not only face being switched by an elder called the whipwoman. What hurt Kaya more than the whipping was the bad impression she had left on other kids and therefore earning her the terrible nickname ‘Magpie.’
Inspired by her wise grandmothers advice, Kaya wanted to be worthy of her parents trust again, to be a girl no one would call ‘Magpie’ ever again. With her Fathers help she learns to respect her horse and starts by earning its trust. Eventually Steps High comes to Kaya’s aid while she was trying to save her blind sister from drowning in the stream. Without even caring for her own safety she rides Steps High swiftly and guides him in to the river while her sister was struggling to swim. She was able to save her sister and bring her to safety. That incident bought out the best in her as well as her horse. That day she wasn’t racing to be the fastest, but to save Speaking Rain’s life.
To Kill a Mockingbird
by: Harper Lee
Scout and her brother Jem spend most of their summers with
their summer-neighbor, Dill, making up plays and spying on the town recluse,
Boo Radley. During the school year, Scout finds herself in trouble one too many
times and struggles with the concept of being a lady, especially when all she
wants to do is wear overalls and beat up her classmates. Then everything changes one fall, when Scout and Jem's
father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer in their town of
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by: Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer is a
maschevious child who finds himself often in trouble. Tom and his friend Huck
Finn are at a grave yard one night, when they wintess Injun Joe stab Dr. Robinson. Innjun Joe frames Muff Potter for the murder
becuse Joe used Muff's knife. Tom and Huck are arfaid to reveal the truth, but
Tom's consience is starting to ge the best of them. He sneeks Muff food to in
prison, but is still have bad dreams at night.
Feeling forsaken and friendless Tom decides to turn to a life of crime.
Tom, Huck and their friend Joe Harper form a gang of pirates and steel a raft.
They float down the rive to Jackson's Island. The towns people think that the
boys have drownd. All three are excited and overjoyed at the thought that they
are the center of attention and will be the envy of all of their companions.
The boys parents prepare thier funerals, and as the funerals begin, the boys
come walking down the church aisle.
Everyone is astonished theat they are alive, and they get much attention
from the charade. . Muff's trial is approaching and the boys are feeling guilty
again. At Muff's trial Tom is called to the stand and tells what really
happened. Muf is aquited, but Injun Joe gets away. Tom and Huck begins to
shadow Injun Joe every night, watching for an opportunity to nab the gold he
has stolen. Meanwhile, Tom goes on a picnic to McDougal's Cave with his
classmates. Tom and Becky get lost in the cave, and their absence is not
discovered until the following morning. The men of the town begin to search for
them, but to no avail. Tom and Becky run out of food and candles and begin to
weaken. The horror of the situation increases when Tom, looking for a way out
of the cave, happens upon Injun Joe, who is using the cave as a hideout. At the
sight of Tom, Injun Joe flees. Eventually, just as the searchers are giving up,
Tom finds a way out. The town celebrates, and Becky's father, Judge Thatcher
seals up the main entrance with an iron door. After a week Injun Joe, trapped
inside, starves and dies. A week later, Tom takes Huck to the cave via the new
entrance Tom has found and they find the box of gold.
Little House on the Prairie
by:
Laura Ingalls Wilder
At the beginning of this
story, Pa Ingalls decides to sell the house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, and move
to the Indian Territory near Independence, Kansas becasue there were rumors that the land would be opened to
settlement by homesteaders imminently. Laura, along with Pa and Ma, and Mary
and baby Carrie, move to Kansas. Along the way, Pa trades his two horses for
two Western mustangs, which Laura and Mary name Pet and Patty. When the family
reaches Indian Territory, they meet Mr. Edwards, an excellent neighbor, who
helps the Ingalls in every way he can, beginning with helping Pa erect their
house. Then, Pa builds a roof and a floor for their house, digs a well, and the
family is finally settled. The Ingalls family becomes terribly ill from a
disease called at that time "Fever 'n' Ague" which is later
identified to be Malaria. Mrs. Scott, another neighbor, takes care of the
family while they are sick. Mr. Edwards brings Laura and Mary their Christmas
presents from Independence, and in the spring, the Ingalls plant the beginnings
of a small farm. At the end of this book, the family is told that the land must
be vacated by settlers as it is not legally open to settlement yet, and Pa
elects to leave the land and move before the Army forcibly requires him to
abandon the land.
SCIENCE FICTION
The Hunger Games
by: Suzanne
Collins
In the ruins of what was once known
as
Catching
Fire
by: Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual
Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory
won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should
be happy, but there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and
Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry and
wants revenge. It is the 25th Anniversary of the Hunger Games and the rules
have changed for the occasion. Katniss and Peeta find themselves in the arena
once again, battling for their lives. The both fear that the Capital will not
let them survive the games again, but they are determined to do all they can to
survive. Some unexpected visitors arrive as Katniss and some fellow gamers are
trying to disable the Capital's control over the arena, and Katniss finds
herself once again needing to find and save Peeta. Things are not as they had
seemed and Katniss is now in the middle of an uprising.
The Giver
by: Lois Lowry
Jonas is a young boy who lives in a community where
the people life a very strict, almost mindless life. Their choices are
determined by the Committee of Elders; from what they do for a profession to
the person they will marry. At age twelve they are told their professions. As
someone with intelligence, integrity, courage, and a certain special capacity,
Jonas is selected for the most honored and respected Assignment in the
community, and is assigned to become a Receiver
of Memories who will succeed the current Receiver. A Receiver of Memories is
the one person in the community who has access to all the memories of the past.
He must keep these memories within himself until he can train a new Receiver to
whom he can pass them. The Receiver has knowledge of things that no one in the
community has access to, but also carries burden of sorrow and pain that the
memories bring. Through the memories he receives from The Giver, the current
Receiver, Jonas comes to realize the truth about the community. He realizes
that it is unfair to deprive people of ever being able to make choices for
themselves, or ever have feelings. He also learns that there are different ways
to live, through the memories, he sees people in the past living differently.
Jonas feels that the community must change. By leaving the community, Jonas
will release the memories he has gotten from The Giver, and the people will
have open access to the memories. This will, in turn, give them knowledge about
things that have been missing in their lives, and hopefully lead them to
change. So to free the people Jonas does just that, he leaves.
Maximum Ride: The
Angel Experiment
By: James Patterson
Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel aren’t ordinary children. They were experimented on by scientist and now have wings. The Flock, as they refer to themselves, are hiding out in the mountains at a home Jeb created for them. Then the Erasers, part human part wolf men, come and destroy their home and kidnap Angel the youngest of the group. The Flock returns to “the School” which is where they were experimented on to rescue Angel. Max has to figure out how to keep everyone together, safe and out of the hands of the evil scientist. She also has to figure out who the voice in her head is and whether it is telling her the truth.
Maximum Ride: School’s
Out Forever
By: James Patterson
The Flock is searching for their parents based on papers they found in a lab while rescuing Angel. Max discovers at the end of the last book that Jeb’s son Ari was here brother. The Flock encounter a new enemy, flying Erasers. One of which turns out to be Ari, whom Max thought she had killed. Fang is hurt badly while fighting Ari and has to go to the hospital to be treated. There they meet Anne and are offered a place to stay and rest. They get enrolled in school and figure out that people from the Institute are involved. Max is captured and replaced by a clone which she has to destroy.
Maximum Ride: Saving
the World and Other Extreme Sports
By: James Patterson
Max and the Flock are trying to save the world from an evil corporation and the Director. Fang is tired of being on the run and wants to find another place they can call home. The Erasers have been replaced by a new threat which the Flock refers to as Flyboys, robots that can fly. Max has her Eraser brother Ari join their group causing Fang, Iggy and the Gasman to leave. There is a huge battle with the flyboys from the corporation and Ari ends up dying. Max discovers who her parents are.
Maximum Ride: The
Final Warning
By: James Patterson
The Flock head to
MAX: A Maximum Ride
Novel
By: James Patterson
The Flock were comfortable in their new safe house until the
Machine Geeks sent by Mr. Chu show up and they have to fight them. The
government asks them to save the world again when millions of fish start dying
off the coast of
REALISTIC FICTION
The Sisterhood of the
Traveling Pants
By: Ann Brashares
The Second Summer of
the Sisterhood
By: Ann Brashares
The second summer each girl goes her separate ways and the
sharing of the pants ritual continues.
Girls in Pants: The
Third Summer of the Sisterhood
By: Ann Brashares
For the third summer three of the four friends spend it at
home and their sharing of the pants continues.
Forever in Blue: The
Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
By: Ann Brashares
The final summer has the friends scattered again and sharing
the pants to keep their relationships intact.
My Sister's Keeper
By: Jodi Picoult
Anna Fitzgerald
is 13-year-old girl who has enlisted the help of an attorney, Campbell
Alexander, to sue her parents for the rights to her body. Anna's older sister Kate, suffers from acute
promyelocytic leukemia a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Anna was
conceived through in vetro fertilization to be a donor who could save Kate's
life. Anna is usually willing to donate whatever Kate needs, usually blood or
bone marrow, but now Kate needs a kidney transplant. Anna petitions for medical
emancipation so that she will be able to make her own decision concerning
donating a kidney to Kate. During the
trial, it is revealed that Kate put Anna up to the emancipation because she did
not want Anna to go through with the transplant. The judge rules Anna's favor,
and gives Campbell medical power of attorney to help her make any medical
decisions until she turns 18. After winning the court case, Anna is involved in
a car accident. She is rushed to the hospital with a faint pulse. After what
seems like an eternity a doctor comes out to inform them that Anna is
braindead. She suffered a fatal closed head injury during the wreck. Kate is
prepped for surgery, and Anna's kidney is successfully transplanted.
Lawn Boy
By: Gary Paulsen
A 12-year-old boy is given a
riding lawn mower by his grandmother for his birthday. The thing actually works, and he sets about
mowing their pitiful excuse for a yard. When he finishes the yard, a neighbor
wonders if he can get his own lawn mowed. Soon the boy is mowing for the whole
neighborhood. In a few short days, he has over three hundred dollars stuffed in
his pockets. Arnold, a stay-at-home stockbroker, would like his lawn mowed, but
he admits to being short on cash. He offers a deal: if the boy will mow his
lawn, he will invest the cost of the mowing in the stock market and hopefully
increase the investment. (And boy does he!) The demand for his lawn services
skyrockets, and
Kate's Surprise (Sleepover Friends)
by: Susan Saunders
Kate's birthday is coming up, and
the Sleepover Friends want to make it really special. They decide to throw Kate
a surprise party. What a mistake!
Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti have to keep all kinds of secrets from the
Birthday Girl. In order to find the perfect gift (a calico kitten) they had to
do odd jobs to raise money to afford the pet. Pretty soon they're almost
ignoring her. Kate's not suspicious - she's just mad! Maybe a surprise party is
more trouble than it's worth. Before things get out of hand they decide to
pre-pone the party a week before Kate’s actual birthday and all ends well.
Karen's New Teacher (Baby-sitters Little Sister, 21)
by:
Ann M. Martin
Karen is in second grade and loves her teacher Mrs. Coleman. Mrs. Coleman gets sick and has to go to the hospital for a month. A substitute teacher, Mrs. Hoffman, will be teaching their class while Mrs. Coleman is away. Mrs. Hoffman is old and all about rules. The students now have to do chores and ware nice clothes to school. They hate Mrs. Hoffman and conspire to get even with her for being so mean. But as time passes the students learn to adapt to the rules and realize that Mrs. Hoffman isn't too bad. She can even laugh and play the guitar. Mrs. Hoffman's time as their teacher is about up, and the students decide to throw her a going away party.
When the Heat Cries
by: Cindy Woodsmall
Hannah Lapp is a young Amish teen, Living in Owl's Perch,
When the Morning Comes
by: Cindy Woodsmall
Her relationship with fiancé Paul
Waddell in tatters, Hannah Lapp has fled her secluded Old Order Amish community
in hopes of finding a new home in
When the Soul Mends
by: Cindy Woodsmall
Hannah Is slowly finding solace in
her new home in Ohio, especially due to the help of the Englisher Martin Palmer
whom Hannah as began to love as well as his two children. She has vowed never
to return to Owl's Perch, although she misses her family, even though her
father who's shunning of her means to him she is dead. One day however, when
her troubled sister Sarah frantically calls, Hannah, in spite of her sibling
spreading the rumors that led to her exile, rushes home to help her. She
quickly realizes the community loathes her for her choices and her father
demands she leave. With the help of her former fiancé Paul Waddell, Hannah
tries to help Sarah with mental health issues while she also wonders if she
made a mistake when she left her home. She discovers hidden truths about the
events during Hannah’s absence. She is now torn with the decision of returning
to modern
FOLKLORE
The Aunt and the Grasshopper
By: Aesop
While the aunts are hard at work preparing
for winter, the grasshopper is out having fun. The ants keep telling the
grasshopper that he needs to start getting ready, but grasshopper thinks he has
plenty of time. Winter arrives and grasshopper finds himself very unprepared.
How the Elephant Got His Trunk
By: Rudyard Kipling
The tale of a very curious little elephant, whose friends all tease him for asking so many
questions. The elephant wants to know what crocodiles eat for dinner, so he decides to gain first-hand knowledge. The crocodile’s large mouth grabs onto the elephant’s tiny nose, and in a tug-of-war, the nose stretches and gets longer and longer. Though he’s upset at first for looking different, the young elephant soon discovers that having a long trunk can be a wonderful thing.
Paul Bunyan, Giant Lumberjack
By: Dell J. McCormick
Born
in
How the Camel Got His Hump
By: Rudyard Kipling
Long ago when animals were just beginning to work for men, there was a very lazy camel who refused to do any work, and when asked to do so simply replied with "Humph." The other animals are angry for being forced to work overtime to get all the Camel's work done as well. One night they come along the Djinn, the desert magician and tell him how lazy the camel is. The Djinn gives the camel a hump on his back because that is all he seems to be able to say, when asked why he hasn't been working. The Djinn sends the camel away with instructions to make up the work he has lost.
The Jackal and the Camel
by: Sara Cone Bryant
A Jackal is hungry and wants to eat the crabs on the opposite bank of a river. The Jackal gets a Camel to carry him across the river on his back. The Jackal gets his fill of crabs and is ready to leave, but the Camel is not done snacking of the sugar cane. To get the Camel to leave, the Jackal starts singing a song that he knows will bring the farmer. When the farmer comes the Jackal hides in the sugar cane. The farmer beats the Camel for eating in his fields. When the Camel asked the Jackal why he called the farmer he said he didn't mean to, "but I always sing a song after dinner." The Camel begins crossing the stream once again with the Jackal on his back. When they were about middle of the stream the Camel told the Jackal that he was going to roll over. The Jackal protested saying he would get wet and drown. The Camel replied "Maybe you will, but you see I always roll over after dinner." So the Camel rolled over and the Jackal drowned.
Ram,
Prince of Kosala
by: Rohini Chowdhury
Long ago, in
The Ugly Duckling
by: Hans Christian Anderson
A mother duck is sitting on her eggs waiting for them to hatch. Finally the ducklings begin hatching, that is all except one, the larges egg. The mother sits on the egg a little longer and when it finally hatches it is not a duckling at all. The mother duck though it might be a turkey, but the baby could swim so it couldn't be that. Other ducks started making fun of and being mean to the baby not-so-duckling be cause it looked different that all the rest. The baby began to believe that he was indeed an ugly duckling and flew over the fence and away form the farm. Even out side the farm the, the wild ducks found him ugly. He cam to a farm house, but the hen and cat who lived there did not like him either so he left. The days turned into fall and the duckling found himself alone in a pond. One day a group of dazzling white birds with long, limber necks came. When the birds left, the ugly duckling wished they would stay but figured it was because he was so ugly that they left. Winter came and the ugly duckling found himself frozen in the pond. A farmer cam by and rescued him. It was a long lonely winter for the duckling. When spring finally came and the Duckling saw three beautiful swans swimming on the pond, and he got sad, because he feared they would not like him. He entered the water anyway and as he began to approach the swans he saw his own reflection in the water and found that he was not an ugly ducking at all but had grown into a beautiful swan. Kids who were near the pond praised the new swan and said that he was the most beautiful of all.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY
Ray Charles
By:
The Books starts off with a story of as time as a young boy when Charles was challenged by school mate to a race. Charles, though blind, is determined to win. They have tied a string from the starting line to the finish, which Charles uses to stay on course. Then he runs into a pole, he realized that the race was only a trick and the other children laugh at Charles as he lays in pain trying not to cry. The book then jumps to adulthood where Charles is a famous musician, and people flock to hear his music. It then goes back to his childhood and tells the story of how Charles learned to love and play music. Charles went off on his own at 15, after the death of his mother and last living relative. It tell of how he moved to Seattle at 16 and continued in the music business, even through his own fair share of ups and downs, to become the amazing musician we know and love today.
Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who Told the
World Her Story
By: Ann Kramer
Tells the story of Anne Frank's life from what started out as a normal childhood, her time in hiding and finally to the horrors of life in a concentration camp where she died at age 15. It includes actual photographs of her life: family friends, homes and prisons. It is a great book for children who want a look into the life a young girl, who's diary has touched and influences many.
Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham
Lincoln
By: Doreen Rappaport
Tells
the story of Abraham Lincoln's life in a way that even very young children will
enjoy, with wonderful illustrations and quotes from Abe himself. It begins at his
child hood and the death of his mother at a young age and tells of his journey
in politics, first as the
GRAPHIC
NOVELS
Mary Jane; The Real
Thing
by: Marvel Age
Mary Jane (MJ) and her friend Liz are debating whether or not to go to the Homecoming Dance, and who MJ should ask. Liz wants her to go with Harry, a nice childhood friend, but MJ isn't so sure. MJ realizes that Harry really is a good guy when she sees him befriending Peter Parker, a boy most people see as a dork. She decides to go on a date with Harry. They have a good time, but Harry is moving a little too fast for MJ. On the train ride home MJ finds herself in the midst of Electro's rampage. Spider-Man comes to the rescue. MJ is secretly in love with Spider-Man, and decides it is him she wants to go to the dance with.
Hulk Meyhem!
by: Marvel Age
General "Thunderbolt" Ross is hunting Banner (Hulk). He hires Madox the Multiple Man and Radioactive Man to help him capture the Hulk. They find Banner at the a cabin where he is working on a machine that will de-Hulk him. They make Banner angry and he turns into the Hulk, and it becomes a fight. Madox multiplies every time he is hit and Radioactive Man, is well radioactive. The Hulk defeats Radioactive Man and Madox ends up changing sides, which foils the General's plans.
Fantastic Four: Come Out
and Fight Like a Molecule Man
by: Marvel Age
An evil genius has figured out how to jump bodies and control those he possesses. He can also manipulate elements like hydrogen and gravity. to defeat this "Molecule Man" the Fantastic Four must locate the real him, who is hiding somewhere in the city.
MANGA
My Neighbor Totoro
(Volume 1)
By: Hayao Miyazaki
Two sisters, Mei and Satsuki, and their father move to a new house. The house id very old and the girls think it is haunted. They find out it is actually just filled with Soot Sprites who fill the house with dust and soot. They have to show the Sprites that they are nice people to make them move out of their home.
My Neighbor Totoro
(Volume 2)
By: Hayao Miyazaki
Mei, Satsuki and their father are getting settled into their new home. They go to the hospital to visit their mother who is sick. Satsuli goes to school, and Mei has to keep herself entertained while their father works. Mei ends up chasing to creatures into the forest and falls into a deep hole in a tree. She meets another large creature (I think a troll), named Totoro. She spends the afternoon napping on Toroto's furry belly. When Satsuli returns from school they cannot find Mei. They eventually find her asleep in the woods. When she wakes up she begins asking for Totoro. They look for him but Mei cannot find the hole again. Their father says that its because you can only find it is the Forest Sprites want you too. Satsuki isn't so sure.
My Neighbor Totoro
(Volume 3)
By: Hayao Miyazaki
While Satsuki is at school, Mei is being watched by their neighbor Granny. Mei is upset and gets Granny to take her to Satsuki's school. The teacher let Mei stay for the rest of the day. On the way home it begins to poor rain, and a neighbor boy is nice and loans his umbrella. The girls go to the bus stop to wait for their father, because he didn't have an umbrella either. Their father doesn't come on the first bus and the girls wait some more.
Mei
falls asleep, and satsuki sees Tatoro. Satsuki loans Totoro an umbrella and the
two play in the rain. A strange animal bus comes along and picks up Tororo, but
the girls are still left waiting. Their father finally arives and the girls
tell him that they saw Totoro and a huge cat buss. Totoro leaves a gift for the girls, acorns
whch they plant. They cannot wait for them to grow, especially Mei. One night
Totoro and some ofther creatures come and make the acorn trees grow into huge
trees over night. The girls spend the night playing with Totoro, but in the
mornignn they awake in their beds and the trees are gone, only little sprouts
remain in their place.
INFORMATIONAL
Praying Mantises
by:
Connie Colwell Miller
An
informational book about praying mantises: what they look like, where they
live, what they eat, Their Life cycle, and how they protect them selves from
danger.
Poison Dart Frogs Up Close
by:
Carmen Bredeson
An
informational book about poison dart frogs. Tells how poisonis dart frogs are similar
and different from other frogs, about their body parst and life cycle.
Earth, a true book
by:
Larry Dane Brimner
Tells
about earth, and whre it is in the solar system. tell sbout how the human
perspective of earth has changes over time. It talks about the moon and how
technology has allowed men to explore earth and the moon for thouroly