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Roirdan
-- The Lightning Thief
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson has just learned why
he has never fit in: his father is a Greek god. Now,
Percy and several of his new friends have to find a
culprit who has stolen the famous Lightning Bolt from
the kind of the gods, Zeus himself. A great modern take
on the classic myths.
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| LITERATURE SELECTIONS:
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Alcott -- Little Women
This classic story is about four very different sisters
who learn to deal with the problems of life and death
during the civil war. |
Anderson -- Fever 1793
Philadelphia is a foul place to live during the years
after The Revolutionary War. Death and disease are commonplace,
as Matilda discovers in this face-paced, gritty historical
fiction. |
| Avi -- True Confessions of
Charlotte Doyle
Leaving England on the brig SEAHAWK to join her family
in America in 1832, Charlotte is a prim, dutiful young
lady. What is it that changes so radically in just a
few weeks at sea? |
| Burnett -- The
Secret Garden
Mary discovers a mysterious key and a new friend. |
| Carbone -- Stealing Freedom
A young slave endures mistreatment and cruelty, including
separation from her family, and eventually escapes to
freedom in Canada. |
| Curtis -- Watsons Go to Birmingham
A humorous, yet insightful story of African-American
family life in Flint, Michigan in 1963. The family takes
a car trip to Alabama and witness a horrible and historic
event. |
Danzinger -- Remember Me to Harold
Square
Stuck in New York City for a summer, Kendra meets a farm
boy and together they explore the big city of New York. |
| DiCamillio -- The Tale of
Despereaux
This recent Newberry Award winner is a true hero’s
quest story, the quest of a mouse and his love for a
princess. |
Dowell -- Dovey Cove
Twelve-year-old Dovey lives a pretty normal life in the
North Carolina Mountains with her beautiful sister and
her deaf brother until she wakes up one morning next to
a dead body. A murder-mystery perfect for summer. |
Funke -- The Thief Lord
Orphaned brothers are about to be split up! Together they
escape to Italy where they join a group of street children
and discover fantastic secrets about Italy, artifacts,
and the boy they call their leader. |
| George -- My Side of the
Mountain
Nature lovers will enjoy this novel about a boy who
survives for a year alone in the Catskill Mountains. |
| Hinton -- The Outsiders
Since his parents' death, fourteen year old Ponyboy,
tough, confused, yet sensitive, is loyal to the gang
from the wrong side of the tracks. When his best friend
kills a member of a rival gang, a nightmare of violence
begins. |
Keller -- Story of My Life
The story of a great American woman's life and how she
overcame over-whelming odds. |
L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
or A Wind in the Door
Meg and members of her family travel through time and
space. You will enjoy any of the books in this scientific
fantasy series . |
Lewis -- Chronicles of Narnia
Read any of these fantasies and find out why there’s
no place like Narnia. |
London -- Call of the Wild
Rugged outdoor story of the sled dog, Buck, who mistreated
by his master, breaks free to roam the Alaskan wilderness. |
Montgomery -- Anne of Green Gables
An eleven-year-old girl in Canada has problems when she
becomes a foster child. Mark Twain called Anne "the dearest
and most delightful child of fiction since the immortal
Alice." |
O'Brien -- Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of Nimh
There's something very strange about the rats living under
the rosebush at the Fitzgibbon farm. But Mrs. Frisby,
a widowed mouse with a sick child, is in dire straits
and must turn to these exceptional creatures for assistance. |
Park -- The Mulberry Project
Korean-American . and her best friend need to come up
a project for the state fair. The finally decide to hatch
silkworms. This realistic fiction story is interspersed
with conversations between the author and the main character
about how to write a novel. |
Rochman -- Somehow Tenderness
Survives
Ten stories and autobiographical accounts on what it feels
like to grow up on a land where racism is the law. |
Scott --The Alchemyst: The Secrets
of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Twins learn that myth and the secret if immortality are
alive and well in modern-day California. |
Sewell -- Black Beauty
All time favorite classic about a wise and courageous
horse. For everyone who loves a good horse story. |
Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea
The adventure of the first submarine and it’s Captain
Nemo (Science Fiction classic written before submarines
were in existence). |
Wells, HG -- The War of the Worlds
The Inhabitants of Mars, a loathsome though highly organized
race, invade England, and by command of superior weapons
subdue and prey on people. |
Wells, Rosemary -- Red Moon at
Sharpsburg
A girl lives, learns, and loves during the Civil War. |
Westerfield -- Uglies
Set in the not-so-distant future, this novel, the first
in a series, tells of a world where everyone gets to be
beautiful. But life isn’t as pretty as it sounds.
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Wyss -- Swiss Family Robinson
Classic story of a family ship. |
