Lists and Suggestions for Kids
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List: Fountas and Pinnell U
The name of this book is secret
Bosch, Pseudonymous.
Also available in Overdrive. Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magicia... More
Also available in Overdrive. Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality. Less
Masterpiece
Broach, Elise.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an ele... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Less
The secret garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. .After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent to her ... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. .After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle's house on the Yorkshire Moors. But the house is an unhappy one. A tragedy happened there years before, and Mary's uncle has never recovered.Miserable and lonely, Mary starts to explore the house's gardens. There, led by a mischievous robin, she discovers a secret so important, so enchanting, that it will change her life completely... Less
Extra credit
Clements, Andrew.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illi... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other. Less
The mighty Miss Malone
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Also available in Overdrive. With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest ... More
Also available in Overdrive. With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression. Less
Regarding the bees : a lesson, in letters, on honey, dating, and other sticky subjects
Klise, Kate.
The seventh graders at Geyser Creek Middle School are preparing for a spelling bee and a horrible s... More
The seventh graders at Geyser Creek Middle School are preparing for a spelling bee and a horrible standardized test called the BEE, and try to smuggle their mascot--a bee that spells--into the local spelling competition. Less
The view from Saturday
Konigsburg, E. L.
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention ... More
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Less
Inside out & back again
Lai, Thanhha.
Also available in Overdrive. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing y... More
Also available in Overdrive. Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. Less
Pi in the sky
Mass, Wendy.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Joss, the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Univer... More
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Joss, the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, must team up with a human girl to re-create Earth, when the planet is accidentally erased from existence. Less
The amazing story of Adolphus Tips
Morpurgo, Michael.
When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War... More
When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day's invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, and the cat's namesake. Less
All of the above : a novel
Pearsall, Shelley.
Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school p... More
Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved. Less
Night of the twisters
Ruckman, Ivy.
Also available in Hoopla. A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit G... More
Also available in Hoopla. A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends. Less
Storm runners
Smith, Roland.
Also available in Overdrive. Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a &... More
Also available in Overdrive. Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida. Less
Love, Ruby Lavender
Wiles, Deborah.
Also available in Hoopla. When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old ... More
Also available in Hoopla. When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death. Less
The adventures of Marco Polo
Freedman, Russell.
A look at the life of Marco Polo. ... More
A look at the life of Marco Polo. Less
