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Esperanza rising

Ryan, Pam Muñoz.


"Scholastic Signature." Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, October 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Pub Weekly, October 2000. Booklist, March 2001. Horn Book, January 2001. Choice, January 2001. Teacher Librarian, April 2003. Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Date Published:2000

"Scholastic Signature." Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, October 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Pub Weekly, October 2000. Booklist, March 2001. Horn Book, January 2001. Choice, January 2001. Teacher Librarian, April 2003. Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Date Published:2000

NASCAR

Buckley, James, 1963-


At head of title: Eyewitness. Includes index. Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006. Booklist, September 2005. Contains a photographic introduction to NASCAR, including information on its origins, how it developed through the decades, driver's gear, the fans, and profiles of popular drivers, stars, and races.
Date Published:2005

Inkheart

Funke, Cornelia Caroline.


Title proper from title frame. Translation of: Tintenherz. First published: Hamburg, Germany : C. Dressler Verlag, 2003. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2004. School Library Journal, October 2003. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Pub Weekly, July 2003. Kirkus Starred, September 2003. New York Times, December 2003. Horn Book, April 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2004. Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
Date Published:2007

Title proper from title frame. Translation of: Tintenherz. First published: Hamburg, Germany : C. Dressler Verlag, 2003. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2004. School Library Journal, October 2003. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Pub Weekly, July 2003. Kirkus Starred, September 2003. New York Times, December 2003. Horn Book, April 2004. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2004. Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.

Date Published:2007

Hamlet

Shakespeare, William


Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Date Published:1986

Sky : a novel in three sets and an encore /

Townley, Rod.


"A Richard Jackson Book." Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. School Library Journal, July 2004. Publisher's Weekly, September 2004. Booklist, August 2004. Horn Book, April 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Library Media Connection, February 2005. Kliatt, July 2004. In New York City in 1959, fifteen-year-old Alec Schuyler, at odds with his widowed father over his love of music, finds a mentor and friend in a blind, black jazz musician.
Date Published:2004

"A Richard Jackson Book." Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. School Library Journal, July 2004. Publisher's Weekly, September 2004. Booklist, August 2004. Horn Book, April 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2004. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2004. Library Media Connection, February 2005. Kliatt, July 2004. In New York City in 1959, fifteen-year-old Alec Schuyler, at odds with his widowed father over his love of music, finds a mentor and friend in a blind, black jazz musician.

Date Published:2004

Avril Lavigne

Tracy, Kathleen.


A dream duet -- Small town girl -- Looking for opportunities -- A new direction -- A more complicated life. Presents a short biography on Canadian rock and roll artist Avril Lavigne and profiles her life and career from her small town in Ontario to popular Grammy Award nominee.
Date Published:2005

Jane Goodall

Schaefer, Lola M., 1950-


"Pebble." Science and Children (N.S.T.A.), March 2005. Presents a simple biography of Jane Goodall, focusing on her work with chimpanzees in Africa.
Date Published:2005

Anne of Green Gables

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.


Originally published: 1908. Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Includes review questions.
Date Published:2004

Alone in the world : orphans and orphanages in America /

Reef, Catherine


Thrown upon the world -- Asylum children -- Saving youthful hearts -- Let society beware! -- Soldiers' orphans -- Everyone's business -- This army of children -- Afterword: where life led some of the children who appeared in this book. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. School Library Journal starred, June 2005. Horn Book, October 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2005. Kirkus Review, March 2005. Library Media Connection, November 2005. Examines the history of orphanages in the United States, looking at what life was like for children living in orphanages, discussing influences on how orphans were treated, and considering why orphanages have all but disappeared.
Date Published:2005

Thrown upon the world -- Asylum children -- Saving youthful hearts -- Let society beware! -- Soldiers' orphans -- Everyone's business -- This army of children -- Afterword: where life led some of the children who appeared in this book. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. School Library Journal starred, June 2005. Horn Book, October 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2005. Kirkus Review, March 2005. Library Media Connection, November 2005. Examines the history of orphanages in the United States, looking at what life was like for children living in orphanages, discussing influences on how orphans were treated, and considering why orphanages have all but disappeared.

Date Published:2005

Rwanda

King, David C


Geography -- History -- Government -- Economy -- Environment -- Rwandans -- Lifestyle -- Religion -- Language -- Arts -- Leisure -- Festivals -- Food. Wilson's Children, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Describes the geography, history, government, economy, environment, society, lifestyle, religion, languages, arts, leisure, festivals, and foods of Rwanda, and includes a color map, fact files, recipes, a time line, a glossary, and a list of further resources.
Date Published:2006

Geography -- History -- Government -- Economy -- Environment -- Rwandans -- Lifestyle -- Religion -- Language -- Arts -- Leisure -- Festivals -- Food. Wilson's Children, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Describes the geography, history, government, economy, environment, society, lifestyle, religion, languages, arts, leisure, festivals, and foods of Rwanda, and includes a color map, fact files, recipes, a time line, a glossary, and a list of further resources.

Date Published:2006

By car

Mayer, Cassie.


Includes index. Horn Book, April 2007. Simple text and photographs describe how people get around by car, and introduces basic vocabulary words about automobiles.
Date Published:2006

By plane

Mayer, Cassie.


Includes index. Getting around by plane -- What planes carry -- How planes fly -- Working on planes -- Where planes fly -- Plane vocabulary. Horn Book, April 2007. Photographs and simple text teach children how people get around by plane, describing how airplanes work, what they carry, and where they go.
Date Published:2006

The cabin

Preston, Natasha,


A crazy night of partying at a remote cabin leaves two of Mackenzie's friends dead--murdered. Someone among the survivors isn't telling the truth.
Date Published:2016

Boy : tales of childhood /

Dahl, Roald,


Reprint. Originally published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984. Starting-point. -- Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9). -- The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- The magic Island -- A visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13). -- First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20). -- Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school. Dahl presents humorous and sometimes painful anecdotes from his own childhood, including summer vacations in Norway and his years at English boarding schools.
Date Published:2013

Reprint. Originally published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984. Starting-point. -- Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9). -- The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- The magic Island -- A visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13). -- First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20). -- Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school. Dahl presents humorous and sometimes painful anecdotes from his own childhood, including summer vacations in Norway and his years at English boarding schools.

Date Published:2013

Out of bounds

Bowen, Fred.,


There's "plenty of soccer action" in this story of a middle schooler who has to figure out how to balance good sportsmanship with the goal of winning (Booklist). Eighth-grader Nate Osborne is a forward on his U-14 soccer team, the Strikers. He and the rest of his teammates are very competitive-especially when it comes to their rivals, the Monarchs. They want the Monarchs to lose so badly that they'll even root against them when they play other teams. Then, during a game between the Strikers and the Monarchs, a boy on the opposing team gets injured, and Nate must decide between going for a goal or kicking the ball out of bounds as an act of sportsmanship. His aunt, who's also a soccer player, has taught him the importance of fair play, but when Nate stops the clock and sacrifices his chance to win the game, his teammates just don't understand. From the author of the Sports Stories and All-Star Sport Stories series, as well as the kids' sports column "The Score" for the Washington Post's KidsPost section, Out of Bounds is an entertaining and thoughtful tale about young athletes striving to become not only great players, but also great people.
Date Published:2017

There's "plenty of soccer action" in this story of a middle schooler who has to figure out how to balance good sportsmanship with the goal of winning (Booklist). Eighth-grader Nate Osborne is a forward on his U-14 soccer team, the Strikers. He and the rest of his teammates are very competitive-especially when it comes to their rivals, the Monarchs. They want the Monarchs to lose so badly that they'll even root against them when they play other teams. Then, during a game between the Strikers and the Monarchs, a boy on the opposing team gets injured, and Nate must decide between going for a goal or kicking the ball out of bounds as an act of sportsmanship. His aunt, who's also a soccer player, has taught him the importance of fair play, but when Nate stops the clock and sacrifices his chance to win the game, his teammates just don't understand. From the author of the Sports Stories and All-Star Sport Stories series, as well as the kids' sports column "The Score" for the Washington Post's KidsPost section, Out of Bounds is an entertaining and thoughtful tale about young athletes striving to become not only great players, but also great people.

Date Published:2017

A boy called Bat

Arnold, Elana K.,


When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
Date Published:2017

Chester and Gus

McGovern, Cammie,


Chester, a service dog, is adopted into a family where he becomes a companion to Gus, a ten-year-old boy with nonverbal autism, who initially challenges Chester by requiring a different kind of friendship.
Date Published:2017

Rosie Revere's big project book for bold engineers

Beaty, Andrea.,


"This is an illustrated book of projects and activities and general information to get young children interested in engineering. It is written by Ann Beaty, the author of the picture book ROSIE REVERE. It is illustrated by David Roberts, the illustrator of the picture book ROSIE REVERE. It is 96 pages and has full-color illustrations."--
Date Published:2017

The Energy Bus for kids : a story about staying positive and overcoming challenges /

Gordon, Jon, 1971-


"George is a regular kid having a bad day, until he gets on the Energy Bus. Discover how George learns to stay positive and overcome his challenges"--Page 2 of cover.
Date Published:2012

The stars of summer

Dairman, Tara.,


Gladys Gatsby is looking forward to a summer vacation of reviewing and cooking -- but a surprise birthday gift sends her to free summer camp at Camp Bentley! She has a hard time passing the swim test and can't keep other campers happy with her lunches. She has other problems, too, like how she's going to find the perfect hot dog in New York City -- and the fact that that quest was just a dirty trick by a jealous reviewer.
Date Published:2015

Gladys Gatsby is looking forward to a summer vacation of reviewing and cooking -- but a surprise birthday gift sends her to free summer camp at Camp Bentley! She has a hard time passing the swim test and can't keep other campers happy with her lunches. She has other problems, too, like how she's going to find the perfect hot dog in New York City -- and the fact that that quest was just a dirty trick by a jealous reviewer.

Date Published:2015