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Just Stupid!
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Interest: Grades 4-6. Reading Level: 3.2. Author: Andy Griffiths.
GASP as Andy careens downhill in a runaway baby carriage wearing only a diaper.... SQUIRM as he almost explodes searching for a bathroom in a shopping mall.... GROAN as he stuffs twenty marshmallows in his mouth-and then has to kiss the cutest girl in class...But most of all, LAUGH -- because Andy Griffiths is back with more JUST STUPID adventures!
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Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.0. Author: Lauren Myracle.
Alli longs to be popular, but fate just keeps conspiring to make her totally uncool. Who else would be humiliated by a piece of her mom’s underwear stuck to her butt by static cling? Despite the fact that Alli is certain the universe is plotting against her, she does eventually break into the inner circle of seventh-grade cool.
But nothing is as she expected, and there’s ugliness lurking behind even the prettiest face. Alli bares it all to her journal as she figures out where she fits in and, most important of all, what it means to be a real friend.
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London Eye Mystery, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.1. Author: Siobhan Dowd. Key Award: Red House 2008 Nominee.
Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.
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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.3. Author: Chris Riddell. Key Awards: Carnegie Medal nominee. Red House Award. Nestle Prize.
Meet Ottoline Brown and her best friend, Mr. Munroe. No puzzle is ever too tricky for the two of them to solve. A string of daring burglaries has taken place in big City, and precious lapdogs are disappearing. Who is behind this crime wave?
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Ella Enchanted
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.6. Author: Gail Carson Levine. Key Award: Newbery Honor.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. At her birth, Ella of Frell was given a foolish fairy's gift - the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it's hopping on one foot for a day or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. She goes on a quest, encountering ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, fairy godmothers, and handsome princes, determined to break the curse - and live happily ever after!
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Some of the Kinder Planets
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.8. Author: Tim Wynne-Jones.
A collection of nine stories by the popular Canadian author, including "The Night of the Pomegranate," "Save the Moon for Kerdy Dickus," and "The Hope Bakery."
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And Now Miguel
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.8. Author: Joseph Krumgold. Key Award: Newbery Award.
When you act like and adult but get treated like a child, what else can you do but keep your wishes secret and pray that they'll come true. This is the story of a twelve-year-old Miguel Chavez, who yearns in his heart to go with the men of his family on a long and hard sheep drive to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- until his prayer is finally answered, with a disturbing and dangerous exchange.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.8. Author: Roald Dahl.
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
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Dragon Rider
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Cornelia Funke.
Firedrake, a young dragon, receives a frightening warning one night: Humans are planning to destroy the valley in which he lives! All the dragons must flee. Their only refuge is a place above the clouds called the Rim of Heaven --- which may not even exist. Firedrake boldly volunteers to go ahead first. As he embarks on his journey, he meets Ben, a runaway boy. Together, the boy & dragon make their way toward the Rim of Heaven, all the while running a step ahead of Nettlebrand, a monster who will stop at nothing to hunt down Firedrake. Their quest will truly become an adventure like no other.
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Summer of the Swans, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Betsy Byars. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Beverly Cleary. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.1. Author: Robert C. O'Brien. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.
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Root Cellar, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.2. Author: Janet Lunn.
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.
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Ruby Holler
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.3. Author: Sharon Creech. Key Award: Carnegie Medal.
"Trouble twins" Dallas and Florida are orphans who have given up believing there is such a thing as a loving home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple who live in the beautiful, mysterious Ruby Holler, but they're restless for one more big adventure. When they invite the twins to join them on their journeys, they first must all stay together in the Holler, and the magic of the place takes over. Two pairs of lives grow closer, and are changed forever.
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Sounder
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Author: William Armstrong. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family in Depression-era Louisiana. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing pig meat and chicken, the boy still hungers for an education.
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Frindle
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Interest: Grades 4-6. Reading Level: 5.4 Author: Andrew Clements and Brian Selznick.
Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. The new word is spreading across the country, and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it. Two million copies sold.
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Igraine the Brave
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.6. Author: Cornelia Funke.
Igraine dreams of becoming a famous knight just like her great grandfather, but the truth is, life at the family castle is rather boring. Until the nephew of the baroness-next-door shows up. He's got a dastardly plan to capture the castle and claim as his own the wonderful singing spell books that belong to Igraine's magician parents. To make matters worse, at the very moment of the siege, her mom and dad botch a spell, turning themselves into pigs! Aided by a Gentle Giant and a Sorrowful Knight, it's up to Igraine to be brave and save the day—and the books!
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View from Saturday, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading level: 5.9. Author: E.L. Konigsburg. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
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.
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Miss Hickory
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level; 5.9. Author: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
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Higher Power of Lucky, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.9. Author: Susan Patron. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has. It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care!
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