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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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Kira-Kira
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.7. Mature Content. Author: Cynthia Kadohata. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. Luminous in its persistence of love and hope, Kira-Kira is Cynthia Kadohata's stunning debut in middle-grade fiction.
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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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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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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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New Policeman, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.1. Author: Kate Thompson. Key Award: Costa Book Award.
Who knows where the time goes? There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.'s mother says that what she really wants for her birthday is more time in her day, J.J. decides to find her some. But how can he find time for her, when he barely has enough time to keep up with school and his music? And where will he get time to find out if the shocking rumor is true—that his great-grandfather was a murderer? It seems as though J.J.'s given himself an impossible task. But then a neighbor reveals a secret to him—there is a place where time stands still. J.J. realizes he's the only person who can make the journey, but to do so he'll have to vanish from his own life. And when J.J. disappears from the village, enter the new policeman.
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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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Not the End of the World
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Mature Content. Author: Geraldine McCaughrean. Key Award: Whitbread Award (Now called the Costa Award).
"The end of the world is a busy time if you mean to outlive it." So says Timna, sole daughter of Noah, as she and her family prepare to face the flood that will cleanse the Earth.
But during the forty days and nights before the waters recede, the inhabitants of the Ark experience more than just a simple boat ride. As events take a terrifying turn, and as lines between right and wrong increasingly blur, Timna must find it in her heart to question her father when no one else will.
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Undercover
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 5.5. Author: Beth Kephart. Key Award: National Book Award nominee.
A lyrical story of Elisa’s finding her voice through the love notes she pens for her friends’ romantic endeavors, the emotional turmoil she feels while her parent’s relationship hangs in the balance.
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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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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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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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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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Caddie Woodlawn
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Interest: Grades: 4-8. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Carol Ryrie Brink. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years.
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Midwife's Apprentice, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 6.0. Author: Karen Cushman. Key Award: Newbery Medal.
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
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