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| Title | Billy Bones: Tales from the Secrets Closet |
| Author | Christopher Lincoln |
| Illustrator | Avi Ofer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • bravery • creepy • death • fantasy • friendship • ghosts • greed • injustice • middle readers • murder • mystery • older readers • orphans • reluctant reader • supernatural • truth • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
good for upper elementary/middle reluctant reader
Billy Bones lives in the Secrets-Closet of the Biglum Family’s High Manners Manor, a...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | 10 Lucky Things That Have Happened To Me Since I Nearly Got Hit By Lightning |
| Author | Mary Hershey |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • being yourself • family • fears • friends • middle readers • older reader • puberty • sisters • realistic fiction • humor |
Fourth-grader Effie Maloney has a list of the lucky things that have happened to her since she was hit by lightning. Life is good when you have a great mom...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | 11 Birthdays |
| Author | Wendy Mass |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • birthdays • choices • If You Liked Ella Enchanted • magic • middle readers • problem-solving • risk • self-confidence • self-reliance • siblings • time • understanding others • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Amanda should be really excited. She's waking up to her eleventh birthday. But, last year on this day, her best friend, Leo, who shares her birth date, hurt Amanda's feelings...
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| Title | 14 Cows for America |
| Author | Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah |
| Illustrator | Thomas Gonzalez |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Africa • American history • compassion • disasters • getting along • gifts • helping others • hope • inspiration • middle reader • middle readers • picture books • sharing • stories that make a difference • Answerman |
This is a very powerful, simple story. Once the Maasai people of Kenya were powerful warriors. They now live a peaceful life as nomadic herders. For them the cow is...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | 39 Clues: Storm Warning |
| Author | Linda Sue Park |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • animals • Canada • Caribbean • family • great read aloud • journeys • middle readers • older readers • problem-solving • responsibility • risk • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Storm Warning is a mesmerizing story of intrigue, double-crossing, adventure, loss and self-discovery. Amy and Dan are led to the Caribbean in search of the next clue, but they...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | A Crooked Kind of Perfect |
| Author | Linda Urban |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • girls • boys/girls • family • finding your voice • friends • great read aloud • 5th Grade Read Alouds • humor • If You Liked Mallory • If You Liked Tangerine • journeys • middle readers • music • problem-solving • responsibility • risk • self-reliance |
What if your dad gives you a gift that, well, you didn’t exactly have in mind? Zoe, 11 years old, more than anything wants to play the piano at...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | A Day No Pigs Would Die |
| Author | Robert Newton Peck |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • coming of age • death • family • fathers • fathers/sons • growing up • If You Liked Hatchet • If You Liked Tangerine • If You Liked The Lost Years of Merlin • middle readers • older readers • realistic fiction • respect • responsibility • self-control • self-reliance • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Robert is a young boy of the Plain People. This is the story of his pilgrimage to manhood. Life presents Robert with many lessons and behind them all is the...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | A Great Day for Pup! (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) |
| Author | Bonnie Worth |
| Illustrator | Aristides Ruiz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • animals • baby animals • dogs • exploration • Independent reader • independent readers • information • journeys • middle reader • middle readers • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
What do you call a baby kangaroo? Join the Cat in the Hat as he explores the world looking for baby animals.
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt |
| Author | C. Coco De Young |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Great Depression • helping others • historical fiction • hope • Independent reader • making a difference • middle readers • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Eleven year old Margo Bandini is so worried that her family and the families all around her may lose their homes and their jobs. It's the Great Depression in Johnstown,...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | A Mouse Called Wolf |
| Author | DIck King-Smith |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • accepting others • courage • getting along • great read aloud • helping others • independent readers • mice • middle readers • music • piano • Belonger/Connector |
When a smaller-than-average mouse is born, his mother wants to give him a big name, and she finds the perfect one on a chewed-on piece of music with the words "Wolfgang Amadeus...
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| Title | A Nest for Celeste |
| Author | Henry Cole |
| Illustrator | Henry Cole |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • art • artists • belonging • bravery • bullying • cats • change • character • friends • friendship • helping others • mice • middle readers • overcoming obstacles • Read aloud to 6's, 7's, 8's • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
To be released on Feb. 23, 2010: Just where exactly is "home?" A delightful little mouse named Celeste is about to have a few life lessons in exactly that. She...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | A Practical Guide to Monsters |
| Author | Nina Hess |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | girls • information • middle readers • monsters • older readers • reluctant reader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
When one is going to be encountering various monsters during one's day, it's important to be armed with the appropriate defenses comprised of knowledge of the enemy and appropriate weaponry....
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | A Week in the Woods |
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • being different • being yourself • belonging • change • character • If You Liked Tangerine • individuality • middle readers • older readers • outdoors • realistic fiction • school story • self-confidence • self-reliance • stereotypes • Survival • thoughtful • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Eleven-year-old Mark is a rich kid who has just moved into a new house and, consequently, will attend a new school. But Mark has decided he doesn't need to get...
Books » Humor
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| Title | A Whole Nother Story |
| Author | Dr. Cuthbert Soup |
| Illustrator | Jeffrey Stewart Timmins |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • family • fathers • humor • If You Liked Captain Underpants • If you Liked Diary of A Wimpy Kid • inventions • journeys • middle readers • reluctant reader • secret agents • time travel • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and that's "A Whole Nother Story." The entire Cheeseman family is piling into the white station wagon along with Dad's invention, the LVR,...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • books that make a difference • character • classic • family • fathers • identity • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • journeys • mature readers • middle readers • older readers • science fiction • society • space • struggle • time travel • values • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
"You were a star once, weren't you?" Charles Wallace asks Mrs. Whatsit and that line alone will give you the sense that this book takes you to a new place....
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Adventures of Marco Polo, The |
| Author | Russell Freedman |
| Illustrator | Bagram Ibatoulline |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Asian culture • biography • character • Chinese • exploration • history • journeys • middle readers • older readers • truth • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Who was Marco Polo? Did he really travel to China or was he a man of a million lies? Born into a family of adventurers, Marco joined his father and...
Books » Picture Book
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| Title | Adventures of Riley: Safari in South Africa |
| Author | Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz |
| Illustrator | Sarah McIntyre |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Picture Books • Independent Readers • Middle Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Africa • animals • biology • conservation • exploration • family • independent readers • information • jungle animals • learning • middle readers • nature • non-fiction • part of a series • Read aloud to 5's, 6's, 7's • reluctant listener • reluctant reader • science • wildlife • wildlife biologists • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Ever wished you could go on a safari in South Africa? Here's your chance. Riley gets a letter from his Uncle Max that invites him to go along with his...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | After Ever After |
| Author | Jordan Sonnenblick |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • a tissue box book • acceptance • accepting others • brothers • cancer • change • character • choices • coming of age • courage • diseases • family • finding yourself • first love • friends • friendship • growing up • middle readers • middle school • older readers • physical challenges • relationships • reluctant reader • risk • role-models • self-reliance • special needs • standing up for yourself • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Jeffrey Alper, eighth grader, is headed to the first day of a new school year when he stops to help a girl in the hallway who has dropped her papers....
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Airborne A Photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright |
| Author | Mary Collins |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • American history • biography • experiments • flying • heroes • information • inspiration • inventions • middle readers • problem-solving • science • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
Where are the heroes of today? Does your child have a true hero? Someone of character and excellence as opposed to someone of celebrity and glitter? This is the down-to-earth...
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| Title | Al Capone Does My Shirts |
| Author | Gennifer Choldenko |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • autism • character • coming of age • family • growing up • helping others • If You Liked Tangerine • middle readers • realistic fiction • relationships • siblings • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan, his sister, Natalie, and his parents have just moved into their new home and their new lives on Alcatraz Island. Dad has a new job working for...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Alchemy and Meggy Swann |
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • apprenticeship • being yourself • disabilities • dysfunctional families • English history • England • fathers/daughters • finding yourself • friendship • historical fiction • love • middle readers • murder • older readers • overcoming obstacles • science • self-confidence • self-esteem • self-reliance • Seeker/Leader |
To be released April 2010: “If she could find sixpence for the carter she could return to the village and the alehouse” where her mother, bad temper and all, was...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 1: Stormbreaker |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz (Alex Ryder series) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • boys • danger • espionage • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • middle reader • middle readers • older reader • older readers • reluctant reader • self-reliance • series • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Okay, if you haven't heard about these books and if you missed the movie somehow, don't wait any longer. The Alex Ryder series, as it is referred to, is really...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 2: Point Blank |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • espionage • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • middle readers • older readers • school story • secret agents • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Fourteen-year-old Alex Ryder is going to be called into action in this the second book in the series. This time he'll be infiltrating a private school for wealthy,...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 3: Skeleton Key |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • courage • danger • espionage • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • mature readers • middle readers • older readers • reluctant reader • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
James Bond has nothing on this young man. Alex Ryder is headed into his third action-packed adventure novel. Armed with wondrous gadgets, Alex is 'man' enough to tackle this latest...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 6: Ark Angel |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • courage • danger • espionage • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • mature reader • mature readers • middle reader • middle readers • older reader • older readers • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
The Alex Rider series continues.
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