2018 S Day Sum Red Chan Record all the books you read and listen to over the summer. Return this log to the library by September 6, 2018. NAME: ____________________________________________ Title Author’s Last Name Date Finished 2018 S Day Sum Red Chan Title Author’s Last Name Date Finished 2018 Summer Reading K - 3 Chapter Books Bellisario, Gina. Mighty Pet Sitter. North Mankato, Minn.: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, 2018. Superhero Ellie Ultra is given the responsibility of caring for Squeak, the class hamster, for the weekend, which is exciting, but also a little worrying, especially since her dog, Super Fluffy, is too interested in the hamster for comfort--but when she accidentally shrinks herself down to three inches tall Ellie discovers that, even for a superhero, pet sitting is a lot harder when you are no bigger than your pet. Birney, Betty G. Humphrey's Pet Show Panic. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. When A.J. brings Humphrey to the town pet show, he's sure Humphrey will win a prize. But Humphrey isn't convinced. There are all kinds of animals in the show--from dogs and cats to parrots and even something called a bearded dragon! Humphrey tries to impress the judges with some tricks, but when a dog noses a little too close to him, Og the Frog saves the day with the most impressive trick of all. Burnell, Cerrie. Harper and the Night Forest. This hardcover ed. New York: Sky Pony Press, 2018. Harper is on a mission! Rumor tells of the mysterious Ice Raven who lives among the ebony trees, singing a magical song that can melt even the hardest of hearts. Now the Wild Conductor wants to capture this mythical bird and create the greatest orchestra ever known. So Harper and her friends set off to find the mythical bird. But soon Harper realizes she faces a terrible dilemma. Should a wild, free creature like the Ice Raven ever be tied down? Butler, Dori Hillestad. King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth. 1st ed. Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree, 2018. King and Kayla, the detective duo, are back to solve the mystery of Kayla's missing tooth.King, the happy and hilarious golden retriever narrator, anxiously awaits the return of his human, Kayla, who's been at school for "eleventy seven hours. Maybe even eleventy seven days." When Kayla finally arrives home, she has big news: She's lost a tooth! Kayla is excited to use her class's tooth-fairy pillow that night, but, alas, her tooth is missing! Calandrelli, Emily. Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader. 1st Simon & Schuster Bks. for Young Readers hardcover ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. Third grader and inventor extraordinaire Ada Lace likes nothing more than to tinker with mechanics like her robot, George. Her latest project is to fix up a ham radio, something that she could use to contact people on this planet…and beyond. The only problem is that she just can’t get it to work properly. This is a list of recommended books. These books are NOT required. Page !1 of !7 2018 Summer Reading 3 - 6 Middle Grade Anderson, John David. Granted. 1st ed. New York, NY: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. In a magical land called the Haven lives a young fairy named Ophelia Delphinium Fidgets. Ophela is no ordinary fairy—she is a Granter: one of the select fairies whose job it is to venture out into the world and grant the wishes of unsuspecting humans every day. But with worldwide magic levels at an all-time low, this is not as easy as it sounds. On a typical day, only a small fraction of the millions of potential wishes gets granted. Applegate, Katherine. Endling: the Last. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2018. What do you do when you’re the last of your kind? Applegate transports her readers to a new land, one inhabited by numerous sentient species, six of which have fought to the top of the food chain: humans, dairnes, felivets, natites, terramants, and raptidons. In this world, readers meet Byx, a dairne—a doglike creature that walks erect, glides like a flying squirrel, and has opposable thumbs— on the day she becomes the last of her species. It’s also a day when Byx meets two other creatures: Tobble, a wobbyk, with large ears and a short round body, and Khara (short for Kharassande), a 14-year-old human girl who pretends to be a boy. Arnold, Elana K. Bat and the Waiting Game. 1st ed. New York, NY: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life is pretty great. He's the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world--even Janie, his older sister, is warming up to Thor. When Janie gets a part in the school play and can't watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes. Someone else has to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons. Balliett, Blue. Out of the Wild night: a Ghost Story. 1st ed., April 2018. New York: Scholastic Press, 2018. Balliett whisks readers to the shores of Nantucket for a mystery swathed in history and ghosts. Beset by a housing crunch, Nantucket is experiencing a flurry of rehab projects. Yet one contractor, Mr. Nold, is gutting old houses, throwing out perfectly good wood and stirring up the ghosts that have long resided within their walls. Despite sabotaged construction sites, Nantucket's adults are slow to accept that disgruntled spirits are to blame. The island's kids, however, have no such reservations, and they realize that the only way to restore the community's peace is for residents to listen to the ghosts and reconnect with their own pasts. Barnett, Mac. The Terrible Two Go Wild. New York Amulet Books, 2018. Everyone’s favorite pranksters are at it again! School’s out, and Miles and Niles are running wild in the woods outside town: climbing trees, exploring caves, and, yes, pranking. But these leafy, lazy days of mischief darken when bully Josh Barkin and his cadets from a nearby kids’ boot camp discover the merrymakers—and vow to destroy them. Are our heroes’ sharp minds any match for these hooligans’ hard fists? The latest installment of the witty, on-target illustrated series is another “fast paced, laugh-out-loud novel” (School Library Journal) that proves once again that, in the hands of the powerless, pranks can be tools of justice—plus, they’re funny. This is a list of recommended books. These books are NOT required. Page !1 of !9 2018 Summer Reading 5 - 8 Middle Grade Alexander, Kwame. Rebound. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. ****Entering 8th-Grade Required Reading**** Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshipping, basketball star his sons look up to. Bailey, Kristin. Nightfell Wood. 1st ed. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. Wynn and Elric may now be safe, but adjusting to life in the Between is not without complications. Their adoptive mother, the benevolent Fairy Queen, is haunted by the memory of her child who was kidnapped long ago--and she won't risk letting the same thing happen to Wynn and Elric. But that same grief has been weakening the queen's powers for years, and the protective shield around their kingdom is deteriorating.[When] Wynn is coerced into the Nightfell Wood by a creature sent to do the Grendel's bidding, Elric knows he must go after her to save her life. What they discover there--about fear, prejudice, and the true nature of evil--will change the fairy kingdom forever. Behrens, Rebecca. The Last Grand Adventure. 1st Aladdin hardcover ed. March 2018. New York: Aladdin, 2018. It’s 1967 and twelve-year-old Bea is in need of some adventure. Her mother is off in San Francisco, while her father has just gotten remarried in Los Angeles. Bea has gained a younger stepsister, and she’s not thrilled about her blended family. So when her ailing grandmother, Pidge, moves to an Orange County senior-living community and asks if Bea would spend the summer helping her get settled, Bea is happy for any excuse to get away. It turns out, her grandmother isn’t interested in settling in. What she really wants is to hop a train back to Atchison, Kansas—where she thinks she’ll be reunited with her long-missing sister: Amelia Earhart. Butterworth, Jess. Running on the Roof of the World. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Young Readers, 2018. After her parents are arrested by Chinese soldiers because of their religious beliefs, twelve-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam travel from their home in Tibet across the Himalayas to India in order to seek the help of the Dalai Lama. And so, with a backpack of Tash's father's mysterious papers and two trusty yaks by their side, their extraordinary journey across the mountains begins. Callender, Kheryn. Hurricane Child. 1st ed., April 2018. New York: Scholastic Press, 2018. Twelve-year-old Caroline is a Hurricane Child, born on Water Island during a storm. Coming into this world during a hurricane is unlucky, and Caroline has had her share of bad luck already.