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AR BookGuide™ Page 1 of 333 5th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:34:43 PM Emmaus Lutheran School Sorted by: Title Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The 10 P.M. Question De Goldi, Kate 140797 EN MG+ 5.5 11.0 F 71994 N N - - - Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a head full of questions that he shares with his mother each night, but when free-spirited Sydney arrives at school with questions of her own, Frankie is forced to face the ultimate ten p.m. question. 10th Grade Weisberg, Joseph 68630 EN UG 5.7 11.0 F 68198 N N - - - Jeremiah Reskin has big plans for tenth grade -- he wants to make some friends and he wants to take a girl's shirt off. It's not going too well at first, but when he meets a group of semi-bohemian outcasts, things start to change. 13 Little Blue Envelopes Johnson, Maureen 101453 EN UG 5.0 9.0 F 63156 N N - - - When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life. 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture Howe, James 74604 EN MG 5.0 9.0 F 60786 N N - - N In this book, thirteen stories capture the the Agony and Ecstasy of Being agony and ecstasy of being thirteen. Thirteen 145th Street: Short Stories Myers, Walter Dean 39863 EN UG 5.1 6.0 F 36430 N N - - N This book contains ten stories that portray life on a block in Harlem. 16 1/2 On the Block Daniels, Babygirl 135667 EN UG 5.3 4.0 F 25457 N N - - - Sixteen-year-old Latina Smith, who has risen to the forefront of her group of friends, lives a glamorous lifestyle with Gena and Asia while dealing with problems at home, including her mother's drug addiction and life in Detroit's projects. Book #2 16 On the Block Daniels, Babygirl 135669 EN UG 5.1 5.0 F 34007 N N - - - When sixteen-year-old Summer Flynt's older sister Trish gets in over her head after taking something that doesn't belong to her, Summer finds that she is expected to make things right and pay her sister's debts while trying to stay alive. Book #1 AR BookGuide™ Page 1 of 333 AR BookGuide™ Page 2 of 333 5th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:34:43 PM Emmaus Lutheran School Sorted by: Title Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description 17: A Novel in Prose Poems Rosenberg, Liz 66779 EN UG 5.0 4.0 F 24644 N N - - - Seventeen-year-old Stephanie journeys from fall to spring and from childhood to womanhood as she experiences first love and deals with her fear of inheriting her mother's mental illness. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of Nye, Naomi Shihab 80002 EN UG 5.8 2.0 F 14957 N N - - - This book contains several poems about the Middle East the Middle East. 26a Evans, Diana 106120 EN UG 5.5 14.0 F 87725 N N - - - This book presents a story of childhood fantasy, African religion, nightmares, pop mythology, and the intense inner world of identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter. 3 Days Off Morgenstern, Susie 55093 EN UG 5.0 3.0 F 18542 N N - - - During a three-day suspension for insulting a teacher, an apathetic French high school student meets diverse people who give him new insights into education and life. 33 Snowfish Rapp, Adam 68825 EN UG 5.2 6.0 F 37417 N N - - - A homeless boy has a chance to make a better life for himself while running from the police with a fifteen-year-old, drug-addicted prostitute, her boyfriend, who just killed his own parents, and a baby. 47 Mosley, Walter 87689 EN MG+ 5.3 8.0 F 54854 N N - - - Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom. 6-321 Laser, Michael 46278 EN MG 5.6 4.0 F 25393 N N - - - Sixth grade in a public school in Queens brings many changes into the life of Marc Chaikin, as he falls in love, deals with class bullies, overcomes his fear of school, and faces his parents' divorce. Abarat Barker, Clive 64593 EN MG 5.5 15.0 F 98039 N N - - - Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, one day finds herself on the edge of a foreign world that is populated by strange creatures, and her life is forever changed. AR BookGuide™ Page 2 of 333 AR BookGuide™ Page 3 of 333 5th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:34:43 PM Emmaus Lutheran School Sorted by: Title Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Abel's Island Steig, William 101 EN MG 5.9 3.0 F 17610 N N - N N Stranded on a deserted island, a lovable young mouse discovers inner resources he did not know he possessed. The Abernathy Boys Hunt, L.J. 76357 EN MG 5.3 6.0 F 41202 N N - - N This book provides a fictionalized account of the adventurous 1909 journey of nine-year-old Bud Abernathy and his five-year-old brother, Temp, who traveled alone from their home in Oklahoma to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and back home again. An Abundance of Katherines Green, John 108588 EN UG 5.6 10.0 F 61412 N N - - N Having been dumped for the nineteenth time by yet another girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life. Across the Nightingale Floor Hearn, Lian 66870 EN UG 5.9 14.0 F 86764 N N - - - In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it. Across the Wide and Lonesome Gregory, Kristiana 17602 EN MG 5.5 4.0 F 28726 N N - - N In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hatti Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of chronicles her family's arduous 1847 Hattie Campbell journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail. Adam Canfield of the Slash Winerip, Michael 86533 EN MG 5.4 9.0 F 59049 N N - - N While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government. Addie on the Inside Howe, James 145072 EN MG 5.0 3.0 F 20771 N N - - - Narrating her life via poems, activist Addie wonders why her classmates can't accept her staunch belief that everyone deserves respect and compassion. AR BookGuide™ Page 3 of 333 AR BookGuide™ Page 4 of 333 5th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:34:43 PM Emmaus Lutheran School Sorted by: Title Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description Adiós to My Old Life Ferrer, Caridad 130254 EN UG 5.8 11.0 F 70781 N N - - - As a talented singer-guitarist with a dream of going pro, Ali is fed up with the endless quinceañeras and other family parties. She's longing for something bigger, and a new reality TV show, is definitely that. The plot contains sexual situation. The Adventures of High John the Sanfield, Steve 49127 EN MG 5.4 2.0 F 12693 N N - - - This book is a collection of sixteen tales Conqueror about High John the Conqueror, the trickster hero of blacks during and after the time of slavery. The Adventures of Sir Gawain the Morris, Gerald 143319 EN MG 5.0 2.0 F 13714 N N - - - Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight True in King Arthur's court, learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight. Book #3 After Prose, Francine 68888 EN UG 5.4 9.0 F 55707 N N - - - In the aftermath of a nearby school shooting, a grief and crisis counselor takes over Central High School and enacts increasingly harsh measures to control students, while those who do not comply disappear. After Ever After Sonnenblick, Jordan 135012 EN MG 5.2 7.0 F 45586 N N - - - Although Jeff and Tad make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa. After the Train Whelan, Gloria 128798 EN MG+ 5.3 5.0 F 34425 N N - - - Ten years after WWII, the town of Rolfen, West Germany, looks just as peaceful as ever, until young Peter discovers a secret about his past that leads him to question everything, including the town's calm facade and his sense of comfort and belonging. AR BookGuide™ Page 4 of 333 AR BookGuide™ Page 5 of 333 5th Grade Recommended Reading Friday, November 25, 2011 6:34:43 PM Emmaus Lutheran School Sorted by: Title Quiz Word Title Author Number Lang IL BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP RV LS VP Description The Afterlife Soto, Gary 71140 EN UG 5.2 5.0 F 35211 N N - - N A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he has gone to dance.