Icommons Reading List SUMMER 2021

iCommons Reading List SUMMER 2021

LOWER AND UPPER SCHOOL

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MS. TAIT’S RECOMMENDATION family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants someone to play with. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe But she’s too much of a baby for her big brother by C. S. Lewis and sister, so she’s left to her own devices--and soon enough, Dory is busy with friends both real Four adventurous siblings--Peter, Susan, Edmund, and imaginary. and Lucy Pevensie--step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen Junie B Jones Series (Grades 2 and 3) in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of by Barbara Park the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great Junie B. tends to be very spunky, sassy, friendly change . . . and a great sacrifice. and wild. She is not mean, but she tends to be impulsive at times. In the kindergarten series, Junie B. tended to be more mischievous and MR. DARIK’S RECOMMENDATIONS used bad grammar but in the first grade series, she wasn’t as mischievous and she uses better grammar. However, she is still a free spirited A Long Walk to Water (Grades 4 and 5) by Linda Sue Park kid. She is not afraid to say what is on her mind and she is quite comedic. Junie B. lives with her A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told parents, Robert and Susan, and her baby brother, in alternating sections, about two eleven-year- Ollie. olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes MS. KARLA’S RECOMMENDATIONS two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees No More Naps! A Story for When You’re who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to Wide Awake and Definitely Not Tired by Chris Grabenstein stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions It’s time for a nap but, just like stubborn toddlers and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story everywhere, Annalise Devin McFleece won’t have goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing anything to do with bedtime. Dad tries to encour- and moving way. Includes an afterword by author age sleepiness by pushing her around the park in Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on her stroller. Along the way, they pass a man sit- whom the novel is based, and who went on to ting on a bench, dog walkers walking dogs, a boy found Water for South Sudan. on a skateboard, kids playing ball, a girl practic- ing her juggling, and others. Each of them thinks Little Why (for K5/G1)* that taking a nap is a great idea and if Annalise by Jonny Lambert Devin McFleece doesn’t want hers, they’ll happily take it. And one by one, everyone falls asleep... Little Why just cannot seem to stay in line with except Annalise Devin McFleece. But when she’s the other elephants. There’s just too much to see; finally ready for her nap, all the naps are taken! Giraffe’s long-lofty leggy legs, Wildebeest’s spiny- Is there anyone who has an extra nap to spare? spiky horns, and even Crocodile’s snippy-snappy teeth! Look out, Little Why!. The Bug Girl: (a true story) by Sophia Spencer MR. TERI LYNN’S RECOMMENDATIONS Real-life 7-year-old Sophia Spencer was bullied for loving bugs until hundreds of women scientists Dory Fantasmagory Series (Grades 2 and 3)* rallied around her. Now Sophie tells her inspiring by Abby Hanlon story in this picture book that celebrates women in science, bugs of all kinds, and the importance Dory is a little rascal with a BIG personality--and of staying true to yourself. an imagination to match! As the youngest in her

*Not available at the LS iCommons 2 The Wild Robot a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only by Peter Brown hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island’s unwelcoming animal When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, inhabitants. she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island wild island. She has no idea how she got there or starts to feel like home--until, one day the robot’s what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

PLL RECOMMENDATIONS

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O Homem que Amava Caixas O Caracol e a Baleia by Stephen Michael King by Julia Donaldson ”O Homem que Amava Caixas’’ conta a história A“Peço carona para volta ao mundo”. Assim, de um homem que era apaixonado por caixas grafando na rocha escura, o pequeno caracol e por seu filho. O único problema é que, como destemido lança suas ideias para o mar. muitos pais, ele não sabia como dizer ao filho que Sonhador e curioso, ele não se contenta em o amava. apenas contemplar a imensidão do mundo ali da terra firme, como seus pares. Em uma noite Gabriel, Já Para o Banho! estrelada, uma jubarte dedica ao molusco uma by Ilan Brenman canção sobre gelo cintilante, grutas de corais, Todo dia é a mesma história: chega a hora do estrelas cadentes e ondas fenomenais. Trata-se banho e cadê Gabriel? Ele some. Não quer de um convite, ela diz: “Vem navegar comigo”. Os tomar banho de jeito nenhum. É aquela luta para dois saem e experimentam grandes emoções: encontrá-lo e colocá-lo debaixo do chuveiro. desde a grande beleza do universo aquático Depois de quinze minutos, começa outra “novela”: até o apelo importante para a conscientização Gabriel se recusa a sair do banho... O que será que ambiental. Para quem acha que a baleia tem o pai, a mãe e até a irmã de Gabriel têm de fazer mais a mostrar, já que é grande e domina aquelas para que ele saia do banho? Depois de Gabriel e Clara, Gabriel, já para o banho! traz mais uma águas, um reparo: ela precisa do caracol e de história bem-humorada mostrando situações do uma sociedade gentil para seguir mergulhando. cotidiano dos irmãos Gabriel e Clara e seus pais.

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No, David! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by David Shannon by Bill Martin A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb finally he gets a hug. a coconut tree.

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Elephant & Piggie series lot about himself and about life by embracing by Mo Willems the new things that happen on his own. Each experience inspires Pete to turn to others for Mo Willems’ number one New York Times best- advice that helps him overcome challenges. selling Elephant & Piggie series has won two Theodor Seuss Geisel Awards and five Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors! Books by Eric Carle

Pigeon series Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator by Mo Willems of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children.” Some of In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the his books are: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, “1, 2, dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen 3 to the Zoo: a Counting Book”, “The Tiny Seed”. make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it. All the books on Storyline Online Pete the Cat series by James Dean PETE THE CAT is the story of the coolest cat around, a blue feline named Pete who learns a

K5 RECOMMENDATIONS

Elephant & Piggie series Pigeon series by Mo Willems by Mo Willems Mo Willems’ number one New York Times best- The Pigeon book series by Mo Willems includes selling Elephant & Piggie series has won two books Pigeon Pack: The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog Theodor Seuss Geisel Awards and five Theodor / Don’t Let Pigeon Stay Up Late / The Pigeon Seuss Geisel Honors! Wants a Puppy, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!

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Tiger vs. Nightmare* good dreams. But waiting in the darkness is a by Emily Tetri nightmare so big and means that Monster can’t Tiger is a very lucky kid: she has a monster living fight it alone. Only teamwork and a lot of bravery under her bed. Every night, Tiger and Monster can chase this nightmare away. play games until it’s time for lights out. Of course, Monster would never try to scare Tiger―that’s The Bad Guys not what best friends do. But Monster needs to by Aaron Blabey scare someone…it’s a monster, after all. So while They may look like Bad Guys, but these wan- Tiger sleeps, Monster scares all of her nightmares nabe heroes are doing good deeds...whether you away. Thanks to her friend, Tiger has nothing but like it or not!

*Not available at the LS iCommons 4 PORTUGUESE uma promoção especial de mistura para torta Menino Fofo? Por isso, quando o carteiro chega é Coisinhas à Toa que Deixam a Gente Feliz* sempre uma festa, e todo mundo o convida para by Ruth Rocha entrar. Mas às vezes - especialmente em caso de Lobo Mau - ele prefere recusar o chazinho O que há em comum entre começar um caderno e dar no pé o mais rápido possível. O livro, que novo, fazer guerra de almofada, deitar num é todo contado em rimas, vem cheio de cartas travesseiro macio, estourar plástico bolha e de verdade, postais, livrinhos e convites, com comer espaguete al dente? Isso mesmo: são envelope e tudo. coisinhas à toa que deixam a gente feliz. O Monstro que Adorava Ler* O Carteiro Chegou by Lili Chartrand by Janet and Allan Ahlberg À beira de uma floresta encantada, um monstro Assim como todo mundo, os contos de fadas assustador encontra um estranho objeto, que gostam de mandar e receber cartas. João, ele cheira e lambe. Não tem gosto de nada! por exemplo, mal tem tempo de agradecer ao Com raiva, joga-o no chão. No entanto, esse gigante pelas ótimas férias que sua galinha objeto admirável vai mudar completamente de ovos de ouro lhe proporcionou. Cachinhos sua vida e seu humor. Uma história engraçada, Dourados aproveita para se desculpar com a surpreendente e tocante sobre a magia dos livros família Urso por ter causado confusão na casa. e o prazer da leitura. E o que seria da bruxa sem o catálogo de ofertas do Empório da Bruxaria, que esse mês oferece

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The Ivy and Bean Series humor. O elefante é enorme, quatro metros de by Annie Barrows altura. Cuidado, jacaré quando mostra os dentes pode não estar sorrindo. Meet Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant to like each other: Ivy and Bean are very different. Bean is loud and wild and goofy. She loves to O Presente be involved in games and poke her nose in oth- by Zélia Almeida er people’s business. Ivy is quiet and full of ideas. O tempo é pouco, o espaço não importa, a She spends most of her time learning how to be a bagunça é muita. O lúdico, a trama, a imaginação witch. Each girl thinks the other one is weird. Each vão aos poucos alinhavando este fantástico girl thinks she could never be friends with the other. mundo de surpresas e irreverências. But sometimes opposites can become the best of friends because they’re opposites! De Olho no Escuro by Daniela Chindler The Magic Tree House Series Quem tem medo do escuro? Muitas crianças by Mary Pope Osborne dirão que sim; outras tantas dirão que não. Mas Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their será que alguém sabe a história do escuro? pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing. A Descoberta by Roberta de Cristina Von Roberta não entendia por que algumas pessoas PORTUGUESE eram tão mal-humoradas. Todos os dias, a cozin- heira da cantina da escola empurrava o prato e o De Avestruz a Zebra motorista do ônibus gritava com as crianças. Ela by Maiti Frank and Rodrigo Frank decidiu conversar com eles e descobriu que cada um tinha o seu motivo para ser assim. Mas o mel- Em cada letra do alfabeto, um bicho é hor foi que, depois da conversa, todos passaram apresentado como versos rimados e cheios de a se respeitar mais.

*Not available at the LS iCommons 5 Luís olha pro céu e se espanta. Lá estão as pala- O Homem que Punha Palavras nos Pássaros* vras, voando embaralhadas. Ele decide descobrir by Julian Borra o mistério, enfrentar o oceano numa jangada, as Esta é uma história fantástica. Você consegue montanhas, um polvo enfezado e o próprio Rei acreditar que as palavras apareçam, no céu, do Mar. E chega lá: descobre quem faz as pala- voando? Como será que conseguem se reunir e vras voarem e a frase decolar. escrever lindas mensagens? Tudo muito mágico.

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My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Could your teacher be an alien? Do your research by Judy Blume with this bestselling, hilarious sci-fi favorite from Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter the author who inspired Christopher Paolini’s Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Eragon series. Sixth grade is just out of this world! Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute store, smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at teacher is really weird. But she doesn’t know how Hamburger Heaven, or trying to fly, he’s never far weird until she catches him peeling off his face-- from trouble. He’s an almost three-year-old terror and realizes that “Mr. Smith” is really an alien! who gets away with everything, and Peter’s had At first no one will believe her except Peter it up to here! When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Thompson, the class brain. When Peter and Peter’s pet turtle, it’s the last straw. Peter has put Susan discover Mr. Smith’s horrible plans for their up with Fudge for too long. Way too long! How classmates, they know they have to act fast. Only can he get his parents to pay attention to him for they can get rid of their extraterrestrial visitor-- a change? and save the rest of the sixth grade class from a fate worse than math tests! Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol Stuart Little Encyclopedia Brown! Whether Encyclopedia is by E. B. White solving cases for his neighborhood friends or his The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart chief-of-police dad, he always has an intriguing Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his mystery to crack. dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family’s garden.. PORTUGUESE The Bookwanderers by Anna James O Menino de Muitas Caras by César Obeid e Jonas Ribeiro Since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year- old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories Todos os dias, vinha o menino grande com os at Pages & Co., her grandparents’ bookshop. apelidos e as caras que inventava para o menino But when her favorite characters, Anne of Green pequeno: era cara disso, era cara daquilo… Até Gables and Alice from Wonderland, start showing que um dia, depois de uma aula diferente, em up at the shop,Tilly’s adventures become very que a turma aprendeu a fazer versos de cord- real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into el, o menino pequeno criou coragem e, por meio their books, she discovers she can bookwander da poesia, se defendeu dos insultos do menino into any story she chooses. Tilly’s new ability grande. Sua atitude desencadeou uma reação leads her to fun and exciting adventures, but positiva em outros alunos que também vinham danger may be lurking on the very next page... sofrendo as mesmas provocações. As coisas se When new secrets are uncovered, it’s up to Tilly modificaram naquela sala de aula, e a provo- to solve the mystery of what happened to her cação, o desrespeito e o abuso deram lugar à mother all those years ago. amizade, ao respeito e à tolerância.

*Not available at the LS iCommons 6 Zelina, então, percebe que é hora de falar sobre Carta à Prefeita* os problemas da cidade e, portanto, decide dar by Fernando Carraro aos alunos aulas sobre políticas públicas. Depois Juninho tem 10 anos e vive com sua família numa da primeira aula, os alunos têm uma ideia para cidade pequena. Num dia chuvoso, a caminho da tornar a cidade um lugar melhor para todos. escola, ele se dá conta de que um dos semáforos Assim, nasce a carta com uma série de ações na rua não funciona. Ao chegar à escola, Juninho sociais endereçada à prefeita Mariana, que se conta a todos sobre esse problema. A professora envolve no projeto de uma maneira especial.

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I Survived series Because of Winn-Dixie by Lauren Tarshis by Kate DiCamillo The most terrifying events in history are brought Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first vividly to life in this new fictional series! summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her Where the Red Fern Grows big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. by Wilson Rawls Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough by Kate DiCamillo money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of from the little girl who adores him and travels the Ozarks. Soon Billy and his hounds become across the country, acquiring new owners and the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories. their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan’s brawn, The Tale of Despereaux Little Ann’s brains, and Billy’s sheer will seems by Kate DiCamillo unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, future can come from the scars of the past. and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. Wish* by Barbara O’Connor Flora and Ulysses: Illuminated Adventures A middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the by Kate DiCamillo help of a true-blue friend, a big-hearted aunt and A girl named Flora and a squirrel named Ulysses, uncle, and the dog of her dreams, unexpectedly whose life was saved by Flora after he was learns the true meaning of family in the least like- involved in an incident with a vacuum cleaner, ly of places. team up to use Ulysses’ superpowers to conquer villains and protect the weak. The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo PORTUGUESE When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the A Princesa da Torre Longa marketplace one day who tells him that his by Tiago de Melo Andrade sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he História da tímida e reclusa Catarina de Anis, embarks on a remarkable series of adventures in uma princesa de Badaloques, um reino livre de an attempt to find her. lobos, dragões, bruxas e outros seres maléficos desde que se fez publicar um decreto mágico

*Not available at the LS iCommons 7 pelo Grande Conselho das Fadas. Um dia, assim: “Era uma vez...”. A deste livro não, ela Catarina recebe o convite para ser madrinha de aconteceu mesmo. Em sua primeira obra casamento de uma amiga de infância. destinada às crianças, Marcos Rey relembra a história de sua cadelinha que fugiu quando ele tinha apenas dez anos de idade. Não era uma O Baile das Caveiras* vez... conta a história do sumiço da cachorrinha by Jonas Ribeiro Virgínia, e permite ao autor dar a sua lembrança Há um mistério no cemitério. Um caso de amor um desfecho diferente. entre uma senhora e a caveira de um homem. O destino que os separou resolve juntá-los mais Você Pertence a Nossa Família* uma vez. Um menino escreve as aventuras da by Franz-Joseph e Verena Balhaus sua avó. A história começa a esquentar quando Depois da festa de seu aniversário de quatro anos a Morte Rainha vai buscar Sebastiana e percebe Tomás conversa com seus pais confortavelmente que... Melhor nem abrir este livro e procurar um sentados no sofá. Ao questionar os pais sobre sua outro mais açucarado. origem fica sabendo de uma maneira bastante natural e objetiva que fora adotado. Uma história Não Era Uma Vez sobre adoção e como lidar com a curiosidade by Marco Ney dos pequenos sobre a própria origem. Dissemos que não era uma vez porque antigamente todas as histórias começavam

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Walk Two Moons Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself by Sharon Creech torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud new school culture while keeping his friends and of her country roots and the “Indian-ness in her staying true to himself? blood,” travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccen- tric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling mysterious messages, who met a “potential luna- tic,” and whose mother disappeared. As Sal enter- Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her tains her grandparents with Phoebe’s outrageous arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire story, her own story begins to unfold—the story in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born with- of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be out them. And when her parents take a job run- reunited with her missing mother. ning Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the Real Friends country knowing that she’ll have to answer the by Shannon Hale question over and over again. Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, The graphic memoir of Shannon Hale in which a classmate who also feels isolated because of she reflects on her childhood friendships. his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than New Kid Aven ever could have imagined. It’s hard to solve by Jerry Craft a mystery, help a friend, and face your worst Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more fears. But Aven’s about to discover she can do than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead it all... even without arms”--Provided by publisher. of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private Out of My Mind school known for its academics, where Jordan is by Sharon M. Draper one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale She can’t walk. She can’t talk. She can’t write. All

*Not available at the LS iCommons 8 because she has cerebral palsy. But she also has a e implacável Ente. Em um enredo fascinante, photographic memory; she can remember every repleto de suspense do começo ao fim, discute- detail of everything she has ever experienced. se a dramática destruição dos jacarés, dos She’s the smartest kid in her whole school, but índios e da natureza em um dos últimos lugares NO ONE knows it. Most people—her teachers, her do mundo que ainda poderia ser chamado de doctors, her classmates—dismiss her as mentally Paraíso Terrestre. Crânio, o Geninho dos Karas, é challenged because she can’t tell them otherwise. quem terá de arrastar os amigos em sua mais But Melody refuses to be defined by her disability. perigosa missão! Esse é mais um trabalho para And she’s determined to let everyone know it… os Karas: o avesso dos coroas, o contrário dos somehow. caretas!

A Vingança de Charles Tiburone PORTUGUESE by João Ubaldo Ribeiro Juva, Bolota, Mino, Tonhão, Quica e Neneca são Jeremias Pele agentes secretos do Centro de Contraespionagem by Rafael Calça Danger People. A bordo da Gavião dos Mares, Numa reinterpretação ousada, porém necessária, uma nave mágica capaz de levá-los até as como enaltece Mauricio de Sousa, em seu profundezas do oceano, eles embarcam numa prefácio, o roteirista Rafael Calça e o desenhista viagem eletrizante. Ao desvendarem uma Jefferson Costa dão vida a uma história forte, conspiração submarina envolvendo tubarões dura, emocionante, na qual Jeremias lidará pela fardados, lagostas falantes, um presidente-baleia primeira vez com o preconceito por causa da cheio de pompa e enormes siris, se deparam cor da sua pele. A história é recheada de dor, com um inimigo cruel: o temido tubarão-general superação, aprendizado e preparação para a vida. Charles Tiburone. A vingança de Charles Tiburone, fantástica aventura cheia de reviravoltas e Pântano de Sangue situações incríveis, também aborda temáticas by Pedro Bandeira (Os Karas) importantes como a influência da cultura e da língua estrangeira em nosso comportamento. O crime organizado ronda o Pantanal! Miguel, Questões como democracia, revolução e ditadura Crânio, Calu, Magrí e Chumbinho envolvem-se são o pano de fundo desta divertida incursão ao com o crime organizado que está agindo no fundo do mar. Uma história imperdível do grande Pantanal de Mato Grosso, liderado pelo misterioso mestre da literatura brasileira.

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MS. AGOSTINI’S RECOMMENDATIONS influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the made possible the voyages of discovery that Birth of Forensic Medicine ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of by Jazz Age New York engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and and wear. A change as small as the position of detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner’s an atom can lead to enormous alterations in the Handbook is a page-turning account of a properties of a substance-which, in turn, can result forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect in great historical shifts. With lively prose and an crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall- eye for colorful and unusual details, Le Couteur controlled coroner’s office, and corruption ran and Burreson offer a novel way to understand rampant. However, with the appointment of chief the shaping of civilization and the workings of our medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison contemporary world. game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective MR. ALBASRI’S RECOMMENDATIONS work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks the gatekeepers of justice. by Rebecca Skloot Examines the experiences of the children and The Disappearing Spoon: and Other True husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, the World from the Periodic Table of the learned doctors and researchers took cells from Elements* her cervix without consent which were used to by Sam Kean create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium cell; provides an overview of Henrietta’s life; and (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie’s reputation? explores issues of experimentation on African- And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for Americans and bioethics. laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence achievement, but it’s also a treasure trove of of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the Design* by Richard Dawkins table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists In the eighteenth century, theologian William Pa- who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon ley developed a famous metaphor for creation- masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of ism: that of the skilled watchmaker. In The Blind invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins crafts an elegant Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid riposte to show that the complex process of Dar- at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal winian natural selection is unconscious and au- that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic tomatic. If natural selection can be said to play science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve the role of a watchmaker in nature, it is a blind them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their one--working without foresight or purpose.In an utensils disappear. eloquent, uniquely persuasive account of the the- ory of natural selection, Dawkins illustrates how Napoleon’s Buttons: 17 Molecules that simple organisms slowly change over time to Changed History* create a world of enormous complexity, diversity, by Penny Le Coteur and beauty. Napoleon’s Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly

*Not available at the US iCommons 10 MR. BAIR’S RECOMMENDATIONS A Vida no Céu* by José Eduardo Agualusa The Splendid and the Vile* by Erik Larson Após o Dilúvio causado pelo aquecimento global, os sobreviventes construíram sociedades The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of flutuantes. Entre as maiores cidades estão os today’s political dysfunction and back to a time dirigíveis São Paulo, Tóquio e Nova York. As of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting cidades menores e mais pobres se organizaram horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and em balões, formando aldeias. Quem nos conduz perseverance bound a country, and a family, na história é Carlos, um adolescente angolano together. de 16 anos. Ele vive em Luanda, um conjunto de balsas que escolheu como negócio os livros, MS. CALCAGNI’S RECOMMENDATIONS tornando-se uma aldeia biblioteca. Sua mãe é a bibliotecária-chefe da aldeia. O pai, após cair da The Benefits of Being an Octopus* balsa em uma tempestade, está desaparecido. by Ann Braden Carlos resolve então partir para procurá- lo e segue uma pista que o leva a pousar no Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for mais belo dos zepelins, o Paris, onde encontra three younger siblings and avoiding rich class- Aimée, uma garota de 14 anos que se torna sua mates at school until her fascination with octo- companheira de aventuras. É duplo o problema puses gets her on the debate team and she be- que os habitantes das nuvens precisam enfrentar: gins to speak out. como viver em harmonia e, ao mesmo tempo reencontrar a terra, de cujo cheiro e estabilidade Flight of the Puffin* só os mais velhos se lembram. by Ann Braden

Libby comes from a long line of bullies. She wants GRADES 9 AND 10 to be different, but sometimes that doesn’t work out. To bolster herself, she makes a card with the O Visconde Partido ao Meio* message You are amazing. That card sets off a by Italo Calvino chain reaction that ends up making a difference in the lives of some kids who could also use a É a história de Medardo di Terralba, o voluntario- boost--be it from dealing with bullies, unaccept- so visconde que, na defesa da cristandade con- ing families, or the hole that grief leaves. Receiv- tra os turcos, leva um tiro de canhão no peito, ing an encouraging message helps each kid sum- mas sobrevive, ficando absurdamente partido ao meio. A metade direita atormentada pela mal- mon up the thing they need most, whether it’s dade, e a esquerda, pela bondade. “Ainda bem bravery, empathy, or understanding. Because it que a bala de canhão dividiu-o apenas em dois”, helps them realize they matter--and that they’re comentam aliviadas suas vítimas. not flying solo anymore.

GRADES 9-12 MS. CONRADO’S RECOMMENDATIONS Quarto de Despejo GRADE 9 by Carolina Maria de Jesus Enquanto o Dia Não Chega* O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de by Ana Maria Machado Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidiano triste e cruel da vida na favela. A linguagem Tendo como pano de fundo a formação da simples, mas contundente, comove o leitor pelo cultura brasileira, Enquanto o dia não chega realismo e pelo olhar sensível na hora de contar narra a trajetória de Manu, Bento, Caiubi e Didi, e recria uma jornada que se passa em três cantos o que viu, viveu e sentiu nos anos em que morou diferentes do mundo e tem o Brasil como elo. na comunidade do Canindé, em São Paulo, com O império colonial português, a travessia dos três filhos. oceanos, a escravização dos povos africanos, a catequese dos índios e os jesuítas, o surgimento Casa de Alvenaria* dos quilombos, os costumes, os saberes e by Carolina Maria de Jesus as tradições dos povos são cuidadosamente Em Casa de Alvenaria, notam-se mais incorporados à trama para abordar a explicitamente as contradições da autora quanto reconstrução dessas vidas numa terra nova e ao que deseja para si mesma e para sua família. distante.

*Not available at the US iCommons 11 Também ficam patentes suas hesitações com A Hora da Estrela relação aos anseios por reconhecimento público by Clarice Lispector ou ao repúdio pelos mecanismos sociais que Em A hora da estrela Clarice escreve sabendo que dificultam o trajeto profissional como escritora. a morte está próxima e põe um pouco de si nas A figura da ex-favelada não desperta interesse, personagens Rodrigo e Macabéa. Ele, um escritor porque ela e sua obra são objeto de atenção à espera da morte; ela, uma solitária que gosta de apenas enquanto revelam a face negativa do ouvir a Rádio Relógio e que passou a infância no desenvolvimentismo; já as oscilações ideológicas Nordeste, como Clarice. A despedida de Clarice da mulher que, famosa, busca a atenção da é uma obra instigante e inovadora. Como diz o imprensa e do público não trazem à época personagem Rodrigo, “estou escrevendo na hora elementos que se julguem significativos mesma em que sou lido”. É Clarice contando uma história e, ao mesmo tempo, revelando ao leitor GRADE 12 seu processo de criação e sua angústia diante da vida e da morte. Macabéa, a nordestina, Insubmissas Lágrimas de Mulheres* cumpre seu destino sem reclamar. Feia, magra, by Conceição Evaristo sem entender muito bem o que se passa à sua O elo fundido com técnica literária irrepreensível volta, é maltratada pelo namorado Olímpico e grande força de sentimentos apresentado em e pela colega Glória. Os dois são o seu oposto: “insubmissas lágrimas de mulheres”, se revela um o metalúrgico Olímpico sonha alto e quer ser retrato de solidariedade e afeição feminina, por deputado, e Glória, carioca da gema e gorda, tem tocar no que é essencial, no que move, no que família e hora certa para comer. Os dois acabam aproxima e une mulheres e, em especial, mulheres juntos, enquanto Macabéa, sozinha, continua a negras. Os afetos, reflexões e deslocamentos que viver sem saber por que está vivendo, sem pensar os contos de insubmissas lágrimas de mulheres no futuro nem sonhar com uma vida melhor. Até nos causam, são frutos que só a boa literatura, a que um dia, seguindo uma recomendação de que salva, pode nos trazer, reafirmando o lugar Glória, procura a cartomante Carlota, uma ex- de destaque ocupado por Conceição Evaristo na prostituta do Mangue, que revela a Macabéa literatura brasileira. toda a inutilidade de sua vida. Mas também enche-a de esperança, prevendo a paixão por um estrangeiro rico, com quem ela iria se casar. Hibisco Roxo* by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Protagonista e narradora de Hibisco roxo, a MS. CORCORAN’S RECOMMENDATIONS adolescente Kambili mostra como a religiosidade extremamente “branca” e católica de seu pai, Asking for It* Eugene, famoso industrial nigeriano, inferniza e by Louise O Neill destrói lentamente a vida de toda a família. O pavor de Eugene às tradições primitivas do povo One night in a small town in County Cork, nigeriano é tamanho que ele chega a rejeitar o where everyone knows everyone, things spiral pai, contador de histórias encantador, e a irmã, terrifyingly out of control. This stage adaptation professora universitária esclarecida, temendo of the devastating novel. Shines an unflinching o inferno. Mas, apesar de sua clara violência light on the experience of a young woman whose e opressão, Eugene é benfeitor dos pobres e, life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence. estranhamente, apoia o jornal mais progressista do país. Durante uma temporada na casa de sua Solar Bones* tia, Kambili acaba se apaixonando por um padre by Mike McCormack que é obrigado a deixar a Nigéria, por falta de McCormack’s ambitious and other-worldly novel segurança e de perspectiva de futuro. Enquanto is both simple and devilishly complex. Once a narra as aventuras e desventuras de Kambili e year, on All Souls’ Day, it is said in Ireland that the de sua família, o romance também apresenta dead may return. Solar Bones is the story of one um retrato contundente e original da Nigéria such visit home. atual, mostrando os remanescentes invasivos da colonização tanto no próprio país, como, The Love Object* certamente, também no resto do continente. by Edna O’Brien She shows us, in her rich and singular prose, why we love and what happens when we do. It started

*Not available at the US iCommons 12 over dinner—a successful woman and a married, Café com Lufe - Sua Dose Extra de Boas older man, the afternoons of lying by the fire and Energias Para a Vida* the hasty partings. Edna O’Brien, with unmatched by Lufe Gomes wit and depth, lays bare the mind of a woman Este livro é sobre o despertar, é um convite in love and the inevitable, agonizing loss of the para que você encontre o seu caminho rumo ao object of her desires. autoconhecimento e à realização pessoal. De forma leve e objetiva, Lufe Gomes nos convoca Milk and Honey* a rever conceitos e a lançar um novo olhar sobre by Rupi Kaur nós mesmos e, assim, enxergar sinais e novos A collection of poems that looks at survival aprendizados nas situações mais simples do dia through experiences of violence, abuse, love, and a dia.Este livro chegou até as suas mãos para loss. lhe mostrar um caminho - para aqueles que já conhecem o canal Life by Lufe e para aqueles Three Poems* que estão chegando agora. A ideia é que cada by Hannah Sullivan capítulo sirva para o momento certo de sua vida. Então, ferva a água, prepare um café gostoso, “You, Very Young in New York” paints the portrait feche os olhos e pense no que você precisa. of a great American city, paying close attention Abra o livro. O momento é esse. Respire, mude, to grand designs as well as local details, and permita-se ser feliz! coalescing in a wry and tender study of romantic possibility, disappointment, and the obduracy of innocence. “Repeat Until Time” shifts the scene to California and combines a poetic essay on the MR. DIAS’ RECOMMENDATIONS GRADES 7 AND 8 nature of repetition with an inquiry into pattern- making of a personal as well as a philosophical kind. “The Sandpit After Rain” explores the birth of Pântano de Sangue a child and death of a father with exacting clarity. by Pedro Bandeira O crime organizado ronda o Pantanal! Miguel, Any poetry* Crânio, Calu, Magrí e Chumbinho envolvem-se by Kae Tempest com o crime organizado que está agindo no Pantanal de Mato Grosso, liderado pelo misterioso Kae Tempest is an English spoken word perform- e implacável Ente. Em um enredo fascinante, er, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright.” repleto de suspense do começo ao fim, discute- Some of their works are: “Hold your own: Poems”, se a dramática destruição dos jacarés, dos “Brand New Ancients: A Poem”, “Let Them Eat índios e da natureza em um dos últimos lugares Chaos”. do mundo que ainda poderia ser chamado de Paraíso Terrestre. Crânio, o Geninho dos Karas, é quem terá de arrastar os amigos em sua mais MS. CORREA’S RECOMMENDATIONS perigosa missão! Esse é mais um trabalho para os Karas: o avesso dos coroas, o contrário dos O Dia em que a Poesia Derrotou um Ditador* caretas! by Antonio Skármeta Nico testemunha seu pai, o professor Santos, O Escaravelho do Diabo ser detido pela polícia do regime militar chileno. by Lúcia Machado de Almeida Enquanto isso, o pai de sua namorada, o publicitário Adrián Bettini, assume a direção O moço estava quase convencido de que da campanha televisiva contra a reeleição a morte de seu irmão tinha relação com a do general Augusto Pinochet. Enquanto Nico de Clarence. Se bem que em vida ambos se procura notícias sobre o paradeiro do pai, Adrián ignoravam reciprocamente, havia uma ligação tenta convencer uma nação de que vale a íntima qualquer a uni-los na morte. Não tinham pena lutar pela democracia. Antonio Skármeta, ambos recebido um besouro nas vésperas do um dos principais autores chilenos das últimas acontecimento fatal? Um besouro cujo nome décadas, tece uma narrativa impactante sobre a parecia anunciar de que modo as pobres vítimas relação entre pais e filhos em momentos difíceis terminariam os seus dias? e ambos possuíam da história e sobre como a alegria conseguiu cabelos vermelhos e vermelhos de fogo. [.] Afinal devolver as cores a um país silenciado” de contas, que laço poderia haver entre dois rapazes que nem se conheciam?

13 MS. DUDLEY’S RECOMMENDATIONS but to win respect as female athletes in a country that all too often sees the phrase female athlete as The Soloist: a Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friend- an oxymoron. In a turbulent time where Turkey’s ship, and the Redemptive Power of Music* president has declared that it’s against nature for by Steve Lopez men and women to be equal, this book follows an inspirational group of girls who defy societal Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel norms both on and off the basketball court. Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, They square off against basketball opponents in playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Istanbul and an even more powerful opponent, Los Angeles’s Skid Row. Deeply affected by the a society that says they should remain in the beauty of Ayers’s music, Lopez took it upon background and be dependent on men. himself to change the prodigy’s life--only to find that their relationship would have a profound change on his own. MR. GRABIL’S RECOMMENDATIONS

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of The Things They Carried Music and Cheap Lessons* by Tim O’Brien by Ben Folds The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer- meditation on war, memory, imagination, and songwriter, beloved for songs such as “Brick,” the redemptive power of storytelling. Related “You Don’t Know Me,” “Rockin’ the Suburbs,” and stories, linked by recurring characters and an “The Luckiest,” and is the former frontman of the interwoven plot, recreate an American foot alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. But Folds soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War. will be the first to tell you he’s an unconventional icon, more normcore than hardcore. Now, in his Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda first book, Folds looks back at his life so far in a by Becky Albertalli charming and wise chronicle of his artistic coming of age, infused with the wry observations of a Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon natural storyteller. Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed MR. GONZALEZ’S RECOMMENDATIONS Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You The Diary of Anne Frank by Jason Reynolds Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records narrative written by beloved award-winner her impressions of the two years she and seven Jason Reynolds, this book shines a light on the others spent hiding from the Nazis before they many insidious forms of racist ideas--and on were discovered and taken to concentration ways readers can identify and stamp out racist camps. Includes entries previously omitted. thoughts in their daily lives.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie MS. GRACINHA’S RECOMMENDATIONS Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to This Gulf of Fire : the Great Lisbon Earth- attend an all-white farm town school where the quake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science only other Native American is the school mascot. and Reason* by Mark Moleski On All Saints Day of 1755, the tremors from a MS. GOTT’S RECOMMENDATIONS magnitude 8.5 earthquake swept furiously from its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Over & Back: A High School Girls Basketball Iberian Peninsula. Nowhere was it felt more than Team Navigates Life in Modern Turkey* in Lisbon, then the thriving capital of a great by Andrew W. Jones global empire. Ina few minutes most of Lisbon Over & Back tells the true story of a Turkish girls was destroyed--but that was only the beginning. basketball team fighting not only to win games, A tsunami swept away most of the ruined coast

*Not available at the US iCommons 14 along the Tagus River and carried untold souls a society that says they should remain in the out to sea. When fire broke out across the city, the background and be dependent on men. surviving Lisboetas were subject to a firestorm reaching temperatures over 1,832 degrees F. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents* Drawing on a wealth of new sources, on modern by Isabel Wilkerson science (geology did not exist then), and on Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a a sophisticated grasp of Portuguese history, powerful caste system that influences people’s Molesky gives us the definitive account of the lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking destruction, of history’s first international relief the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi effort, and of the dampening effects these events Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that had on the optimistic spirit of the Enlightenment. underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Getúlio 1 (1882-1930) Using riveting stories about people—including by Lira Neto Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, Sem desdenhar nenhum tipo de fonte ou and many others—she shows the ways that the arquivo, Lira Neto se serviu de cartas pessoais insidious undertow of caste is experienced every e memorandos oficiais, de diários íntimos, autos day. She documents how the Nazis studied the judiciais, boletins de ocorrência, notícias de racial systems in America to plan their out-cast jornal, anúncios de publicidade, charges, hinos, of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic marchinhas, livros de memórias, entrevistas, of caste requires that there be a bottom rung depoimentos etc. O resultado desse árduo for those in the middle to measure themselves trabalho, acompanhado de um mergulho na against; she writes about the surprising health bibliografia histórica sobre o período, é um relato costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, envolvente, por vezes eletrizante, ao qual o and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture talento narrativo do autor confere a vivacidade e and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways o ritmo de um bom romance. America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, Getúlio 2 (1930-1945) toward hope in our common humanity. by Lira Neto Amparado por uma minuciosa pesquisa em The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead acervos nacionais e estrangeiros, que incluiu documentos públicos e pessoais, diários, jornais, Like the protagonist of Gulliver’s Travels, Cora correspondências, gravações e filmes do período, encounters different worlds at each stage of her Lira Neto mostra como e por quê, para bem journey--hers is an odyssey through time as well ou para mal, Getúlio Vargas foi “a maior figura as space. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the política do Brasil no século XX”, na expressão do unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War historiador Boris Fausto. era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic MR. JONES’ RECOMMENDATIONS adventure tale of one woman’s ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, Over & Back: A High School Girls Basketball powerful meditation on the history we all share. Team Navigates Life in Modern Turkey* by Andrew W. Jones Over & Back tells the true story of a Turkish girls MS. JULIETE’S RECOMMENDATIONS basketball team fighting not only to win games, but to win respect as female athletes in a country Ana Frank: Diario that all too often sees the phrase female athlete as by Anne Frank an oxymoron. In a turbulent time where Turkey’s Diario de una adolescente es una de las biografías president has declared that it’s against nature for más queridas de todos los tiempos, además de men and women to be equal, this book follows uno de los documentos más perdurables del an inspirational group of girls who defy societal siglo XX. Desde su publicación en 1947, continúa norms both on and off the basketball court. cautivando a lectores de todas las edades y ha They square off against basketball opponents in sido leído por millones de personas en todo el Istanbul and an even more powerful opponent, mundo.

*Not available at the US iCommons 15 La Increíble y Triste Historia de la Cándida tigers are never what they seem. With the help of Eréndira y de su Abuela Desalmada her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find by Gabriel García Márquez her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. La cándida Eréndira y su abuela desalmada personifican la inocencia y la maldad, el amor y su perversión, y el relato recuerda al mismo MS. MAIA’S RECOMMENDATIONS tiempo a las gestas medievales y a los cantos provenzales o trovadorescos, aunque, como O Grande Ivan* siempre, inmersos en ese mundo denso y frutal del by Katherine Applegate Caribe americano. Estas siete narraciones no son Meu nome é Ivan. Eu sou um gorila. Não é tão ejercicios para conservar un estilo, ni muchísimo fácil quanto parece... Ivan mora dentro de um menos, sino siete exploraciones en el mundo shopping e nunca tinha pensado em voltar para definitivo que el escritor había conquistado de a natureza até o dia em que a pequena Ruby, um una vez por todas. filhote de elefante, foi comprada pelo dono do circo. Baseado em fatos reais, O Grande Ivan é uma história divertida, doce e inteligente sobre os MS. KARLA’S RECOMMENDATIONS direitos dos animais e sobre a força da amizade. HIGH SCHOOL Fernando Sabino na Sala de Aula* The Fountains of Silence by Fernando Sabino by Ruta Sepetys Este livro reúne contos e crônicas de Fernando Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of Sabino sobre os mais diversos temas, organizados General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a conforme as disciplinas escolares: História, dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign Geografia, Literatura, Inglês, Redação, Educação businessmen flood into Spain under the Física entre outras. Direcionado não só para welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among alunos e professores, esta obra traz textos que them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the são uma verdadeira aula de vida e de amor pela son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with vida ministrada por um dos maiores cronistas da his parents hoping to connect with the country of literatura brasileira. his mother’s birth through the lens of his camera. Photography--and fate--introduce him to Ana, O Fazedor de Velhos* whose family’s interweaving obstacles reveal the by Rodrigo Lacerda lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War--as well Conta a história de Pedro, um garoto as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel’s inteligente que está às portas da vida adulta. photographs leave him with uncomfortable Com o amadurecimento, chegam questões questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed fundamentais: que profissão escolher? Como into a corner of difficult decisions to protect those lidar com os amores frustrados, os amigos he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an deixados para trás, os sentimentos confusos que incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city. teimam em perturbar? Quem guia o garoto em meio a esses dilemas é Nabuco, um professor experiente, excêntrico e misterioso. MIDDLE SCHOOL Insatisfeito com a faculdade de História, Pedro encontra na literatura um destino possível. Mas When You Trap a Tiger essa não é uma descoberta simples — e para by Tae Keller chegar até ela é preciso trilhar um caminho de When Lily and her family move in with her sick perda e sofrimento. grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni’s Korean folktales arrives, prompting A Vida na Porta da Geladeira* Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long by Alice Kuipers ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Claire, de 15 anos, e sua mãe têm uma rotina Now they want it back. And when one of the muito atribulada. Nos raros momentos em que tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what a mãe está em casa (ela é obstetra), a filha está her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni’s na escola com amigos ou com o namorado. health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with

*Not available at the US iCommons 16 Resultado: as duas quase não se vêem e se GRADES 7-11 comunicam deixando recados na porta da geladeira. Esses recados vão desde cobranças Martian Chronicles* banais [Oi, Mãe! (Que eu NUNCA MAIS vi!], até by Ray Bradbury revelações tocantes e contundentes por parte The first Earth people to attempt the colonization de mãe e filha durante o penoso tratamento do of Mars try to build their new world in the image câncer de mama da mãe, em um ano que se of the civilization they left behind. revelará decisivo para as duas.. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien MR. MARTORELLI’S RECOMMENDATIONS The adventures of hobbit Bilbo Baggins in a land The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Devel- inhabited by dwarfs, elves, goblins, dragons, and humans. He sets off to recover a stolen treasure oping World by Steven Radelet from the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside. The Great Surge tells the remarkable story of this unprecedented economic, social, and political transformation. It shows how the end of the MR. POWELL’S RECOMMENDATIONS Cold War, the development of new technologies, globalization, courageous local leadership, and North of Happy* in some cases, good fortune, have combined to by Adi Alsaid dramatically improve the fate of hundreds of millions of people in poor countries around the A dual citizen of Mexico and the United States, world. Most importantly, The Great Surge reveals Carlos Portillo is happy to follow the well-worn how we can fight the changing tides of climate path to a future of comfort and ease in Mexico City change, resource demand, economic and political that’s been planned for him since birth. But when mismanagement, and demographic pressures his older brother Felix—who defied their parents to accelerate the political, economic, and social to live a life of adventure—is tragically killed, development that has been helping the poorest Carlos is determined to live out his own dreams of the poor around the world. for the both of them. He escapes to San Juan Island off the coast of Washington state and gets Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance a job with a celebrity chef he’s admired from afar and the Fall of American Business for years. But while things are coming together by Rana Foroohar for him in the kitchen, a forbidden romance with his boss’s daughter could end his career before Award-winning business journalist Rana Foroohar it even begins. Finally living for himself, Carlos shows how the shortsighted and misguided learns that reality doesn’t come with a road map financial practices that nearly toppled the global to an easy life — but does finding your true path economy in 2008 have come to infiltrate all mean following your head? Or your heart?. corners of American business--putting us on a dangerous collision course to another economic Let’s Get Lost* meltdown that will make 2008 look like a mere by Adi Alsaid blip in the business cycle. Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia have only one thing in common: a girl named Leila. On a MR. MEGARITY’S RECOMMENDATIONS GRADE 6 mission to see the Northern lights, Leila drives from Louisiana to Alaska, crashing into each of Jonathan Livingston Seagull their lives in her absurdly red car. From prom by Richard Bach night disasters to first loves and family weddings, Leila’s cross-country adventure helps each of An unusual seagull becomes an outcast from his these four find something that was missing. But flock because of his search for a higher purpose no journey is complete without a destination— in life and his quest for more freedom. and for Leila, the end of her trip might just bring her right back to the beginning. Back to the truth she knew all along: that perhaps, the only way to find what you’re looking for is to get a little lost along the way.

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A Elegância do Ouriço Refugee by Muriel Barbery by Alan Gratz Para começar, dando voz a Renée, que parece Three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of ser a zeladora por excelência: baixota, ranzinza e refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from sempre pronta a bater a porta na cara de alguém. drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there Na verdade, uma observadora refinada, ora terna, is always the hope of tomorrow. And although ora ácida, e um personagem complexo, que apaga Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by as pegadas para que ninguém adivinhe o que continents and decades, shocking connections guarda na toca: um amor extremado às letras e will tie their stories together in the end. às artes, sem as nódoas de classe e de esnobismo que mancham o perfil dos seus muitos patrões. E The Boy on the Wooden Box ainda há Paloma, a caçula da família Josse. O by Leon Leyson pai é um figurão da política, a mãe dondoca tem Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten doutorado em letras, a irmã mais velha jura que years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and é filósofa, mas Paloma conhece bem demais o his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow verso e o reverso da vida familiar para engolir ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and a história oficial. Tanto que se impõe um desafio grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the terrível: ou descobre algum sentido para a vida, Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, ou comete suicídio (seguido de incêndio) no commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp seu aniversário de treze anos. Enquanto a data outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity não chega, mantém duas séries de anotações and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar pessoais e filosóficas: os Pensamentos profundos Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson’s life, and e o Diário do movimento do mundo, crônicas de the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his suas experiências íntimas e também da vida no four siblings, by adding their names to his list of prédio. As vozes da garota e da zeladora, primeiro workers in his factory--a list that became world paralelas, depois entrelaçadas, vão desenhando renowned: Schindler’s List. uma espiral em que se misturam argumentos filosóficos, instantes de revelação estética, birras de classe e maldades adolescentes, poemas MR. SWEETMAN’S RECOMMENDATION orientais e filmes blockbuster. As duas filósofas, Renée e Paloma, estão inteiramente entregues a esse ímpeto satírico e devastador, quando chega The Socrates Express* by Eric Weiner de mudança o bem-humorado Kakuro Ozu, senhor japonês com nome de cineasta que, sem Eric Weiner, New York Times bestselling author alarde, saberá salvá-las tanto da mediocridade of The Geography of Bliss, combines his twin geral como dos próprios espinhos. passions for philosophy and global travel in a pilgrimage that uncovers surprising life Cidadã de Segunda Classe lessons from philosophers around the world, by Buchi Emecheta from Marcus Aurelius to Arthur Schopenhauer, Confucius to Montaigne. Traveling by train Na Nigéria dos anos 60, Adah precisa lutar (the most thoughtful mode of transport) he contra todo tipo de opressão cultural que recai traversed thousands of miles, making stops sobre as mulheres. Nesse cenário, a estratégia in Athens, Delhi, Massachusetts, Coney Island, para conquistar uma vida mais independente Frankfurt, and points in between, to recapture para si e seus filhos é a imigração para Londres. philosophy’s original purpose: teaching us how to O que ela não esperava era encontrar, em um lead wiser, more meaningful lives. From Socrates país visto por muitos nigerianos como uma and ancient Athens to Simone de Beauvoir and espécie de terra prometida, novos obstáculos tão twentieth century Paris, Weiner’s chosen places desafiadores quanto os da terra natal. Além do and thinkers provide important signposts as we racismo e da xenofobia que Adah até então não navigate today’s chaotic times. In The Socrates sabia existir, ela se depara com uma recepção Express, Weiner invites us to voyage alongside nada acolhedora de seus próprios compatriotas, him on his life-changing pursuit of wisdom and enfrenta a dominação do marido e a violência discovery as he attempts to find answers to our doméstica e aprende que, dos cidadãos de most vital questions. segunda classe, espera-se apenas submissão.

*Not available at the US iCommons 18 MS. TAIT’S RECOMMENDATION of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges A Promised Land of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank by Barack Obama about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid and introspective--the story of one man’s bet to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he with history, the faith of a community organizer never wavers from his belief that inside the great, tested on the world stage. Obama is candid ongoing American experiment, progress is always about the balancing act of running for office possible. as a Black American, bearing the expectations

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