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Williams Necessary Books 590331558 Scholastic K-2 Bigmama's Donald Crews Authors as Mentors 590221213 Scholastic K-2 Meanest Thing to Say Bill Cosby Authors as Mentors 590956167 Scholastic K-2 Joshua by the Sea (Board Book) Angela Johnson Authors as Mentors 531068463 Scholastic K-2 Mama Birds, Baby Birds (Board Book) Angela Johnson Authors as Mentors 53106848X Scholastic K-2 One of Three Angela Johnson Authors as Mentors 531070611 Scholastic K-2 Rain Feet (Board Book) (Hardcover) Angela Johnson Authors as Mentors 531068498 Scholastic K-2 When I Am Old with You Angela Johnson Authors as Mentors 531070352 Scholastic K-2 The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats Authors as Mentors 590030310 Scholastic K-2 Make Way for Ducklings Robery McCloskey Authors as Mentors 590339494 Scholastic K-2 Appalachia Cynthia Rylant Authors as Mentors 590512587 Scholastic K-2 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst Authors as Mentors 590421441 Scholastic K-2 Launching the Writing Corduroy Don Freeman Workshop 590309072 Scholastic K-2 Apples and Pumpkins Anne Rockwell Nonfiction Writing 59045191X Scholastic K-2 Night Shift Daddy Eileen Spinelli Small Moments 439221382 Scholastic K-2 Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco Small Moments 59046244X Scholastic K-2 Just Us Women Jeannette Franklin Caines Small Moments 590446762 Scholastic K-2 Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Virginia Lee Burton The Craft of Revision 59032487X Scholastic K-2 Koala Lou Mem Fox The Craft of Revision 590994662 Scholastic K-2 Do Like Kyla Angela Johnson Necessary Books PQZ368919 Scholastic K-2 Joshua's Night Whispers Angela Johnson Necessary Books PQZ42044 Scholastic K-2 Owl Moon Jane Yolen Necessary Books PQZ42044 Scholastic K-2 A Chair For My Mother Vera B. 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Ghostly Tales from Folklore Alvin Schwartz 64441709 HarperTrophy Middle School J 6 Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie David Adler 140380507 Puffin Middle School J 6 Commander Toad In Space Jane Yolen 698113551 Puffin Middle School K 6 Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot Dav Pilkey 590307207 Blue Sky Press Middle School L 7 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 763612316 Candlewick Middle School L 7 Horrible Harry and the Green Slime Suzy Kline 140389709 Puffin Middle School L 7 Eek! Stories to Make You Scream The Mummy’s Gold Kate McMullen 448413108 Grosset & Dunlap Middle School L 7 The Meanest Thing To Say (Little Bill) Bill Cosby 590956167 Cartwheel Middle School L 7 Dinosaurs Before Dark Magic Mary Pope Treehouse Osbourne 679824111 Random House Middle School M 8 Wingman On Ice Matthew (Matt Christopher) Christopher 316142697 Little, Brown Middle School M 8 Junie B. Jones Is Not Random House A Crook Barbara Park 679883428 Books Middle School M 8 Out Of Bounds! 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Abby Klein 439556007 Blue Sky Press Middle School N 9 Invisible Stanley Jeff Brown 60097922 HarperTrophy Middle School O 9 The Case of the Missing Ruby and Walter Dean Other Stories (Sniffy Blue:Ace Crime Detective) Myers 590676660 Little Apple Middle School O 9 Kristy’s Great Idea (Baby-sitter’s Club) Ann Martin 590224735 Scholastic Middle School O 9 Knights of the Kitchen Table The Time Warp Trio Jon Scieszka 140346031 Puffin Middle School P 10 Jason Kidd Story David Moore 590137727 Scholastic Middle School P 10 The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey 590846280 Scholastic Middle School P 10 Felita Nicholasa Mohr 141306432 Puffin Middle School P 10 The Day My Butt Went Psycho Andy Griffiths 439424690 Scholastic Middle School Q 10 Help! 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Konigsburg 440431808 Yearling Middle School S 11 Sahara Special Esme Raji Codell 786816112 Hyperion Middle School S 11 The Tiger Rising Kate DiCamillo 763618985 Candlewick Middle School T 12 Walter Dean Handbook For Boys Myers 64409309 Amistad Middle School T 12 Cry of the Cat (Goosebumps) R.L. Stine 590399888 Scholastic Middle School T 12 The Toothpaste Houghton Millionaire Jean Merrill 395960630 Mifflin Middle School T 12 Tangerine Edward Bloor 439286034 Scholastic Middle School U 12 The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot 380814021 HarperTrophy Middle School U 12 The Watsons Go To Christopher Paul Birmingham-1963 Curtis 440414121 Yearling Middle School U 12 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. 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P-Q Naruto, Bleach, and Vampire Knight – the Manga series Cirque du Freak Series, and Demonata Series Darren Shan Rainbow Boys Series Alex Sanchez The Alchemist Series Michael Scott Dripping Fang Series Dan Greenburg Spiderwick Chronicles Black and DiTerlizzi The Edge Chronicles Stewart and Riddell Chronicles of Prydain Series Alexander Rowan of Rin Series Rodda Ranger’s Apprentice Series John Flanagan Deltora Quest Series including Dragons of Deltora and ShadowlandsRodda R-T Fablehaven Series Mull The Pretties, The Uglies, the Specials Westerfeld Vampirates Series Somper Francis Frog Meets a Space Snake Reading Safari Picture Book Fantasy H George Shrinks William Joyce Picture Book Fantasy H Giant in the Bed, The Sunshine Picture Book Fantasy H Giant’s Boy, The Sunshine Picture Book Fantasy H Jelly Bean Tree, The Sunshine Picture Book Fantasy H Jumping Jesters, The Rigby Picture Book Fantasy H Korka the Mighty Elf Rigby Picture Book Fantasy H Littles First Reader (J/K/I) John Peterson Chapter Book Fantasy I Trek, The Anna Jonas Picture Book Fantasy I Cat in the Hat, The Dr. Seuss Picture Book Fantasy J Littles First Reader (J/K/I) John Peterson Chapter Book Fantasy J Space Race Sunshine Picture Book Fantasy J Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak Picture Book Fantasy J Babar and the Ghost Laurent de Brunhoff Picture Book Fantasy K Beauty and the Beast: Princess Stories Elizabeth Mills Chapter Book Fantasy K Commander Toad Series Jane Yolen Chapter Book Fantasy K Frog Prince Continued, The Jon Scieszka Picture Book Fantasy K Great Ant Adventure, The Quinlan B. Lee Chapter Book Fantasy K Leaf Man and the Brave Good Bugs, The William Joyce Picture Book Fantasy K Littles First Reader (J/K/I) John Peterson Chapter Book Fantasy K Paper Bag Princess, The Robert Munsch Picture Book Fantasy K Supertwins Meet the Bad Dogs from Outer Space Brian James Chapter Book Fantasy K Boy with the Helium Head, The Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Chapter Book Fantasy L Cinderella’s Rat Susan Meddaugh Picture Book Fantasy L Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight Ogden Nash Poem Fantasy L Field Beyond the Outfield, The Mark Teauge Picture Book Fantasy L Hanzel and Pretzel Mike Thaler Picture Book Fantasy L Lima Bean Monster, The Dan Yaccarino Picture Book Fantasy L Loretta and the Little Fairy Gerda Marie Scheidl Chapter Book Fantasy L Magic Hat, The Mem Fox Picture Book Fantasy L Mice Make Trouble Becky Bloom Picture Book Fantasy L My Father’s Dragon (Book 3): The Dragons of Blueland Ruth Stiles Gannett Chapter Book Fantasy L Pish and Posh Barbara Bottner Chapter Book Fantasy L Werewolf Club Series Daniel Pinkwater Chatper Book Fantasy L Witch's Walking Stick, The Susan Meddaugh Picture Book Fantasy L Wretched Stone, The Chris Van Allsburg Picture Book Fantasy L Amazing Bone, The William Steig Picture Book Fantasy M Another Day in the Milky Way David Milgrim Picture Book Fantasy M Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judith Barrett Picture Book Fantasy M Edward and the Pirates David McPhail Picture Book Fantasy M Goose Who Went off in a Huff, The Paul Johsnon Picture Book Fantasy M Jumanji (Great for introducing fantasy in the UG) Chris Van Allsburg Picture Book Fantasy M My Father’s Dragon 2: Elmer and The Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett Chapter Book Fantasy M Patrick’s Dinosaurs on the Internet Carol Carrick Picture Book Fantasy M Pickles to Pittsburg Judith Barrett Picture Book Fantasy M Pixie Tricks Series Tracey West Chapter Book Fantasy M Rainbow Magic Series Daisy Meadows Chapter Book Fantasy M Navigators Fiction Three Little Pigs Wise Up and the Prince, Princess, and Seriesthe Vegetable, The Chapter Book Fantasy M Unicorn’s Secret Series (8 books total) Kathleen Duey Chapter Book Fantasy M Magic Tree House Series Mary Pope Osborne Chapter Book Fantasy M/N Secrets of Droon Series, The Tony Abbott Chapter Book Fantasy M/N Catwings Series Le Guin Chapter Book Fantasy N Diamond Princess Steps Through The Mirror, The Johanna Malcolm Chapter Book Fantasy N Fishy Mystery, The Orbit Chapter Books Chapter Book Fantasy N Flying Dragon Room, The Audrey Wood Chapter Book Fantasy N Hey, Al Arthur Yorinks Picture Book Fantasy N Jimmy Zangwow's Out-Of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure Tony DiTerlizzi Chapter Book Fantasy N Matthew’s Dragon Susan Cooper Picture Book Fantasy N Multicultural Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale John Steptoe Picture Book Fantasy N Nobody Rides the Unicorn Adrian Mitchell Picture Book Fantasy N Pirate Girl Cornelia Funke Picture Book Fantasy N Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Rich language, great read aloud) William Steig Picture Book Fantasy N Uh-Oh, Leonardo!: The Adventures of Providence Traveler Robert Clarke Sabuda Picture Book Fantasy N Dragon Slayers’ Academy Series Kate McMullan Chapter Book Fantasy N-Q Abiyoyo Pete Seeger Picture Book Fantasy O Evil Elves, The Bruce Coville Chapter Book Fantasy O Fairy Called Hilary, A Linda Leopold Strauss Chapter Book Fantasy O Fairy’s Mistake, The Gail Carson Levine Chapter Book Fantasy O Frogs and French Kisses Sarah Mlynowski Chapter Book Fantasy O Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The Chris Van Allsburg Picture Book Fantasy O Happily Ever After Anna Quindlen Chapter Book Fantasy O Iron Giant, The Ted Hughes Chapter Book Fantasy O Magic Dogs of the Volcano Manilo Argueta Picture Book Fantasy O Magic Elements Quartets Series Mallory Loehr Chapter Book Fantasy O Night of the White Sage, The M. C. Helldorfer Picture Book Fantasy O Raising Dragons Jerdine Nolan Picture Book Fantasy O Treasure of a Dragon Stories M. Clark Short Story Fantasy O Wizzil William Steig Picture Book Fantasy O Wordless Bad Day at Riverbend Chris Van Allsburg Picture Book Fantasy P Battle for the Castle, The Elizabeth Winthrop Chapter Book Fantasy P Black Snowman, The Phil Mendez Picture Book Fantasy P Clever Lollipop (Strong and interesting animal story – cross genre) Dick King-Smith Chapter Book Fantasy P Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl Chapter Book Fantasy P Legend of Spud Murphy, The Eoin Colfer Chapter Book Fantasy P Martin’s Mice (Strong and interesting animal story – cross genre) Dick King-Smith Chapter Book Fantasy P No Flying in The House Betty Brock Chapter Book Fantasy P Shoebag (A different kind of fantasy) Mary James Chapter Book Fantasy P Spoon in the Bathroom Wall, The (Strong female main character) Tony Johnston Chapter Book Fantasy P Talking Eggs, The Robert D. San Souci Picture Book Fantasy P Time Warp Trio (Series) Jon Scieszka Chapter Book Fantasy P Visitors Series R. Philbrick & L. Harnett Chapter Book Fantasy P Weslandia (Powerful ideas, great interactive read aloud) Paul Fleischman Picture Book Fantasy P Wizard of Oz, The L. Frank Baum Chapter Book Fantasy P Wizard Test, The Hilari Bell Chapter Book Fantasy P Castaways in Lilliput Henry Winterfeld Chapter Book Fantasy Q Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Jenny Nimmo Chapter Book Fantasy Q Dragonling, The Jackie Koller Chapter Book Fantasy Q Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg Gail Carson Levin Chapter Book Fantasy Q Girl, the Dragon and the Wild Magic, The David Luckett Chapter Book Fantasy Q James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl Chapter Book Fantasy Q Keisha The Fairy Snow Queen Teresa Reed Chapter Book Fantasy Q Magician’s Boy, The Susan Cooper Picture Book Fantasy Q Secrets of Droon, The: In the Shadow of Goll Tony Abbott Chapter Book Fantasy Q Secrets of Ms. Snickle’s Class, The Laurie Miller Hornik Chapter Book Fantasy Q Spiderwick Chronicles: Books 1-3 H. Black and T. DiTerlizzi Chapter Book Fantasy Q Trapped Beyond the Magic Attic Sheri Cooper Sinykin Chapter Book Fantasy Q Aidan of Oren Alan St Jean Chapter Book Fantasy R Amulet of Komondor Adam Osterweil Chapter Book Fantasy R Castle in the Attic, The Elizabeth Winthrop Chapter Book Fantasy R Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl Chapter Book Fantasy R Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl Chapter Book Fantasy R Charlotte's Web E.B. White Chapter Book Fantasy R City of Ember Series: Book 3 Jeanne DuPrau Chapter Book Fantasy R Dominic William Steig Chapter Book Fantasy R Emerald Throne, The Cherith Baldry Chapter Book Fantasy R Floodland Marcus Sedgwick Chapter Book Fantasy R Indian in the Cupboard, The Lynne Banks Chapter Book Fantasy R Lowthar’s Blade Series R. L. La Fevers Chapter Book Fantasy R Magicians Trilogy, The Jenny Nimmo Chapter Book Fantasy R Me, All Alone, At the End of the World M.T. Anderson Picture Book Fantasy R Monster’s Ring, The Bruce Coville Chapter Book Fantasy R On Etruscan Time Tracy Barrett Chapter Book Fantasy R Replica Series Marilyn Kaye Chapter Book Fantasy R Sisters Grimm Series (Books 1, 2 & 4) Michael Buckley Chapter Book Fantasy R Spiderwick Chronicles; Books 4-5 H. Black and T. DiTerlizzi Chapter Book Fantasy R Troll Fell Katherine Langrish Chapter Book Fantasy R Troll Mill Katherine Langrish Chapter Book Fantasy R Warriors: The New Prophecy Series Book 3 Eric Hunter Chapter Book Fantasy R Witches, The Roald Dahl Chapter Book Fantasy R Wrath of Mulgarath, The; Spiderwick Chronicles H. Black and T. DiTerlizzi Chapter Book Fantasy R Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda Chapter Book Fantasy R-T Ink Trilogy C. Funke Chapter Book Fantasy R-T Edge Chronicles Series Paul Stewart Chapter Book Fantasy R-U Awake and Dreaming Kit Pearson Chapter Book Fantasy S Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder, The Brad Strickland Chapter Book Fantasy S Borrowers, The Mary Norton Chapter Book Fantasy S Brave Irene William Steig Chapter Book Fantasy S Cricket in Times Square, A George Selden Chapter Book Fantasy S Dragon of Lonely Island, The Rebecca Rupp Chapter Book Fantasy S Dragons of Deltora Series Emily Rodda Chapter Book Fantasy S Island of the Aunts Eva Ibotson Chapter Book Fantasy S My Teacher is … Series Bruce Coville Chapter Book Fantasy S Perloo the Bold Avi Chapter Book Fantasy S Poppy (Series) (Well written, rich story line) Avi Chapt er Book Fantasy S Three Good Deeds Vivian Vande Velde Chapter Book Fantasy S Warriors Series: Books 1-6 Eric Hunter Chapter Book Fantasy S Weeping Werewolf, The Bruce Coville Chapter Book Fantasy S Which Witch? Eva Ibbotson Chapter Book Fantasy S Avalon High Meg Cabot Chapter Book Fantasy T Chronicles of Narnia Series, The C.S. Lewis Chapter Book Fantasy T Deltora Shadowland Series Emily Rodda Chapter Book Fantasy T Dragon, 1-4 (Series) Chris d’Lacey Chapter Book Fantasy T Ellimist Chronicles, The K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Fantasy T Gregor The Overlander Suzanne Collins Chapter Book Fantasy T Ingo Helen Dunmore Chapter Book Fantasy T Keys to the Kingdom Series Garth Nix Chapter Book Fantasy T Magic by the Lake (Charming old-fashioned story) Edward Eager Chapter Book Fantasy T Out of Time Caroline B. Cooney Chapter Book Fantasy T Rowan of Rin Series, The Emily Rodda Chapter Book Fantasy T Secret of Platform 13, The Eva Ibotson Chapter Book Fantasy T Sisters Grimm Series (Book 3) Michael Buckley Chapter Book Fantasy T Space Trace, The Reading Safari Chapter Book Fantasy T Transall Saga, The Gary Paulsen Chapter Book Fantasy T Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast Jane Yolen Short Story Fantasy T Warriors: The New Prophecy Series Books 4-6 Erin Hunter Chapter Book Fantasy T Wish Giver, The (Series) Bill Brittain Chapter Book Fantasy T Animorphs Series (Some titles are science fiction) K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Fantasy T/U Children of The Red King Series Jenny Nimmo Chapter Book Fantasy T/U Alanna: The First Adventure; Song of the Lioness Series; Book 1 Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy U Andalite Chronicles K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Fantasy U BFG, The Roald Dahl Chapter Book Fantasy U Boggart and the Monster, The Susan Cooper Chapter Book Fantasy U Boggart, The Susan Cooper Chapter Book Fantasy U Book of Three, The Lloyd Alexander Chapter Book Fantasy U Castles in the Air Diana Wynne Jones Chapter Book Fantasy U Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book, Briar’s Book Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy U City of Ember Series: Books 1&2 Jeanne DuPrau Chapter Book Fantasy U Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine Chapter Book Fantasy U Everworld Series: Land of Loss, Book 2 K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Fantasy U Freeglader Paul Stewart Chapter Book Fantasy U Kiesha'ra Series: Wolfcry Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Chapter Book Fantasy U Magic Horse of Han Gan, The Chen Jiang Hong Picture Book Fantasy U Merlin and the Dragons Jane Yolen Picture Book Fantasy U Merlin and the Making of the King Margaret Hodges Chapter Book Fantasy U Real Thief, The William Steig Chapter Book Fantasy U Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Chapter Book Fantasy V Circle of Magic: Cold Fire, Daja’s Book, Tris’s Book, andTamora Shatterglass Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy V Cold Tom (Unique, powerful story) Sally Prue Chapter Book Fantasy V Dragon’s Milk Susan Fletcher Chapter Book Fantasy V Emperor Mage Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy V Eragon: Inheritance, Book I Christopher Paolini Chapter Book Fantasy V Everworld Series: Books 4, 6 K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Fantasy V Gregor and the Code of Claw Suzanne Collins Chapter Book Fantasy V Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods Suzanne Collins Chapter Book Fantasy V Gregor and the Marks of Secret Suzanne Collins Chapter Book Fantasy V Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane Suzanne Collins Chapter Book Fantasy V Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling Series Fantasy V Land of Elyon: Book 3 Patrick Carman Chapter Book Fantasy V Many Waters Lewis Chapter Book Fantasy V Scared Stiff Jahnna Malcom Chapter Book Fantasy V Series of Unfortunate Events, The Lemony Snicket Chapter Book Fantasy V Song of the Lioness Series; Books 2, 3, 4 Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy V Tenth City, The Patrick Carman Chapter Book Fantasy V Thief Lord, The Cornelia Funke Chapter Book Fantasy V Wild Magic Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy V Artemis Fowl Flies Eoin Colfer Chapter Book Fantasy W Book of Story Beginnings, The Kristin Kladstrup Chapter Book Fantasy W Castle of Llyr, The Lloyd Alexander Chapter Book Fantasy W Circle of Magic: Magic Steps, Street Magic, and Trickster’sTamora Queen Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy W Coraline Neil Gailman Chapter Book Fantasy W Dragon of the Lost Sea Fantasies Laurence Yep Chapter Book Fantasy W Drift House: The First Voyage Dale Peck Chapter Book Fantasy W Everworld Series: Books 1, 3, 5, 7-10, 12 K.A. Applegate Chapter Book Fantasy W Golden Hour, The Maiya Williams Chapter Book Fantasy W Inheritance Trilogy Christopher Paolini Chapter Book Fantasy W Nightmare Hour: Time for Terror R.L. Stein Chapter Book Fantasy W Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Rick Riordan Chapter Book Fantasy W Phantom Tollbooth, The J. Norton Chapter Book Fantasy W Shadow of the Red Moon Walter Dean Myers Chapter Book Fantasy W Silver on the Tree (Book 3: The Dark is Rising) Susan Cooper Chapter Book Fantasy W Wolf-Speaker Tamora Pierce Chapter Book Fantasy W Wrinkle in Time, A M. L’Engle Chapter Book Fantasy W Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes Bartimaeus Trilogy; Books 2 and 3 Jonathan Stroud Chapter Book Fantasy X Everworld Series: Book 11 K.A. 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Friendship Wright Group F Pancakes** Irvensen, Sandra Friendship Wright Group G A Friend for Me First Stories Friendship Pacific Learning A Friends Leveled Readers Friendship Houghton Mifflin A Happy Birthday Brother** Vocabulary Readers Friendship Houghton Mifflin A Trolley Ride Vocabulary Readers Friendship Houghton Mifflin A Friends Little Readers Friendship Houghton Mifflin B Fun With Friends Rise and Shine Friendship Hampton-Brown B Houghton Mifflin (Great Peaches the Pig Childers, Ellen Friendship Source Education Group) E Fun With Friends Bookshop Friendship Mondo Publishers A Monster Party Bookshop Friendship Mondo Publishers A Who Can?* Montgomery, Ed Friendship Mondo B Baby Tiger Cheats Cheetah Martin, Monique Friendship Mondo C Make a Valentine Gordon, Dale Friendship Mondo C Cool Off Diaz, Nellie Friendship Mondo C How Many Pets? Montgomery, Charlotte Friendship Mondo C How Many Pets? Montgomery, Charlotte Friendship Mondo Publishing D Saturday Mornings* Hancock, Joelie Friendship Mondo Publishing D Hands, Hands, Hands Vaughan, Marcia Friendship Mondo Publishing F Paulo the Pilot Garcia, Enrico Friendship Mondo Publishing F Crunchy Munchy Parkes, Brenda Friendship Mondo Publishing G Francis Frog Meets a Space Snake Pile, Murray Friendship Mondo Publishing G I Love Cats* Hurst, Marjorie-Mary Friendship Mondo Publishing G I Help My Dad** Windows on Literacy Friendship National Geographic A The Log Hotel Little Celebrations Friendship Pearson Learning A Timmy Tries Hawley, Mary K. Friendship Celebration Press C Just Like Grandpa Barber, Will and Le Anne Friendship Celebration Press C Miss Popple’s Pets* Literacy 2000 Friendship Rigby A Where is Eric?** Bauers, Ann Friendship Rigby B Dinosaur Party Smart Starts Friendship Rigby B Friends Rigby Literacy Friendship Rigby B What a Week! ** Rider, Cynthia Friendship Rigby C I Like Dogs* Mitchelhill, Barbara Friendship Rigby C Ball Games Giles, Jenny Friendship Rigby C We Can Run Giles, Jenny Friendship Rigby C Roll Over, Roll Over Skelly, Ann Friendship Rigby C Every Monday Thompson, Gare Friendship Steck-Vaughn C We Can Run Giles, Jenny Friendship Rigby D Roll Over, Roll Over Skelly, Ann Friendship Rigby D Bumper Cars, The** Randell, Beverly Friendship Rigby D We Make Music Connery, Robyn Friendship Rigby D Ball Called Sam, A Strachan, Linda Friendship Rigby D Best Present, The Archer, Jo Friendship Rigby E Green Footprints* Kehoe, Connie Friendship Rigby E My Monster Friends Prince, Patrick Friendship Rigby F Reading Partners At School Series Friendship Pioneer Valley A Recess At School Series Friendship Pioneer Valley A Gabby Visits Buster Early Emergent Friendship Pioneer Valley B My Cats* Robinson, Eileen Friendship Scholastic B My Cat Muffin* Gardner, Marjorie Friendship Scholastic B Fun With Hats Malka, Lucy Friendship Scholastic B Susan Canizares; Betsey Two Can Do It! Chessen Friendship Scholastic B One for You and One for Me Blaxland, Wendy Friendship Scholastic C In the City* Pasternac, Susana Friendship Scholastic C Swing, Swing, Swing* Tuchman, Gail Friendship Scholastic C All Kinds of Kids Christina Mia Gardeski Friendship Scholastic C Daniel Moreton; Samantha It's a Party Berger Friendship Scholastic C Look At Us! Sarah Prince Friendship Scholastic C Run! Run! JoAnn Vandine Friendship Scholastic C Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes Friends Min Hong Friendship Scholastic D Get Out of My Chair Kathy Schulz Friendship Scholastic D Hide and Seek Roberta Brown; Sue Carey Friendship Scholastic D One Happy Classroom Charman Simon Friendship Scholastic D Two Crazy Pigs Karen Berman Nagel Friendship Scholastic D Maragaret Yatsevitch Will You Play With Us? 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Ikenna Goes to Nigeria Ifeoma Onyefulu Picture book/UG Multi-cultural Ikenna travels for the first time from Lagos, a bustling modern city, to visit the countryside where his mother was born. In this heart warming story we read about his adventures but above all, his extended family that he will always treasure. Orphaned by the ethnic and religious wars that have left two million dead we learn through, Garang, the story of children at war. Driven from his village home by the soldiers, Garang treks with other boys nearly 1,000 miles to Kenya. He finds shelter in refugee camps, but many other refugees die along the way. Eventually a special bond forms between Garang, a younger boy and an Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan*Mary Williams Picture book/UG Multi-cultural S aid worker who helps them to reach America. An honor student, Sylvia Patterson is thrilled when she is chosen as one of the first black students to integrate all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. But the racism in her town is terrifying, and she Fire From the Rock Sharon M. Draper Novel/MS Multi-cultural is not sure she can go through with it. What will she do? In this lively sequel to Safe At Home, Elijah "Jumper" Breeze is settling into his new home in Harlem-though after his father died and his mother moved them from the suburbs. He made friends at summer camp and he's eager to see them at his new middle school. He’s also eager to hit the court for some serious b-ball. Then his best friend, Kelvin, talks him into running for student council and Slam Dunk Sharon Robinson Novel/MS Multi-cultural suddenly life gets a lot more complicated! Marcus is having a hard time in school, at home and on the street. Life for him is a battle especially since his sister’s death. In this novel written in verse we learn how Marcus comes to Chess Rumble* G. Neri Novel/MS Multi-cultural T regain control of his life through the help of CM, the chess master. Xavier’s new stepbrother, Chris, has moved into Xavier's room, and also is trying to steal Mami, Xavier’s mom by being the perfect kid. Nikki Grimes captures the struggles of this story which tells how two strangers learn to become brothers and a loving Oh, Brother! Nikki Grimes Picture Book/UG PoetryLevel Multi-cultural P family in twenty powerful poems. In 1773, Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry. It was a great accomplishment that made her very famous. Only a year before, Phillis had had to take a test to prove that she was the actual author of these poems, because Phillis Wheatley was a slave. Who would believe that an African girl could be the author of such poetry? Phillis did! She believed in herself, and took every opportunity she could to make her life better. She believed in the power of her words, and her writing to prove her talent, Philli’s Big Test Catherine Clinton Picture Book/ UGBiography Multi-cultural and used the power of words to change a life. Lily is so proud of her sister Eubie when she wins a college scholarship. This delightful story tells how a whole family rallies to earn the money so that Eubie’s dream might come true. What Pitching in forEubie Jerdine Nolen Picture Book/ UGHistorical Fiction Multi-cultural can Eubie do to pitch in? Those Shoes Maribeth Boelts Picture Book/ P Multi-cultural P Jeremy desperately wants the latest shoes but his family can’t afford new shoes. Readers will rejoice in the way he eventually resolves his problem with his too- small shoes. Jazz Baby Lisa Wheeler Picture book/ Poetry/PR Multi-cultural This finger snapping, hand clapping rhyme tells how a baby and his family make a joyful noise before he fall off to sleep. This 2007 version of Lewis Carroll’s famous poem teaches students that even a classic poem can have a fresh new Jabber Wocky byChristopher Myers Picture book/ Poetry/UG Multi-cultural appearance. a sweet smell of roses Angela Johnson PictureBook/UG Multi-cultural This poetic picture book with gorgeously rendered, realistic charcoal illustrations tells the story of two young African American girls who sneak out to join a march through their hometown with Martin Luther King and a crowd from the community. Daddy Calls MeMan Angela Johnson Picture Book/ Poetry/P Multi-cultural This (gorgeously illustrated) picture book contains poetry about one African American boy’s everyday life: shoes, playing with siblings, bedtime, and new baby sisters. SomethingBeautiful Sharon Dennis Wyeth PictureBook/UG Multi-cultural L This book is about a young girl only sees the rough edges, the ugliness, of her neighborhood. It offers a different perspective to preserving our environment by marking the importance of preserving ALL environments. It combines concepts of community organizing, social action and environmentalism. What They Found: Love on 145th St Walter Dean Myers ShortStories/MS Multi-cultural A follow up to 145th Stories, short stories with intertwining characters and issues ranging from facing the death of a terminally ill parent to complicated love to the war in Iraq. Martin’s BIG Words Doreen Rappaport Multi-cultural This award winning biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tells not only of this great American hero’s life and times. It highlights Deshawn Days* Tony Medina Picture book/UG Poetry Multi-cultural M This original story about Deshawn Williams who live s in the projects is told in verse. We learn all about Deshawn and life in the inner city. 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Hiromi’s Hands* Lynne Barasch Picture book/UG Multi-cultural Q This biography of Hiromi Susuki, a Japanese American girl who, with her father’s guidance, defies tradition and trains to become a sushi chef at her family’s restaurant in New York City. Shanghai Messenger* Andrea Cheng Picture Book/ Poetry/UG Multi-cultural S Xiao Mei is eleven years old. She is excited and a bit apprehensive to travel to Shanghai, China to visit her extended family. In the story written in poetic verse we learn of her adventure and of her appreciation for her Chinese heritage. It is the Chinese New Year and Sam receives lucky money to spend. Sam can hardly wait to spend it. While out shopping with his mother Sam run into a dilemma on how to spend his Sam and theLucky Money* Karen Chinn Picture book/ PR Multi-cultural L New Year’s gift money. Mike and his family drive to the city everyday with their food cart. One day two other food carts show up. Mike and his grandmother who has recently come from Korea work together The Have A GoodDay Café * Frances Park & Ginger Park Picture book/UG Multi-cultural N to find a way to make the family business a success. Growing up in a migrant family, Chico has experienced first school days in artichokes and first days in onions, and "now his first day in third grade would be in grapes." His encounters with bullies and the grumpy school bus driver shake Chico's confidence, but a friendly classmate and an understanding First Day inGrapes* L. King Perez Picture book/UG Multi-cultural N teacher help him adjust. Armando and his father work at the dump, picking through trash to support the family. Buh-beep! Buh-beep! The truck horn of Senor David sounds. He has come to teach the children in Armando’s neighborhood. Armando is overjoyed to attend Armando and theBlue Tarp School* Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson Picture book/ UG Multi-cultural O school each afternoon with Senor David. This story of perseverance and of power teaches how one person can change the lives of others. My Feet areLaughing Lissette Norman Picture Book/ Poetry/UG Multi-cultural When her grandmother goes to live in heaven, Sadie, a young Dominican American, and her mother and sister move into Mama Didi's Harlem brownstone. This collection of narrative poems highlights familial love, the optimism of youth, and Sadie's irrepressible personality. Written in the form of “The House That Jack Built” this colorful book tells the story of the Mexican potter Juan Quezada. His inspiring work helps to transform his impoverished The Pot that Juan Built* Nancy Andrews-Coebel Picture Book/ Poetry/UG Multi-cultural P village into a thriving community. The Most Beautiful Place In The World Ann Cameron Novel/UG Multi-cultural O Juan’s life is less than beautiful. His mother has abandoned him to his grandmother and Juan must work shining shoes to earn his keep. Juan overcomes all of this and convinces his grandmother to send him to school. This memoir written by Barakat provides children with insight into the Six Days’ War through the eyes of a child. It is a wonderful way for readers to learn about Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Ibtisam Barakat Novel/MS Multi-cultural the Palestinian world through this literary treasure. This very short graphic novel tells the story of the librarian, Alia, who saves the books in Basra’s library by sneaking them to her home bit by bit before American soldiers invade her village and the library is burned to the ground. This book tells the same true story as The Librarian of Alia’s Mission: Saving the book sof Iraq Mark Alan Stamaty Picture Book GN: Graphic Novel/MS Multi-cultural Basra, by Jeanette Winter. In this picture book, Alia, a librarian knows that war is coming to her town. In order to keep the library books safe, she sneaks 30,000 books to her home with the help of others. This book is based on the same true story as Alia’s Mission: Saving the books of Iraq by Mark Alan The Librarian ofBasra Jeanette Winter PictureBook/UG Multi-cultural Stamaty. Four Feet, TwoSandals Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed Picture book/UG Multi-cultural This touching story of friendship between two Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan and how they share a precious pair of sandals brought to them by relief workers. One Green Apple Eve Bunting Picture book/UG Multi-cultural Farah goes on a school trip to the apple orchard. While on the trip she makes cider and gains self- confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students’ red apples. Arun longs for a sister, so he is excited when his parents tell him that they are adopting a baby girl from India, his father's native country. 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J. McMahon Chapter Book Mystery Ghost Twins Series Dian Curtis Regan Chapter Book Mystery Mystery of the Plant that Ate Dirty Socks, The Nancy McArthur Chapter Book Mystery “Who Waxed Mad Max?” short story in But That’s Another Story (editor – Sandy Asher) Gary L. Blackwood Short Story Mystery House Jackson has slogged through the preceding year with an out-of-commission elbow. Aurora County All-Stars, The Deborah Wiles Social Issues 9780152066260 HI-B Instead of playing baseball, he's spent most of his time indoors with Mr. Norwood Rhinehart Beauregard Boyd, an old and disliked man. House is reminded of his itch to play after Mr. Boyd’s death. Unfortunately, the All-Stars' only game of the year is scheduled for the same day as Aurora County's 200th anniversary pageant, an event directed by the girl who broke House's elbow, Frances. House and Frances figure out a way to work out a hilarious compromise that all readers can root for. It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion. In the second book, Rodrick Rules, Greg enters the new school year, he’s eager to put the past three months behind him Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series Jeff Kinney Social Issues 9780810995529 HI-B and one event in particular. Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Rodrick, knows all about the incident Greg wants to keep under wraps. But secrets have a way of getting out, especially when a diary is involved. In the third book, The Last Straw, Greg’s dad actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father’s efforts to change him. But when Greg’s dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up...or get shipped out. When timid Robert Nobel asks Edith Sorrell, the mysterious resident of Mayfield Rest Home, Feather Boy Nicky Singer Social Issues 9780440418580 to share her wisdom with him as part of a class project, he never expects the complicated mystery it would reveal that would change both of their lives forever. Against a background of major league baseball and the Korean War on the home front, Keeping Score Linda Sue Park Social Issues 9.78E+12 Maggie looks for, and finds, a way to make a difference in her life and in the lives of those around her. Even those readers who think they don't care about baseball will be drawn into the world of the true and ardent fan. Linda Sue Park's captivating story will, of course, delight those who are already keeping score. The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith Social Issues 9780060736262 Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience. "No boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan Just Us Women (Picture Book) Janette Caines Social Issues 9780064430562 J their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along; the two travelers can do exactly as they please. Lately second-grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life can be lonely when One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, The (Picture Book) Judy Blume Social Issues 9780440467311 M you're the middle kid in the family and you feel like "the peanut butter part of a sandwich," squeezed between an older brother and a little sister. But now for the first time it's Freddy's chance to show everyone how special he is and, most of all, prove it to himself! Julian is a quick fibber and a wishful thinker. And he is great at telling stories. He can make Stories Julian Tells, The Ann Cameron Social Issues 9780394828923 N people—especially his younger brother, Huey—believe just about anything. Armed with a creative imagination and the ability to think quickly on his feet, Julian delights in telling stories to his family. Although Julian’s ability to make people believe in anything usually lands him in trouble, such as taking too many tastes from a lemon pudding meant for his mother, everything ends on a positive note. Older readers will delight in these stories of everyday family life, challenging themselves to think of humorous situations in their lives around the home. Students will also be able to connect with Julian’s negotiation of a new friendship with his new neighbor, a girl named Gloria. The book also features a table of contents, which can facilitate students’ predictions of the stories Julian will tell to his family. Other supportive features of the text include illustrations and a first person narration, which can allow students an intimate glimpse inside of the thoughts and actions of Julian. Holly fears that she will soon have a stepmother. Greg admires a girl and hopes to be her Worry Website Jacqueline Wilson Social Issues 9780754078425 P boyfriend. Claire has nightmares. William thinks he is useless at everything. Samantha misses her dad, who has left their family to marry another woman. Lisa is frightened by her angry father. Natasha wants to be in the school concert but is uneasy because she is in a wheelchair. These students are all in the same class. Mr. Speed is their fast-moving, funny, and caring teacher who offers The Worry Web Site to his students in an effort to provide the opportunity for them to type in their concerns anonymously. Members of the class address one another's problems by adding their comments. Mr. Speed oversees and quietly intervenes when necessary. Each chapter relates the story of one student. Character development is slight but sufficient and is enhanced by the interaction of the students with one another throughout the book. Their problems are realistic in that some of them do not have clear solutions. Wilson shows that she understands the lives, fears, and worries of young people, and the book has enough suspense, enhanced by frequent humor, for reluctant readers. Some other issues this book includes are: Understanding Self and Others, Courage and Honor. A story about a baseball loving boy's quest to save and place helpless stray dogs and his little Dog Days David Lubar Social Issues 9781581960259 Q brother's unwavering desire to affectionately tag along. These two brothers learn the price of sacrifice and other lessons in this coming-of-age story. Mouse Fawley has just done something very, very dumb. No kid in his right mind would go 18th Emergency, The Betsy Byars Social Issues 9780140314519 R out of his way to enrage Marv Hammerman, the school bully--but when Mouse saw the picture of the Neanderthal man, he just had to write Marv's name under it. Too bad Marv was standing right behind him while he was doing it . Now Mouse has to choose between being on the run and being killed by the school bully. Sixth-graders Tommy, Angela, Faye, and the twins, Judge and Jury Jenkins, have been friends Day for Vincent Chin and Me, The Jacqueline Turner Banks Social Issues 9780618548798 R forever. Now they're faced with new problems and need to find new solutions to them—even if it means breaking the law. How can they help prevent an inevitable accident on Tommy's street other than to try to stop cars from speeding past Tommy's young, deaf neighbor? Not only must the Posse mastermind a plan, but Tommy must confront his doubts about his mother's participation in a rally to fight racism. The last thing Tommy wants is to be singled out as a Japanese American, so why does his mother insist on drawing attention to his family? Twelve-year-old Cliff, the eldest of the six Abernathy children, looks back on a year of ups and downs. This warm story neatly blends the humor and frustrations of growing up in a large family headed by two sanguine parents. Each chapter, while centering on a particular child, subtly weaves together household events, large and small. The episodes smoothly move forward to the family's ultimate crisis: Brad, the gentlest of the children, is killed while riding his bicycle. With remarkable restraint and understatement, Fletcher conveys the bewilderment and grief as each of the Abernathy family members react to this loss. A hopeful ending Fig Pudding Ralph Fletch Social Issues 978-0440412038 R implies that Brad's memory will live on in the family's exchanges. After her beloved father leaves their Massachusetts farm in search of gold in California, Sarah is forced to endure her mother's coldness and harsh discipline, but as she works hard to keep the farm running, meeting each challenge with exceptional bravery, she comes to appreciate In Plain Sight Carol Otis Hurst Social Issues 9.78E+12 R her mother's strength and patience, and realizes the true cost of her father's recklessness. When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to Love, Ruby Lavender Deborah Wiles Social Issues 9780152054786 R survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death. It’s true that fifth grader Nora Rose Rowley is really a genius, but don't tell anyone. Nora always gets average grades so she can forgo the pressures. But when Nora gets one hundred percent fed up over testing and the fuss everyone makes about grades, she brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Pretty soon her teachers, parents, and the principal Report Card, The Andrew Clements Social Issues 9780689845246 R are launching a massive effort to find out what's wrong. But can Nora convince them that tests alone are a stupid way to measure intelligence? With her tenth birthday but one week away, Heather is determined to remain nine years old Staying Nine Pam Courad Social Issues 9780064403771 R until her uncle's wacky girlfriend, Rosa Rita, shows her that growing up can be fun. Following her parents’ separation, twelve-year-old Rain moves with her mother to the Stranded in Boringsville Catherine Bateson Social Issues 9780823421138 R country, where she befriends the unpopular boy who lives next door and also seeks a way to cope with her feelings toward her father and his new girlfriend. Franklin Delano Donuthead, a fifth-grader obsessed with hygiene and safety, finds an unlikely friend and protector in Sarah Kervick, the tough new student who lives in a dirty trailer, bonds with his mother, and is as "irregular" as he is. This is a hilarious and touching novel featuring a neurotic, scared boy and a tougher-than-nails girl who each help the other in more ways than Donuthead Sue Stauffacher Social Issues 9780440419341 S they can imagine. Comfort lives in a funeral home and has been to more than 200 funerals, so she thinks she knows all about death. But then her great-uncle Edisto dies, and her great-great-aunt Each Little Bird That Sings Deborah Wiles Social Issues 9780152056575 S Florentine slips away just six months later. At Florentine's funeral, Comfort is in charge of watching her cousin, Peach--and only then does she realize just how difficult death can be. Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. The interaction between the two men portrays how severely the bonds of friendship can be tested against a backdrop of racism, peer pressure, and Friendship, The Mildred D. Taylor Social Issues 9780140389647 S individual rights. Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate long after you have put this book down. How does Ida B cope when outside forces—life, really—attempt to derail her and her family and her future? She enters her Black Period, and it is not pretty. But then, with the help of a Ida B. K. Hannigan Social Issues 9780060730260 S patient teacher, a loyal cat and dog, her beloved apple trees, and parents who believe in the same things she does (even if they sometimes act as though they don't), the resilience that is the very essence of Ida B triumph...and Ida B. Applewood takes the hand that is extended and starts to grow up. This first novel is both very funny and extraordinarily moving, and it introduces two shining stars—Katherine Hannigan and Ida B. Applewood. During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River. A terrifying moment occurs Mississippi Bridge Logan Family Series Mildred D. Taylor Social Issues 9780553159929 S that unites all the townspeople in a nightmare that will change their lives forever. Delia loves Double Dutch more than just about anything, and she's really good at it -- so good she and her teammates have a shot at winning the World Double Dutch Championships. Delia would die if she couldn't jump -- but Delia has a secret, and it could keep her off the team next year. Delia's friend Randy has a secret too, one that has him lonely and scared. And while Delia and Randy struggle to keep their secrets, their school is abuzz with rumors about what malicious mischief the terrible Tolliver twins -- who just may have a secret of their own Double Dutch Sharon Draper Social Issues 9780689842313 T -- are planning. Why can't life be as easy for Delia as Double Dutch? Three middle schoolers are brought together at Moon Shadow, an isolated campground where thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun. Told from these three perspectives, Wendy Mass weaves an intricate and compelling story about strangers coming together under different circumstances and establishing unlikely friendships. With breathtaking descriptions of nature and its ultimate phenomenon, the Every Soul a Star Wendy Mass Social Issues 9.78E+12 U eclipse, Every Soul a Star is a powerful and humorous story about dealing with change and discovering one's place in the universe. Evie Thomas is not who she used to be. Once she had a best friend, a happy home and a loving grandmother living nearby. Once her name was Toswiah. Now, everything is different. Her family has been forced to move to a new place and change their identities. But that's not all that has changed. Her once lively father, an African-American police officer, has become depressed and quiet after he testified against white officers who killed a black teenager. The racist and prejudice attacks are harsh. Her mother leaves teaching behind and clings to a new- found religion. Her only sister is making secret plans to leave. And Evie, struggling to find Hush Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 9780142406007 U her way in a new city where kids aren't friendly and the terrain is as unfamiliar as her name, wonders who she is. "A master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful, and suddenly wonderful things that happen on the razor's edge between childhood and full-fledged adolescence" (The Washington Post), Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his best-selling fiction. From first memories through high school, Knots in my Yo-Yo String Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 978-0679887911 U including first kiss, first punch, first trip to the principal's office, and first humiliating sports experience, this is not merely an account of a highly unusual childhood. Rather, like Spinelli's fiction, its appeal lies in the accessibility and universality of his life. Entertaining and fast-paced, this is a highly readable memoir. Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and called him a loser, Donald Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show Loser Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780060540746 U that any name can someday become "hero." Set in Berlin, 1942 - Bruno returns to his enormous home from school one day, he discovers Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The John Boyne Social Issues 9780385751537 HI-B that all of his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer again like he was back at home and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place, Auschwitz, than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. Clementine spends a lot of time in the principal's office. Since she's always coming up with spectacular ideas, this lovable and realistic 3rd-grader is well-meaning, but has a talent for trouble, and personality to spare. A true original, an empathetic human being with the Clementine Sarah Penny Packer Social Issues 978-0786838837 observant eye of a real artist and a quirky, matter-of-fact way of expressing herself. The charming adventures of the Mama, who gradually Americanizes her family with the aid Mama’s Bank Account Kathryn Forbes Social Issues 9780156563772 of her wit and understanding, and her immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired the play, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama. Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes When 16-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In a unique and powerful novel, Newbery author Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new Whirligig Paul Fleischman Social Issues 9780440228356 motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Michael Reilly has introduced a new game to Little Bill and his friends. You get twelve chances to say something mean to another kid--and whoever comes up with the biggest insult is the winner. Insults start flying: "Jose hops with the frogs in science lab!" "Andrew eats Meanest Thing To Say, The Bill Cosby Social Issues 9780590956161 L frogs for dinner!" "Little Bill shoots baskets like a girl!"Little Bill tries to think of really mean things to say in retaliation. But Dad teaches him a strategy that enables Little Bill to save face while remaining the nice kid that he really is! Although Song Lee is very shy in some ways (she is terrified of speaking in front of the class), she brings a lot of her own flair to her second-grade classroom. For instance, when it's her turn to talk about a place she's traveled, she dresses as a cherry blossom tree — cleverly hiding her fear from the audience and bringing in a great image of her homeland, Korea. Song Lee in Room 2B Suzy Kline Social Issues 9780141304083 L That's not all — when she realizes the class has no more living pets, Song Lee brings in her own salamander to share with her classmates. Later, when there's a fire drill, Song Lee makes sure to rescue her pet before leaving the building. Emily Arrow, the fastest runner and enthusiastic mathematician of Ms. Rooney’s second Fish Face Patricia Giff Reilly Social Issues 978-0440425571 M grade class, is optimistic when Dawn Bosco, a new girl from Florida, is placed in her classroom. Emily thinks they could become fast friends; however, when Dawn steals Emily’s beloved unicorn toy and threatens her standing as the fastest runner of the class, Emily begins to have second thoughts about this potential friendship. This text appeals to older readers because they can relate to the issues of friendship in this book, especially of how to initiate new friendships and handle issues of jealousy and lying. Emily is also a relatable character, who loves to run on the playground and complete word problems in math, bur struggles with reading and spelling in school. When Jenny Archer receives a used camera from her grandparents, she fails to see the fun in Get the picture, Jenny Archer Ellen Conford Social Issues 978-0316153935 M photography until she discovers an advertisement in the local newspaper for a photo contest. With visions of the prizes of a computer and a mini television dancing in her head, Jenny scopes out her neighborhood for the best candid shot, only to catch her neighbors engaging in seemingly mysterious and possibly dangerous activities. Older readers will delight in Jenny’s overactive imagination and challenge themselves to solve the neighborhood’s mysteries by keeping track of the clues that Jenny photographs. Students will also be supported by the illustrations that accompany some of the events of the story. Although Amber Brown is still dealing with the effects of her parents’ divorce, she is eagerly anticipating celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas with her mom and her mother’s fiancé, Max. However, when her father comes back from Paris, Amber is surprised with his exciting news: Mr. Brown is renting a house in town. Conflicted by the tension of the joint custody arrangement and frustrated that she cannot make her own decisions, Amber takes a stand and decides to get her ears pierced, even though her mother has consistently said no and her father is unaware of his ex-wife’s thoughts on the subject. Readers will be drawn to this text because they will be able to relate to Amber’s experiences as a fourth grader, such as asserting her independence, getting her ears pierced, and coping with the moving away and thought of losing of her best friend, Justin. For students who have experienced the after effects of a divorce in the family, they will be able to relate to Amber’s emotions and actions in the story. Readers will also delight with Amber’s puns and jokes, which she occasionally uses to shield herself from getting hurt. At first, students might be confused by the language structure I, Amber Brown Paula Danziger Social Issues 978-0439071697 N Amber uses to refer to herself: “I, Amber Brown.” However, at the end of the story Amber reveals how she is trying to assert her identity. She explains, “it makes me strong to say my name that way. Like I belong to myself…I just have to know that’s who I am.” This book is told by a narrator with a very unusual gift – when she gets angry and points her Magic Finger, The Roald Dahl Social Issues 978-0141302294 N magic finger at someone, they better watch out! This time, she does not like that her neighbors, the Gregg family, hunt animals for fun. When she uses her magic finger on them, they will learn a lesson that they will never forget! Older children will like this book because the Gregg family, once big hunters, learns what is like to be the hunted in a series of strange and unusual situations. Eight-year-old Emma McGraw is an only child who lives with her mom in their "cozy" Only Emma Sally Warner Social Issues 9780142407110 N condo. When four-year-old Anthony Scarpetto moves in for a week while his parents are away, Emma is not happy. He's loud, he smells, and he touches her stuff. And that's only half of it! Emma has started at a new school, and has finally begun to make friends. But how can she invite anyone over when annoying Anthony is there? Emma is in for a surprise, though. As the week goes by, she starts to realize that having a "little brother" may not be as bad as she thought. Amazing Days of Abby Hayes Ann Mazer Social Issues N-T Abigail "Abby" Hayes lives a relatively normal life with a successful and supportive family and many friends. Abby aspires to be like her siblings, Isabel, Eva, and Alex, each of whom excels in a variety of fields, including athletics and technology. Although fairly strong (she is shown to be a natural swimmer), she is poor in math while rich in literature. Just because she excels in writing, she still feels incomparable to her siblings, though her older sisters envy her hair, and her brother looks up to her. Abby is a very good role model for young girls. Abby's friends and relationships play a major role in her life, as well as her love for animals, notably cats and dogs. She owns a kitten with Isabel named T-Jeff, a kitten she had once taken in secretly when she found him in Look Before You Leap but was permitted to keep him officially when her parents found out. Her favorite color is purple and her favorite grade school teacher is Ms. Bunder, her creative writing teacher, and her favorite middle school teacher is Ms. Bean, her art teacher, who also happens to be good friends with Ms. Bunder. A distinguishing characteristic of Abby is her curly, red hair and blue eyes. She hopes to become a writer, journalist, or writing teacher someday. Her major love interest is Simon, a saxophone player a year older than her who goes to her school. Gooney Bird Greene shows up unexpectedly in Ms. Pidgeon’s second grade class one October morning, decked out in pajamas and cowboy books, clutching a dictionary and lunch box and explaining that she recently moved to Watertower from China via a magic carpet. Gooney Bird takes on the role of the teacher during Ms. Pidgeon’s storytelling unit, giving her classmates a glimpse into her quirky life and enlightening them with a variety of literary elements necessary for a story, such as main characters, secondary characters, and dialogue, as she tells the tales of the origin of her name and her adventure of moving to Watertower. Even though the story takes place in a second grade classroom, older students will be delighted by the sophisticated humor and word play and enjoy figuring out the double Gooney Bird Greene Lois Lowry Social Issues 978-0440419600 O meaning of the titles of Gooney Bird’s stories. For instance, when Gooney Bird proclaims that she directed a symphony orchestra, one would guess that she directed them musically. However, Gooney Bird’s tale eventually reveals that she actually provided them with traffic directions. Students should also keep an eye out for the font changes throughout the story, which signify the transition from Gooney Bird’s stories to the present day setting in her classroom. This story also has a powerful message for readers in that everyone has stories within themselves that are worthy, entertaining, and inspirational. Finally, the story integrates some whimsical illustrations, which depict some main events of the story. Emma Mcgraw is slowly making friends at her new school, but when Cynthia calls her weird, Emma is shocked. They are supposed to be best friends! In response, Emma decides that Cynthia's new name should be bossy pants, and she tells everyone in the class. Now the entire third grade is trading nicknames. And while it starts out being funny, Emma begins to see the downside of name-calling. But just when she decides it's time for apologies, her teacher Not-So-Weird Emma Sally Warner Social Issues 9780142408070 O makes the most dreaded call of all-the one to everyone's parents. Author Cynthia Rylant’s tells a heartwarming story about a lonely man living in a hotel in Angel for Solomon Singer, An (Picture Book) Cynthia Rylant Social Issues 9780531070826 P New York City who longs for his home in Indiana. Always dreaming of things he loves most but cannot have, he wanders the streets and finds a café and a welcoming smile that slowly helps him to find happiness and see beauty in the life he leads. In this vivid portrayal of a close-knit Hispanic community, Felita's parents promise she will love their new neighborhood. Only Abuelita, her grandmother, understands how much Felita will miss her old block, and her best friend Gigi. Nine-year-old Felita and her family encounter racial discrimination and mild violence when they move because they are from Felita Nicholasa Mohr Social Issues 9780141306438 P Puerto Rico. First published twenty years ago, Felita's compelling story has resonance for kids today. Isolation is a social issue explored in this book. A story about prejudice and understanding where a young girl comes to terms with the effects Hundred Dresses, The Eleanor Estes Social Issues 9780152052607 P that the teasing of her friends has had on a shy classmate. Though Maddie feels increasingly uncomfortable with the way the other girls — led by her best friend, Peggy — joke with Wanda, she doesn't have the courage to do anything about it. Then one day Wanda stops coming to school. Maddie can't shake a bad feeling about Wanda's absence, but she pushes it aside, preferring instead to think about the drawing contest, which she is sure Peggy will win. Will Maddie side with the bully or will she make another choice as she learns more about who she really is? A timeless story of the relationship between a boy and his elderly relative. Michael loves his Hundred Penny Box, The Sandra Bell Mathas Social Issues 9780142407028 P great-great-aunt Dew. He especially loves to spend time with her and her beloved hundred penny box, listening to stories about each of the hundred years of her life. Michael's mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains. Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect. Minn and Jake learn about themselves and friendship as they get to know one Min and Jake Janice S. Wong Social Issues 9780374400217 P another better. Six wonderful short stories about the members of Mr Speed’s primary school class and their special Worry Website. The website allows everyone in the class to type in their worries anonymously and receive advice from their classmates -- whether they want it or not! This Worry Website, The Jacqueline Wilson Social Issues 9780440419297 P book also explores the issue of growing up. Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists--a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries and other books to isolate herself from the outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog Cornelia and the Audacious Leslie M. Blume Social Issues 9780440421108 Q named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought. A poignant story about the difficulties of leaving everything behind and the friendships that Drita, My Home Girl Jenny Lombard Social Issues 9780142409053 Q help you get through it. Drita learns that friendship can bloom and overcome even a vast cultural divide at the same time she learns about who she is. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry. Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach him to toughen up...or will Suds remain a fourth grade Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780590442442 Q wimp? It's Christmas at Animal Ark, but for a pair of foxes it's far from the season of goodwill. Mrs. Ponsonby is convinced they're a danger to her dogs and want them driven out of the area. But the local farmers are thinking of a more drastic solution. Can Mandy and James save the foxes Fox in the Frost Ben Baglio Social Issues 978-0439230179 Q from being injured...or worse? Being a duck isn’t all it’s quacked up to be. But don’t try telling that to Frank—he’s a chicken Funny Frank Dick King-Smith Social Issues 9780440418801 Q with a dream. Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true. Houdini the goat is in trouble. He keeps escaping and eating Mr. Western's prize plants. Now Goat in the Garden Ben Baglio Social Issues 9780590187527 Q Mr. Western is taking matters into his own hands. Mandy and her friend James help Houdini and learn about themselves in the process. When Mandy asks Rachel Farmer to look after a neighbor's guinea pigs, Rachel is thrilled. Guinea Pig in the Garage Ben Baglio Social Issues 978-0340667293 Q When her parents see how responsible she is, she's sure they'll let her have one of her own. But then Rachel loses one of the babies, and she's worried she'll never be allowed to have a pet! Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a Homework Machine, The Dan Gutman Social Issues 9780689876790 Q geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code-named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don't want when you are keeping a secret. This foursome learns a big lesson about themselves and about life. Mandy and James are sad that their friend Wilfred Bennett has to sell his riding stables. Things get even worse when Sam Western turns the land into a campsite and wants everyone to forget that the stables ever existed. Now campers are telling stories of a ghostly horse and rider passing through the campsite - and vanishing into the night air! Mandy and James don't Horse in the House Ben Baglio Social Issues 9780439343879 Q believe the spooky tales, but can they figure out what's really going on? Realizing that her father's lack of work has endangered her family, nine-year-old Juice Just Juice Karen Hesse Social Issues 9780590033831 Q decides that she must return to school and learn to read in order to help their chances of surviving and keeping their house. Another social issue explored in this book is stereotypes. Little Jenny Spiller has become fast friends with a tiny black lamb who was rejected by its Lamb in the Laundry Ben Baglio Social Issues 9780439086424 Q mother. When Jenny gets trapped in a collapsed shed, the lamb's loud cries become a life- saving call for help. Through this experience Jenny learns more about herself. Mandy, the daughter of two veterinarians, hopes to save an undersized piglet from destruction Pigglet in a Playpen Ben Baglio Social Issues 9780812096682 Q by turning her into a prize-winning pig. Peter Hatcher feels like his little brother, Fudge, receives all the attention. Fudge is a two- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume Social Issues 9780142408810 Q year-old who gets away with everything and makes Peter feel like a "fourth grade nothing." What can Peter do to make his parents to pay attention to him for a change. An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom Louis Sacher Social Issues 9780394805726 Q gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too. Other issues this book explores are bullying and fitting in. It's the Chinese Year of the Dog, and as Pacy celebrates with her family, she finds out that this Year of the Dog, The Grace Lin Social Issues 9780316060028 Q is the year she is supposed to "find herself." Universal themes of friendship, family, and finding one's passion in life make this novel appealing to readers of all backgrounds. In this sequel to Year of the Dog, Pacy has another big year in store for her. The Year of the Dog was a very lucky year: she met her best friend Melody and discovered her true talents. However, the Year of the Rat brings big changes: Pacy must deal with Melody moving to California, find the courage to forge on with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, Year of the Rat, The Grace Lin Social Issues 9780316033619 Q and learn to face some of her own flaws. Pacy encounters prejudice, struggles with acceptance, and must find the beauty in change. The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket -- and comes out with a dog. With the help of her new pal, whom she names Winn-Dixie, Opal makes a variety of new, interesting friends and spends the summer collecting stories about them and thinking about her absent mother. But because of Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo Social Issues 9780763616052 R Winn-Dixie, or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship -- and forgiveness -- can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm. When Mattie’s father was alive, everything seemed perfect. But her world changed when he died. Her mother is always angry and never smiles. Her twin brother seems quiet and withdrawn. And Mattie doesn’t know what to do. She does know that Mother’s Day is coming, and she desperately wants to buy her mom the perfect gift: a beautiful golden pin. But Mattie doesn’t have the money for the pin, and her mother doesn’t even want to celebrate. That’s when Mattie decides to take matters into her own hands. That’s when she decides that Circle of Gold Candy Dawson Boyd Social Issues 978-0590407540 R she’ll do what it takes to bring her family together again. Life is usually easy for popular fifth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him Last Holiday Concert, The Andrew Clements Social Issues 9780689845253 R in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students. Bullying is another topic which is explored in this book. Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. This is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying Rules Cynthia Lord Social Issues 9780439443838 R to teach David the rules of what is normal. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal? Franklin Delano Donuthead, a fifth-grader obsessed with hygiene and safety, finds an unlikely Donuthead Sue Stauffacher Social Issues 9780440419341 S friend and protector in Sarah Kervick, the tough new student who lives in a dirty trailer, bonds with his mother, and is as "irregular" as he is. This is a hilarious and touching novel featuring a neurotic, scared boy and a tougher-than-nails girl who each help the other in more ways than they can imagine. Comfort lives in a funeral home and has been to more than 200 funerals, so she thinks she knows all about death. But then her great-uncle Edisto dies, and her great-great-aunt Each Little Bird That Sings Deborah Wiles Social Issues 9780152056575 S Florentine slips away just six months later. At Florentine's funeral, Comfort is in charge of watching her cousin, Peach--and only then does she realize just how difficult death can be. Hang Tough, Paul Mather Alfred Slote Social Issues 9780064401531 S Paul hasn't been allowed to do much of anything, much less play his favorite sport, baseball. He's got leukemia, and it's put him into the hospital several times already. His parents are so worried; they've forbidden him to play the game he loves so much. But Paul is a winner. His team needs him, and he won't give up without a fight. Paul Mather is determined to pitch every inning...to keep playing baseball, and to keep hanging tough, no matter what the odds. When his mother walks out on 11-year-old Journey and his older sister, Cat, the boy refuses to believe she will not return. He listens to the constant clicking of the shutter as his grandfather takes possession of Cat's cast-aside camera, asserting that "sometimes pictures show us what is really there." Journey questions the value of this incessant picture-taking, yet Journey Patricia MacLachlan Social Issues 978-0440408093 S pores through his grandmother's photo album, trying to patch together a fragmented past that is frustratingly out of focus. He hopes that the truth will be found in a box of family photos that his mother left in tiny scraps under her bed. Setting out to piece the pictures back together, Journey finally admits that this dream is as hopeless as his mother's return. It is his grandfather, on whom Journey has taken out much of his anger, who eventually answers the child's most troubling questions. The wise older man assures Journey that he is not to blame for his mama's departure, and shares a truth that is at the heart of the novel: although everything in life--from photographs to families--is not perfect, "things can be good enough.” Having moved out of the housing project and into a new home along with his mother and Junebug and the Reverend Alice Mead Social Issues 9780440415718 S sister, ten-year-old Junebug discovers that bullies are everywhere and that the elderly can make great friends. A young girl's dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking Little Gentleman Phillippa Pearce Social Issues 9780060731601 S mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries. Although adoption has taken the children out of the New Jersey institution where they grew up, eleven-year-old T.J. and his younger brother Moondance remain involved with their friend Me, Mop, and the Moon Dance Kid Walter Dean Myers Social Issues 9780440403968 S Mop's relentless attempts to become adopted herself and to wreak revenge on their baseball rivals the obnoxious Eagles. Values, character, cultural diversity and sports are other topics which are explored in this book. During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River. A terrifying moment occurs Mississippi Bridge Logan Family Series Mildred D. Taylor Social Issues 9780553159929 S that unites all the townspeople in a nightmare that will change their lives forever. A movie-loving boy is reluctant to go on a camping trip with his uncle and younger brother. Nothing can prepare him for his meeting with Mother Nature. Soon Teddy, Bobby, and Uncle Curtis find themselves in the woods, sleeping on rocks, and battling raccoons, mosquitoes, and poison oak. Through it all, Teddy is determined to prove he is just as smart as his little Skunk Scout L. Yep Social Issues 9780786817146 S brother. A Hispanic family lives in L.A. Not the L.A. where there are fast cars, people who are too rich and too poor – this L.A. is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community. Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and Any Small Goodness Tony Johnston Social Issues 9780439233842 T warmth. Stereotyping and family are two other issues explored in this book. Carolina lives with her mother and baby sister in an old school bus. They are always traveling, and Carolina has to start in a new school every year and leave just when she's getting settled. But this stop, things are different. First Carolina finds an abandoned baby crow and decides to care for him until he can fly. Then she meets Stefan, who lives in the mansion near where they've parked the bus. The two become friends, and Carolina starts to set down Carolina Crow Girl Valerie Hobbs Social Issues 9781440109010 T roots. Valerie Hobbs explores the fine line between safety and stagnation, rootlessness and freedom. After her grandfather's death, Cassie longs for an orderliness to life -' a pattern -' that doesn't Cassie Binegar Patricia MacLachlan Social Issues 9780064401951 T exist among her raucous, loving family. During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space. Everything in Felita's life seems to change the year she turns twelve. Felita spends her summer in Puerto Rico, where she struggles to fit in. By the time summer has ended, Felita is beginning to feel at home with herself and her Puerto Rican heritage. Cultural Diversity is Going Home Nicholasa Mohr Social Issues 9780141306445 T another topic that is explored in this book. Fiona Chang is half and half: Her father is Chinese and her mother is Scottish. Fiona looks Half and Half Lensey Namioka Social Issues 9780440418900 T more like her father than her mother, so people always expect her to be more interested in her Chinese half than her Scottish half. Fiona struggles to fit in and lately even Fiona's confused about who she really is. Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the Joey Pigza Loses Control Jack Gantos Social Issues 9780064410229 T summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the championship. Artistically talented but socioeconomically underprivileged, a fifth-grade boy has built a wall Randall’s Wall Carol Fenner Social Issues 9780689835582 T of defense to protect himself from the pain of human relationships--a wall which begins to crumble when a dynamic and compassionate classmate decides to interfere in his life. Twelve-year-old Sam, the son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, struggles to Sam I Am Ilene Cooper Social Issues 9780439439671 T understand religion and its role in his family's life during the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays. After they write a report on the mistreatment of circus animals, sixth graders Erin and David learn their teacher has planned a field trip to the Glitter Tent Circus, which has been cited for animal cruelty. Along with their classmates, they try to raise the awareness of such cruelty Saving Lilly Peg Kehret Social Issues 9780671034238 T and learn about themselves along the way. After Sylvia Freeman and her mother move to Wakeview, South Carolina, Sylvia isn't too sure she is going to like it very much. Her only friend is a ninety-nine-year-old woman who lives down the road. Soon Sylvia and Miz Lula Maye become best friends. Then, one day, a stranger comes to town with news about the past that changes Sylvia's life forever. She Sylvia and Miz Lula Maye Pansie Hart Flood Social Issues 9.78E+12 T develops a sense of place and learns how to fit in wherever she goes. This is a story of survival. Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear. Slowly the characters learn how to trust the people around them—and each other. Cultural Diversity is another topic explored in this What Jamie Saw Caroline Coman Social Issues 9781590786390 T book. In post-apartheid South Africa a boy finds a bush dog who gets injured by a wild animal. The Zulu Dog Anton Ferreira Social Issues 9781440109010 T dog becomes a catalyst for friendship between the boy and a white-farmer’s daughter. Based on Cinderella, this is an entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who at birth was given the gift of obedience by a fairy. Ella soon realizes that this gift is little better than a curse, for how can she truly be herself if at anytime anyone can order her to hop on one foot, or cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom and she'll have to obey? Against a bold tapestry of princes, Ella Enchanted Gail C. Levine Social Issues 9780064407052 U ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella's quest to break the curse once and for all and discover who she really is. Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped above her mother's Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, The Patricia MacLachlan Social Issues 9780064402651 U typewriter: Fact and fiction are different truths. She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello and play Mozart the way he deserves to be played. Minna soon discovers that some things can't be found-they just have to happen. And as she waits for her vibrato to happen, Minna begins to understand some facts and fictions about herself. Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Loser Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780060540746 U Donald Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself. Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. Paul learns about himself as he works towards overcoming his Tangerine Edward Bloor Social Issues 9780152057800 U difficulties. A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's 13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble, they head South to Birmingham to visit Grandma, the one person who can Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963, The Christopher Paul Curtis Social Issues 9780440414124 U shape him up. As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's Wringer Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780064405782 U annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli's most powerful novel yet is a gripping tale of how one boy learns how not to be afraid. A riveting novel about family and identity, drawn from Pam Muñoz Ryan’s own Mexican and Oklahoman heritages. Naomi Soledad León Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life. But according to Gram's self-prophecies, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. Life with Gram and her little brother, Owen, is happy and peaceful until their Becoming Naomi León Pam Muñoz Ryan Social Issues 9780439856218 V mother reappears after seven years of being gone, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover who she really is. Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive Crash Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780679885504 V behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family. The vicious attack on their wagon train killed almost everyone - except David and his younger sister, whom he calls Queen of Sheba. The two are stranded on the deserted trail and struggle to survive. And although David is seriously hurt, he knows that frail Queen of Sheba is Save Queen of Sheba Louise Moeri Social Issues 9780140371482 V counting on him. He can only hope that their parents are somewhere up ahead. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of "Stargirl, Stargirl." She captures Leo Borlock's heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that Stargirl Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780440416777 V makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Meet learning disabled Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He’s a timid soul stuck Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick Social Issues 9780439286060 W in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid who’s birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind moves in next door Max’s life changes forever. The two outcasts form the ‘normal’ world team up to become “Freak the Mighty.” Like knights of old they defend the weak, right every wrong–and solve the mystery of Max’s past. Proving once and for all that courage comes in all sizes. Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families, Choldenko's Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Social Issues 9780142403709 X novel brings humor to the complexities of family dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the "good boy" stance he's taken his whole life. The day Uncle Goodwin "Buddy" Bush came from Harlem all the way back home to Legend of Buddy Bush, The Shelia p. Moses Social Issues 9781416907169 X Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina, is the day twelve-year-old Pattie Mae Sheals' life changes forever. Pattie Mae Sheal grows up and learn about herself in this book. December is the time of the annual Ceremony at which each twelve-year-old receives a life assignment determined by the Elders. Jonas watches his friend Fiona named Caretaker of the Giver, The Lois Lowry Social Issues 9780440237686 Y Old and his cheerful pal Asher labeled the Assistant Director of Recreation. But Jonas has been chosen for something special. When his selection leads him to an unnamed man — the man called only the Giver — he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world. Steve Harmon: 16 years old and on trial for murder. His parents' hearts break as they watch Monster Walter Dean Myers Social Issues 9780064407311 Z the drama unfold from their seats in the back of the courtroom. Did Steve serve as the lookout when Bobo Evans and James King robbed the drugstore and then killed the store's owner in the commotion? Or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Is he being framed by a couple of losers he used to call friends? In the tension-filled courtroom, reality begins to blur for Steve. How on earth did he get here? Is he a monster? A modern American tall tale. The story of how a free African American girl, Rosabel, and a The Legend of Freedom Hill (Picture Book) Linda J. Altman Social Issues 978-1584301691 Jewish girl, Sophie, living in California during the gold rush rescue Sophie’s mother from a slave catcher by discovering a gold vein. This book is full of great historical references, as well as being set against cross-cultural acceptance. Kids will enjoy relating the story to what they have learned about the American West, and laws pertaining to slavery. During the summer of 1961, 11-year-old Celline discovers the existence of angels. "I believe in angels because I've seen them... three naked black girls with creamy white wings, throwing stones on my hopscotch board.... The angels come every day now since the trouble started." The "trouble" is that Celli's beloved housekeeper, Sophie, is stirring up the black community of Mystic, Georgia, with talk of the civil rights movement. Celli is frightened for Sophie, and knows the folks on her side of town--"the white side"--won't tolerate her activism much longer. But when Celli begins to see the small black angels around her home, she feels strangely comforted: "They never speak to me, but somehow their presence fills me with hope." Then a stranger with a secret about Celli's past comes to town the same week as the Freedom Riders, and Celli discovers her fate is tied to Sophie's in a way she never dreamed Black Angels R. Murphy Social Issues 978-0440229346 possible. Now Celli must find the courage, in a dangerous time and place, to stand up for what she knows is right. Set in Berlin, 1942 - Bruno returns to his enormous home from school one day, he discovers Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The John Boyne Social Issues 9780385751537 HI-B that all of his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer again like he was back at home and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place, Auschwitz, than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. Twelve-year-old Ana Rosa is a blossoming writer growing up in the Dominican Republic, a country where words are feared. Yet there is so much inspiration all around her -- watching her brother search for a future, learning to dance and to love, and finding out what it means to be part of a community -- that Ana Rosa must write it all down. As she struggles to find her Color of My Words, The Lynn Joseph Social Issues 9780064472043 own voice and a way to make it heard, Ana Rosa realizes the power of her words to transform the world around her -- and to transcend the most unthinkable of tragedies. Molly and her parents are a Jewish family who have emigrated from Russia to the United Molly’s Pilgram Barbara Cohen Social Issues 978-0439148689 M States to escape religious persecution. Molly is the only Jewish child in third grade. When Thanksgiving arrives, the teacher assigns a project to make a Pilgrim doll. Molly is embarrassed by her mother's attempts to help with her Thanksgiving project. She makes a pilgrim doll — but dresses it in Russian clothing. Soon, however, Molly learns that it takes all kinds of "pilgrims" to make a Thanksgiving. This story is very much based on the traditional Thanksgiving story which is highly fabricated. At the end of the book it says that Thanksgiving was based directly on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which is misleading. But, the book’s message is still an important one—that many of us originally came to this country for religious freedom and other similar reasons, and that ties us together in a way we often forget. Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day, feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After Other Side, The (Picture Book) Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 978-0399231162 M all, why should a fence stand in the way of friendship? When Ming arrives in San Francisco after the long boat journey from China, his older brothers waste no time warning him: "Chinese should not go outside Chinatown." But Ming risks doing just that, and when he meets Patrick, he knows the young Irish boy has a kind heart, and begins a remarkable friendship that brings their two very different communities Brothers Yin Social Issues 9780399234064 N together. When a boy named Hector joins Charles's class, Charles finds the new boy's dark skin and Creativity John Steptoe Social Issues 978-0340749234 N straight hair confusing. How can Hector speak Spanish, be Puerto Rican, and have the same skin color as Charles, who is African American? This confusion sparks discussion about shared heritage and language. When Maria Lopez moves to the United States from Puerto Rico and faces her first day at My Name Is Maria Isabel Alma Flor Ada Social Issues 978-0689802171 N school, she finds herself in a classroom with two other Marias. Re-named Mary by her teacher, who does not know that Maria was named after her grandmothers, Maria cannot respond to her new name. Not until she writes a paper on My Greatest Wish does she become Maria again in this story about the value of heritage and its impact on the individual self. The woods of southern Michigan are getting crowded, so Libby Mitchell and her family load up their covered wagon and move north. They settle on the shores of Lake Michigan--right next to the Indian camp where Libby's friend Fawn lives! But Libby and Fawn soon find out that greedy men are trying to cheat the Indians out of their land. Now the girls must think of a Shadow of the Wolf Gloria Whelan Social Issues 9780679881087 N way to stop them--before the people and animals who call the forest their home lose it forever. Graeber deals with a normal and recurrent childhood theme: a child's desire to have a pet and the parental skepticism that goes along with it. She also portrays some of the responsibilities pet ownership demands in this story of nine-year-old Chad, whose wish for a puppy is curtailed when his mother finds out that she is going to have twins. All ends well, though, as Fudge Charlotte Towner Graeber Social Issues 9780671702885 O Chad proves that he can care for Fudge, and he also learns that he has to make some sacrifices of his own in the process. Characters are real, the action moves quickly, and the story line will interest children. While Chad may be more understanding than most children, his responses and solutions are believable. Values are tested and explored in this book. At first it seems as though Maxie, Rosie, and Earl have nothing in common. Maxie is too smart for his own good, Rosie is a born tattler, and Earl can't stop cracking up when he reads out loud in class. But when all three kids land outside the principal's office in disgrace, they can't help comparing notes. Just when they think there's no chance of a reprieve, the fire Maxie, Rosie and Earl, Partners in Grime Barbara Park Social Issues 9780679806431 O alarm goes off. There's only one thing for three doomed nerds to do -- head straight for the exit doors and dive into the Dumpster! Wolf has a big name for such a little mouse. But the name fits. His favorite pastime is Mouse Called Wolf, A Dick King-Smith Social Issues 9780375800665 O listening to Mrs. Honeybee, the lady of the house, play the piano. If only he could sing along to the music! One day, Wolf decides to try -- and to his surprise, out of his mouth comes a perfect melody. Then an accident leaves Mrs. Honeybee in danger, and it's up to Wolf to save her... the only way he knows how. Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes Oy lives in America now, but she loves to go to the back room of Pak's auto shop on Saturdays to learn traditional Thai dances. She loves it almost as much as being a member of the Quail Club - five friends who gather after school to hatch and care for baby quail. When the teacher announces a talent show, Oy knows how proud her family and Pak would be to Quail Club, The Carolyn Marsden Social Issues 9780763634223 O see her step onstage in her beautiful gold-threaded dress from Thailand. But bossy Liliandra vows to kick her out of the Quail Club if she won't team up for a very different kind of dance. Someone will be disappointed. But who? The Fraser brothers are back in this lighthearted sequel to "No Dogs Allowed." Now entering fourth grade, Jason wonders if it isn't time to find a new look in clothing and acquires an unwanted girlfriend whom Mrs. Fraser unwittingly invites to dinner. Edward, a first-grader, must face a pre-Halloween haunted house complete with spaghetti brains, and experiences Rats! Jan Cutler Social Issues 9780786812257 O mother-hood up close when his pet rat Spike, who isn't supposed to, has babies. With humorous black-and-white drawings, these five stories perfectly capture the brothers' never- ending adventures. Tamika loves to wonder. But sometimes wondering gets Tamika into trouble, especially when she doesn't think before she acts. So Mama and Daddy share words of wisdom with Tamika and they give her sparkling, colorful rings (each one representing words of wisdom), so whenever Tamika starts wondering, she can look at the rings and remember. But lately Tamika and her family's safety have been in danger. Eight year old Tamika suffers the biggest tragedy of her life. Tamika finds strength in her family, her friends, and herself as she copes Tamika and The Wisdom Rings Camille Yarbrough Social Issues 9780940975675 O with the murder of her father by drug dealers. Values is another issue explored in this book. After her dramatic release from quarantine and reunion with her family, Sofia moves to the North End of Boston, where the Monaris start their new lives in their new country. While her parents struggle to make ends meet, Sofia must adjust to her American school, friends and job. There is also lots of Spanish with English translations, which makes this book good for Home at Last Kathryn Lasky Social Issues 978-0439206440 P English language learners and also for English speaking students to learn some Spanish. Alienation, longing, prejudice, and cultural difference is touched on in this immigrant story told in the voices of two ten-year-old girls. Sarah and Tina are fourth graders. The most important thing in the world to Sarah - American-born Chinese - is the recent departure of her best friend, Victoria. She misses her terribly. Tina has just recently moved to Cincinnati from Shanghai, and is trying to make sense of a whole new world - pretty much clueless to all the things Sarah is hip to. The two girls are paired together in school, as if Asian appearance were proof of parallel lives and experience. It's the daily, common stuff of childhood intrigue that finally manages to connect their stories and forge a friendship. A whole constellation of adult concerns swirl around them - green card worries, assimilation, absent fathers, family Honeysuckle House Andrea Cheng Social Issues 9.78E+12 P tensions This is a story which blends tears and games, drama and play. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tia Lola, his quirky, "carismatica," and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay Julia Alverez Social Issues 9780440418702 R Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures. When Winnie welcomes the Garber family into a previously all-white neighborhood she Iggie’s House Judy Blume Social Issues 9780440420224 R learns the difference between good neighbor policies and friendship. Note to the teacher: There is racial language used in this book. After wrongly accusing a boy--an African American boy—of stealing his brother's jacket, Jacket, The Andrew Clements Social Issues 9780689860102 R Phil--a white boy--has some hard thinking to do. And a tough question for his mom: "How come you never told me I was prejudiced?" This seemingly small school incident turns into a painful, but ultimately satisfying, learning opportunity for the sixth grader, as he explores the myriad influences in his life and the way his thought patterns have formed... and finds a new friend in the process. The intellectual evolution Phil goes through may be somewhat facile for a child his age, but Andrew Clements's message will undoubtedly hit home for many readers. This is exactly the kind of situation that arises every day in schools (and offices and buses) all over the world. A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant her precious bean seeds. Suddenly, the soil holds promise: To Curtis, who believes he can win back Lateesha's heart with a harvest of tomatoes; to Virgil's dad, who sees a fortune to be made from growing lettuce; and even to Maricela, sixteen and pregnant, wishing she were dead. Thirteen very different voices Seedfolks Paul Fleischman Social Issues 9780064472074 S -- old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful -- tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood. Here is the true account of the author's Chinese mother and her family's struggle to find Star Fisher Lawrence Yep Social Issues 9780140360035 S respect in a small West Virginian town. In 1927, 15-year-old Joan Lee, a U.S. citizen, and her family move from Ohio to West Virginia to open a laundry business. Joan and her siblings speak English, but her parents only know Chinese. When they arrive in town, they are harassed by a family of white bigots, and welcomed by a kind landlord. Joan believes her desire for respect and acceptance mirrors the Chinese legend of the star fisher — a creature that sees with two sets of eyes. Joan sees life as an Asian and as an American. Young adults will learn to appreciate the struggles of Asian Americans and the right of all people to be treated with respect. A contemporary classic about the pitfalls and triumphs of the teenage years. In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes-love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams Baseball in April and Other Stories (Short Stories) Gary Soto Social Issues 9780152025670 U and desires belong to all of us. Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being the only Japanese girl in her class. This story explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real- life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the Weedflower Cynthia Kadohata Social Issues 9781416975663 U future of both. Bullying is another issue explored in this book. Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan Social Issues 9780439120425 V have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, & servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life and her own depend on it. Glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people’s eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it’s Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And it’s Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that Kira, Kira Cynthia Kadohata Social Issues 9780689856402 X there is always something glittering—kira-kira—in the future. Jeremiah, who parents are divorced, is confident about who he is -- that is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when he starts attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, he realizes that black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when, during his first week of school, he feels an immediate connection with a white girl named Ellie, who’s parents have abandoned her twice. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they belong together -- despite the fact that she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world feels If You Come Softly Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 9780142406014 Y differently. Set during World War II in Germany is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living Book Thief, The Markus Zusak Social Issues 9780375842207 HI-B outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist –books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. Sometimes only a true friend can help you put your life back together. Vinnie Matthews needs a real lifesaver — one that will bring her father back to life and let her family go home. Flip Flop Girl Katherine Paterson Social Issues 9780140376791 HI-B Living with Grandma means having to be responsible for her little brother. Then Vinnie meets Lupe, the mysterious "flip-flop girl" — who might just be the friend she needs, if only Vinnie can ignore the rumors about her past. . . Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don’t do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other How to Steal a Dog Barbara O’Conner Social Issues 9780312561123 half of me was thinking, Georgina, you’re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it. Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is “borrow” the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O’Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what’s right when everything else seems wrong. Ten-year-old Tracy, who lives in a children's home because her mother was forced to give her up, dreams of getting a good foster family where she can be happy until her mother comes back for her. Tracy’s doing everything she can to take care of herself—even though she has to share her birthday cake. Then a journalist shows up to write a story about their orphanage, and Story of Tracy Beaker, The Jacqueline Wilson Social Issues 9780440862796 she and Tracy strike up a special friendship. Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Social Issues 9780380709588 Leigh's life. Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules of what is normal. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her Rules Cynthia Lord Social Issues 9780439443838 Q own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal? At eleven, Gilly is nobody's real kid. If only she could find her beautiful mother, Courtney, Great Gilly Hopkins, The Katherine Paterson Social Issues 978038045963 R and live with her instead of in the ugly foster home where she has just been placed! How could she, the great Gilly Hopkins, known throughout the county for her brilliance and unmanageability, be expected to tolerate Maime Trotter, the fat, nearly illiterate widow who is now her guardian? Or for that matter, the freaky seven-year-old boy and the shrunken blind black man who are also considered part of the bizarre "family"? Even cool Miss Harris, her teacher, is a shock to her. Gutsy Gilly is both poignant and comic as, behind her best barracuda smile, she schemes against them and everyone else who tries to be friendly. The reader will cheer for her as she copes with the longings and terrors of always being a foster child. Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate long after you have put this book down. How does Ida B cope when outside forces—life, really—attempt to derail her and her family and her future? She enters her Black Period, and it is not pretty. But then, with the help of a Ida B. K. Hannigan Social Issues 9780060730260 S patient teacher, a loyal cat and dog, her beloved apple trees, and parents who believe in the same things she does (even if they sometimes act as though they don't), the resilience that is the very essence of Ida B triumph...and Ida B. Applewood takes the hand that is extended and starts to grow up. This first novel is both very funny and extraordinarily moving, and it introduces two shining stars—Katherine Hannigan and Ida B. Applewood. Andrea West’s parents are divorced, and her tiny stuffed rabbit, Radish, seems her only comfort in the world. She must leave the home she loves and deal with parents who still fight, stepparents, step-siblings, two different bedrooms (neither of which is really hers), loneliness, and an acute longing for the past. It seems like her life is falling apart and she's not quite sure Suitcase Kid Jacqueline Wilson Social Issues 9780440867739 S how to fix any of it. Eventually, though, a new equilibrium begins to settle on her life. Honest and true-to-life, Andy’s story shows that dealing with divorce is never easy. The year is 1812. A white trapper is murdered. And a young Chippewa Indian, Amik, stands accused. Can Rebecca overcome her struggles to see justice is served? The unique sharing of narration between Rebecca and Amik further opens the mind to the injustices and inhumanity suffered by this country's Native people. The social issues explored in this book are abusive Crooked River Shelley Pearsall Social Issues 9780440421016 S/T (parent), prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural diversity. Delia loves Double Dutch more than just about anything, and she's really good at it -- so good she and her teammates have a shot at winning the World Double Dutch Championships. Delia would die if she couldn't jump -- but Delia has a secret, and it could keep her off the team next year. Delia's friend Randy has a secret too, one that has him lonely and scared. And while Delia and Randy struggle to keep their secrets, their school is abuzz with rumors about what malicious mischief the terrible Tolliver twins -- who just may have a secret of their own Double Dutch Sharon Draper Social Issues 9780689842313 T -- are planning. Why can't life be as easy for Delia as Double Dutch? Although Sonny is uncertain why his sometimes abusive father is so angry and what secret his mother is keeping from him, eleven-year-old Sonny knows that he is different from his classmates in their small New York town. A terrible accident costs Sonny's father part of his right hand, and a friendship with the town librarian, who shares the news that she lost her Hidden Roots Joseph Bruchac Social Issues 9780439353595 T German Jewish parents in the Holocaust, reminds everyone to value what will always belong to them, namely, their identity. Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Soldier Mom Alice Mead Social Issues 9780440229001 T Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother, Andrew, behind in Maine in the care of her Mother's boyfriend, Jake. Jake has never been responsible for Andrew, much less Jas. At first Jas is filled with anger. Then, despite the sacrifices she must make, including precious basketball practice, Jas comes to understand that her mother has to do her job. Still, she wonders, should a mother have a job that might require abandoning her children? Susannah, a teenage orphan, is reluctantly transplanted from Vermont to Virginia and Bethlehem, the slave assigned to her, decide to escape together. The two young women, who alternate as narrators, have very different points of view: to Susannah, teaching her slave to read is merely a project; in leaving her stern uncle's farm, she runs only the risk of being Steal Away…to freedom Jennifer Armstrong Social Issues 978-0590469210 T brought back. For Bethlehem, both learning to read and running away are deadly dangerous but the potential rewards are beyond price. Decades later, the two women are reunited in Bethlehem's slum apartment, where she is on her deathbed. There, they tell their story to Susannah's naive granddaughter and an angry student of Bethlehem's. Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler’s slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he’s ever known—until one dark night in 1859, that is. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed and, together, they run. Trouble Don’t Last Shelby Pearsall Social Issues 9780440418115 T Samuel uncovers the secret of his own past—and future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life—and a poignant reunion—in Canada. In this story, the fifth and final book in “Tucket’s Adventures,” Francis Tucket, Lottie and Billy have survived extraordinary, hair-raising adventures in their quest to find Francis's family, lost when he was kidnapped from a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. Now they meet up with a British explorer, bloodthirsty soldiers, and in a tragic, heroic encounter, with Jason Tucket’s Home Gary Paulsen Social Issues 978-0440415589 T Grimes, the mountain man. (There are some religious references made in this book. Specifically, a group of religious men attempt to help the three children.) Journey To Topaz Yoshiko Uchida Social Issues 9780916870850 T Like any 11-year-old, Yuki Sakane is looking forward to Christmas when her peaceful world is suddenly shattered by the bombing of Perl Harbor. Uprooted from her home and shipped with thousands of West Coast Japanese Americans to a desert concentration camp called Topaz, Yuki and her family face new hardships daily. On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos’ farmhouse, he kills the farmer and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo–a young boy who will claim this as the day on which he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile. Then Luis Secunda, a well-to-do and educated fellow from the city descends upon them and this tests all values. Paolo is caught in the paternal rivalry between the two men. But life resumes its course . . . until circumstances force the three to leave the farm. In doing so, Angel and Luis confront their pasts as well as their inevitable Killer’s Tears, The Anne-Laure Bondoux Social Issues 9780385733847 U destinies–destinies that profoundly shape Paolo’s own future. Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move north. He discovers friendship and develops an appreciation for another culture. Should Matt abandon his hopes Sign of the Beaver, The E. George Speare Social Issues 9780440479000 U of ever seeing his family again and go on to a new life? Weedflower Cynthia Kadohata Social Issues 9781416975663 U Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being the only Japanese girl in her class. This story explores an important and painful topic through the eyes of a young girl who yearns to belong. Weedflower is the story of the rewards and challenges of a friendship across the racial divide, as well as the based-on-real- life story of how the meeting of Japanese Americans and Native Americans changed the future of both. Bullying is another issue explored in this book. A riveting novel about family and identity, drawn from Pam Muñoz Ryan’s own Mexican and Oklahoman heritages. Naomi Soledad León Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life. But according to Gram's self-prophecies, most problems can be overcome with positive thinking. Life with Gram and her little brother, Owen, is happy and peaceful until their Becoming Naomi León Pam Muñoz Ryan Social Issues 9780439856218 U mother reappears after seven years of being gone, stirring up all sorts of questions and challenging Naomi to discover who she really is. All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother Money Hungry Sharon Flake Social Issues 978-1423103868 V never have to worry about being homeless, living on the streets again. Raspberry eventually feels like things are looking up. But when their house is robbed and rich people protest against their living situation, Raspberry finds herself doing everything to hold things together. But even money can't answer the questions that keep Raspberry awake at night. Will she and Momma ever move out of the projects? What did Ja'nae do with the two hundred bucks Raspberry loaned her? And what's really going on with Momma and that rich doctor? Although he was eager to enlist, 15-year-old Charley Goddard has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat. Battle by battle, Gary Paulsen shows readers the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's Soldier’s Heart Gary Paulsen Social Issues 9780440228387 V heart -- and gives voice to all the anonymous young men who fought in the Civil War. After her mother dies of cancer and she learns her father is a famous basketball player for the Miracle on 49th Street Mike Lupica Social Issues 978-0142409428 V Boston Celtics, twelve-year-old Molly struggles to find her way in the new relationship. However, Sam, the sinister agent doesn’t make it easy. Set in the 1950’s, Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still returned to slavery to teach others how to read. And Nightjohn Gary Paulsen Social Issues 978-0440219361 W twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn. All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city- Hoops Walter Dean Myers Social Issues 9780440938842 W wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out. As the Tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Set in Berlin, 1942 - Bruno returns to his enormous home from school one day, he discovers Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The John Boyne Social Issues 9780385751537 X that all of his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs to be an explorer again like he was back at home and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place, Auschwitz, than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences. In this book, Judy sets out to do the important task of saving the environment and its endangered species, along with winning a design contest for Crazy Strips. Children will enjoy reading this book because Judy, along with her little brother and best friends, find themselves in hilarious situations, both important (like saving the forest by stealing Judy Moody Saves the World Megan McDonald Social Issues 978-1406302127 HI-B everyone’s pencils) and misguided (like setting her brother’s pet turtle free to save the animals). However, they all prove that every single person, no matter how old, can make a difference in our world. Jeff Greenbaum and Wiley Adamson — the self-appointed nicknamers of Old Orchard Public School, or OOPS — have been best friends for eleven years. So it stands to reason that they would both fall for the same red-haired girl. Meanwhile their charismatic football-coach- turned-English-teacher, Mr. Huge (Hughes), is in danger of losing his job unless their 6th grade class, a.k.a. the Dim Bulbs, ace their State Reading Assessment. With Jeff and Wiley at each other's throats and the class busy reading everything from Dr. Seuss to War and Peace, it stands to reason that both the nickname tradition, and Jeff and Wiley's friendship are threatened. Student's will enjoy Korman's affable characters, and identify with their 6th Grade Nickname Game, The Gordon Korman Social Issues 9780786851904 M concerns. This novel may be used to prompt discussions on conflict resolution or working as a team. Eleven-year-old Sara and her family are spending five months in Hawaii, but Sara is having trouble adjusting to what should be paradise. She can't seem to make friends at her new school, and she misses her teacher and classmates back in Boston. On top of everything, she feels distanced from her parents, who are busy worrying about her grandmother's health and Broccoli Tapes, The Jan Slepian Social Issues 9780590434737 S seem to be neglecting Sara and her brother Sam. That's why, even though their parents forbid it, Sara and Sam start taking care of an injured wild cat they name Broccoli. Their constant attention and patience with the wary creature ultimately wins its trust and affection. Out at the "rescue rock" where Broccoli lives, the kids meet another outsider: Eddie Nutt, a local kid whose temper and automatic mistrust make him hard to like at first. But Eddie, it turns out, has family problems of his own, and gradually he starts to turn to Sara and Sam. The three become friends, and without always knowing how, help each other through the difficulties to come: the death of Sara and Sam's grandmother, the seeming rejection of Eddie's father, and even the death of Broccoli. 4th grader Danny Bigtree is having trouble adjusting to his big-city school — he's homesick for the Mohawk reservation where his family used to live, and he wishes he could make a friend. The kids in his class, from a variety of backgrounds themselves, tease him about what they perceive to be his roots. Danny has learned from experience not to correct them. At home, the usual stereotypes are turned upside-down. Whenever Danny's dad puts on his Eagle Song Joseph Bruchac Social Issues 9780141301693 S Hollywood Indian voice, Danny knows a joke is coming, and the whole family shares in the laughter. Danny longs for the warmth of his home life to dispel the loneliness of his Brooklyn school, and so his father agrees to help, coming to Danny's class to tell the legend of the great leader, Aionwahta, and his song of peace. While the visit makes a difference, Danny realizes that the most important step toward finding friendship is still to come. A short glossary and pronunciation guide at the back of the book helps with the Mohawk words used within the story, and makes this ideal supplementary reading for units on Native American cultures. Sometimes Doris feels like a prisoner in her own home. Her parents’ worries about danger on the city streets keep her from hanging out at the playground, and all her friends on 163rd Street tease her about it. All except Amir, the new boy on the block. He looks different, acts different, and doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. Yet everybody likes him. It seems as if Gift Giver, The Joyce Hansen Social Issues 9780618611232 S he has a gift for making friends. When Doris’s father loses his job, even she has even less time to spend outside with her friends. But between Amir’s friendship and her determination to keep her family together, Doris find she has her own gifts to give. Seventh-graders Julia and Patrick are fast friends who do almost everything together. After joining a new club they are determined to come up with an outstanding project that will enable them to win at least one blue ribbon at the state fair. Usually they have good ideas and work well together. But this time they face several hurdles and cannot seem to agree on a plan. Julia's mother's idea of raising silkworms is enthusiastically accepted by Patrick. Julia thinks it reflects only her Korean heritage and is not "American" enough. When Mr. Maxwell, their advisor, approves the concept, Julia reluctantly goes along even though she secretly keeps putting obstacles in the way of success. Soon Julia gets totally caught up in the project. Along the way she and Patrick learn a great deal about silkworms, friendship, patience and tolerance. A unique addition to the novel is conversation between the author and Julia. Project Mulberry Linda Sue Park Social Issues 9780440421634 S Prejudice is another social issue that is explored in this book. Sahara Jones is going into fifth grade-again. Although she won't be "Sahara Special" anymore Sahara Special Esme Codell Social Issues 9780786816118 S (special needs, that is), she doesn't expect this year to be any better than last year. Fifth grade is going to be different, though, because Sahara's class is getting a new teacher: Miss Pointy. From her eggplant-colored lipstick to the strange subjects she teaches, like "Puzzling" and "Time Travel," she is like no other teacher Sahara has ever known. With Miss Pointy's help, Sahara just might find a way to redefine special for herself. The latest chapter in her book unfolds when her mother insists that she be taken out of special Ed. So Sahara is facing fifth grade in the regular classroom, again. But why even try to do the work, Sahara wonders, if everything just winds up in the counselor's file? Through Miss Pointy's unusual teaching, storytelling, and quiet support, Sahara finds the courage to overcome her fears and prove which file shows her true self. a Another social issue explored in this book is stereotypes. The story of Charlie Nebraska encourages the reader by exemplifying the characteristics of a true friendship. This work of historical fiction reveals some of the most horrific sides of an African American facing racism in the 1950s. The book's main theme is overcoming opposition through friendship, and a strong one it is. Charlie, a twelve-year-old white boy and Luther, a twenty-five year-old African American male, develop an incredible relationship through the game of baseball, despite the negative views of a prejudiced town. Luther's past sets the plot in motion. In his Negro League days, Luther was a pitcher and killed a white man who was crowding the plate. Although Luther is innocent, the victim's brother has vowed revenge. Because of this, Luther must flee to Stumptown, where he becomes Charlie's Stumptown Kids Carol Gorman Social Issues 978-1561454129 S baseball coach. When Luther's past resurfaces, a series of frightening events take place that helps Luther win the town over and clear his name. In this sentimental sequel to The Gift-Giver, Doris begins her narration only a few weeks after her friend Amir has left the Bronx for his new home in Syracuse. Doris is moody and depressed, missing Amir so much that all she can think about is earning enough money to go visit him. Nothing is working out for her, though, as her friends tease her, her new teacher Yellow Bird and Me Joyce Hansen Social Issues 9780618611164 S Mrs. Barker is mean, her parents won't let her keep her job at the beauty parlor, and crazy Yellow Bird keeps pestering her to help him with his reading problem. When Amir writes back, he tells Doris not to come yet and to take care of Bird. Reluctantly, Doris discovers that despite his problem, Bird is smart and a good friend. Bird's difficulties are too big for Doris to handle by herself, and with the help of the new drama club teacher, Bird gets the lead in the play. There are surprises for both Bird and Doris at the end of the story, and a final letter to Amir shows that Doris has learned how to become her own ``Amir.'' A Hispanic family lives in L.A. Not the L.A. where there are fast cars, people who are too rich and too poor – this L.A. is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community. Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and Any Small Goodness Tony Johnston Social Issues 9780439233842 S warmth. Stereotyping and family are two other issues explored in this book. Nat Boyd and his best friend Boyd Fink have always found a way to maneuver their way out of trouble. But this time, the problem is serious. It's something horrible and frightening beyond any fifth grader's worse fears. This time, it's...dancing. There's no escaping this humiliating class assignment...and what's worse, there's a rumor that the boys will be forced to Danger! Boys Dancing Sarah Weeks Social Issues 978-0439574716 T wear tutus! What's a Boyd to do? T To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, hyperactive Joey has trouble Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Jack Gantos Social Issues 9780064408332 HI-B paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription meds wear off and he starts feeling wired. One mishap after another leads Joey first from his regular classroom to special education classes and then to a special education school. Finally, with medication, counseling, and positive reinforcement, Joey triumphs, in this comic, compassionate, and compelling tale. T

Ten-year-old Laney Grafton recounts recent events surrounding Lara, a new girl in her class, Larger-Than-Life-Lara Dandi Daley Mackall Social Issues 978-0525477266 HI-B who is morbidly obese. Through her narrative, Laney documents the miserable and numerous offenses that are perpetrated on Lara, and reveals her own experiences as the class scapegoat and outcast. Finally, the students' publicly mortify Lara, with an act so mean-spirited that the adults finally get involved (their absence and lack of leadership and guidance is a huge gap throughout this novel). The outcome is that Lara, rather than the perpetrators, has to leave the school. And, to the students' astonishment, Lara and her parents leave without saying goodbye. Realizing the serious effect their actions have had on Lara, and what it has revealed about their own lack of understanding and empathy, the children line the school driveway, holding signs of apology and well wishes as the car passes. This final scene fails to redeem the students' relentless intolerance of Lara up to that point, however. Bullying and prejudices are two other social issues explored in this book. When Allison, who feels isolated, realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like Allison A. Say Social Issues 9780618495375 T her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat. During the summer of 1961, 11-year-old Celline discovers the existence of angels. "I believe in angels because I've seen them... three naked black girls with creamy white wings, throwing stones on my hopscotch board.... The angels come every day now since the trouble started." The "trouble" is that Celli's beloved housekeeper, Sophie, is stirring up the black community of Mystic, Georgia, with talk of the civil rights movement. Celli is frightened for Sophie, and knows the folks on her side of town--"the white side"--won't tolerate her activism much longer. But when Celli begins to see the small black angels around her home, she feels strangely comforted: "They never speak to me, but somehow their presence fills me with hope." Then a stranger with a secret about Celli's past comes to town the same week as the Freedom Riders, and Celli discovers her fate is tied to Sophie's in a way she never dreamed Black Angels R. Murphy Social Issues 978-0440229346 possible. Now Celli must find the courage, in a dangerous time and place, to stand up for what she knows is right. One September evening, Gregory ties an index card with his name and address on it to the string of a silver helium balloon and lets it go from his window, into the city sky. Three weeks later, an envelope arrives in the mail. A farmer named Pete has found his balloon! Gregory writes back, and the two become pen pals, exchanging mystery gifts with each letter. Finally, Pete sends a gift that Gregory can identify only by a trip to the natural history museum, and Silver Balloon, The Susan Bonners Social Issues 9780374466473 the object turns out to be something truly amazing. It was the perfect summer. That is, until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street Enemy Pie (Picture Book) Derek Munson Social Issues 9.78E+12 and became neighborhood enemy number one. Luckily Dad had a surefire way to get rid of enemies: Enemy Pie. But part of the secret recipe is spending an entire day playing with the enemy! In this funny yet endearing story, one little boy learns an effective recipes for turning your best enemy into your best friend. Accompanied by charming illustrations, Enemy Pie serves up a sweet lesson in the difficulties and ultimate rewards of making new friends. Written to celebrate the life of Josephine Carroll Smith, a respected African-American educator, this fictionalized picture book tells the story of one of the many young black men to whom she opened her home and heart. The third-person narrative describes the experiences of a boy who travels to Washington, DC, for his first meeting with the woman who had Pictures for Miss Josie (Picture Book) S. Belton Social Issues 9780688174804 L welcomed his father into her home when he was a student. The child isn't sure that he wants to stay for the planned overnight visit; to him, she seems like a giant, tall, stern, and foreboding, but Miss Josie encourages his love of drawing, and the time passes quickly. As he grows up, attends college, marries, starts a family, and embarks on an artistic career, she is always there to play a supportive and nurturing role in his life. When it is time for his own son to meet Miss Josie, she is not so tall, but "in the ways that mattered, still the same." There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could Freedom on the Menu Carole B. Weatherford Social Issues 9780142408940 M not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connie's town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a banana split like everyone else. A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means "no extras," so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan, though - she's going to save all the money she earns picking Hard Times Jar, The Ethel Footman Smothers Social Issues 9.78E+12 N apples and put it in Mama's hard-times jar. Then there will surely be enough for extras. But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work, it spoils everything. Now she will never own a store-bought book! But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma. One night while their mom’s at work, ten-year-old James and his six-year-old brother, Isaac, Your Move Eve Bunting Social Issues 9.78E+12 N leave their house to meet the K-Bones, a group of guys who hang out and do cool stuff. James is ready to prove he’s cool enough to be in with them, but he soon learns that the K-Bones are not just an innocent club--they’re a gang that steals, tags freeway signs, and even plans to buy a gun. After a dangerous confrontation with a crew of older boys, James realizes that he’s put Isaac in danger, and knows that if he finds the courage to walk away, Isaac will follow. Growing-up is another social issue explored in this book. Will a spelling bee be the answer to all of Bird's problems? All her life, all Bird has ever wanted is to be noticed in her small town and to get to Disney World. As it turns out, Bird just might have a chance to realize at least one of her goals because of a state spelling bee, and she might get to make a friend along the way - a boy named Harlem Tate who has just moved to Freedom. Harlem seems like a kindred spirit - someone like Bird, whom people don't usually take the time to find the good in. (Unless it's someone like Miss Delphine, who always makes Bird feel special.) But as much as Bird tries to get his attention, Harlem is not easily won Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia B. O’Connor Social Issues 9780374400187 N over. Then Harlem agrees to be her partner in the spelling bee, and if they study hard enough, the two might just win everything Bird's always wanted. Stereotypes and isolation are two social issues explored in this book. In this vivid portrayal of a close-knit Hispanic community, Felita's parents promise she will Felita Nicholasa Mohr Social Issues 9780141306438 O love their new neighborhood. Only Abuelita, her grandmother, understands how much Felita will miss her old block, and her best friend Gigi. Nine-year-old Felita and her family encounter racial discrimination and mild violence when they move because they are from Puerto Rico. First published twenty years ago, Felita's compelling story has resonance for kids today. Isolation is a social issue explored in this book. A story about prejudice and understanding where a young girl comes to terms with the effects that the teasing of her friends has had on a shy classmate. Though Maddie feels increasingly uncomfortable with the way the other girls — led by her best friend, Peggy — joke with Wanda, she doesn't have the courage to do anything about it. Then one day Wanda stops Hundred Dresses, The Eleanor Estes Social Issues 9780152052607 P coming to school. Maddie can't shake a bad feeling about Wanda's absence, but she pushes it aside, preferring instead to think about the drawing contest, which she is sure Peggy will win. Will Maddie side with the bully or will she make another choice as she learns more about who she really is? To the guys on the block, J.T. is the kid who stole the radio out of the red convertible before they could get to it. His neighbor, Mrs. Morris, declares him a first-class nuisance. His mother is bewildered — "He's just gone bad, that's all.... Stealin' and lyin' and I don't know what all." But all the sensitivity, responsibility, and care of which ten-year-old J.T. Gamble is capable emerges when he finds an old, one-eyed, badly hurt alley cat. J.T. takes on a new dimension J.T. Jane Wagner Social Issues 9780440442752 P as he lavishes all the love he is unable to express to people around him on the battered cat he has found in the junk-filled empty lot. When Mattie’s father was alive, everything seemed perfect. But her world changed when he died. Her mother is always angry and never smiles. Her twin brother seems quiet and withdrawn. And Mattie doesn’t know what to do. She does know that Mother’s Day is coming, and she desperately wants to buy her mom the perfect gift: a beautiful golden pin. But Mattie doesn’t have the money for the pin, and her mother doesn’t even want to celebrate. That’s when Mattie decides to take matters into her own hands. That’s when she decides that Circle of Gold Candy Dawson Boyd Social Issues 978-0590407540 Q she’ll do what it takes to bring her family together again. After her parents got divorced, twelve-year-old Rain, who has to have surgery to fix a heart problem, moves with her mother to the country, where she befriends the unpopular boy who lives next door and also seeks a way to cope with her feelings toward her father and his new Stranded in Boringsville Catherine Bateson Social Issues 9780823421138 R girlfriend. When Jack Rankin learns that he is going to spend the fifth grade in the old high school -- the building where his father works as a janitor -- he dreads the start of school. Jack manages to get through the first month without the kids catching on. Then comes the disastrous day when one of his classmates loses his lunch all over the floor. John the janitor is called in to clean up, and he does the unthinkable -- he turns to Jack with a big smile and says, "Hi, son." Jack performs an act of revenge and gets himself into a sticky situation. His punishment is to Janitor’s Boy Andrew Clements Social Issues 9780689835858 R assist the janitor after school for three weeks. The work is tedious, not to mention humiliating. But there is one perk; janitors have access to keys, keys to secret places.... Sally Harrison and her family are slaves on a plantation in Georgia. But when Master decides My Name is Sally Little Song Brenda Woods Social Issues 978-0142409435 S to sell Sally and her brother, the family escapes to seek shelter with a tribe of Seminoles who are rumored to adopt runaway slaves. After a perilous journey, Sally's family finds and joins the tribe. But while her father and brother easily adjust to Indian ways, Sally can't seem to find her place. Combining the poetry of Sally's songs with the heart-racing tension of the family's escape, author Brenda Woods delivers a breathtaking story of a girl caught between worlds. Chad blames his grandfather Jeep and his older sister, Julia, for the loss/death of his dog last fall. Now, as an empty summer yawns before him, Chad still isn't speaking to jeep, he avoids Julia, and he does his best to ignore the rest of the family, especially the new dog, Queenie. But on this quiet Vermont hillside there's no one but family, nothing to fill the long days ahead. Then a new neighbor, David Burton, moves in down the hill. David is a shaper, a dog trainer who shapes animals' behavior using positive reinforcement. He needs an assistant, and he offers Chad the job. David also has a daughter, Louise beautiful, feisty, a dancer-who's Shaper Jessie Haas Social Issues 9780060001704 S only a year older than Chad. Suddenly Chad's life, which had seemed simple if painful, is terribly, wonderfully, confusingly complicated.... Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Social Issues 9780142403709 S and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder. A Hispanic family lives in L.A. Not the L.A. where there are fast cars, people who are too rich and too poor – this L.A. is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community. Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and Any Small Goodness Tony Johnston Social Issues 9780439233842 T warmth. Stereotyping and family are two other issues explored in this book. Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes Being cousins doesn't mean you'll be friends.... Cammy loves her family -- except for her cousin Patty Ann. Though she knows she shouldn't feel this way, she can't help it. Patty Ann is too perfect to like, too perfect to be a friend. Then one day something terrible happens, something that can't be changed. That's when Cammy learns the truth about Patty Ann, and Cousins Virginia Hamilton Social Issues 9780590454360 T about family love -- and forgiveness. Hard to believe that Joey is the almost-normal one in this third and last installment in the chronicles of Joey Pigza. It's not just a funny story with nutty, divorced parents out of control, it's a poignant story of family, loss, lessons learned, and one boy's learning to make What Would Joey Do? Jack Gantos Social Issues 9780060544034 T his way in the world with confidence and good cheer. Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis Social Issues 9780440413288 T escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. When her father goes to fight in World War II, Elizabeth goes with her mother and sister to Autumn Street Lois Lowry Social Issues 9780440403449 U her grandfather's house where she learns to face up to the always puzzling and often cruel realities of the adult world. When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in Oregon, he feels caught in the strained Birthday Room, The Kevin Henkes Social Issues 9780688167332 V relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist. Chasing Redbird Sharon Creech Social Issues 9780064406963 V Right from the start, Zinny knew that uncovering the trail would be more than just a summer project. It was her chance to finally make people notice her, and to have a place she could call her very own. But more than that, Zinny knew that the trail somehow held the key to all kinds of questions. And that -- the only way to understand her family, her Aunt Jessie's death, and herself, was to find out where it went. Isolation is another issue explored in this book. In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his Locomotion (Novel in Poetry Form) Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 9780142401491 V parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school. Twelve year old Maddie is a foster child who can't stop looking for a home. When Maddie Where I’d Like to Be Frances O’Roark Dowell Social Issues 9780689870675 V shows a new girl her beloved scrapbook, she doesn't anticipate this one gesture will challenge her very idea of what home, and family, are all about. When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school. It takes a horrible tragedy for her to realize the complete ramifications of following the crowd instead of her heart. This story also explores the issue of Yankee Girl M.A. Rodman Social Issues 978-0312535766 V isolation. Letting Go The four Tillerman children finally have a home at their grandmother's rundown Dicey’s Song Cynthia Voigt Social Issues 9780689863622 W farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Dicey has dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watching over the others for so long, it's hard to let go. Nobody knows what to make of the new boy in Frannie's class. Not only does he look Feathers Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 9780142411988 X different, but he's kind to everyone, he refuses to fight, and he doesn't even seem to mind when the other kids nickname him Jesus Boy. But as winter progresses, Frannie realizes that she's starting to see a whole lot of things in a new light: her brother's deafness, her mother's fear, her friend Samantha's faith, their classmate Trevor's anger, and her own desire for hope- "the thing with feathers." And it's all because of Jesus Boy's differences . . . and his friendship. Bullying is another issue explored in this book. A poem cycle that reads as a novel, Out of the Dust tells the story of a girl named Billie Jo, Out of the Dust Karen Hesse Social Issues 9780590371254 X who struggles to help her family survive the dust-bowl years of the Depression. Fighting against the elements on her Oklahoma farm, Billie Jo takes on even more responsibilities when her mother dies in a tragic accident. A testament to the American spirit, this novel is an instant classic. Homelessness is another social issue explored in this book. Twelve-year-old Ana Rosa is a blossoming writer growing up in the Dominican Republic, a Color of My Words, The Lynn Joseph Social Issues 9780064472043 X country where words are feared. Yet there is so much inspiration all around her -- watching her brother search for a future, learning to dance and to love, and finding out what it means to be part of a community -- that Ana Rosa must write it all down. As she struggles to find her own voice and a way to make it heard, Ana Rosa realizes the power of her words to transform the world around her -- and to transcend the most unthinkable of tragedies. There are several issues intertwined in this chapter book—how to deal with bullies and teasing, stereotypes, and how to be true to yourself and your own strengths and desires. Bernard is not thrilled with the idea of going to summer camp. His sister is and she assures him that she will look out for him and help him have fun. Early on, Bernard tangles with the bully Big Dan and earns the hated nickname Burnadette. Eventually he finds a safe haven in the clothing design class. It seems that Bernard's grandmother has taught him some basics about sewing, and he has a flair for design. Pretty soon he creates a jacket, draws an admiring My Brother Bernadette Jacqueline Wilson Social Issues 978-0778709862 crowd and lets these kids know that his name is Bernard. The best part is Bernard's revenge on Big Dan when he designs the costumes for the end-of-camp play. It is sweet and kids will be happy to see that brains and skillful fingers can overcome the bully's brawn. Written to celebrate the life of Josephine Carroll Smith, a respected African-American educator, this fictionalized picture book tells the story of one of the many young black men to whom she opened her home and heart. The third-person narrative describes the experiences of a boy who travels to Washington, DC, for his first meeting with the woman who had Pictures for Miss Josie (Picture Book) S. Belton Social Issues 9780688174804 welcomed his father into her home when he was a student. The child isn't sure that he wants to stay for the planned overnight visit; to him, she seems like a giant, tall, stern, and foreboding, but Miss Josie encourages his love of drawing, and the time passes quickly. As he grows up, attends college, marries, starts a family, and embarks on an artistic career, she is always there to play a supportive and nurturing role in his life. When it is time for his own son to meet Miss Josie, she is not so tall, but "in the ways that mattered, still the same." When nine-year-old Gregory experiences several upsets in his life, he responds by creating a Chalk Box Kid Clyde Robert Bulla Social Issues 9780394891026 M fantastic chalk garden on the charred walls of a burned-out factory behind his house. As his garden grows and flourishes, Gregory finds a voice through his art and, for the first time, is able to find his own place in the world. Isolation is a social issue explored in this book. Marisol Luna is a ten-year-old girl who loves to dance. Ballet folklórico (Mexican folkdance) Marisol Gary Soto Social Issues 9781584859727 N is her favorite type of dance, but she also does jazz, ballet, and a little tap! She is very disappointed when her parents decide to move to the Chicago suburbs—away from their close-knit neighborhood and Marisol's school and dance classes. But Marisol realizes that no matter where she is, it is her passion to dance that will help her persevere in the midst of change. Marisol's story will appeal to all readers—especially those who love dance. Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse ("Wolf," for short) has a big name for such a little mouse. But the name fits. His favorite pastime is listening to Mrs. Honeybee, the lady of the house, play the piano. If only he could sing along to the music! One day, Wolf decides to try -- and to his surprise, out of his mouth comes a perfect melody. It's not long before Wolf is singing Mouse Called Wolf, A Dick King-Smith Social Issues 9780375800665 O everything from "Three Blind Mice" to Chopin to the Beatles, all to Mrs. Honeybee's accompaniment. Then an accident leaves Mrs. Honeybee in danger, and it's up to Wolf to save her... the only way he knows how. When his mother walks out on 11-year-old Journey and his older sister, Cat, the boy refuses Journey Patricia MacLachlan Social Issues 978-0440408093 O to believe she will not return. He listens to the constant clicking of the shutter as his grandfather takes possession of Cat's cast-aside camera, asserting that "sometimes pictures show us what is really there." Journey questions the value of this incessant picture-taking, yet pores through his grandmother's photo album, trying to patch together a fragmented past that is frustratingly out of focus. He hopes that the truth will be found in a box of family photos that his mother left in tiny scraps under her bed. Setting out to piece the pictures back together, Journey finally admits that this dream is as hopeless as his mother's return. It is his grandfather, on whom Journey has taken out much of his anger, who eventually answers the child's most troubling questions. The wise older man assures Journey that he is not to blame for his mama's departure, and shares a truth that is at the heart of the novel: although everything in life--from photographs to families--is not perfect, "things can be good enough." Minna wishes for many things. She wishes she understood the quote taped above her mother's typewriter: Fact and fiction are different truths. She wishes her mother would stop writing long enough to really listen to her. She wishes her house were peaceful and orderly like her friend Lucas's. Most of all, she wishes she could find a vibrato on her cello and play Mozart Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt, The Patricia MacLachlan Social Issues 9780064402651 S the way he deserves to be played. Minna soon discovers that some things can't be found-they just have to happen. And as she waits for her vibrato to happen, Minna begins to understand some facts and fictions about herself. For the last forty-five years, the Uncles have been building three giant towers in their backyard from scrap metal and shards of glass and porcelain. But now, bowing to pressures from some powerful home owners, the towers have been declared blight on the neighborhood. Even worse, the city council has voted to have them destroyed. Margaret Rose is outraged. She knows the towers for what they truly are: irreplaceable works of art. To Margaret, the towers sing. They sing of the joy of making something big and beautiful out of bits and pieces; of integrity; but perhaps most important of all, they sing of history. And Margaret Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The E.L. Konigsburg Social Issues 9780689866371 U Rose is determined to make sure they always will. When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in Oregon, he feels caught in the strained Birthday Room, The Kevin Henkes Social Issues 9780688167332 U relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist. This story chronicles the harsh life experienced by migrant workers in California's Central Valley. Janey Larkin, the young daughter of migrant workers, wishes only for a home, friends and the opportunity to go to school. As the family moves from place to place to earn a less than meager living, Janey and her family experience hardships that are common to itinerant farm laborers. Her most prized possession is a beautiful, blue-and-white Chinese Pagoda Blue Willow Doris Gates Social Issues 9780140309249 V plate, with a blue willow design, given to her by her great-grandmother, and Janey's dream is to live in a house beside a willow tree, just like the one on her cherished plate. When her mother becomes ill, Janey contemplates making an incredibly big sacrifice for the welfare of her family. And to further complicate matters, Janey discovers the dishonest foreman is pocketing the family's hard-earned rent money. In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 9780142401491 V parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school. Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she plans to take Josie with her. Yet behind all her plans, Hollis longs for Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff Social Issues 9780440415787 V her life with the Regans, fixing each moment of her time with them in pictures she’ll never forget. Belle Prater is missing. Since she inexplicably disappeared about a year ago, her son, Woodrow, has been living with his grandparents, next door to his cousin Gypsy. The two are best friends, joined by their adventurous sprits and shared love of stories and magic. One night they receive a puzzling phone call, which provides a clue that sends Gypsy and Search for Belle Prater Ruth White Social Issues 9780440421641 V Woodrow on a mission to find Belle. Joining them is Cassie Caulborne, the new girl in school, who, like Woodrow and Gypsy, has experienced the loss of a parent. She is also endowed with a valuable gift--she knows things, things that happened in the past and reveal themselves to her in dreams. Their quest leads them out of their sheltered life in Coal Station, Virginia, and eventually back to Woodrow's home in Crooked Ridge. On the road they meet new people with their own stories to tell. It's back to school for the start of a new term. Indigo's returning after a bout of glandular fever and is dreading it. Rose is worrying about Indigo--and her new glasses. Saffy is busy dictating Indigo Star Hilary McKay Social Issues 978-1416914037 V Rose's homework answers, while Caddy agonizes over ways to dump her current boyfriend. And their mother, Eve, is busy trying to dry her latest painting with a hairdryer. Some things never change. But this term Tom has joined Indigo's class. And that will make all the difference . . . Set in the 1950’s, Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still returned to slavery to teach others how to read. And Nightjohn Gary Paulsen Social Issues 978-0440219361 W twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches its people, Monument, The Gary Paulsen Social Issues 9780440407829 W animals and graveyard. Mick has been commissioned by Rocky's Kansas town to create a memorial to their war dead. As Rocky learns to respect Mick and his talents, he helps her to develop her own artistic sensibilities. But the townspeople see things in Mick's drawings that they don't want to know or accept about themselves. Can Mick help them accept one monument that will be meaningful to everyone? Twelve-year-old Ana Rosa is a blossoming writer growing up in the Dominican Republic, a Color of My Words, The Lynn Joseph Social Issues 9780064472043 country where words are feared. Yet there is so much inspiration all around her -- watching her brother search for a future, learning to dance and to love, and finding out what it means to be part of a community -- that Ana Rosa must write it all down. As she struggles to find her own voice and a way to make it heard, Ana Rosa realizes the power of her words to transform the world around her -- and to transcend the most unthinkable of tragedies. Summer is around the corner, and the rivalry between the Malloys and the Hatfords is heating up! The kids have two weeks to earn money for a fundraising contest sponsored by the local hospital. Those who collect $20 or more for the new children’s wing can choose to be in the annual Strawberry Festival Parade or get all the strawberry treats they can eat. There’s only one place Caroline Malloy—wants to be: smack dab in the middle of the glamorous Girls Rule! Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Social Issues 9780440419891 Strawberry Queen’s float. But how will she earn the money in such a short time? Do the Hatford brothers have moneymaking secrets that they’re not telling the girls? Isolation is another social issue explored in this book. One morning eight-year-old Martin looks in the mirror and sees a stranger. Overnight, he has changed. His parents take him to one doctor after another, only to be told that there is nothing wrong with their son. At school his teacher asks, "What have we here, trick or treat?" His classmates will not play with him. At home his family tries to treat him as if he were the same Stranger in the Mirror Allen Say Social Issues 9780395938836 child. But things now are different. Martin has grown very old in the space of one day. His world will never be the same again. Prejudice and loss are two social issues explored in this book. A small boy, not allowed to have a dog because times are tight, finds a starving kitten in a Tight Times (Picture Book) Barbara Hazen Social Issues 9780140504422 K trash can on the same day his father loses his job. Although Song Lee is very shy in some ways (she is terrified of speaking in front of the Song Lee in Room 2B Suzy Kline Social Issues 9780141304083 L class), she brings a lot of her own flair to her second-grade classroom. For instance, when it's her turn to talk about a place she's traveled, she dresses as a cherry blossom tree — cleverly hiding her fear from the audience and bringing in a great image of her homeland, Korea. That's not all — when she realizes the class has no more living pets, Song Lee brings in her own salamander to share with her classmates. Later, when there's a fire drill, Song Lee makes sure to rescue her pet before leaving the building. Although it is difficult, Tooter is trying to learn how to live her new life on a farm. To prove that she can be a good farmer, she decides to enter her goat in a contest, but everything gets messed up when her brother gets loose with a bucket of blue paint! Older children will like this book because it shows that hard works helps Tooter overcome all of the obstacles she Blue Ribbon Blues Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 978-0679887539 M faces to become not only a winner, but a hero on the farm. A boy spends a lonely summer with his father, who is so engrossed in work he scarcely notices or talks to his son. Early one Saturday Dad wakes the boy with a surprise: they are going camping, in search of a special lake Dad had visited as a boy. When the Lost Lake is rediscovered, it is overrun with families camping and swimming; Dad is determined they will Lost Lake, The (Picture Book) Allen Say Social Issues 978-0395630365 M find another. Through a bleak rainstorm and dangerous bear country father and son press on, and the boy is happy to see Dad gradually become more animated and talkative. The father's dogged perseverance finally pays off: a brand-new special lake, all to themselves, to enjoy and remember. Ten-year-old Elijah Breeze, aka Jumper, is having the hardest summer of his life. He’s suffering from the loss of his father; his mother has moved them from the suburbs to New Safe at Home Sharon Robinson Social Issues 978-0439671989 N York City's Harlem area; and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life, or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and by his grandma's wisdom. He finds out it is possible to start over in a new place with new people . . . and still hold on to what's important from his past. Becky is feeling miserable. It’s almost her birthday, but this year no one seems to care. Striped Ice Cream Joan Lexau Social Issues 978-0590457293 N Becky knows her family is too poor to buy presents. But why do they keep whispering behind her back and leaving her out? Life was lonely for the youngest in the family when everyone else started working on a project without her. Brother Abe even tried to keep her out of her own home during the day — and playing baseball with Abe did not appeal to Becky. This is a story about a very real family — the ups and downs, the quarrels and making-ups, and it is a story of Becky's happy birthday. To Anastasia Krupnik, being ten is very confusing. For one thing, she has this awful teacher who can't understand why Anastasia doesn't capitalize or punctuate her poems. Then, there's Washburn Cummings, a very interesting sixth-grade boy who doesn't even know she is alive. Even her parents have become difficult. They insist she visit her 92-year-old grandmother who can never remember Anastasia's name. On top of that, they're going to have a baby -- at their age! It's enough to make a kid want to do something terrible. Anastasia knows that if she didn't have her secret green notebook to write in, she would never make it to her eleventh Anastasia Krupnik Lois Lowry Social Issues 9780440408529 O birthday. Gloria has a confrontation with a loquacious parrot; helps Julian and Huey train their dog and Gloria’s Way Ann Cameron Social Issues 9780142300237 O cure him of his squirrel obsession; faces her fear of fractions; and learns that some promises shouldn’t be kept, some bets aren’t fair, and, most important, you cant put a measuring stick to friendship. Ann Cameron's stories about brothers Huey and Julian have captured the hearts of millions of readers, and Julian's best friend, Gloria, has joined them on every adventure. Now Gloria gets to have her own adventures, with Julian and Huey along for the ride! Gloria’s stories are told separately, each as it’s own chapter. This picture book about what it was like for African-Americans in the segregated south is particularly well done. Before young Sarah Marie learns to read the notorious "whites only" signs, she is told that picnic lunches for trips south to visit Grandmama are better than lunch counter meals, that seats in the back of the bus are roomier, and that water coolers are off- limits because of germs. Sarah Marie's innocence is lost when she learns to read and discovers the truth. The lazy summer days of her childhood are effectively set against a dark undercurrent of prejudice. This is a moving story of one African-American family's struggle Grandmama’s Pride Becky Birtha Social Issues 9780807530283 O to maintain their dignity. Nowadays it's no big deal or a girl to travel seventy-five miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wanted to cross seventy-five miles of Idaho mountains to see her grandma in 1914, it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad, and a train ticket would have cost her parents a full day's pay. Here is the true story of how May got to visit her Mailing May (Picture Book) Michael Tunnell Social Issues 9780064437240 O grandma, thanks to her won spunk, her father's ingenuity, and the U.S. mail. Jolene's family was just Momma and Grandpa until big, loud Leroy Redfield started taking Momma dancing. Jolene refuses to call him anything but "Mister." Without a name, he isn't a real person to her. But then Jolene learns that Mister wants to marry Momma. It seems that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away. Prejudice and change are Mister and Me Kimberly W. Holt Social Issues 9780613337137 O two other social issues explored in this book. A picture-book biography of the first Chinese matador. On his first vacation to Europe, Billy Wong saw a Spanish bullfight and, marveling at the athletic prowess of the matador, realized that even a man shorter than he might enter the sport. So he stayed in Spain and went to bullfighting school, but after two years passed without fighting a single cow, Billy realized that a Chinese matador might stand out in the crowd of aspiring bullfighters--as indeed he did. After his first success as El Chino --The Chinese--in his native costume, Billy received an El Chino (Picture Book) Allen Say Social Issues 978-0395778753 P offer to become a real matador. Mitchell called it a practical joke that backfired, but the police called it a prank and the punishment is to participate in the O.L.D. Friend program for juvenile offenders. Mitch comes to the police station every Tuesday and Thursday for a month to have a computer "chat" with a resident of the Maple Grove Nursing Home located in another part of the state. Mitch chats with Wootie who is old but not soft. Her feisty remarks and straight-shooting questions help to give Mitch the boost he needs, but he, in turn, helps Wootie with her troubles. It is a good, small story of an unlikely friendship between a twelve-year-old who is trying to make sense of making amends and an ailing woman who is trying to let go of her home to move into an assisted-living facility. The humor and the lack of sentimentality add to the appeal of the Doing Time Online Jan Siebold Social Issues 978-0807516652 Q book. Secondary characters such as the single parent dad and the neighborhood bully are well developed. This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who Family Under the Bridge Natalie Savage Carlson Social Issues 9780064402507 R relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them. But the homeless children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realize that he had gotten himself ready-made family; one that he loved with all his heart, and one for whom he would have to find a better home than the bridge. Armand and the children's adventures around Paris -- complete with gypsies and a Santa Claus -- make a story which children will treasure. A wise old Italian granny skillfully imparts life advice (and cooking lessons) to her winning Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech Social Issues 978-0439649315 R but sometimes obstinate 12-year-old granddaughter, Rosie. She and her best friend, Bailey, don't always get along, that's true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories and family recipes. It's easier to remember what's important about love, life, and friendship while Granny Torrelli makes soup. Isolation and stereotype are two other social issues explored in this book. Based on a true story of a Bosnian family forced to flee their home during the recent civil Gleam and Glow (Picture Book) Eve Bunting Social Issues 9780152053802 S strife, Bunting skillfully tells young readers about the horrors of war and the hope that can sometimes come after devastation and loss. She tells her readers the tale of a little girl who, before fleeing her home with her family, had to leave two little goldfish behind in their pond. When she comes back home, although the land is destroyed, the pond is brimming with shimmering goldfish. Complemented by expressive oil paintings by illustrator Peter Sylvada, Gleam and Glow is a poetic and important book when teaching about humanity and war. Mma (mother in Tswana)lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village thirteen-year- Journey to Jo’burg Beverly Naidoo Social Issues 9780064402378 S old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know, deep down, that only one person can save her. Bravely, alone, they set off on a journey to find Mma and bring her back. It isn't until they reach the city that they come to understand the dangers of their country, and the painful struggle for freedom and dignity that is taking place all around them. How could someone like Mick die? This is the hilarious kid who freaked his mom out by Mick Harte was Here Barbara Park Social Issues 9780679882039 S putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken, who did a wild solo dance in front of the whole school because the music got in his pants, and the kid who, if he'd only worn his bicycle helmet, would still be alive now. Phoebe has great memories of her brother, but cannot see how her family will ever pick up the pieces and move on. During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white boy sees a bus Mississippi Bridge Mildred D. Taylor Social Issues 9780553159929 S driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the raging Rosa Lee River. (Prejudice) A terrifying moment occurs that unites all the townspeople in a nightmare that will change their lives forever. Growing up is another social issue explored in this book. Feisty Rose takes center stage as the highly original Casson family faces a long, hot summer. As usual, things are a bit chaotic. Eldest daughter Caddy is engaged to darling Michael, and she's not altogether sure she likes it. Saffy and Sarah are on a mission to find Saffy's biological father (while cultivating hearts of stone). Indigo is cautiously beginning a friendship with a reformed bully, who desperately wants to feel like part of the Casson family. Rose, while dreadfully missing Tom (whom none of them have heard from), enters into a life of petty crime, shoplifting small items until her misadventures nearly bring disaster. Through Permanent Rose Hilary McKay Social Issues 978-1416928041 S it all, Rose's single-minded determination to find Tom remains as fierce as it is hopeless. Or is it? McKay's cheeky, often irreverent tone in scenes about the Casson parents' marital tension and the father's infidelity may baffle some younger readers, and the crowded plot, like the Casson family itself, threatens to careen out of control. It's turning out to be quite a summer for ten-year-old Sylvia Freeman. Not only has she discovered that the father she thought was long dead is alive, but she's also learned that her best friend, one-hundred-year-old Miz Lula Maye, is her great-grandmother. But the biggest surprise is yet to come when Miz Lula Maye tells Sylvia about secret holes. Secret holes, Miz Secret Holes Pansie Hart Flood Social Issues 9780876149232 S Lula Maye explains, were places where people used to keep money and important papers. They could be anywhere -- under a loose floorboard, behind a wall, or even inside a bedpost. While Sylvia helps her best friend uncover hiding places from long ago, she decides there is something she must do. But is Sylvia ready to face what she finds? Darby Carmichael thinks her best friend is probably the smartest person she knows, even Darby J. Scott Fugua Social Issues 978-0744590562 T though, as Mama says, Evette’s school uses worn-out books and crumbly chalk. Whenever they can, Darby and Evette shoot off into the woods beyond the farm to play fancy ladies and schoolteachers. One thing Darby has never dreamed of being - not until Evette suggests it - is a newspaper girl who writes down the truth for all to read. In no time, and with more than a little assistance from Evette, Darby and her column in the Bennettsville Times are famous in town and beyond. Darby writes about a motivated murder in an article urging whites to treat blacks as equals. But is Marlboro County, South Carolina, circa 1926, ready for the truth its youngest reporter has to tell? Friendship and prejudice are two social issues that are explored in this book. Delia loves Double Dutch more than just about anything, and she's really good at it -- so good she and her teammates have a shot at winning the World Double Dutch Championships. Delia would die if she couldn't jump -- but Delia has a secret, and it could keep her off the team next year. Delia's friend Randy has a secret too, one that has him lonely and scared. And while Delia and Randy struggle to keep their secrets, their school is abuzz with rumors about what malicious mischief the terrible Tolliver twins -- who just may have a secret of their own Double Dutch Sharon Draper Social Issues 9780689842313 T -- are planning. Why can't life be as easy for Delia as Double Dutch? Felita's whole life seems to change the year that she turns twelve. Her mother begins to insist Going Home Nicholasa Mohr Social Issues 9780141306445 T that her brothers go with her everywhere, and she's not allowed to hang out like she did last year. Nothing about growing up in a strict Hispanic household seems fair. Then Felita learns that one of her dreams will come true—she'll be spending the summer in Puerto Rico with her uncle Jorge. Even though she'll miss her family and her friends—especially Vinny—Felita knows she'll be happy. Money Hungry Sharon Flake Social Issues 9781423103868 T All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about being homeless, living on the streets again. Raspberry eventually feels like things are looking up. But when their house is robbed and rich people protest against their living situation, Raspberry finds herself doing everything to hold things together. But even money can't answer the questions that keep Raspberry awake at night. Will she and Momma ever move out of the projects? What did Ja'nae do with the two hundred bucks Raspberry loaned her? And what's really going on with Momma and that rich doctor? Aurora is an artist, like her father. Through years of drawing lessons he taught her about light and color, perspective and form. "The great thing about art," Rory thinks, "is you can bring back something you've lost and keep it forever." But when her father leaves the family, it's Rory who is lost. In this exquisitely told story, a young girl must find her own way of Drawing Lessons Tracy Mack Social Issues 978-0439112031 U creating, her own way of connecting, her own way of being. A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home. Along with homelessness, isolation and Blue Willow Doris Gates Social Issues 9780140309249 V stereotyping are two other issues explored in this book. When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to play in the Underland's uncertain future. Gregor wants no part of it -- Gregor The Overlander Suzanne Collins Social Issues 9780439678131 V until he realizes it's the only way to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. Reluctantly, Gregor embarks on a dangerous adventure that will change both him and the Underland forever. Yolanda is smart, tough, and big for her age. Back in Chicago where she used to live, everyone knew better than to mess with her or her little brother, Andrew. Andrew doesn't talk much and he can't read, but he can create unbelievable music on the old harmonica their father left him. When Yolanda reads the definition of "genius" in the dictionary, she knows it Yolanda’s Genius Carol Fenner Social Issues 9780689813276 V describes Andrew, and she's determined to convince the world, and especially their mother, of Andrew's gift. Then one day when Yolanda's back is turned, the unthinkable happens, and the music stops. Now Yolanda's mission is more important than ever. How can she open people's eyes to Andrew's talent and help him find the music again? Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full Higher Power of Lucky, The Susan Patron Social Issues 9781416975571 W of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has. It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care! Instead Lucky is sure that she'll be abandoned to some orphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won't be allowed. She'll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives on cookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she'll have to give up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs her own -- and quick. But she hadn't planned on a dust storm. Or needing to lug the world's heaviest survival-kit backpack into the desert. (Note: The word ‘scrotum’ is used on the first page of this book and alcoholism is addressed.) When May dies suddenly while gardening, Summer assumes she'll never see her beloved aunt again. But then Summer's Uncle Ob claims that May is on her way back — she has sent a sign from the spirit world. Summer isn't sure she believes in the spirit world, but her quirky classmate Cletus Underwood — who befriends Ob during his time of mourning — does. So at Cletus' suggestion, Ob and Summer (with Cletus in tow) set off in search of Miriam B. Missing May Cynthia Rylant Social Issues 9780439613835 W Young, Small Medium at Large, whom they hope will explain May's departure and confirm her possible return. Doretha is thirteen, black, and confused by her ambivalence about herself. . . . Leafing through her diary, Doretha remembers—and each memory of the past four years reveals something about her and about the people she has loved. The book is strong in perception, in Sister Eloise Greenfield Social Issues 9780064401999 W its sensitivity, in its realism. Growing up is another issue explored in this book. Meg Finn is in a tough spot. Really tough. For her last act on Earth, she committed a crime - Wish List, The Eoin Colfer Social Issues 9780439443364 W and lost her life as a result. Now Meg's spirit is stuck in limbo, due to a dead-even tally of good and evil deeds. Meg's only chance at salvation is to return to Earth and stack on a few more good deeds - namely, helping the old man whose apartment she was robbing during her last appearance. For better or worse, that man needs a lot of help. In fact, he has a whole list of wishes he wants to fill before he dies. And it's up to Meg to make those wishes come true - before her own time is up. Meg experiences change in this book. Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before his brother Charlie changed so much. But things have changed and all he can do now is ask why.... Why did Mama have to die? Why does Charlie hate him so much? And how are the three brothers—Miracle’s boys—supposed to survive when so Miracle’s Boys Jacqueline Woodson Social Issues 9780142406021 Z much seems to be stacked against them? Steve Harmon: 16 years old and on trial for murder. His parents' hearts break as they watch Monster Walter Dean Myers Social Issues 9780064407311 Z the drama unfold from their seats in the back of the courtroom. Did Steve serve as the lookout when Bobo Evans and James King robbed the drugstore and then killed the store's owner in the commotion? Or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Is he being framed by a couple of losers he used to call friends? In the tension-filled courtroom, reality begins to blur for Steve. How on earth did he get here? Is he a monster? The Scorpions are a gun-toting Harlem gang, and Jamal Hicks is about to become tragically involved with them in this authentic tale of the sacrifice of innocence in the inner city. Pushed by the bully, Dwayne, to fight, and nagged by the principal, Mr. Davidson, Jamal is having a difficult time staying in school. His home life is not much better, with his mother working her fingers to the bone to try to earn the money for an appeal for Jamal's older brother, Randy, who is in jail. The leader of the Scorpions, Randy wants Jamal to take his place until he is free, but the other gang members, especially Angel and Indian, don't like the idea. Only Mack thinks Jamal should be the leader, and it is Mack who gets Jamal a gun. Jamal wants to do the right thing and earn the money to free his brother by working, but he is afraid to go against the Scorpions. He longs to get rid of the gun, but part of him just can't bring himself to do it. Scorpions Walter Dean Myers Social Issues 9780064470667 Z As things heat up within the gang, everything comes to a boil when Mack kills Angel and Indian is thrown in jail. Jamal eventually pulls free of the gang's bad influence, but only through the narrowest of escapes. Elsa, who tells many jokes and believes she’ll be a star one day, does her best to cheer her Bed and Breakfast Star, The Jacqueline Wilson Social Issues 978-0440867609 family up. But since they’ve become homeless and had to move into a bed and breakfast hotel, it seems no one laughs much any more. This book is about a boy named Harry who is happy when he gets invited to a birthday party. The problem is the party is for a girl and Harry’s friends will never stop making fun of him if he actually goes! Younger children will like this book because it shows that it is always better to follow your heart and do what makes you happy without worrying about what other people think. In fact, as Harry learns, the people who are making fun of you may just be Harry’s Got A Girlfriend Ulli Schubert Social Issues 978-0439101318 L jealous! As summer sizzles to a stop, Judy Moody grudgingly prepares to start the third grade with her new teacher, Mr. Todd. For the first month of school, Judy must create a “ME” collage that will tell her new class all about herself. In between negotiating new friendships with boys, tolerating her younger brother, Stink, and stomping through her “roaring” bad moods, Judy learns that people aren’t always what they seem and discovers many facets of her artistic and curious self. Older readers will readily identify with the moody third grader, who peppers her language with puns and no-nonsense observations of her family and friends. Students will be able to make connections to the situations Judy encounters throughout the story, such as making new friends and adjusting to a new grade. Supportive elements, such as whimsical illustrations and chapter titles, will allow students to make predictions about the story’s events and assist them in making visualizations of the characters and actions of the story. Finally, older readers will be challenged and delighted by the vivid language, such as metaphors and similes, that the author uses throughout her story, such as these following two examples: “Stink waddled into the family room wrapped in a red and white striped tablecloth, looking like he just got hit by a flying picnic” and “She felt like a bike left out in Judy Moody Megan McDonald Social Issues 978-0763612313 M the rain.” The bully starts the rumor that Marvin Redpost is the biggest nose-picker in the school. Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? Louis Sacher Social Issues 9780679819479 M Clarence started it, and now everyone is acting as if it’s true. Even Marvin’s best friends don’t want to be seen with him. It’s unfair! But what can Marvin do about it? Andy Russell's misadventures continue when his gerbils escape once again, this time at the school carnival. And Stacy Ann Jackson, the teacher's pet, isn't making life any easier for him. Meanwhile, Andy's friend Tamika is preparing to move in with the Russells. And Andy will do anything to find out if he is going to have a baby brother or a baby sister. As he tries Andy and Tamica David Adler Social Issues 9780152054465 N to sort through these dilemmas, Andy makes a surprising new friend and discovers what being a family really means. Cultural diversity and friendship are two other social issues explored in this book. Everyone in the family thinks Maurice will be this way or that when he grows up. However, Maurice begins to grow and his family soon discovers that he has a special gift of his own. Themes of home and hearth are in this tale of intergenerational family love, individuality and Bravo, Maurice! Rebecca Bond Social Issues 978-0316105453 N the gifts that make each one of us unique. As the story opens, Gregory's father has lost his factory job, and the family is moving to a Chalk Box Kid Clyde Robert Bulla Social Issues 9780394891026 N smaller house in a poorer part of town. At first, Gregory feels lost. The kids at his new school don't readily accept him, he has to share a bedroom with his 22-year-old uncle, and the new house doesn't have a yard where he can play. Then Gregory discovers the chalk factory — an old, burnt-out building nearby. Gregory goes exploring, and as he does, he finds plenty of chalk in the debris. With it he begins to draw flowers on the factory's blackened walls. As his garden grows and flourishes, Gregory finds a voice through his art, and his spirits begin to soar. Through a series of related events, his life and that of his family turns around, and Gregory, for the first time, finds his own place in the world. Jimmy is lucky to have his father's mother living next door. However, his aunt Helen lives in Key Collection, The Andrea Cheng Social Issues 978-0805071535 N San Francisco and wants her mother to come live with her. Helen is a doctor, and as Ni Ni's health deteriorates, this begins to seem like a good idea to the adults. As she is about to leave, Jimmy realizes how much he is losing. As he plays with her key collection, he gradually sorts through his unhappiness. Dividing the keys into families, he begins to see how he and Ni Ni are connected to others. As she recounts familiar family stories, the connections deepen. Eventually Jimmy is able to accept his grandmother's departure, and as new people move into the house and new keys are found, he finds his way forward. This is a quiet story with a strong heart and a clear picture of the way kids cope. The essential references to Chinese culture are conveyed with skill and clarity. Welcome to Magnolia Street, where Charlie has just moved into her new home. It isn't long before Charlie's exploring, meeting all of her new neighbors, and getting herself into trouble. Her adventures with her bound-to-be best friend Billy--tricking Charlie's older brother, making a racket on a bus trip to the museum, or digging up a box of buried treasure--make even ordinary exciting. This collection of interrelated short stories is a true delight, perfect Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street Angela Johnson Social Issues 978-0375802089 N for newly emerging independent readers. Both girls and boys will cheer for this spunky girl as she takes on Magnolia Street and blossoms day by day. In a series of poems, an African American girl sings the praises of her best friend and their Meet Danitra Brown Nikki Grimes Social Issues 9780688154714 N special relationship. According to Zuri, the speaker here, Danitra is "the most splendiferous girl in town." Zuri respects Danitra's quirks (she wears only purple clothing) and admires her ability to walk away from boys who taunt her about her glasses. Zuri is, moreover, grateful that "Danitra knows just what to say to make me glad." Grimes's poetry has a very deliberate rhyme scheme, but it also smoothly describes a number of vignettes and links them with consistent themes and characterizations. Issues of race, feminism and family structure are delicately incorporated, and successfully build an emotional connection for the reader. When Song Lee-the nicest person in Room 2B-starts getting nasty notes, everyone is Song Lee and the I Hate You Notes Suzy Kline Social Issues 9780141303031 N shocked. Then Song Lee comes up with a creative way to teach the note sender a lesson he or she won't soon forget. In six spirited stories, Gloria has a confrontation with a loquacious parrot; helps Julian and Gloria’s Way Ann Cameron Social Issues 9780142300237 O Huey train their dog and cure him of his squirrel obsession; faces her fear of fractions; and learns that some promises shouldn’t be kept, some bets aren’t fair, and, most important, you can’t put a measuring stick to friendship. Ann Cameron's stories about brothers Huey and Julian have captured the hearts of millions of readers, and Julian's best friend, Gloria, has joined them on every adventure. Now Gloria gets to have her own adventures, with Julian and Huey along for the ride! Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes Marisol Luna is a ten-year-old girl who loves to dance. Ballet folklórico (Mexican folkdance) is her favorite type of dance, but she also does jazz, ballet, and a little tap! She is very disappointed when her parents decide to move to the Chicago suburbs—away from their close-knit neighborhood and Marisol's school and dance classes. But Marisol realizes Marisol Gary Soto Social Issues 9781584859727 O that no matter where she is, it is her passion to dance that will help her persevere in the midst of change. Marisol's story will appeal to all readers—especially those who love dance. Wolf has a big name for such a little mouse. But the name fits. His favorite pastime is Mouse Called Wolf, A Dick King-Smith Social Issues 9780375800665 O listening to Mrs. Honeybee, the lady of the house, play the piano. If only he could sing along to the music! One day, Wolf decides to try -- and to his surprise, out of his mouth comes a perfect melody. Then an accident leaves Mrs. Honeybee in danger, and it's up to Wolf to save her... the only way he knows how. After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to Tea With Milk (Picture Book) Allen Say Social Issues 9780547237473 O their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place. This story also explores the issue of understanding self and others. When a boy named Hector joins Charles's class, Charles finds the new boy's dark skin and Creativity John Steptoe Social Issues 978-0340749234 P straight hair confusing. How can Hector speak Spanish, be Puerto Rican, and have the same skin color as Charles, who is African American? This confusion sparks discussion about shared heritage and language. Cultural diversity and friendship are two social issues explored in this book. In this book, Wanda Petronski wears the same blue dress to school everyday but tells all of Hundred Dresses, The Eleanor Estes Social Issues 9780152052607 P the other girls that she has a hundred more at home. Although the other girls, one being a bully, don’t believe her and laugh at her, she insists that she has a hundred dresses lined up in her closet until the day that she leaves the school. Older children will enjoy reading this book because it proves that your name or what you wear doesn’t make you who you are. In fact, the girl with the foreign name who only wears one dress has hundreds of dreams and a very big heart. Oy lives in America now, but she loves to go to the back room of Pak's auto shop on Saturdays to learn traditional Thai dances. She loves it almost as much as being a member of the Quail Club - five friends who gather after school to hatch and care for baby quail. When the teacher announces a talent show, Oy knows how proud her family and Pak would be to Quail Club, The Caroline Marsden Social Issues 9780763634223 P see her step onstage in her beautiful gold-threaded dress from Thailand. But bossy Liliandra vows to kick her out of the Quail Club if she won't team up for a very different kind of dance. Someone will be disappointed. But who? Meet learning disabled Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He’s a timid soul stuck Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick Social Issues 9780439286060 W in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid who’s birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind moves in next door Max’s life changes forever. The two outcasts form the ‘normal’ world team up to become “Freak the Mighty.” Like knights of old they defend the weak, right every wrong–and solve the mystery of Max’s past. Proving once and for all that courage comes in all sizes. "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated . . ." With her grandmother's taunt, Louise knew that she, like the biblical Esau, was the despised elder twin. Caroline, her selfish younger sister, was the one everyone loved. Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson Social Issues 9780064403689 X Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. While everyone pampered Caroline, Wheeze (her sister's name for her) began to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island, especially of old Captain Wallace, who had mysteriously returned after fifty years. The war unexpectedly gave this independent girl a chance to fulfill her childish dream to work as a watermen alongside her father. But the dream did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. Alone and unsure, Louise began to fight her way to a place where Caroline could not reach. Two princesses rise to physical and emotional challenges in this inspiring fantasy. Hedged round by their overly protective parents, Lena and Meg chafe at their isolated life in the castle. Feisty Lena yearns to explore even while a disability keeps her bound to her wheelchair. When a new manager, Marcus, takes over the stables, Lena learns of his disabled sister, who found physical freedom in horseback riding. Long a horse lover, Lena is determined to learn to ride and the girls solicit Marcus's help. Even when Lena almost drowns while visiting a magical pool, the girls continue to work to Invincible Sally Rosenberg Romansky Social Issues 9780972372947 realize their dream: to create a place where children, no matter their physical challenges, might learn to ride, like Lena, and express themselves creatively, like Meg. A section on therapeutic riding acquaints young readers with this amazing therapeutic program, "a fun way to exercise both body and mind." To the guys on the block, J.T. is the kid who stole the radio out of the red convertible before they could J.T. Jane Wagner Social Issues 9780440442752 Q get to it. His neighbor, Mrs. Morris, declares him a first-class nuisance. His mother is bewildered — "He's just gone bad, that's all.... Stealin' and lyin' and I don't know what all." But all the sensitivity, responsibility, and care of which ten-year-old J.T. Gamble is capable emerges when he finds an old, one-eyed, badly hurt alley cat. J.T. takes on a new dimension as he lavishes all the love he is unable to express to people around him on the battered cat he has found in the junk-filled empty lot. Threatened with the loss of his private place in the attic of his crowded and what some would call Cartoonist, The Betsy Byers Social Issues 978-0140323092 S dysfunctional home, a young, artistic boy determines to keep it at all costs. Franklin Delano Donuthead, a fifth-grader obsessed with hygiene and safety, finds an unlikely friend and protector in Sarah Kervick, the tough new student who lives in a dirty trailer, bonds with his mother, and is as "irregular" as he is. This is a hilarious and touching novel featuring a neurotic, Donuthead Sue Stauffacher Social Issues 9780440419341 S scared boy and a tougher-than-nails girl who each help the other in more ways than they can imagine. 4th grader Danny Bigtree is having trouble adjusting to his big-city school — he's homesick for the Mohawk reservation where his family used to live, and he wishes he could make a friend. The kids in his class, from a variety of backgrounds themselves, tease him about what they perceive to be his roots. Danny has learned from experience not to correct them. At home, the usual stereotypes are turned upside-down. Whenever Danny's dad puts on his Hollywood Indian voice, Danny knows a joke is coming, and the whole family shares in the laughter. Danny longs for the warmth of his home life to dispel the loneliness of his Brooklyn school, and so his father agrees to help, coming to Danny's class to tell the legend of the great leader, Aionwahta, and his song of peace. While the visit makes a difference, Danny realizes that the most important step toward finding friendship is still to come. A Eagle Song Joseph Bruchac Social Issues 9780141301693 S short glossary and pronunciation guide at the back of the book helps with the Mohawk words used within the story, and makes this ideal supplementary reading for units on Native American cultures. Amir, a gentle loner, is the new boy on the block. Doris is amazed that he doesn’t seem to care about doing what everyone else does. As Doris and Amir become friends, he helps her to grow in self- confidence and in her understanding of others. When her father loses his job, it is Amir’s influence that enables Doris to plan an active role in keeping her family together –even though it means growing Gift Giver, The Joyce Hansen Social Issues 9780618611232 S apart from her friends. This sensitive portrayal of a young girl’s coming of age offers a positive perspective on life in an inner-city neighborhood and shows that a ghetto is a place where people hope, grow and care. Based on a true story of a Bosnian family forced to flee their home during the recent civil strife, Gleam and Glow (Picture Book) Eve Bunting Social Issues 9780152053802 S Bunting skillfully tells young readers about the horrors of war and the hope that can sometimes come after devastation and loss. She tells her readers the tale of a little girl who, before fleeing her home with her family, had to leave two little goldfish behind in their pond. When she comes back home, although the land is destroyed, the pond is brimming with shimmering goldfish. Complemented by expressive oil paintings by illustrator Peter Sylvada, Gleam and Glow is a poetic and important book when teaching about humanity and war. Mma (mother in Tswana)lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village thirteen-year-old Journey to Jo’burg Beverly Nadioo Social Issues 9780064402378 S Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know, deep down, that only one person can save her. Bravely, alone, they set off on a journey to find Mma and bring her back. It isn't until they reach the city that they come to understand the dangers of their country, and the painful struggle for freedom and dignity that is taking place all around them. Although adoption has taken them out of the New Jersey institution where they grew up, eleven-year- old T.J. and his younger brother Moondance remain involved with their friend Mop's relentless attempts to become adopted herself and to wreak revenge on their baseball rivals the obnoxious Me, Mop, and the Moon Dance Kid Walter Dean Myer Social Issues 9780440403968 S Eagles. Values, character, cultural diversity and sports are other topics which are explored in this book. A Hispanic family lives in L.A. Not the L.A. where there are fast cars, people who are too rich and too Any Small Goodness Tony Johnston Social Issues 9780439233842 T poor – this L.A. is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community. Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and warmth. Stereotyping and family are two other issues explored in this book. "Blubber is a good name for her," the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and Blubber Judy Blume Social Issues 9780440407072 T leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween. But Robby grabs the note, and before Linda stops talking it has gone halfway around the room. That's where it all starts. There's something about Linda that makes a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go -- but nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does as she becomes the target. Ten-year-old Laney Grafton recounts recent events surrounding Lara, a new girl in her class, who is morbidly obese. Through her narrative, Laney documents the miserable and numerous offenses that are perpetrated on Lara, and reveals her own experiences as the class scapegoat and outcast. Finally, the students' publicly mortify Lara, with an act so mean-spirited that the adults finally get involved (their Larger-Than-Life-Lara Dandi Daley Mackall Social Issues 978-0525477266 T absence and lack of leadership and guidance is a huge gap throughout this novel). The outcome is that Lara, rather than the perpetrators, has to leave the school. And, to the students' astonishment, Lara and her parents leave without saying goodbye. Realizing the serious effect their actions have had on Lara, and what it has revealed about their own lack of understanding and empathy, the children line the school driveway, holding signs of apology and well wishes as the car passes. This final scene fails to redeem the students' relentless intolerance of Lara up to that point, however. Bullying and prejudices are two other social issues explored in this book. Twelve-year-old Tiger Ann Parker desperately wants to escape from her rural town of Saitter, My Louisiana Sky Kimberly Willis Holt Social Issues 978-0440415701 T Louisiana -- and the struggles of living with a mentally disabled mother, a "slow" father, and classmates who taunt her, even though she tried to fit in. But before she leaves to spend the summer with her aunt in Baton Rouge, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life. Set in the South in the late 1950s, this compelling coming- of-age novel is filled with beautiful language, unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home. How could Ant MacPherson possibly tell her parents the truth all of the time? They never understand anything! The only person in her family Ant admits to being related to is her little dog, Pistachio. She writes notes in her journal to her "real mom" and tells people at school that she's adopted. But when a concerned teacher sees the truth about Ant and her lies, it seems that Ant may be in for a big change. . . Notes from a Liar and Her Dog Gennifer Choldenko Social Issues 9780142500682 T . In the dry spring of 1999, eleven-year-old Stephen Majok watches as his friend Wol joins a circle of dancers. Wol is celebrating - only fourteen, he is engaged to Stephen's sister. Wol wants to marry because he might join the guerrillas in southern Sudan and fight the northern government soldiers. He wants a wife to remember him. Stephen thinks Wol is crazy. Children should study. But because of the civil war, there has been no school in their village for over a year. All Stephen has left from his student days is his books and one precious pencil, and the hunger for knowledge. Then, suddenly - but not unexpectedly - exploding bombs are heard in the tiny village. Stephen's mother tells him to hurry, pack his bag, and hide beyond the forest with Wol and their friend Deng. Stephen grabs his geography book, his pencil, and little else. He does not want to leave his mother and sister. He does not want to leave Year of no Rain Alice Mead Social Issues 978-0440420040 T the life he loves. Cultural diversity and friendship are two social issues also explored in this book. Three middle schoolers are brought together at Moon Shadow, an isolated campground where Every Soul a Star Wendy Mass Social Issues 9.78E+12 U thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun. Told from these three perspectives, Wendy Mass weaves an intricate and compelling story about strangers coming together under different circumstances and establishing unlikely friendships. With breathtaking descriptions of nature and its ultimate phenomenon, the eclipse, Every Soul a Star is a powerful and humorous story about dealing with change and discovering one's place in the universe. Artistically talented Hollis Woods was an infant when she was abandoned and for 12 years she has been transferred from one foster home to another. To the social agency, she is a "mountain of trouble" because she skips school and runs away, even from the Regans, a family willing to give her a real home. When she is placed with Josie, an elderly artist who is becoming very forgetful, Hollis begins to feel needed and doesn't ever want to leave this eccentric old woman who knows a lot about friendship and love. Fearful that the social agency will take her from Josie, Hollis plans a winter escape. This time she takes Josie with her and returns to Branches, the summer home that belongs to the Regans. All along, Hollis longs for her life with the Regans, and records every special moment with them in a Pictures of Holice Wood Patricia Reilly Giff Social Issues 978-0440415787 V gallery of pictures. Friendship isn't always easy. Natalie is different from the other girls in Dreenie's fifth-grade class. She Bluish Virginia Hamilton Social Issues 9780439367868 X comes to school in a wheelchair, always wearing a knitted hat. The kids call her "Bluish" because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish -- and a little scared of her, too. She watches Bluish and writes her observations in her journal. Slowly, the two girls become good friends. But Dreenie still struggles with Bluish's illness. Bluish is weak and frail, but she also wants to be independent and respected. How do you act around a girl like that? He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He’s a boy who Milkweed Jerry Spinelli Social Issues 9780440420057 Y lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he’s a boy who realizes it’s safest of all to be nobody. Nothing ever happens in Toby’s small Texas town. Nothing much until this summer that’s full of big changes. It’s tough for Toby when his mother leaves home to be a country singer. Toby takes it hard when his best friend Cal’s older brother goes off to fight in Vietnam. Now their sleepy town is about to When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Kimberly Willis Holt Social Issues 9780440229049 Y get a jolt with the arrival of Zachary Beaver, billed as the fattest boy in the world. Toby is in for a summer unlike any other, a summer sure to change his life. 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Title Author Unit1 Unit2 Unit3 Book Type Genre Famis Item # ISBN Publisher Grades F&P Level TC Level Annotation Notes When the jar that Donavan keeps his word collection in fills up, he finds a Donovan’s Word Jar Monalisa Degross Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780064420891 N special way to give his words away and get something wonderful in return. This picture book describes how Charles Lindbergh achieved the remarkable Flight Robert Burleigh NF Picture Book Interactive Read Aloud 978-0698114258 N feat of flying nonstop and solo from New York to Paris in 1927. When Maria Lopez moves to the United States from Puerto Rico and faces her first day at school, she finds herself in a classroom with two other Marias. Her teacher renames her Mary and she is lost. Not until she writes a paper on My Greatest Wish does she become Maria again in this story about the value My Name is Maria Isabel Alma Flor Ada Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 978-0689802171 N of heritage and its impact on the individual self. When her best friend's family is evicted from their apartment, Lilly Etta Sidewalk Story Sharon Bell Mathias Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780140321654 N decides to help her friend, even if it means giving up on a new pair of gold earrings. Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into Stories Julian Tells, The Ann Cameron Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780394828923 N trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend. Alex “Skinnybones” Frankovitch is about to become a huge star—in his very own TV commercial! But Alex’s big plans for stardom go terribly wrong. Are Almost Starring Skinny Bones Barbara Parks Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780679805540 O Alex’s days as a Big Celebrity over? Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend Amber Brown Goes Fourth Paula Danziger Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780142409015 O moves away and her parents divorce. Lyrical prose and warm watercolor illustrations bring a "certain part of the country called Appalachia" alive for young readers. Two award-winning artists, forever touched by their experiences growing up in this unique landscape, have teamed to create a quietly powerful and beautifully crafted Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Cynthia Rylant Interactive Read Aloud 9780152018931 O portrait of life in a timeless place. When Codie's favorite aunt is having a baby, Codie has lots of worries: will Lavender Karen Hesse Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780753822500 O the baby and her aunt be all right, will Codie's baby quilt be done on time, and will her aunt still have time for her? Abandoned by his mother, Juan lives with his grandmother and shines shoes. He passionately wants to attend school, but fears Grandmother will say no. Finally gathering his courage, he is surprised when she not only agrees to send him to school but also chides him about the importance of standing up Most Beautiful Place in the World, The Ann Cameron Interactive Read Aloud 9780440835837 O for himself. When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a Rats! Paul Zindel Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780786812257 O huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them. 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Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is outcast because he has wings, but Wings Christopher Meyers Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780590033770 O his resilient spirit inspires one girl to speak up for him. The distinguished novelist has culled his personal collection of turn-of-the- Brown Angles: An Album of Pictures and Verse Walter Dean Myers Interactive Read Aloud 9780064434553 P century photographs of African-American children and composed the verses that accompany this enchanting selection of youngsters. Mr. Fox is surrounded! He's going to have to come up with a truly fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780142410349 P plan to dig himself out of trouble this time. A young girl comes to terms with the effects that the teasing of her friends has had on a shy classmate. Though Maddie feels increasingly uncomfortable with the way the other girls — led by her best friend, Peggy — joke with Wanda, she doesn't have the courage to do anything about it. Then one day Hundred Dresses, The Eleanor Estes Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780152052607 P Wanda stops coming to school. Wanda's absence has everyone thinking twice about the way she was treated. Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to Hundred Penny Box, The Sharon Mathis Picture Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780142407028 P intercede with his mother, who wants to toss out all her old things. Smoky Night is a story about cats — and people — who couldn't get along Smoky Night Eve Bunting Picture Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780152018849 P until a night of rioting brings them together. This anthology brings together twelve poems and one traditional song about Songs of Myself: An Anthology of Poems and Art Georgia Heard Interactive Read Aloud 9781572557239 P identity and the self with a variety of original art as illustrations. The mystery revolves around a rare edition of The Wizard of Oz missing from the local library. When Becky is accused of stealing it, she and her twin brother Toby set out to catch the real thief and prove her innocence. Clues cleverly hidden in four other books lead to a hidden treasure — and a gripping Who Stole The Wizard of Oz? Avi Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780394849928 P adventure. This is the dramatic and inspiring true story of runner Wilma Rudolph, who Wilma Unlimited Kathleen Krull NF Picture Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780152020989 P overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. 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Even though Miss Olivia seems unaware of the world around her, when her Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins, The Lester Laminack Picture Book Interactive Read Aloud 9781561451395 Q daughter and her great-grandson come to the nursing home to visit, they awaken happy memories of her past. This collection of fourteen stories shows several slices of American life America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories Anne Mazer Interactive Read Aloud 9780892551910 R through the past century. The characters, many in their teens, represent a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds. Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job Bat Boy and His Violin Gavin Curtis Historical Fiction Picture Book Interactive Read Aloud 978-0689841156 R managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780763616052 R Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loves a little pig named Charlotte’s Web E.B. White Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780064400558 R Wilbur—and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte, a beautiful large grey spider who lives with Wilbur in the barn. With the help of Templeton, the rat who never does anything for anybody unless there is something in it for him, and by a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saves the life of Wilbur, who is quite some pig. Cliff describes the excitement, conflict, and sudden tragedy experienced by Fig Pudding Ralph Fletcher Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780440412038 R his large and boisterous family during his eleventh year. 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The young boy who is the Taste of Blackberries Doris Buchanan Smith Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 978-0064402385 S narrator of the story learns how Jamie is the victim of a severe allergy. In a sequel to THE GIFT-GIVER, Doris reluctantly starts helping Yellow Yellow Bird and Me Joyce Hansen Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780618611164 S Bird, the class clown, with his reading problem. To her surprise, Doris finds that in caring for and helping Bird, she develops a new friend. Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a Baby Patricia MacLachlan Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780440411451 T family come to terms with the death of their own infant. The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson Chapter Book Interactive Read Aloud 9780060734015 T friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. 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