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Girls' Book Club 2015 |
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The Willoughbys
Lois Lowry - Yearling
Format: Hardcover
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Now a Netflix animated film starring Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen, and Ricky Gervais!From the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars, comes a "hilarious" (BOOKLIST , starred review) and wonderfully... |
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Toys Go Out
Emily Jenkins - Yearling
Format: Paperback
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Lumphy is a stuffed buffalo. StingRay is a stuffed stingray. And Plastic... well, Plastic isn't quite sure what she is. They all belong to the Little Girl who lives on the high bed with the fluffy pillows.Together is best for these three best friends. Together they look things up in the dictionary,... |
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The Black Stallion
Walter Farley
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THE SOLE SURVIVORS of a devastating shipwreck, Alec Ramsay and the Black Stallion must learn to rely on each other to survive. As a strong bond develops between them, Alec gains the trust of the magnificent beast and eventually the Black allows Alec to ride. Finally, they are rescued, but will... |
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The Doll People
Ann M Martin - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Paperback
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Annabelle Doll is eight years old-she has been for more than a hundred years. Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll family, day after day, year after year. . . until one day the Funcrafts move in. |
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Ava and Pip
Carol Weston - Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Format: Print book
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Meet outgoing Ava Wren, a fun fifth grader who tries not to lose patience with her shy big sister. When Pip's 13th birthday party turns into a disaster, Ava gets a story idea for a library contest. But uh-oh, Ava should never have written "Sting of the Queen Bee." Can Ava and her new friend... |
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo - Walker Books, 2014.
Format: Print book
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It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw it coming - the vacuum cleaner, that is. As for self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, she has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!... |
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Almost Super
Marion Jensen - HarperCollins
Format: Print book
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Perfect for fans of Pixar's The Incredibles, Almost Super is a fresh, funny middle grade adventure about two brothers in a family of superheroes who must find a way to be heroic despite receiving powers that are total duds. Filled with humor, heart, and just the right kind of heroics,... |
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When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Audiobook
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Winner of the 2010 John Newbery MedalFour mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid,... |
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The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate - Harper
Format: Book
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Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated... |
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Coraline
Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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This edition of New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaimans modern classic, Coraline - also an Academy Award-nominated film - is enriched with a foreword from the author, a readers guide, and more."Coraline discovered the door a little while after they... |
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Sheep
Valerie Hobbs - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Book
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The sheep closed in around him like a big, woolly blanket. Thepuppy had never been so scared or so excited in his life. Soonhe was racing, feinting, dodging - learning what it means to beone of the proud breed of Border collies, the finest sheepherdersin the world. Then, almost overnight,... |
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The Magic Half
Annie Barrows - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Print book
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Miri is the only single child in the middle of a family with two sets of twins--older brothers and younger sisters. When the family moves to an old farmhouse Miri accidentally travels back in time to 1935 only to discover Molly, a girl in need of a real family to call her own. A very satisfying... |
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