|
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans
Laurence Yep - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
|
Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly enough, Winnie seems to think Miss Drake is her pet - a ridiculous notion!
Unknown to most of its inhabitants, the City by the Bay is home to many mysterious and fantastic creatures, hidden beneath the parks,... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Heroes of History
Anita Ganeri - little bee books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Discover the world's most famous, brilliant, and crazy characters!Informative narrative text, fictionalized diary entries, and fascinating facts tell the stories of some of the most famous, brilliant, and crazy historical characters to have ever walked the Earth. From warriors like Joan... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Willie & Me
Dan Gutman - HarperCollins
Format: Book
|
|
Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. But then Ralph Branca shows up in his room one night, begging for Stosh's help. In 1951, Branca pitched a ball to Bobby Thomson that would become the "Shot Heard Round the World," a home run that won the National League... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything
Calef Brown - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book
|
|
Hypnotize a Tiger is chock-full of Calef's zany black-and-white artwork and features his wonderfully inventive characters and worlds -- from the "completely nonviolent and silent" Lou Gnome to Percival, the impetuous (and none-too-sensible) lad who believes he is invincible,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters
Lauren Tarshis - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Book
|
From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Ratscalibur
Josh Lieb - Razorbill
Format: Book
|
When Joey is bitten by an elderly rat, he goes from aspiring seventh-grader to three-inch tall rodent.
At first, Joey is amazed by his new rat self. The city streets call to him at night. Smells that would have repelled him before are suddenly tantalizing. (A chicken bone?... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Cowgirl Way: Hats Off to America's Women of the West
Holly George-Warren - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The 1840s ushered in the beginning of the largest migration in US history. People in crowded Eastern cities and Missouri River towns were feeling the pull of the Western frontier. It was the dawn of a new era of expansion, and over the next few decades, the making of a new kind of pioneer.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Migration Nation
Joanne O'Sullivan - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From whales to manatees, pronghorn antelopes to monarch butterflies,travel along with North American animals as they make the trip of a lifetime.Follow the paths of nine very different types of animals, exploring how and why they take their road trips and the challenges they face along... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
A Nearer Moon
Melanie Crowder - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
|
|
In a small river village where the water is cursed, a girl's bravery could mean the difference between life and death in this magical story of "perseverance and hope" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from the author of Parched and Audacity.Along a lively... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
Greg Pizzoli - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
|
|
In the early 1900s, Robert Miller, a.k.a. "Count Victor Lustig," moved to Paris hoping to be an artist. A con artist, that is. He used his ingenious scams on unsuspecting marks all over the world, from the Czech Republic, to Atlantic ocean liners, and across America.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Psychozone: Kidzilla and Other Tales
David Lubar - Tor Books
Format: Mass Market Paperback
|
|
Don't bother looking for PsychoZone on a Map. It's not a place...but a state of mind where the worlds of reality and imagination collide. A place where a kid can wake up and have morphed into a giant lizard. Or where one can place a long distance phone call...to the future. Or where the monsters... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
Jim Murphy - Clarion Books
Format: Book
|
|
In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Baby-Sitters Club: The Truth About Stacey
Raina Telgemeier - GRAPHIX
Format: Book
|
Poor Stacey. She's moved to a new town. She's still coming to terms with her diabetes. She's facing baby-sitting problems left and right. And her parents are no help.
Luckily, Stacey has three new, true friends -- Kristy, Claudia, and Mary Anne. Together they're... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year In Stuff
Jennifer L. Holm - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Part graphic novel, part scrapbook and altogether original - New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Holm's Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick is just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries and Babymouse!Ginny has big plans for eighth grade. She's going... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crash
Jerry Spinelli - Laurel Leaf
Format: Book
|
|
Cocky seventh-grade super-jock Crash Coogan got his nickname the day he used his first football helmet to knock his cousin Bridget flat on her backside. And he has been running over people ever since, especially Penn Webb, the dweeby, vegetarian Quaker kid who lives down the block. Through... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party
Nathan Hale - Amulet Books
Format: Book
|
|
The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It’s also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Family Ties
Gary Paulsen - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Book
|
|
Kevin Spencer is the glue that holds his family together. When his wacky relatives decide to have a double wedding in the backyard, Kevin takes charge. Planning two weddings is a great way to impress his girlfriend, Tina Zabinski, the Most Beautiful and Best-Smelling Girl in the World.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
