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THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

BY A. WOLF, AS TOLD TO JON SCIESZKA

2.5

PBKSCI

Genre: Fairy Tale (Variant)

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

BARBARA MCCLINTOCK: NOBEL PRIZE GENETICIST

BY EDITH HOPE FINE

2.5

921MCC

Genre: Biography

Presents the life and career of the geneticist who spent many years studying the cells of maize and in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize in “Physiology or Medicine.”

SHADOW ON THE SNOWBY ANNE SCHRAFF

3.2

FICSCH

Genre: Mystery

Huong Ngo, a Vietnamese boy who has immigrated to the U.S. with his parents, learns the sad truth about an alleged wildman who lives in the forest when he is forced to call upon the man for help to free his friend from a cave.

FREEZE FRAMEBY SANDRA D. BRICKER

3.2

FICBRI

Genre: Mystery

After developing some photos, Brad learns that one of them contains a clue to a murder. He joins with a friend who is a police officer to put the clues together.

NANCY DREW #141: THE WILD CAT CRIME

BY CAROLYN KEENE

3.2

FICKEE

Genre: Mystery

Nancy investigates the disappearance of four baby cougars from the zoo.

THE INK DRINKERBY ERIC SANVOISIN

3.4

FIC SAN

Genre: Fantasy (Vampires)

A boy who hates books discovers an ink-drinking vampire in his father’s bookshop and follows him to his underground vault.

NANCY DREW #145: THE MISSING HORSE MYSTERY

BY CAROLYN KEENE

3.5

FIC KEE

Genre: Mystery

Nancy tracks down thieves who steal a valuable horse from the Midwest Grand Prix Dressage Championships.

NANCY DREW #146: THE GHOST OF THE LANTERN LADY

BY CAROLYN KEENE

3.5

FIC KEE

Genre: Mystery

When strange accidents start occurring at the local pioneer village, Nancy, Bess, and George go undercover to determine if the village is really haunted by the Lantern Lady.

THE CASE OF THE MISSING CUTTHROATS

BY JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE

3.5

FIC GEO

Genre: Mystery

After Spinner Shafter catches a cutthroat trout in the snake River, she and her cousin Alligator search the nearby mountains to determine where the endangered fish came from and how it survived.

TUT TUTBY JON SCIESZKA

3.5

PBK SCI

Genre: Science Fiction

Sam, Joe, and Fred finish their school project on ancient Egypt without using their magical time travel book, but when Joe’s sister Anna plays with it and travels to the land of pyramids, they must follow her back in time.

BUFFALO BILL CODY: SHOWMAN OF THE WILD WEST

BY WILLIAM R. SANFORD

3.5

921 SAN

Genre: Biography

Biography of William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, telling about his childhood, and the events, such as his buffalo hunting skills, and his traveling western review, that led to his being hailed as a hero of the Wild West.

AWFUL OGRE’S AWFUL DAY BY JACK PRELUTSKY

3.7

811 PRE

Genre: Poetry

In a series of poems, Awful Ogre rises, grooms himself, dances, pens a letter, and goes through other activities as the day passes.

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER: MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES

BY TONY ABBOT

3.8

FIC ABB

Genre: Humor

Devin Bundy and Francine Lang accidentally step from their school library onto the pages of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," where their respect for the title character grows by leaps and bounds.

AWESOME EXPERIMENTS IN FORCE & MOTION

BY MICHAEL DISPEZIO

3.8

531.6 DIS

Provides more than fifty experiments illustrating the properties of force and motion including gravity, inertia, and density.

BUTCH CASSIDYBY CARL R. GREEN

3.9

921CAS

Genre: Biography

Chronicles the life of Butch Cassidy, leader of the Wild Bunch, who became one of the Wild West's most wanted outlaws.

IT’S ALL GREEK TO MEBY JON SCIESZKA

4.0

PBK SCI


As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.

AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

BY TONY ABBOT

4.2

FIC ABB

Genre: Humor

Devin and Francine are transported into the book Around the world in eighty days and circle the world with Phileas Fogg.

FRANKENSTEINBY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY,

RETOLD BY MICHAEL BURGAN

4.2

PBK SHE


An abridged version of the classic "Frankenstein," the tale of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies, who seeks revenge on his creator, narrated by Wishbone the television dog.

JOAN OF ARCBY MARK TWAIN,

RETOLD BY PATRICE SELENE

4.2

PBK TWA

An abridged version of the classic "Joan of Arc," the tale of a peasant child destined to lead her people in war against brutal invaders, narrated by Wishbone the television dog.

THE BABY UGGS ARE HATCHING

BY JACK PRELUTSKY

4.5

811 PRE

Genre: Poetry

A collection of twelve humorous poems about such strange creatures as the sneepy and the quossible.

THE WISH MASTERBY BETTY REN WRIGHT

4.7

FIC WRI

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Certain that his grandfather doesn't want him around, Corby is unhappy when he and his mother go to spend the summer in Wisconsin to help take care of his ailing grandmother, until a local boy takes him to the Wish Master.

AMONG THE HIDDENBY MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX

4.7

FIC HAD


In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

THE WISHBY GAIL CARSON LEVINE

4.8

PBK LEV


When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.

BLIZZARDSBY DUNCAN SCHEFF

5.0

551.55SCH

Describes the science behind blizzards, blizzard causes and effects, historical snow storms, and methods of studying such weather, and also includes a glossary and a list of related resources.

CHEERLEADINGBY ELLEN RUSCONI

5.1

791.6 RUS

Provides information about cheerleading, explaining how to get started, discussing team tryouts, and describing and illustrating a number of essential skills and movements.

KNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN TABLE

BY JON SCIESZKA

5.1

PBK SCI


One minute they're looking at pictures of knights in the book, a birthday gift from Joe's magician uncle, the next minute they're battling fire-breathing dragons. Will Joe, Fred, and Sam escape death?

MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMHBY ROBERT C. O’BRIEN

5.1

PBK OBR


Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

THE OUTSIDERSBY S.E. HINTON

5.1

PBK HIN


Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy.

THE NOT-SO-JOLLY ROGERBY JON SCIESZKA

5.2

PBK SCI


Once again, three friends are sent back in time by a magic book and they find themselves prisoners of the evil pirate Blackbeard.

YOUR MOTHER WAS A NEANDERTHALBY JON SCIESZKA

5.2

PBK SCI


The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE GOOFY

BY JON SCIESZKA

5.3

PBK SCI


The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the Wild West of yesteryear, rubbing elbows with cowboys and Indians.

BEARSTONEBY WILL HOBBS

5.3

FIC HOB

Genre: Adventure

A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man.

ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTUREBY TAMORA PIERCE

5.6

FIC PIE

Genre: Fantasy

Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.

WISHES, KISSES, AND PIGSBY BETSY HEARNE

5.8

FIC HEA

Genres: Humor, Fantasy

After eleven-year-old Louise makes a wish on the first evening star and her brother turns into a pig, she uses wishes, kisses, and spells to try to put things right again.

THE AMAZING THINKING MACHINE

BY DENNIS HASELEY

5.8

FIC HAS

Genre: Historical Fiction

During the Great Depression, while their father is away looking for work, eight-year-old Patrick and thirteen-year-old Roy create a machine to help their mother make ends meet, even as she is helping tramps.

RUMBLE FISHBY S. E. HINTON

5.9

PBK HIN


A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him.

OTHERS SEE USBY WILLIAM SLEATOR

6.0

PBK SLE


When an accidental dunking in toxic waste gives sixteen-year-old Jared the ability to read minds, he discovers horrifying secrets about family members at the annual summer reunion.

THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARDBY LYNNE REID BANKS

6.0

PBK BAN

Genre: Mystery

A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

ESSENTIAL DEER HUNTING

BY JONATHAN CEASER

6.0

799.2 CEA

This book presents information about deer hunting, including the equipment needed, where to hunt, when to hunt, and safety tips.

ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK

BY BRUCE COVILLE

6.0

PBK COV

Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.

ANNA SUNDAYBY SALLY KEEHN

6.0

FIC KEE

Genre: Historical Fiction

In 1863 twelve-year-old Anna, disguised as a boy and accompanied by her younger brother Jed, leaves their Pennsylvania home and makes the difficult journey to join their wounded father in Winchester, Virginia, where they find themselves in danger from Confederate troops.

THE VOYAGE OF THE FROG

BY GARY PAULSEN

6.3

FIC PAU

Genre: Adventure

When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.

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