BFFs

Henry & Mudge

Posted on September 30, 2013 by webmaster

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Henry & Mudge Collection
by Cynthia Rylant

Will this lovable duo ever run out of opportunities for good times and good feelings?

This fun series of a boy and his best friend will amaze even the youngest of readers.

This series is a perfect marriage of pictures and words.

Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
400	Elementary School	30	Adventure	2005	0545048087

Sock n Boots

Posted on September 27, 2013 by webmaster

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Sock ‘N Boots Share
by D.K. Smith

Sock ‘n Boots Share begins with a question…why should you share? Sock and Boots set off with two packed lunches to have a day of play at the park. After hours of summer fun in the sun, the hungry pair return to look for their lunch boxes on the picnic table where they left them. Surprise! Sock’s lunch has been finished off by birds, so only Boots’ lunch is left in his lunch box. In response to Socks’ tears, Boots says cheerfully, “

Don’t worry … I have a bunch, we can both share my lunch.”

Sharing makes both friends happy.

Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
NA	Elementary School	32	Moral Lesson	2010	0557526140

Of Mice and Men

Posted on September 23, 2013 by webmaster

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Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

This is a story of the strange friendship between a strong man and a giant with the mind of a not-quite-bright child. Driven from job to job by the failure of the giant man-child to fit into the social pattern, they finally find – in a ranch – what they feel their chance to achieve a homely dream they have built. But once again, society defeats them.

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
630L	High School	112	Historical Fiction	2002	0142000671

Specials

Posted on September 17, 2013 by webmaster

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The Specials (The Uglies Trilogy – Book 3)
by Scott Westerfield

Tally Youngblood lives in a futuristic society that acculturates its citizens to believe that they are ugly until age 16 when they’ll undergo an operation that will change them into pleasure-seeking “pretties.” Anticipating this happy transformation, Tally meets Shay, another female ugly, who shares her enjoyment of hover-boarding and risky pranks. But Shay also disdains the false values and programmed conformity of the society and urges Tally to defect with her to the Smoke, a distant settlement of simple-living conscientious objectors. Tally declines, yet when Shay is found missing by the authorities, Tally is coerced by the cruel Dr. Cable to find her and her compatriots –or remain forever “ugly.”

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Tally’s adventuresome spirit helps her locate Shay and the Smoke. It also attracts the eye of David, the aptly named youthful rebel leader to whose attentions Tally warms. However, she knows she is living a lie, for she is a spy who wears an eye-activated locator pendant that threatens to blow the rebels’ cover.

Other Books in the Trilogy

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Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
770L	Middle School	448	Science Fiction	2005	0689865384

Pretties

Posted on September 17, 2013 by webmaster

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The Pretties (The Uglies Trilogy – Book 2)
by Scott Westerfield

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Other Books in the Trilogy

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Click here to view The Specials – Book Three

Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
770L	Middle School	448	Science Fiction	2005	0689865384

Uglies

Posted on September 17, 2013 by webmaster

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The Uglies (The Uglies Trilogy – Book 1)
by Scott Westerfield

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Other Books in the Trilogy

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Click here to view The Specials – Book Three

Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
770L	Middle School	448	Science Fiction	2005	0786856297

Quake Disaster in San Francisco 1906

Posted on September 16, 2013 by webmaster

Quake: Disaster in San Francisco – 1906
by Gail Langer Karwoski

It is 1906, and 13-year-old Jacob Kaufman, who lives in San Francisco with his father and little sister, is outside when a major earthquake shakes the city, cracking streets and toppling buildings. After Jacob and his dog save the life of San, a Chinese boy, the two join together to search for their families and for food and temporary shelter. Though San occasionally faces racial hostility, the boys meet many strangers who help them through the difficult days

Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
770	Middle School	153	Historical Fiction	2006	1561453692

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Led to Success

Posted on September 15, 2013 by webmaster

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Led to Success
by Sampson Davis

Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. Like their peers, they came from poor, single-parent homes in urban neighborhoods where survival, not scholastic success, was the priority. When the three boys met in a magnet high school in Newark, they recognized each other as kindred spirits who wanted to overcome the incredible odds against them and reach for opportunity.

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They made a friendship pact, deciding together to take on the biggest challenge of their lives: attending college and then medical school. Along the way they made mistakes and faced disappointments, but by working hard, finding the right mentors, separating themselves from negative influences, and supporting each other, they achieved their goals-and more.

Lexile Level	Content Rating	Number of Pages	Genre	Date Published	ISBN Number
860L	High School	183	Drama	2003	0399239901