|
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
Publisher |
Date |
Dewey |
Cost |
Source |
Comments |
|
A Heart Divided |
Bennett, Cherie |
0-385-90039-2 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 4/04 |
Realistic Racial
tensions, romance and moving from a teenager’s perspective. Gr ; 320
pgs. |
|
Aha! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever
Read about Intelligence |
Romanek, Trudee |
1-55337-485-1 |
Kids Can Press |
2004 |
600 |
$ 14.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 3/04 |
Briefly covers the physiology of the brain, how humans learn, and common learning disabilities. Grade 4-6; 40 pgs. |
|
Al Capone Does My Shirts |
Choldenko, Gennifer |
0-399-23861-1 |
Putnam |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
SLJ 3/04 &VOYA 4/04 |
HistoricalFiction
Set on Alcatraz island, Moose must care for his sister & possibly help
prisoners escape. Gr 240pgs. |
|
Alien in a Bottle |
Mackel, Kathy |
0-06-029282-2 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 5/04 |
SciFi Fantasy
abounds when 8th grader Sean finds bottle while searching for
glass blowing materials. Gr 4-8; 208 pgs. |
|
Among the Brave |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
0-689-85794-2 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 5/04 |
SciFi The 5th
book in series about third born children who must go into hiding to avoid
elimination. Gr 5-8; 240 pgs. |
|
Art Against the Odds: From Slave Quilts to Prison
Paintings |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
0-375-82406-5 |
Crown |
2004 |
700 |
$ 19.95 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 2/04 |
An engaging survey of outsider art, encompassing the works of patients, slaves, prisoners, disadvantaged children. Gr 6-8; 64 pgs. |
|
Behind You |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
0-399-23988-X |
Putnam |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
SLJ 6/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic
Characters are dealing with grief & picking up the pieces of their lives
after the death of 15 year old Miah. Gr8-10;128pgs. |
|
Betrayal at Cross Creek |
Ernst, Kathleen |
1-58485-879-6 |
Pleasant Company |
2004 |
F |
$ 10.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 3/04 |
Mystery Historical Fiction Set in Amer. Rev.War, Elspeth & her grandparents are refugees
from Scotland and the brutal war with Britain. Gr 5-10; 176 pgs. |
|
Blue Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale |
Whitesel, Cheryl Aylward |
0-618-38139-2 |
Clarion |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.00 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 3/04 |
HistoricalFiction
A 12 year olds life is transformed when he is captured in a forest and forced
toa ttend a mysterious Ninja traing camp. Gr 5-9; 256 pgs. |
|
Blushing: Expressions of Love in Poems & Letters |
Janeczko, Paul |
0-439-53056-3 |
Scholastic |
2004 |
811 |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 4/04 |
Collection
of 59 poems; diverse range of poets; 5 love themes. Gr 8-up; 98 pgs. |
|
Civil War |
|
0-7172-5883-1 |
Grolier |
2004 |
REF |
$ 309.00 |
SLJ 6/04 |
10 volumes Topics
discussed will give students a wide perspective on the conflict, showing how
it changed virtually every aspect of life in the US. GR6-10 |
|
Contents Under Pressure |
Zeises, Lara |
0-385-90162-3 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 4/04 VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic At 14,
Lucy feels left behind by her tight-knit group of middle school friends, 3 of
whom begin seriously dating after graduation. Gr 7-10 |
|
Count on Us: American Women in the Military |
Nathan, Amy |
0-7922-6330-8 |
National Geographic |
2004 |
300 |
$ 21.95 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 3/04 |
Historical overview of women in the military. Grade Level: 5-8; 96pgs. |
|
Double Helix: A Novel |
Werlin, Nancy |
0-8037-2606-6 |
Dial |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
SLJ 3/04 &VOYA 4/04 |
SciFi His mother
losing her battle with Huntington’s, Eli gets a job at a lab that his
father harbors a deadly secret about. Gr 8-up; 244 pgs. |
|
Double-Dare to Be Scared: Another Thirteen Chilling
Tales |
San Souci, Robert D |
0-8126-2716-4 |
Cricket Books |
2004 |
SC |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 6/04 |
Horror/Suspense Urban
legends set in a modern setting increases the chilling effect. Gr 4-8;
144pgs. |
|
Eagle Strike: An Alex Rider Adventure |
Horowitz, Anthony |
0-399-23979-0 |
Philomel |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 3/04 &VOYA 4/04 |
Adventure Finds
the teen spy tracking another arch villain across Europe in an action packed
follow up. Gr 5-10; 272 pgs. |
|
Firmament |
Bowler, Tim |
0-689-86161-3 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & VOYA 4/04 |
Realistic Luke has
feelings of abandonment and falls into a gang of tough guys who talk him into
robbing an elderly neighbor. Gr 6-10; 320pgs. |
|
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans
Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War |
Allen, Thomas |
0-7922-5126-1 |
National Geographic Society |
2004 |
900 |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 4/04 |
Covert
operations win the Rev. War under the mastermind Washington in this
intriguing take on Early Amer. History. Gr:6-9; 192 pgs. |
|
Grass Angel |
Schumaker, Julie |
0-385-90163-1 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
LMC 4/04 & BL 6/04 |
Realistic When her
mother and younger brother head off to a spiritual retreat, Francis is left
to spend summer with the eccentric Aunt. Gr 5-8 |
|
Grierson’s Raid: A Daring Cavalry Strike
through the Heart of the Confederacy |
Lalicki, Tom |
0-374-32787-4 |
Farrar |
2004 |
900 |
$ 18.00 |
SLJ 6/04 & HB 7/04 |
Recounts an
important raid into Confederate History. Gr 7-up; 208 pgs. |
|
Hard Labor: The First African Americans, 1619 |
McKissack, Patricia |
0-689-86150-8 |
S&S |
2004 |
900 |
$ 11.89 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 2/04 |
An account
of the very first Africans who came to this country. Gr: 5-8; 80pgs. |
|
Heartbeat |
Creech, Sharon |
0-06-054023-0 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 2/04 & BL 2/04 |
Realistic & Prose
In free verse, Annie describes a transitional time in her life. Gr 4-7; |
|
Holding at Third: A Novel |
Zinnen, Linda |
0-525-47163-4 |
Dutton |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
SLJ 2/04 & VOYA 2/04 |
sports Matt joins
a losing B-Ball team to stay close to his brother who has Leukemia. Gr 5-8;
160pgs. |
|
Hoofprints: Horse Poems |
Haas, Jessie |
0-06-053407-9 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
811 |
$ 16.89 |
VOYA 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
Celebration
of horses; explores history and their role in society. Gr 8-12; 128 pgs. |
|
Hoop Kings |
Smith, Charles |
0-7636-1423-8 |
Candlewick |
2004 |
811 |
$ 14.99 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 2/04 |
Digitally
altered photographs & staccato, rap style lyrics to the pleasures of
Basketball Ball. Gr 3-up; 40 pgs |
|
Hunger Moon |
Lamstein, Sarah |
1-932425-05-5 |
Front Street |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 6/04 |
Realistic In brief
scenes, like snapshots from an album, Lamstein depicts a 1954 family on the
verge of breakdown. Gr 4-7; 112 pgs. |
|
In a Word: 750 Words and Their Fascinating Stories
and Origins |
Baker, Rosalie |
0-8126-2710-5 |
Cobblestone |
2004 |
800 |
$ 17.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 2/04 |
Discusses
the meanings and derivations of 750 words and phrases. Gr 5-9; 250 pgs. |
|
Including Alice |
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
0-689-82637-0 |
S&S/Atheneum |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & HB 7/04 |
Realistic Alice is
now a sophmore, and finally after 4 long years, her Dad is marrying Sylvia.
Gr 6-9; 288pgs. |
|
Inside Grandad |
Dickinson, Peter |
0-385-90873-3 |
Random House |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 1/04 & BL 1/04 |
Realistic Set in
Scotland, novel about 11 year old Guin, whose beloved father suffers a
stroke. Gr 4-7; 128pgs. |
|
Leaving Protection |
Hobbs, Will |
0-06-051632-1 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
Adventure16 year
old Robbie hopes to earn momey for college by working on a fishing trawler in
SE Alaska during the Kins Salmon season. Gr7-12 |
|
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy |
Schmidt, Gary |
0-618-43929-3 |
Clarion |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.00 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 5/04 |
HF From the sad
and shameful actual destruction of an island community in 1912, Schmidt
weaves an evocative tale. Gr 7-12; 224pgs. |
|
Messenger |
Lowry, Lois |
0-618-40441-4 |
Houghton Mifflin |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.00 |
SLJ 4/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
SciFi Bridges The
Giver and Gathering Blue by connecting characters, answering questions, and
asking more. Gr 6-10; |
|
Montmorency |
Updale, Eleanor |
0-439-58035-8 |
Scholastic |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
HF 240pgs Cunning
criminal mastermind used his time in prison to devise the ultimate scheme to
relieve Vict. Lond. upper crust of their prized possessions. Gr 6-9 |
|
Multiple Sclerosis |
Burnfield, Alexander |
1-4034-4602-4 |
Heinemann |
2004 |
600 |
$ 27.07 |
SLJ 6/04 |
Covers the history of the diseas, symptoms, complication, treatment and research. Gardes 5-8; 56 pgas. |
|
Mutiny’s Daughter |
Rinaldi, Ann |
0-06-029638-0 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
SLJ 3/04 &VOYA 4/04 |
HF 224pgs Based on
the premise of what could happen if the notorius mutineer F. Christian
returned to England with his 5 year old daughter.Gr5-8 |
|
Never Mind!: A Twin Novel |
Avi |
0-06-054315-9 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 5/04 |
Realistic Meg and
Edward are twins, but they couldn’t be more different & they
don’t get along. Gr 5-7; 208 pgs. |
|
North |
Napolis, Donna Jo |
0-06-057988-9 |
Greenwillow |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 3/04 |
MultiCultural12
year old Alvin, an Af. Amer.whose hero is an Arctic Explorer finds his
freedom curtailed by his overprotective mother. Gr4-7 352 pgs. |
|
On Her Way: Stories and Poems about Growing up Girl |
Asher, Sandy |
0-525-47170-7 |
Dutton |
2004 |
811 |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 2/04 |
Celebrates
growing up female during new experiences and changes in girls’ lives.
Gr 4-8; 176 pgs. |
|
Ostrich Eye |
Cooley, Beth |
0-385-90132-1 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 1/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic A coming
of age story centered around a teenage girl who hasn’t quite figured
herself out yet. Gr 7-10; 192 pgs. |
|
Otto and the Flying Twins: The First Book of the
Karmidee |
Haptie, Charlotte |
0-8234-1825-X |
Holiday House |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 4/04 |
Fantasy The City
of Trees has long been isolated from the world by encircling mountains as
well as magic. Gr 4-7; 304pgs. |
|
Pagan in Exile |
Jinks, Catharine |
0-7636-2020-3 |
Candlewick |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
VOYA 4/04 & BL 1/04 |
HF 336pgs Pagan, a
smart mouthed squire to Lord Roland, follows his master to France to recruit
fighters for a new crusade. Gr 8-12 |
|
Parthenon |
Curlee, Lynn |
0-689-84490-5 |
S&S/Atheneum |
2004 |
700 |
$ 17.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & HB 7/04 |
Picture book
presentations of architectural wonders. Gr 5-8; 40pgs. |
|
Patriots in Petticoats: Heroines of the American
Revolution |
Redmond, Shirley Raye |
0-375-92357-8 |
Random House |
2004 |
920 |
$ 16.99 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
Biographical
sketches present the stories of women who fought in different ways for Amer.
Freedom during the Rev. War. Gr3-7; 144 pgs. |
|
Pop Princess |
Cohn, Rachel |
0-689-85205-3 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 3/04 & BL 1/04 |
Realistic Light,
frothy and delicious, documents 15 year old Wonder Blakes rise to fame &
fortune. Gr 8-12; 320pgs |
|
Raising the Griffin |
Wyatt, Melissa |
0-385-90115-1 |
Random House |
2004 |
F |
$ 18.99 |
SLJ 2/04 & BL 1/04 |
Realistic British
born Alex discovers at the age of 16 that he’s about to become prince
of his ancestral home. Gr 8-12; 208pgs. |
|
Ramma 1/2, Volume 1 |
Takahashi, Rumiko |
092927993X |
Viz Communications |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
LMC 2/04 & BL 5/98 |
graphic novels1st
of an ongoing series, this manga saga features a girl who is really a boy. Gr
8-up; 200pgs |
|
Royally jacked |
Burnham, Niki |
0-689-86668-2 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 5.99 |
SLJ 2/04 & BL 1/04 |
R 240pgs15 year
old Valerie is shocked when her mother announces that she is divoring her
father and has a new relationship with a woman. Gr 8-10 |
|
Sad-Face Clown: Emmett Kelly |
Wilkerson, J.L. |
0-9664470-9-3 |
Acorn |
2004 |
921 |
$ 9.95 |
SLJ 4/04 |
Kelly used
his creativity to invent a clown who embodied both sadness and joy. Gr 5-8;
118 pgs. |
|
Sarah’s Ground |
Rinaldi, Ann |
0-689-85924-4 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 5/04 |
HF Civil War story
based on a true story. Gr 5-8; 192 pgs. |
|
Shooter |
Myers, Walter Dean |
0-06-029520-1 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
R 224pgs6 months
after a deadly shooting at a high school, adults compile their analysis to
assess any ongoing threat to the school environment.GR8-12 |
|
Sign of the Qin |
Bass, L.G. |
0-7868-1918-9 |
Hyperion |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 4/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Fantasy Teeming
with monsters, dragons, deities, tricksters & demons - in an epic battle
between Heaven & Hell. Gr 6-up; 398 pgs. |
|
Snap: A Novel |
McGhee, Alison |
0-7636-2002-5 |
Candlewick |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 5/04 |
Realistic In the
summer before 7th grade, Edwina keeps her world in order by making
lists & wearing colorful rubber bands. Gr 5-8; 144pgs. |
|
Soft Hay Will Catch You: Poems by Young People |
Lyne, Sandford |
0-689-83460-8 |
S&S |
2004 |
811 |
$ 17.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
Collects
exceptional children’s and teen’s writings grouped into loose
themes. Gr 4-10; 128 pgs. |
|
Spinning through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from
Room 214 |
Frost, Helen |
0-374-37159-8 |
Farrar |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.00 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 4/04 |
Prose In a series
of poems, first a 5th grade teacher & then the students talk
about their lives at school and at home. Gr 5-7; 112 pgs. |
|
Tales from Shakespeare |
Packer, Tina |
0-439-32107-7 |
Scholastic |
2004 |
800 |
$ 24.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
The
intracies of Shakespeares plots and poetic language with illustrations be
award winning artists. Gr 5-9; 192 pgs. |
|
Talking Drums: A Selection of Poems from Africa
South of the Sahara |
Tadjo, Veronique |
1-58234-813-8 |
Bloomsbury |
2004 |
811 |
$ 15.95 |
VOYA 4/04 & SLJ 4/04 |
MultiCultural75
selections divided into 7 sections dealing with nature, love, people, life,
death, cultural pride & social turmoil. Gr 5-up; 96 pgs. |
|
Tending to Grace |
Fusco, Kimberly |
0-375-92862-6 |
Knopf/Borzoi |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic An
incisive portrait of a bright & complex teenager who overcomes emotional
& material impoverishment. Gr 6-9; 176pgs. |
|
The Beat Goes On |
Minchin, Adele |
0-689-86611-9 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 3/04 & VOYA 4/04 |
Realistic Bored
with the structure & dullness of her family, Leyla adds a “good
drama” to her cosmic shopping list. Gr 7-up; 224 pgs. |
|
The Boy Who Couldn’t Die |
Sleator, William |
0-8109-4824-9 |
Abrams |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
SciFi 174pg After
his best friend dies in a plane crash, 16 year old Ken keeps thinking about a
monster that his his soul and lived eternally. Gr 7-9 |
|
The Fire-Eaters |
Almond, David |
0-385-73170-1 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 3/04 |
HF 224pgs Almond
sets his portrait of a wolrd suspended on the brink of disaster in a small
deteriorating town in northern England, 1962. GR 6-8 |
|
The Human Story: Our Evolution from Prehistoric
Ancestors to Today |
Sloan, Christopher |
0-7922-6325-1 |
National Geographic |
2004 |
500 |
$ 21.95 |
BL 3/04 & SLJ 3/04 |
Human development goes beyond the basic facts. Grades 5-9; 80pgs. |
|
The Key to the Golden Firebird: A Novel |
Johnson, Maureen |
0-06-0514139-3 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.89 |
SLJ 6/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic & Humor
The sudden, shocking death of their father has turned the world of 3 teenage
sisters upside down. Gr 7-up; 304 pgs. |
|
The King of Slippery Falls |
Hite, Sid |
0-439-34257-0 |
Scholastic |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 5/04 BL 4/04 |
Humor As his 16th
birthday looms, Lewis, who is adopted at birth, is feeling uncertain. Gr 6-9;
208pgs. |
|
The Last Chance Texaco |
Hartinger, Brent |
0-06-050913-9 |
HarperCollins |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.99 |
VOYA 2/04 & SLJ 3/04 |
Realistic Lucy is
15 when she is sent to Kindle Home, a group home & her last chance at a
semi-normal life. Gr 7-10; 240pgs. |
|
The Legend of Buddy Bush |
Moses, Sheila |
0-689-85839-6 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 2/04 & BL 3/04 |
HF 224pgs gr6-9 In
rural Rich Square, the 1947 arrest, trial, escape & eventual acquittal of
Af. Am Buddy Bush rocked a community and sparked national interest. |
|
The Lost Colony of Roanoke |
Fritz, Jean |
0-399-24027-6 |
Putnam |
2004 |
900 |
$ 16.99 |
SLJ 5/04 & HB 5/04 |
Focus on the
mysterious, complicated story of the colonization and abandonment of the
colony. Gr 4-8; 64pgs. |
|
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place |
Konigsburg, EL |
0-689-86636-4 |
S&S |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 1/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
R Margaret turns
12 the summer she decides to save her beloved uncle’s back yard towers
- labors of love for the past 45 years. GR 6-9 |
|
The People of Sparks |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
0-375-92824-3 |
Random House |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 4/04 |
Fantasy Sequel to
City of Embers, continues the adventures of Lina and Doon. Gr 4-9; 352 pgs |
|
The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight |
Morris, Gerald |
0-618-37823-5 |
Houghton Mifflin |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.00 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Fantasy Sarah, an
orphaned teenager is on a quest for revenge when she encounters Queen
Guinevere & Sir Kai. Gr 6-9; 320pgs. |
|
The Roman Army: The Legendary Soldiers Who Created
an Empire |
Blacklock, Dyan |
0-8027-8897-1 |
Walker |
2004 |
900 |
$ 18.85 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
Every
component of the army, military garb, equipment, housing, weaponry, camp
plans. Gr 5-8; 48 pgs. |
|
The Shamer’s Daughter |
Kaaberbol, Lene |
0-8050-7541-0 |
Holt |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Fantasy Like her
mother, the local shamer, Dina can see the shameful truths hidden in the
souls of the villagers. GR 6-9; 240pgs |
|
The Singer of All Songs |
Constable, Kate |
0-439-55478-0 |
Scholastic |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
VOYA 4/04 SLJ 4/04 |
SciFi Tremaris is
a broken world whose peoples were divided by the Gods, against each other
into their separate lands. Gr 7-10; 304 pgs |
|
The Thought of High Windows |
Kositsky, Lynne |
1-55337-621-8 |
Kids Can |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & HB 5/04 |
HF This is
Holocaust fiction at its least romanticized. Gr 8-up; 176 pgs. |
|
The Truth about Forever |
Dessen, Sarah |
0-670-03639-0 |
Viking |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.99 |
SLJ 6/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic18 months
after her father’s unexpected death, 16 year old Macy faces a sensible
summer working at the library. 384pgs. |
|
The Unseen |
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley |
0-385-90106-2 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 4/04 & BL 3/04 |
Fantasy12 year old
Xandra feels like a chaneling growing up alienated in a large family of self
absorbed over achievers. Gr 5-8; 208pgs. |
|
The Year of Secret Assignmnets |
Moriarty, Jaclyn |
0-439-49881-3 |
Scholastic |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 3/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic3 Friends
share almost everything, espeically the secret assignments that they have
cooked up for each other in times of need. Gr 7-10 416pgs |
|
Things Change |
Jones, Patrick |
0-8027-8901-3 |
Walker |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 5/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic Johanna,
16 year old straight A student adores popular 12th grader Paul who
hits her. Gr 8-up; 224 pgs |
|
Thomas Jefferson |
Harness, Cheryl |
0-7922-6496-7 |
National Geographic |
2004 |
921 |
$ 17.95 |
LMC 4/04 & BL 2/04 |
Deals in an
objective & non-judgemental fashion with the controversial aspects of his
life. Gr 4-7; 48pgs. |
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Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret
Writing |
Janeczko, Paul |
0-7636-0971-4 |
Candlewick |
2004 |
300 |
$ 16.99 |
SLJ 5/04 & BL 5/04 |
Discusses numerous codes used through out history. Grade Level: 4-7; 144 pgs. |
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Toro! Toro! |
Morpurgo, Michael |
0-00-710718-8 |
Trafalgar Square |
2004 |
F |
$ 7.95 |
SLJ 5/04 BL4/04 |
HF Knowing his
grandson is upset after a monor accident, Antonio, an understanding
grandfather, tells a story from his childhood of growing up during the
Spansih Civil War. 130pgs gr 5-8 |
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ttyl |
Myracle, Lauren |
0-8109-4821-4 |
Abrams |
2004 |
F |
$ 15.95 |
SLJ 4/04 & VOYA 6/04 |
Realistic3 friends
in 10th grade use IM to discuss the events & issues in their
lives. Gr 6-10; 224pgs. |
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White Star: A Dog on the Titanic |
Crisp, Marty |
0-8234-1598-8 |
Holiday House |
2004 |
F |
$ 16.95 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 5/04 |
HF Sam forms a
strong attachment to the owner’s dog while travelling on the Titanic to
join his mother and new step father. Gr5-8; 160pgs. |
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Who Goes Home? |
Waugh, Sylvia |
0-385-90160-7 |
Delacorte |
2004 |
F |
$ 17.99 |
SLJ 6/04 & BL 4/04 |
SciFi On his 13th
birthday, Jacob discovers that his father is an alien from another planet. Gr
5-8; 224pgs. |
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Why the West was Wild |
Swanson, Wayne |
1-55037-837-6 |
Firefly Books |
2004 |
900 |
$ 24.95 |
SLJ 6/04 |
Inviting
introduction to the American West from the CA Gold Rush to the wild west
shows at the end of the 19th century. Gr5-9; 48pgs. |
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Winning Lacrosse for Girls |
Swissler, Becky |
0-8160-5183-6 |
Facts on File |
2004 |
700 |
$ 35.00 |
SLJ 5/04 |
Covers the
basics and crucial team-related concepts. Gr 7-up; 176 pgs. |