Summer Reading: Grades 4 - 5 at Howard County Library

3 below /

Author: Carman, Patrick.
ISBN: 9780545255202
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/30/2012
Summary: "Leo has explored the zany, wonderful Whippet Hotel from basement to top floor, with trains, flying goats, and mazes (among other things) in between. But even Leo doesn't know every secret of the Whippet - and when he discovers that there's more beneath t
Subjects: Hotels, motels, etc. - Fiction.
Call number: JF CAR

5,000 awesome facts (about everything!)

ISBN: 9781426310492
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/09/2012
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders.
Call number: J031.02F

About average /

Author: Clements, Andrew,
ISBN: 9781416997245
Year: 2012
Date added: 07/20/2012
Summary: As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
Subjects: Ability - Fiction. - Schools - Heroes - Tornadoes - Individuality
Call number: JF CLE

Alex the parrot : no ordinary bird /

Author: Spinner, Stephanie.
ISBN: 9780375868467
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/03/2012
Subjects: African gray parrot. - Parrots.
Call number: J636.686S

Amazon /

Author: Borgenicht, David.
ISBN: 9781452107950
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/11/2012
Summary: As part of a group of young adventurers traveling the length of the Amazon River, the reader will encounter dangers and must make the choices that will ensure survival and the success of the expedition.
Subjects: Hiking - Fiction. - Amazon River Region - Plot-your-own stories. - Survival - Adventure and adventurers
Call number: JF BOR

Animals that changed the world /

Author: Thomas, Keltie.
ISBN: 9781554512430
Year: 2010
Date added: 01/10/2011
Summary: Outlines the way different types of animals, including livestock, pets, such creatures as silkworms that sparked trade, working beasts, noxious animals, and those that inspire the imagination, have influenced human civilization.
Subjects: Animals and history. - Animals.
Call number: J590T

The bat scientists /

Author: Carson, Mary Kay.
ISBN: 9780547199566
Year: 2010
Date added: 10/04/2010
Summary: Follow bat scientists into the trenches - and caves - and experience the fight to save the beloved bats.
Subjects: Bats. - Scientists.
Call number: J599.4C

Belly up /

Author: Gibbs, Stuart,
ISBN: 9781416987314;9781416987321;1416987320
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/09/2010
Summary: Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered.
Subjects: Zoo animals - Fiction. - Zoos - Mystery and detective stories. - Murder
Call number: JF GIB

A black hole is not a hole /

Author: DeCristofano, Carolyn Cinami.
ISBN: 9781570917837
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/29/2012
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy)
Call number: J523.8D

The book of wonders /

Author: Richards, Jasmine.
ISBN: 9780062010070
Year: 2012
Date added: 01/23/2012
Summary: In a tale loosely based on the Arabian nights, thirteen-year-old Zardi and her best friend, Ridhan, join forces with Captain Sinbad to defeat an evil sultan and restore magic to the world of Arribitha.
Subjects: Fantasy. - Characters in literature - Fiction. - Best friends - Adventure and adventurers - Friendship - Fiction
Call number: JF RIC

Buddy /

Author: Herlong, M.H.
ISBN: 9780670014033
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/11/2012
Summary: Twelve-year-old Li'l T and his family face great losses caused by Hurricane Katrina, including leaving Buddy, their very special, three-legged dog, behind when they must evacuate.
Subjects: Family life - Louisiana - Fiction. - Dogs - Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - African Americans - Lost and found possessions - New Orleans (La.)
Call number: JF HER

Can an old dog learn new tricks? : and other questions about animals /

Author: Silverman, Buffy.
ISBN: 9780822590835;0822590832
Year: 2010
Date added: 11/14/2012
Summary: Presents a variety of common sayings about animals and explains which are fact and which are fable.
Subjects: Animals.
Call number: J590S

The chameleon wore chartreuse : from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye /

Author: Hale, Bruce.
ISBN: 0152022813;0152024859;9780152024857
Year: 2000
Date added: 09/26/2000
Summary: When hired by a fellow fourth-grader to find her missing brother, Chet Gecko uncovers a plot involving a Gila monster's revenge upon the school football team.
Subjects: Lost and found possessions - Fiction. - Lizards - Geckos - Mystery and detective stories. - Schools
Call number: JF HAL

Cheesie Mack is not a genius or anything /

Author: Cotler, Stephen L.
ISBN: 9780375864377;9780375863943;037586394
Year: 2011
Date added: 06/14/2011
Summary: Eleven-year-old Ronald "Cheesie" Mack relates events he and his best friend, Georgie, experience as fifth grade comes to an end and their summer plans are drastically changed, due in part to an old, possibly valuable coin that may belong to the mysterious
Subjects: Coins - Fiction. - Lost and found possessions - Recluses - Massachusetts - Family life - Conduct of life - Friendship - Fiction
Call number: JF COT

Child of the mountains /

Author: Shank, Marilyn Sue.
ISBN: 9780385740791
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/10/2012
Summary: In the early 1950s, Lydia Hawkins has grown up poor in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia with her widowed mother, brother BJ, who has cystic fibrosis, and her Gran, but when Gran and BJ die and her mother is jailed unjustly, Lydia must try to rem
Subjects: Christian life - Fiction. - West Virginia - History - 1951- - Families - Self-reliance - Secrets - Schools
Call number: JF SHA

Chinese and Japanese myths /

Author: Green, Jen.
ISBN: 9781433935336
Year: 2010
Date added: 07/19/2011
Subjects: Mythology, Chinese. - Mythology, Japanese.
Call number: J299.5G

The city of Ember /

Author: DuPrau, Jeanne.
ISBN: 0375822739;9780385736282;9780375822735;0375822747;9780375822742
Year: 2003
Date added: 07/28/2003
Summary: In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Subjects: Science fiction. - Messengers - Fiction. - Underground areas
Call number: JF DUP

Crazy concoctions : a mad scientist's guide to messy mixtures /

Author: Brown, Jordan.
ISBN: 9781936140510
Year: 2011
Date added: 02/17/2012
Subjects: Science - Experiments.
Call number: J540.76B

Dinosaur mountain : digging into the Jurassic Age /

Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan,
ISBN: 9780374317898
Year: 2010
Date added: 04/28/2010
Subjects: Dinosaurs. - Paleontology. - Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah)
Call number: J567.9R

The dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins /

Author: Kerley, Barbara.
ISBN: 0439114942;9780439114943
Year: 2001
Date added: 08/07/2003
Summary: The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
Subjects: Modelmakers. - Dinosaurs. - Hawkins, B. Waterhouse - Caldecott Medal.
Call number: J567.9K

Doodlebug : a novel in doodles /

Author: Young, Karen Romano.
ISBN: 9780312561567
Year: 2010
Date added: 08/31/2010
Summary: Moving is tough. But the hardest thing of all about the move that Doreen "Dodo" Bussey's family is making is that she suspects it might be because of her. Her mother gives Dodo a blank notebook, which she uses to chronicle the move and the first days in a
Subjects: Doodles - Fiction. - Moving, Household - Fiction - Diaries
Call number: JF YOU

Dying to meet you /

Author: Klise, Kate.
ISBN: 9780152057275;9780547398488;0547398484
Year: 2009
Date added: 04/09/2009
Summary: In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.
Subjects: Authors - Fiction. - Authorship - Letters - Haunted houses - Dwellings - Humorous stories. - Ghosts
Call number: JF KLI

The emperor's silent army : terracotta warriors of Ancient China /

Author: O'Connor, Jane.
ISBN: 0670035122
Year: 2002
Date added: 08/09/2002
Summary: Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.
Subjects: Qin Shihuang, Emperor of China, - Tomb. - Shaanxi Sheng (China) - Antiquities. - Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese - Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.
Call number: 931O

The emperor's silent army : terracotta warriors of Ancient China /

Author: O'Connor, Jane.
ISBN: 0670035122;9780670035120
Year: 2002
Date added: 03/12/2013
Summary: Describes the archaeological discovery of thousands of life-sized terracotta warrior statues in northern China in 1974, and discusses the emperor who had them created and placed near his tomb.
Subjects: Qin shi huang, - Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese. - China - History - Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. - Antiquities. - Archaeology.
Call number: J931O

Enigmatic events /

Author: Blackwood, Gary L.
ISBN: 076141889
Year: 2006
Date added: 06/12/2006
Summary: "Explores several events that have baffled scientists and historians for years, such as the demise of dinosaurs, the "lost colony" of Roanoke, the sinking of the Maine, and the Hindenburg disaster"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: History. - Disasters. - Curiosities and wonders.
Call number: J904B

Everything on a waffle /

Author: Horvath, Polly.
ISBN: 0374322368;0374422087;9780374322366
Year: 2000
Date added: 05/03/2001
Summary: Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Subjects: Newbery Medal. - British Columbia - Fiction. - Interpersonal relations - Foster home care - Self-reliance - Uncles - Parent and child
Call number: JF HOR

Eyewitness treasure /

Author: Steele, Philip,
ISBN: 9780756660376;0756660378;9780756660383
Year: 2010
Date added: 03/24/2011
Summary: Be an eyewitness to the exciting search for precious artifacts, hidden or lost through the centures and rediscovered by archaeologists and treasure hunters.
Subjects: Buried treasure. - Archaeology.
Call number: J930.1S

Fairest of all /

Author: Mlynowski, Sarah.
ISBN: 9780545403306
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/02/2012
Summary: After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
Subjects: Magic - Fiction. - Characters in literature - Brothers and sisters - Fairy tales
Call number: JF MLY

Fake mustache : or, how Jodie O'Rodeo and her wonder horse (and some nerdy kid) saved the U.S. Presidential election from a mad genius criminal mastermind /

Author: Angleberger, Tom.
ISBN: 9781419701948
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/12/2012
Summary: Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend, Casper, and world domination as Casper uses a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and the ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president.
Subjects: Disguise - Fiction. - Hypnotism - Mustaches - Politics, Practical - Humorous stories. - Criminals
Call number: JF ANG

Falling in /

Author: Dowell, Frances O'Roark.
ISBN: 9781416950325;9781442422056;144242205
Year: 2010
Date added: 03/15/2010
Summary: Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.
Subjects: Fantasy. - Witches - Fiction. - Healers - Grandmothers
Call number: JF DOW

Fantastic Mr. Fox /

Author: Dahl, Roald
ISBN: 039480497;0141301139;9780142414552;9780142410349
Year: 1970
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.
Subjects: Foxes - Fiction.
Call number: JF Dah

Flutter : the story of four sisters and one incredible journey /

Author: Moulton, Erin E.
ISBN: 9780142421338
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/17/2012
Summary: Nine-and-a-half-year-old Maple and her older sister, Dawn, must work together to face treacherous terrain, wild animals, and poachers as they trek through Vermont's Green Mountains seeking a miracle for their prematurely-born sister.
Subjects: Nature - Fiction. - Sisters - Family life - Vermont - Poaching - Adventure and adventurers
Call number: JF MOU

Forgive me, I meant to do it : false apology poems /

Author: Levine, Gail Carson.
ISBN: 9780061787256
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/22/2012
Subjects: American poetry. - Humorous poetry. - Apologies - Poetry.
Call number: J811.54L

The ghost of Crutchfield Hall /

Author: Hahn, Mary Downing.
ISBN: 9780547385600;9780547577159
Year: 2010
Date added: 09/16/2010
Summary: In the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she soon realizes the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm.
Subjects: Great Britain - History - Victoria, 1837-1901 - Fiction. - Brothers and sisters - Jealousy - Orphans - Ghosts
Call number: JF HAH

Goblin secrets /

Author: Alexander, William
ISBN: 9781442427266;9781442427273;1442427272
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/05/2012
Summary: Hoping to find his lost brother, Rownie escapes the home of the witch Graba and joins a troupe of goblins who perform in Zombay, a city where humans are forbidden to wear masks and act in plays.
Subjects: Goblins - Fiction. - Magic - Brothers - Fiction - Fantasy. - Masks - Missing persons - Entertainers
Call number: JF ALE

The great cake mystery : Precious Ramotswe's very first case /

Author: McCall Smith, Alexander,
ISBN: 9780307949448
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/03/2012
Summary: Before becoming the first female private investigator in Botswana, eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe tracks down a thief who has been stealing her classmates' snacks.
Subjects: Blacks - Botswana - Fiction. - Mystery and detective stories.
Call number: JF MCCA

The great fire /

Author: Murphy, Jim,
ISBN: 0590472674
Year: 1995
Date added: 12/31/1969
Subjects: Fires - Illinois - Chicago - History - 19th century. - Chicago (Ill.) - To 1875. - Newbery Medal.
Call number: J977.311M

Gregor the Overlander /

Author: Collins, Suzanne
ISBN: 0439435366;9780439678131
Year: 2003
Date added: 11/07/2003
Summary: When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
Subjects: Fantasy. - Brothers and sisters - Fiction. - Animals - Missing persons
Call number: JF COL

How to be a world explorer : your all-terrain training manual /

Author: Levy, Joel.
ISBN: 9781743214251;1743214251
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/08/2012
Subjects: Survival. - Wilderness survival. - Life skills. - Adventure and adventurers.
Call number: J613.69L

How to draw science fiction /

Author: Bergin, Mark,
ISBN: 9781448845163
Year: 2012
Date added: 01/26/2012
Subjects: Science fiction - Illustrations. - Drawing - Technique.
Call number: J741.2B

How to eat fried worms /

Author: Rockwell, Thomas,
ISBN: 0440445450;9780440421856;0440421853;0531026310
Year: 1973
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
Subjects: Humorous stories.
Call number: JF ROC

I don't believe it, Archie! /

Author: Norriss, Andrew.
ISBN: 9780385752503
Year: 2011
Date added: 03/14/2012
Summary: Strange things are always happening around Archie, but after he meets Cyd and makes friends with her he finds these odd occurrences more enjoyable.
Subjects: Serendipity - Fiction.
Call number: JF NOR

Island of thieves /

Author: Lacey, Josh.
ISBN: 9780547763279
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/08/2012
Summary: Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes bi
Subjects: Drake, John - Fiction. - Drake, Francis, - Buried treasure - Uncles - Islands - Peru - Adventure and adventurers
Call number: JF LAC

It jes' happened : when Bill Traylor started to draw /

Author: Tate, Don.
ISBN: 9781600602603
Year: 2012
Date added: 07/16/2012
Summary: "A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama. Includes an afterword, author's not
Subjects: Traylor, Bill, - Artists - Folk artists. - African Americans - Biography.
Call number: JB TRAYLOR T

The last musketeer /

Author: Gibbs, Stuart,
ISBN: 9780062048387
Year: 2011
Date added: 10/17/2011
Summary: In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The Three Musketeers."
Subjects: Characters in literature - Fiction. - Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, - Paris (France) - History - 17th century - France - Louis XIII, 1610-1643 - Time travel - Adventure and adventurers
Call number: JF GIB

Legends of Zita the spacegirl /

Author: Hatke, Ben.
ISBN: 9781596434479
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/06/2012
Summary: Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust.
Subjects: Graphic novels. - Heroes - Fiction. - Fame - Robots - Science fiction.
Call number: J741.59H

A long walk to water : a novel /

Author: Park, Linda Sue.
ISBN: 9780547251271;9780547577319
Year: 2009
Date added: 11/30/2010
Summary: When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva D
Subjects: Dut, Salva, - Fiction. - Water - Blacks - Sudan - History - Civil War, 1983-2005 - Refugees - Survival
Call number: YA PAR

Mal and Chad. Belly flop! /

Author: McCranie, Stephen,
ISBN: 9780399256585;039925658
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/29/2012
Summary: After destroying the cake and presents at a birthday party, Mal hopes to impress Megan, his secret crush, with his performance at the school talent show.
Subjects: Genius - Fiction. - Dogs - Infatuation - Birthday parties - Talent shows - Interpersonal relations - Adventure and adventurers - Graphic novels.
Call number: J741.59M

The mighty Miss Malone /

Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul.
ISBN: 9780385734912
Year: 2012
Date added: 01/10/2012
Summary: With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Subjects: Depressions - 1929 - Fiction. - African Americans - Family life - Flint (Mich.) - History - 20th century - Poverty - Gary (Ind.)
Call number: JF CUR

The moon over high street /

Author: Babbitt, Natalie.
ISBN: 9780545376365
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/14/2012
Summary: Joe Casimir needs help with the choice he has to make. Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knows exactly what he wants Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren't they?
Subjects: Millionaires - Fiction. - Trust - Choice
Call number: JF BAB

Mr. Big : a tale of pond life /

Author: Dembicki, Carol.
ISBN: 9781616089672
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/18/2012
Summary: Pond dwellers make a plan to rid the pond of the destructive snapping turtle, but what does that mean for the delicate balance of the pond ecosystem, especially when a new and more vicious predator is found lurking in the deep?
Subjects: Pond animals - Fiction. - Pond ecology - Snapping turtles - Turtles - Graphic novels.
Call number: J741.59D

The mysterious Benedict Society /

Author: Stewart, Trenton Lee.
ISBN: 9780316057776;9780316003957
Year: 2007
Date added: 03/07/2007
Summary: After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
Subjects: Science fiction. - Adventure and adventurers - Fiction. - Schools
Call number: JF STE

Mysterious messages : a history of codes and ciphers /

Author: Blackwood, Gary L.
ISBN: 9780525479604
Year: 2009
Date added: 01/07/2010
Subjects: Cryptography. - Ciphers.
Call number: J652.8B

National Geographic Kids everything rocks and minerals /

Author: Tomecek, Steve.
ISBN: 9781426308017
Year: 2010
Date added: 11/03/2011
Subjects: Rocks. - Minerals.
Call number: J552T

Optical Illusions.

ISBN: 9780756697891;0756697891
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/08/2012
Summary: With the dynamic interactive Optical Illusions, each time readers turn the page, lift the flaps, or pull the tabs, they'll be confronted with an even more amazing optical illusion! This guide to the world of eye-tricks is fun for the entire family {u2014}
Subjects: Optical illusions. - Toy and movable books.
Call number: J152.148O

Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes : a story /

Author: Auxier, Jonathan.
ISBN: 9781419700255
Year: 2011
Date added: 09/12/2011
Summary: Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.
Subjects: Orphans - Fiction. - Eyes - Blind - Magic - Robbers and outlaws
Call number: JF AUX

The phantom tollbooth /

Author: Juster, Norton,
ISBN: 9780394820378;9780394815008;0394815009;9780375869037
Year: 1996
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
Subjects: Fantasy. - Adventure and adventurers - Fiction.
Call number: JF JUS

Ready set grow!

ISBN: 9780756658878
Year: 2010
Date added: 03/29/2010
Summary: In "Ready Set Grow" step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more. Features more than 30 simple gar
Subjects: Gardening.
Call number: J635R

Recyclo-gami : 40 crafts to make your friends green with envy! /

Author: Wolf, Laurie Goldrich.
ISBN: 9780762440528
Year: 2010
Date added: 07/05/2011
Summary: What can you make out of your old bits of paper, leftover pieces of yarn, or not-so-brand-new cartons and containers? Craft your own purse out of playing cards, whip up a scrapbook made of cereal boxes, or a dollhouse from an empty juice carton! Tweens an
Subjects: Handicraft. - Recycled products. - Hobbies.
Call number: J745.584W

Redwall : the graphic novel /

Author: Jacques, Brian.
ISBN: 9780399244810;0399244816
Year: 2007
Date added: 01/10/2008
Summary: When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's
Subjects: Fantasy. - Graphic novels. - Mice - Fiction.
Call number: J741.59J

Same sun here /

Author: House, Silas,
ISBN: 9780763656843
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/21/2012
Summary: A twelve-year-old Indian immigrant in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son become pen pals, and eventually best friends, through a series of revealing letters exploring such topics as environmental activism, immigration, and racism.
Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction. - Letters - Pen pals
Call number: JF HOU

The search for WondLa /

Author: DiTerlizzi, Tony.
ISBN: 9781416983101
Year: 2010
Date added: 10/05/2010
Summary: Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with
Subjects: Science fiction. - Identity - Fiction - Human-alien encounters
Call number: JF DIT

Secrets of Shakespeare's grave /

Author: Hicks, Deron R.
ISBN: 9780547840345
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/15/2012
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Colophon Letterford has a serious mystery on her hands. Will she discover the link between her family's literary legacy and Shakespeare's tomb before it's too late?"--
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories. - Adventure and adventurers - Fiction. - Family-owned business enterprises - Brothers and sisters - Cousins
Call number: JF HIC

Seymour Simon's extreme Earth records /

Author: Simon, Seymour.
ISBN: 9781452107851
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/07/2012
Subjects: Earth.
Call number: J550S

The skull in the rock : how a scientist, a boy, and Google Earth opened a new window on human origins /

Author: Berger, Lee R.
ISBN: 9781426310102
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/17/2012
Subjects: Fossils. - Human remains (Archaeology) - Evolution. - Excavations (Archaeology) - Berger, Lee R.
Call number: J569.9B

Starry River of the Sky /

Author: Lin, Grace.
ISBN: 9780316125956
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/27/2012
Summary: An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.
Subjects: Fairy tales. - Moon - Fiction. - Storytelling
Call number: JF LIN

Summer at Forsaken Lake /

Author: Beil, Michael D.
ISBN: 9780375867422;9780375864964;0375864962
Year: 2012
Date added: 06/08/2012
Summary: Twelve-year-old Nicholas and his ten-year-old, twin sisters, Hetty and Haley, spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at Forsaken Lake, where he and their new friend Charlie investigate the truth about an accident involving their families many years
Subjects: Ohio - Fiction. - Families - Summer - Mystery and detective stories. - Great-uncles - Lakes
Call number: JF BEI

Tales of a sixth-grade Muppet /

Author: Scroggs, Kirk.
ISBN: 9780316183024
Year: 2011
Date added: 06/21/2012
Summary: Sixth grader Danvers Blickensderfer really hits rock bottom when he auditions for the local talent show: His death-defying hula-hooping-ninja tribute to the great Gonzo is beat out by the world's most obnoxious middle school boy band, Emo Shun. With his d
Subjects: Boys - Fiction. - Acting - Schools
Call number: JF SCR

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos /

Author: LaFevers, R. L.
ISBN: 9780618756384;0618756388
Year: 2007
Date added: 05/21/2007
Summary: Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a val
Subjects: Blessing and cursing - Fiction. - Family life - England - London (England) - History - 20th century - Great Britain - Edward VII, 1901-1910 - Egypt - Antiquities - Magic - Adventure and adventurers - Museums
Call number: JF LaF

The thief /

Author: Turner, Megan Whalen.
ISBN: 0688146279;0140388346;9780060824976;0060824972
Year: 1996
Date added: 12/31/1969
Summary: Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
Subjects: Newbery Medal. - Adventure and adventurers - Fiction. - Robbers and outlaws
Call number: JF TUR

This or that survival debate : a rip-roaring game of either-or questions /

Author: Heinrich, Erik.
ISBN: 9781429685948
Year: 2013
Date added: 01/02/2013
Summary: "Offers intriguing either/or questions and content on survival skills and situations to encourage critical thinking and debate"--
Subjects: Survival. - Wilderness survival. - Life skills.
Call number: J613.69H

Time for kids. the world's most astonishing facts & records. That's strange but true! :

ISBN: 9781603201551;1603201556
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/08/2012
Summary: A collection of photographs and descriptions of oddities of the natural world and human behavior.
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders.
Call number: J031.02T

Understanding Greek myths /

Author: Hyde, Natalie,
ISBN: 9780778745099;0778745090
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/01/2012
Summary: Presents an introduction to Greek mythology, discussing the history of ancient Greece, its gods and goddesses, the myths associated with the natural world, and the legacy of Greek culture on the modern world.
Subjects: Mythology, Greek. - Greece - Religion.
Call number: J292.13H

Ungifted /

Author: Korman, Gordon.
ISBN: 9780061742668
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/24/2012
Summary: Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Subjects: Behavior - Fiction. - Middle schools - Schools - Gifted children - Robots - Robotics - Humorous stories.
Call number: JF KOR

Unusual creatures : a mostly accurate account of some of Earth's strangest animals /

Author: Hearst, Michael,
ISBN: 9781452104676
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/03/2012
Subjects: Animals.
Call number: J590H

Villain's lair /

Author: Van Draanen, Wendelin.
ISBN: 9780375843761;9780440422426;0440422426
Year: 2009
Date added: 02/17/2009
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Dave and his sidekick, a talking gecko named Sticky, try to retrieve an ancient Aztec powerband and its magic ingots from the evil villain, Damien Black.
Subjects: Lizards - Fiction. - Magic - Geckos - Adventure and adventurers - Humorous stories.
Call number: JF VAN

Warriors of the black shroud /

Author: Howe, Peter,
ISBN: 9780061729874
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/14/2012
Summary: A shy, bookish boy is pulled into an underground land called Nebula and asked to lead a kingdom in its fight against darkness.
Subjects: Fantasy.
Call number: JF HOW

White House kids : the perks, pleasures, problems, and pratfalls of the Presidents' children /

Author: Rhatigan, Joe.
ISBN: 9781936140800
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/07/2012
Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) - Children of presidents.
Call number: J973.099R

"Who could that be at this hour?" /

Author: Snicket, Lemony.
ISBN: 9780316123082
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/18/2012
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.
Subjects: Apprentices - Fiction. - Statues - Stealing - Mystery and detective stories. - Humorous stories.
Call number: JF SNI

Wildwood /

Author: Meloy, Colin.
ISBN: 9780062024688
Year: 2011
Date added: 10/04/2011
Summary: When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest in the middle of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabit
Subjects: Fantasy. - Brothers and sisters - Fiction. - Animals - Portland (Or.) - Missing children
Call number: JF MEL

Xtreme illusions.

ISBN: 9781426310119;1426310110
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/07/2012
Subjects: Optical illusions.
Call number: J152.148X

You wouldn't want to be cursed by King Tut! : a mysterious death you'd rather avoid /

Author: Morley, Jacqueline.
ISBN: 9780531208748
Year: 2012
Date added: 07/19/2012
Subjects: Tutankhamen, - Tomb. - Blessing and cursing. - Egypt - History.
Call number: J932.014M

Young Fredle /

Author: Voigt, Cynthia.
ISBN: 9780375864575;9780375857874;0375857877
Year: 2011
Date added: 02/15/2011
Summary: Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.
Subjects: Cats - Fiction. - Dogs - Freedom - Mice - Adventure and adventurers
Call number: JF VOI