Flora & Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo
The Holy Bible: Book of Ruth
NIV Bible
Tales from the Odyssey: Part 1
Mary Pope Osborn
Glennall’s Betrayal
AUTHOR: Paul McCusker GENRE: Fiction SUMMARY: During his desperate attempt to run away from home, James Curtis is startled when he encounters a wandering band of gypsies in a battered wagon! Needing a ride, he recklessly accepts an offer to join them — and soon finds he is no longer in the familiar place and time…
Knucklehead
AUTHOR: Jon Scieszka GENRE: Fiction, Humor SUMMARY: Scieszka answers the oft-asked question, “Where do you get your ideas?” with a slew of childhood anecdotes and his family’s escapades that have given him plenty of material from which to draw. Born in 1954, the second of six brothers, he writes about Catholic and military schools, buying…
The Hero Two Doors Down
AUTHOR: Sharon Robinson GENRE: Fiction SUMMARY: Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing-the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple…
Around the World in 80 Days
AUTHOR: Jules Verne GENRE: Adventure Fiction SUMMARY: One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations,…
Lucky Strike
AUTHOR: Bobbie Pyron GENRE: Fiction SUMMARY: Nate Harlow would love to be lucky, just once! He’d like to win a prize, get picked first, call a coin toss right, even! But his best friend, Genesis Beam (aka Gen), believes in science and logic, and she doesn’t think for one second that there’s such a thing…
Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
AUTHOR: Mac Barnett GENRE: Mystery, Fiction SUMMARY: Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective… until he found out he already WAS one. It all starts here: The thrilling story of Steve Brixton’s first case. Our hero has a national treasure to recover, a criminal mastermind to unmask, and a social studies report due Monday…