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The Polar Express

Van Allsburg, Chris.


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2006. Booklist. Catholic Library World, November 1996. Wilson's Children, November 1996. Book Links (A.L.A.), September 1995. A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Date Published:1985

Morning on the Lake

Waboose, Jan Bourdeau.


This book was donated by the First Nations Program, Chilliwack School District. In the first of three linked stories, a young boy and his grandfather set out in a birchbark canoe early one spring morning. Together, they discover the peaceful beauty of the lake. In the second story, the sun rises high in the summer sky as they climb a rocky cliff for a bird's-eye view of the land. And, finally, as an autumn night descends, they venture into the woods. Under the patient and gentle guidance of his grandfather, the boy gradually comes to respect the ways of nature and to understand his own place in the world.
Date Published:1997

This book was donated by the First Nations Program, Chilliwack School District. In the first of three linked stories, a young boy and his grandfather set out in a birchbark canoe early one spring morning. Together, they discover the peaceful beauty of the lake. In the second story, the sun rises high in the summer sky as they climb a rocky cliff for a bird's-eye view of the land. And, finally, as an autumn night descends, they venture into the woods. Under the patient and gentle guidance of his grandfather, the boy gradually comes to respect the ways of nature and to understand his own place in the world.

Date Published:1997

The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian

Alexie, Sherman, 1966-


Leaving the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school, Junior struggles to find his place in his new surroundings in order to escape his destiny back on the reservation.
Date Published:2007

The underneath

Appelt, Kathi, 1954-


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Booklist starred, May 2008. Horn Book, May 2008. Kirkus Review, April 2008. Library Media Connection, August 2008. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Booklist starred, May 2008. Horn Book, May 2008. Kirkus Review, April 2008. Library Media Connection, August 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Booklist starred, May 2008. Horn Book, May 2008. Kirkus Review, April 2008. Library Media Connection, August 2008. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Booklist starred, May 2008. Horn Book, May 2008. Kirkus Review, April 2008. Library Media Connection, August 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.

Date Published:2008

Prisoner of Dieppe : World War II /

Brewster, Hugh.



Date Published:2010

The lemonade war

Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-


Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, May 2007. Book Links-starred, January 2008. Booklist, March 2007. Horn Book, October 2007. Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.
Date Published:2007

Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, May 2007. Book Links-starred, January 2008. Booklist, March 2007. Horn Book, October 2007. Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.

Date Published:2007

Robin Hood

Ingle, Annie.


"Gibraltar library binding.". "Gibraltar library binding.". Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and the merry outlaws of Sherwood Forest repeatedly outwit the sheriff of Nottingham and befriend the poor.
Date Published:1991

Little brother

Doctorow, Cory.


"A Tom Doherty Associates book." Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released into what is now a police state, and decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
Date Published:2008

The People of Sparks : Book of Ember - Book 2 /

DuPrau, Jeanne.


Sequel to: The City of Ember. Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the others seek help from the village people of Sparks.
Date Published:2004

Mustang moon

Farley, Terri.


Sam tries to save Phantom, a wild mustang, when a local rancher offers a reward for killing him.
Date Published:2002

Maggie's door

Giff, Patricia Reilly.


"A Yearling book.". Wilson's Children, June 1998. Wilson's Junior High School, July 1998. Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1998. School Library Journal, February 1997. Five Owls, May 1997. Book Links (A.L.A.), September 1999. Horn Book Starred, March 1997. Publisher's Weekly, January 1997.
Date Published:2003

Among the Barons

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.


Sequel to: Among the betrayed. In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken.
Date Published:2003

Among the brave

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.


In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them.
Date Published:2004

Among the enemy

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.


"A shadow children book." In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
Date Published:2005

Among the Hidden

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.


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.
Date Published:1998

Book of a Thousand Days

Hale, Shannon.


Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.
Date Published:2007

Rapunzel's revenge

Hale, Shannon.


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, November 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2008. Pub Weekly, August 2008. Booklist, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2008. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, November 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2008. Pub Weekly, August 2008. Booklist, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2008. Rapunzel, having grown up in a lovely castle with the woman she thought was her mother, is placed in a very tall hollow tree as punishment after her curiosity prompts her to climb the castle wall and look at the ruin of the world beyond her home, but she is able to escape and, with the help of Jack, embarks on a plan to free the land from the grip ofthe witch.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, November 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2008. Pub Weekly, August 2008. Booklist, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2008. Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, November 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2008. Pub Weekly, August 2008. Booklist, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2008. Rapunzel, having grown up in a lovely castle with the woman she thought was her mother, is placed in a very tall hollow tree as punishment after her curiosity prompts her to climb the castle wall and look at the ruin of the world beyond her home, but she is able to escape and, with the help of Jack, embarks on a plan to free the land from the grip ofthe witch.

Date Published:2008

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl.


Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Date Published:2002

Pagan's crusade

Jinks, Catherine.


Sequel: Pagan in exile. In twelth-century Jerusalem, orphaned sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight, as Saladin's armies close in on the Holy City.
Date Published:2003

The shattering

Lasky, Kathryn.


"Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger."--P. [4] of cover.
Date Published:2004