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• What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About?

  Poems for When a Person Needs a Poem

  Viorst, Judith

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  Poetry Anthology : By the author of "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day...."

• Poems Aloud

  Coelho, Joseph,

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  Poetry Anthology : "Poems are for reading out loud! Tackle tongue twisters, confound your classmates with riddles, make your friends laugh, and transform into a ball of slime as you perform these poems and bring them to life. Discover performance…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love That Dog

  Creech, Sharon

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  Poetry Novel : A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.

• Corey's Rock

  Brahmachari, Sita, 1966-

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  Poetry Novel/Realistic Fiction: A novel written in free verse poems. Ten-year-old Isla moves with her parents from Edinburgh to the remote Orkney Islands after the loss of Isla's little brother Corey. Isla takes comfort in Orcadian legend of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Locomotion

  Woodson, Jacqueline

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  Poetry Novel : Eleven-year-old Lonnie (nicknamed "Locomotion") wrestles with his past, present, and future through poetry. Deceptively simple text engages with weighty themes, making this a rewarding read.

• When Green Becomes Tomatoes

  Fogliano, Julie,

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  Poetry Anthology : A book of poetry moving through the seasons.

• Leaf Litter Critters

  Bulion, Leslie, 1958-

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  Poetry Anthology/Informational: A collection of playful poems that will teach you about the tiny creatures who live in the leaf litter, a habitat found on the forest floor.

• The Space Adventurer's Guide

  Your Passport to the Coolest Things to See and Do in the Universe

  McMahon, Peter, 1977-

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  Informational : A guide to space travel describes how to prepare and the different trips a person could make, the steps that each trip would involve, and some things to do at each destination.

• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

  Coerr, Eleanor

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  Informational: Themes: chronic illness (leukemia), World War II, Hiroshima -- Summary: A young girl is afflicted with leukemia as a result of the radiation left over from the atom bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. After learning about an old Japanese…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Rule!

  Create Your Own Country

  Forbes, Scott,

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  Informational : This innovative title from Lonely Planet Kids shows you how to design a completely new nation from scratch. Decide on the laws, choose your borders, make your flag, attract loyal citizens and lots more. You'll get to create,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Tornado Scientist

  Seeing Inside Severe Storms

  Carson, Mary Kay,

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  Informational : What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes.

• Two Truths and a Lie

  It's Alive!

  Paquette, Ammi-Joan

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  Informational: Just like the game by the same name, every chapter includes three amazing stories detailing fascinating information about plants, animals and humans. Can you tell the difference between the true stories and the fakes? Test your own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Skunked!

  Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet

  Kelly, Jacqueline,

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  Historical Fiction : A series about Calpurnia, who lives in pioneer Texas and takes care of animals that she finds on the land. An easier to read chapter book with illustrations.

• Strongheart

  Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen

  Fleming, Candace

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  Historical Fiction : Based on a true story, a German shepherd is transformed from Etzel, a police dog in Berlin, to Strongheart, a silent movie star that will need his best acting skills to prove himself innocent of attacking a girl.

• A Whale in Paris

  How It Happened That Chantal Duprey Befriended a Whale During the Second World War and Helped Liberate France

  Presley, Daniel,

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  Historical Fiction : During the German occupation of Paris, Chantal, twelve, spies a whale while fishing with her father in the Seine and is determined to return it to the ocean before the Nazis or starving Parisians can destroy it.

• Full of Beans

  Holm, Jennifer L.

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  Historical Fiction : Also available in CD audio - Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Island War

  Giff, Patricia Reilly,

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  Historical Fiction/Realistic Fiction : In 1942 13-year-olds Izzy and Matt become trapped on an Japanese-occupied Aleutian island when the rest of the American population is evacuated and must survive on their own for the duration of World War I.

• The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts

  Being An Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies, Fortunes & Fate Written by Himself

  Avi, 1937-

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  Historical Fiction : Also available in CD audio format - In 1724 England, twelve-year-old Oliver Cromwell Pitts embarks on a journey from his seaside home to London to find his father and his older sister, a journey filled with thieves, adventurers,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of Left Field

  Klages, Ellen, 1954-

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  Historical Fiction/Realistic Fiction : In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.

• Goodbye, Mr. Spalding

  Barr, Jennifer R.,

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  Historical Fiction: Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his best friend as they attempt to stop a wall from being built at Shibe Park, home of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation