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Light in August: the corrected text
By William Faulkner. 1932
Joe Christmas, an orphan of mixed blood, travels to the South, seeking a place and people with whom he can…
belong. But he is soon hardened by white and black bigotryMy teacher is an alien
By Bruce Coville, Katherine Coville. 1999
Contains the complete text of four books, including My Teacher Is an Alien, in which Susan catches her substitute teacher…
peeling off his face and realizes he's not human. Also My Teacher Fried My Brains, My Teacher Glows in the Dark, and My Teacher Flunked the Planet. For grades 3-6. 1992The velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
By Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersFalling up: poems and drawings
By Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerStargone John (A redfeather book)
By Ellen McKenzie. 1990
From the first day Liza's little brother, John, joins her in the one-room schoolhouse, he is in trouble. Their teacher…
whacks him for being "stargone"--unresponsive to his lessons. In desperation Liza takes him to her retired teacher, who is now blind. Soon John begins amazing his classmates. For grades 3-6Three tales (Penguin classics)
By Gustave Flaubert. 1961
Three finely contrasted stories first published in 1877. "Simple Heart" is about a faithful domestic servant who outlives her loved…
ones; "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitator" is a medieval tale about a man seeking atonement for a crime; and "Herodias" retells the story of the execution of John the BaptistBleak house
By Charles Dickens. 1991
The skull of truth: A Magic Shop Book (Magic Shop Bks.)
By Bruce Coville. 1997
Running from bullies, Charlie escapes into Mr. Elives's magic shop where, to his own horror, he steals a human skull.…
Worse, the skull talks and it forces Charlie to always tell the truth--something he rarely did in the past. For grades 4-7Ramona Quimby, age 8: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Ramona #6)
By Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fansThe ghost in Room 11
By Betty Wright. 1998
Starting fourth grade in a new town, Matt Barber tries to impress his classmates by making up some wild tales.…
Branded a liar, Matt has no one to turn to when he encounters the ghost of a long-ago teacher who haunts the school halls. For grades 2-4Democracy: an American novel
By Henry Adams. 1983
A death in the family
By James Agee. 1998
A modern classic about the impact of tragedy on a close-knit family in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early twentieth century.…
The story begins a few hours before the death of Jay Follet and ends on the day of his funeral. Strong language. Pulitzer PrizeSo big
By Edna Ferber. 1995
The job: an American novel
By Sinclair Lewis. 1945
An early 1900s story of an ordinary young woman who comes to New York seeking a career. She studies business,…
works a series of jobs, becomes disillusioned, and marries. When her marriage fails, she returns to the job market with renewed determination to succeed, and does. Introduction by Maureen HoneySeven short stories in which young people make difficult decisions as they learn to think for themselves. In "What's Inside,"…
a thirteen-year-old must act under pressure to save his cousin from shooting himself. In "Fortune Cookie," a boy faces his first birthday since his parents were divorced. While in the title piece, a boy wishes he could find a cure for unhappiness. For grades 6-9The sound and the fury (The Modern library of the world's best books)
By William Faulkner. 1992
A Southern family is portrayed in various stages of decay through the voices and thoughts of four of its members,…
including Benjy, the "idiot" son. An early work by the Nobel Prize winnerSketches from a hunter's album (The Penguin classics ; L186)
By Ivan Turgenev. 1967
Short stories by the Russian novelist who was born in 1818 and died in 1883. His work is noted for…
the poetic atmosphere of country settings, the contrast between hero and heroine, and the objective portrayal of heroes who represent the development of the Russian intelligentsia. A hatred of injustice marks all of his writingsThe man in the iron mask
By Alexandre Dumas. 1988
Written in the mid-nineteenth century, this sequel to The Three Musketeers (BR 7477) features those three men--older but still dashing.…
They become involved in a conspiracy to substitute a prisoner for his royal twin brother, Louis XIVSpider Boy
By Ralph Fletcher. 1997
Seventh-grader Bobby Ballenger is having a difficult time adjusting to a new school. He is a loner and spends a…
lot of time with his pet tarantula, Thelma. The kids at school call him Spider Boy. Bobby also makes up a lot of stories, and before long, he finds himself caught in the web of one of his own tales. For grades 5-8The Schernoff discoveries
By Gary Paulsen. 1997
Science whiz Harold Schernoff and his best friend, both fourteen years old, are the most unpopular students in their Minnesota…
junior high school. Harold devises schemes to boost their popularity, but the plans usually backfire. When members of the football team break his slide rule, Harold takes revenge by making them a unique chocolate cake. For grades 5-8