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Under the baseball moon
By John H Ritter. 2006
Fifteen-year-old California trumpeter Andy Ramos and softball pitcher Glory Martinez pursue their dreams together. When Andy plays at her games,…
Glory excels and Andy gets publicity. Their success is threatened after Andy makes a deal with a mysterious stranger promising fame and fortune--for a price. For senior high readers. 2006Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083
By Andrea White. 2005
By 2083 a deteriorating American civilization is dominated by "reality" television programs. Five fourteen-year-olds reenact Scott's 1910 failed expedition to…
the South Pole as contestants on the Historical Survivor series. They overcome obstacles with the covert help of a Department of Entertainment employee. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Zelda and Ivy, the runaways: Candlewick Sparks (Beginning chapter book)
By Laura McGee Kvasnosky. 2006
Three short stories featuring fox sisters Zelda and Ivy. They run away from home, but only as far as their…
own backyard; bury a time capsule; and try a secret concoction when Zelda has writer's block. Beginning chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2006Gulliver in Lilliput
By Margaret Hodges. 1995
Rash
By Pete Hautman. 2006
United Safer States of America, 2070s. Sixteen-year-old Bo Marsten is locked up for unsociable behavior like fighting. At an Arctic…
work camp, he's recruited to play the illegal game of football until the disgruntled warden releases him into a wilderness full of polar bears. For senior high readers. National Book Award. 2006On the field with-- Mia Hamm: On the Field with...
By Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout, The #1 Sports Writer for Kids. 1998
Biography of one of the top female soccer players in the United States. Describes how Mia Hamm helped her team…
win a gold medal in the 1996 Olympics and a victory in the 1999 World Cup championship. Includes a chronology of Hamm's career highlights. For grades 4-7. 1998Nothing but the truth: (and a few white lies)
By Justina Chen Headley. 2006
Washington state. Fifteen-year-old Patty Ho, half-Taiwanese and half-white, feels like she never fits in. However, when her strict mother sends…
her to summer math camp at Stanford, Patty begins to accept her biracial heritage and has her first brush with romance. For senior high readers. 2006Life of a Medieval knight (The way People Live Ser.the way People Live)
By James A Corrick. 2001
Focuses on knighthood between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries when it flourished in Europe. Discusses the different stages of training--page,…
squire, and knight--and various means of earning money. Covers methods of attack, including sieges and close-quarter. Describes the Crusades, feudalism, and the end of chivalry. For grades 5-8. 2001Dude!: stories and stuff for boys
By David Harrison, David L. Harrison, Sandy Asher. 2006
Original stories, poems, plays, and real boyhood reminiscences offered by popular writers. The poem "Take It from Me, Kid" warns…
good-humoredly about the pitfalls of being a teenager. After learning about his half brother's suicide, in a "Family Meeting," Kevin makes a secret promise to live fully. For grades 5-8. 2006Startled by his furry shorts (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Ser. #No. 7)
By Louise Rennison. 2006
British teenager Georgia continues her quest for a boyfriend. In her journal she records her feelings for sexy Italian Masimo,…
her old mate Dave, and her ex-crush Robbie. Meanwhile, she prepares for a school play and a Viking wedding and copes with her quirky family. For senior high readers. 2006Sabotaged: the missing (The missing Ser. #3)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2010
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine help another missing child, Virginia Dare, return home to the past. But their journey to…
the sixteenth-century Roanoke Colony is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving Jonah, Katherine, and Virginia in the wrong time period. Sequel to Sent (BR 19515). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011Torn: the missing (The missing Ser. #4)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2012
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in James Bay in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the…
explorer Henry Hudson. When mutiny on the Discovery nears, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history becomes a lifeline. Sequel to Sabotaged (BR 20679). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011The merry adventures of Robin Hood
By Howard Pyle. 2004
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws--including Little John, Friar Tuck, and Allan a Dale--who plunder…
the rich to help the poor. Describes mistakenly poaching the king's deer and Sherwood Forest escapades against their enemy the Sheriff of Nottingham. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1883Gasp: Visions (Visions #3)
By Lisa McMann. 2014
After narrowly surviving two tragedies, Jules fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are…
experiencing--and that it is on Jules and Sawyer and their friends to once again prevent disaster. Sequel to Bang (DB 78055). Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2014The impossible knife of memory
By Laurie Halse Anderson. 2014
After years living on the road, Hayley Kincain and her father move back to their hometown to try to lead…
a normal life. But the horrors her father saw in the war threaten to destroy them. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2014Le congrès des laids (Caméléon)
By Lucía Flores. 2001
Un congrès, c'est un peu comme l'école, mais ça dure seulement quelques jours. Un jeune garçon se rend au congrès…
des laids. Il rencontre des sorcières, dont la merveilleuse Foufou, même un gorille, et surtout un ami : Fierritos, l'enfant le plus laid du monde. Il est si laid que sa mère refuse qu'il fréquente l'école! L'ami de Fierritos fera tout pour l'aider, jusqu'à utiliser la magie. -- 4e de couvOutcast of Redwall (Redwall)
By Brian Jacques. 1996
Orphan badger Sunflash the Mace undergoes many ordeals before claiming his heritage as badger lord of Salamandastron. Aided by the…
faithful kestrel Skarlath, Sunflash battles evil ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw. Swartt's outcast son, Veil, who was lovingly raised at Redwall, finds his loyalties divided. For grades 5-8. 1995Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Longstocking Ser.)
By Astrid Lindgren. 1950
Ripley's believe it or not!: special edition
By Mary Packard. 2004
Strange but true "fascinating facts, amazing acts, and bizarre behavior, all based on the files of Robert Ripley." Entries range…
from devoted dogs and unusual pets to wordplay and advertising, zany transportation, sport events, medical mysteries, and quirky "odds and ends." Uncontracted braille. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2004Ty's tricks: Home Repair Secrets Plus Cheap And Easy Projects To Transform Any Room
By Ty Pennington. 2003
The carpenter on The Learning Channel's "Trading Spaces" presents cheap and easy projects to transform any room. Using his "champagne…
house on a beer budget" home as an example, Pennington discusses flooring, lighting, and painting and offers other repair tips. 2003