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How to eat fried worms
Par Thomas Rockwell. 1973
Alan bets fifty dollars that Billy can't eat a worm a day for fifteen days. Both boys work hard to…
win the bet using psychological warfare, bizarre pranks, and plain cheating. For grades 3-6The secret at the seashore (The Bobbsey twins #3)
Par Laura Hope. 1989
During their vacation at the seashore, the Bobbsey twins become involved in a mystery in an amusement park and help…
to find a missing airplane pilot. For grades 3-6. A Bobbsey twins bookThe pinballs
Par Betsy Byars. 1977
Mr. and Mrs. Mason have three new foster children--Harvey, whose legs were broken when his drunken father drove over them;…
Thomas J., abandoned as a toddler and raised for six years by twin sisters in their eighties; and Carlie, a cynical, rude teenager repeatedly beaten up by her stepfather. The children help each other to adjust and learn about love and determination. For grades 4-7 and older readersThe upstairs room
Par Johanna Reiss. 1972
Based on the author's experience as a Jewish child in Holland during World War II. After being separated from their…
parents, she and her sister hid from the Nazis in the upstairs room of a farmers's home for more than two years. The story shows the constant friction between the two pent-up sisters andf the nervous courage of the family that hid them. For grades 6-9 and older readers. Followed by "The Journey Back."How did we find out about the speed of light?
Par Isaac Asimov. 1986
How did we find out about microwaves?
Par Isaac Asimov. 1989
Phoenix rising, or, How to survive your life
Par Cynthia Grant. 1989
Helen's death at eighteen from cancer shatters the lives of her family, especially her seventeen-year-old sister Jessie. Jessie's grief seems…
unrelenting as she becomes more frightened. Then Jessie find Helen's last diary, and through the words of her sister in the face of death, Jessie finds the strength to face life. Some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readersJourney to Jo'burg: a South African story
Par Beverley Naidoo. 1985
Thirteen-year-old Naledi, her nine-year-old brother, Tiro, and their baby sister live in a village with their aunt and grandmother. Their…
mother, Mma, works as a maid in Johannesburg, 300 kilometers away. When the baby becomes ill, they slip away to find their mother so that the baby can be hospitalized. Along the way they experience the pain and indignities of apartheid. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe English frigate on which Philip Marsham is training rescues twelve men from a sinking ship, but with in three…
days the rescued men have murdered the captain, seized the ship, and sailed for the Caribbean in hope of plunder and booty. Some violence. For grades 5-8. Newbery MedalHenry and Mudge and the forever sea: the sixth book of their adventures
Par Cynthia Rylant. 1989
Henry, his father, and his big dog Mudge spend the day at the ocean. Mudge has never been to the…
ocean before. They run, they play, they splash, they eat hot dogs, and they have lots and lots of fun. Easy reading for grades 2-4Queenie Peavy
Par Robert Burch. 1966
Imagining all her problems will be over when her father is released from prison, a girl acts mean to the…
rest of the world. But her father doesn't live up to her expectations, so she reverses her character and discovers she likes the change. For grades 4-7Adventure in the country
Par Laura Hope. 1989
Ella of all-of-a-kind family
Par Sydney Taylor. 1978
Ella, the oldest daughter of a close-knit Jewish family, must choose between a career as a singer-something she has always…
wanted--and the chance to become Jules's wife. Sequel to "All-of-a-kind family downtown." For grades 4-7The journey back
Par Johanna Reiss. 1976
World War II is over and Annie and her sister Sini emerge from the dark, tiny room in which they…
have spent the last three years hiding from the Nazis. They can finally return home to be reunited with their father and older sister Rachel, who, unlike millions of other Jews in Europe, have survived. The author writes of the joys and sorrows inherent in the rebuilding of her family and her country. Sequel to "The Upstairs Room." For grades 5-8Julian, dream doctor (A Stepping stone book)
Par Ann Cameron. 1990
Julian wants to give his dad a special gift--something he has always dreamed of--for his birthday. So he enlists the…
help of his baby brother Huey and his best friend Gloria to find out just what that might be. When they overhear Dad mumbling "two snakes ... big ones," in his sleep, Julian duly catches them and presents them at his dad's party, only to learn that snakes are really Dad's recurring nightmare. For grades 2-4 and older readersThe voyage of the Frog
Par Gary Paulsen. 1989
When David, fourteen and grieving over his uncle's recent death, goes out on his sailboat to scatter his uncle's ashes,…
he is caught in a fierce storm and carried 350 miles from home. He must survive on his own as he works out his feelings about life and death. For grades 6-9 and older readersDumb clucks!: Jokes about chickens (Make me laugh!)
Par Rick Walton. 1987
The American family farm: a photo essay
Par George Ancona. 1989
This tribute to the American family farm focuses on the daily lives of three families: the Macmillans of Massachusetts, who…
operate a dairy farm; the Adamses of Georgia, who run a chicken farm and belong to a cooperative; and the Rosmanns of Iowa, who own an organic hog and grain farm. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe Swiss family Robinson
Par Johann Wyss. 1960
When they are shipwrecked on a desert island, a Swiss clergyman, his wife, and their four sons use their ingenuity…
to overcome all dangers and to make a happy home. For grades 5-8Something big has been here
Par Jack Prelutsky. 1990
A delightful collection of short, witty, zany poems including "The Turkey Shot out of the Oven" (it was stuffed with…
unpopped popcorn), "My Frog Is a Frog" (a hoarse frog with a frog in its throat), and "My Sister Ate an Orange" (and a yellow, a purple, and a blue--crayon). For grades 2-4 and older readers