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Snow treasure
Par Marie McSwigan. 1958
The boys and girls of a Norwegian village on the sea risk their lives to help smuggle a fortune in…
gold past the Nazi soldiers guarding their town. For grades 4-7Jackson Jones and the puddle of thorns
Par Mary Quattlebaum. 1994
On his tenth birthday, Jackson Jones is hoping for a basketball. Instead, his mother buys him a plot in the…
community garden to give him the same kind of childhood she had in the country. Jackson is upset, but he has a plan. He'll grow flowers to sell for money for a basketball. His friend Reuben agrees to help, but soon an angry Reuben is calling the garden a puddle of thorns. For grades 2-4 and older readersThere's a dragon in my sleeping bag (Sequel to: There's a Monster Under My Bed)
Par James Howe. 1994
Simon and Alex are brothers who do everything together. Then one night Simon tells Alex that Simon's friend Dexter the…
dragon is sleeping in Alex's sleeping bag and Alex will have to sleep elsewhere. And the next day Simon has no time to play with Alex because he is spending his time with Dexter. But Alex can't see Dexter. Sequel to There's a Monster under My Bed (BR 7129). For preschool-grade 2Jafta and the wedding
Par Hugh Lewin. 1981
Jafta's sister is getting married! And Jafta joyously describes the festivities that begin on Monday and end on Sunday when…
Nomsa and her new husband, Dan, walk into the village square. For preschool-grade 2Spy for the night riders
Par Dave Jackson. 1992
1520. Karl Schumacher, fifteen, has come to Wittenberg to further his studies. Martin Luther, one of the most famous professors…
in the Holy Roman Empire, takes in Schumacher as a servant and student. When Luther is condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as a heretic, one who does not believe the accepted truth about God or the church, Schumacher accompanies him to Worms, where Luther plans to defend his views. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe worst best school year ever (The Best Ever)
Par Barbara Robinson. 1994
In this sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (DB 38118, BR 5636), the six Herdman children are still terrorizing…
their Woodrow Wilson School classmates. Beth, who is in the same grade as Imogene Herdman, is worried about this year's big assignment: coming up with compliments for every person in the class. What in the world can she say about Imogene? For grades 3-6Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Par Marguerite Henry. 1953
Brighty, a freedom-loving little burro, befriends a kind old prospector. Brighty watches one day as a vicious stranger kills the…
old man. Years later, Brighty vindicates his friend's death. For grades 4-7To the top!: climbing the world's highest mountain
Par Sydelle Kramer. 1993
Mount Everest in Asia is the highest mountain in the world, and in 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay hoped…
they would be the first men to reach its peak--the top of the world. Each had dreamed of climbing the dangerous mountain, where just a slip of the foot can send a climber ten thousand feet below to death, and together they met the challenge. For grades 2-4The case of the midnight rustler
Par John Erickson. 1992
Called into night duty when Uncle Johnny suspects that someone or something is stealing his cattle, Hank the Cowdog is…
proud of his assignment. But poor Hank is slugged on the nose, eats poisoned weenies, and gets soaked when the tent collapses in the midst of a rainstorm. Then Hank is helped by Brewster, who scares no one but is big. Together they put an end to the "crinimal" behavior. For grades 3-6Time for Andrew: a ghost story
Par Mary Hahn. 1994
When Andrew Tyler arrives to spend the summer at his great-grandfather's house, the old man seems to mistake him for…
someone else. In the attic, Andrew finds a picture of a relative who looks just like him, has his name, and died as a boy in 1910. That night the boy appears in Andrew's room and convinces him to trade places so the boy's diphtheria can be cured by modern medicine. For grades 4-7Ariadne, awake!
Par Doris Orgel. 1994
The wife of cruel King Minos of Crete gives birth to the Minotaur, a monster with a human body and…
a bull's head. Minos's daughter, Ariadne, pities the poor creature until she learns that Minos feeds it human flesh. She falls in love with an intended victim of the Minotaur, Prince Theseus, helps him escape, and runs away with him, only to be abandoned. But Ariadne is strong and she finds even greater love with the god Dionysus. For grades 6-9Predator!
Par Bruce Brooks. 1991
A predator is an animal or plant that kills animals for food. The author discusses various predators along the food…
chain including birds, tigers, crocodiles, spiders, hyenas, and snakes. He explains how they hunt (either by themselves or in groups) and how they kill the prey when they find it. Brooks also describes the methods preyed-upon animals have of staying alive. For grades 5-8Song of Be
Par Lesley Beake. 1993
Young Bushman Be is trying to kill herself with a poisoned arrow. While she waits to die, she tells what…
led her to this. As a child, Be lives with her mother, Aia, in the village of /Aotcha in Bushmanland. Then Aia learns that her elderly father needs her to come help him at the white man's ranch where he has worked for forty years. It is here Be learns some shocking facts. For grades 6-9Sister Shako and Kolo the goat: memories of my childhood in Turkey
Par Vedat Dalokay. 1994
An old man likes to recall his life as a boy in a small Turkish village where his father was…
a landlord. A woman called Sister Shako lived in their stable with her goats, six of her own and Kolo, who just appeared one day and soon became her favorite. The storyteller tells about Shako's way with animals, her superstitions, her generosity, her love of nature, and finally her death. For grades 5-8Out of nowhere: a novel
Par Ouida Sebestyen. 1994
Thirteen-year-old Harley Nunn is traveling with his mother and a man who promises her work in his Houston club. When…
the man realizes Harley's mother tricked him into taking Harley, Harley is left at an Arizona rest stop. With him is an abandoned dog and seventyish May, whose husband just left her. The three travel to May's girlhood home, only to find it occupied by other misfits. For grades 5-8A turkey drive and other tales
Par Barbara Porte. 1993
Abigail, her brother Sam, their artist mother, and their taxicab-driver father like telling tales. In this collection of nine stories,…
the author recounts Sam's rooster drawing and his stay in the hospital where Abigail tries to bring their dog, Benton, for a visit. Other tales describe Daddy's forgetfulness and Mother's early wishes to be a ballet dancer. For grades 2-4The secret garden
Par Frances Burnett. 1987
After becoming an orphan, Mary--ill-tempered and neglected--is sent to live on an uncle's huge estate where she meets an equally…
wretched cousin who is an invalid. Together they conspire to restore a locked, secret garden while the boy regains his health and his father's affection. For grades 4-7Barefoot dancer: the story of Isadora Duncan
Par Barbara O'Connor. 1994
Considered by many the mother of modern dance, Isadora Duncan admitted that "from the first, I have only danced my…
life." She quit school at thirteen in 1890 to devote herself to teaching dance. She later took her divorced mother and siblings overseas, where her unusual barefoot dancing made her a star. Duncan performed and taught dance until her accidental death in 1927. For grades 4-6Real heroes
Par Marilyn Kaye. 1993
When Kevin's mother left two months ago, she asked him to come with her, but he refused to desert his…
father, a cop who's not afraid of anything. Kevin's gym teacher, Mr. Logan, understands Kevin's anger at his mother. But now word is out that Mr. Logan is HIV-positive, and his job is at risk. Leading the parents against him is Kevin's father. Has Kevin finally discovered something his brave father is afraid of? Some strong language. For grades 6-9Checking your grammar (Scholastic guides)
Par Marvin Terban. 1993
Guide to editing your writing before someone else reads it. Shows how to build sentences using different parts of speech,…
proper grammar, correct spelling, and punctuation. Offers many examples. For grades 5-8