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Oddballs: stories
Par William Sleator. 1993
Slightly exaggerated stories about the author's unusual family. He and his sister, Vicky, were thrilled when their baby brother was…
born and they could play cruel games with him in the car. The second baby paid them back by refusing to potty train until he was five. Though their friends' parents didn't approve of their pediatrician mother's lax house rules, the Sleator children became the kind of oddballs their parents like. For grades 6-9Paper faces
Par Rachel Anderson. 1991
In the days after the end of World War II, young Dot worries about having to go through more changes.…
She and her mother, Gloria, have shuttled from one dingy London rooming house to another, Baby is in the hospital with pneumonia, and the father Dot can't even remember hasn't been released from the army yet. Then Dot finds comfort in a stay in the country, recuperating from her own poverty-induced illnesses. For grades 6-9I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr
Par James Haskins. 1992
A straightforward biography of the leader of the civil rights movement that focuses on his impact on the nation and…
his belief in nonviolence. Includes excerpts from King's speeches, sermons, letters, and writings, and an introduction by Rosa Parks. For grades 5-8 and older readersSwitching well
Par Peni Griffin. 1993
In this time-travel fantasy, two girls from different centuries inadvertently trade places. Sitting by an old well near her San…
Antonio home in 1891, twelve-year-old Ada wishes herself 1̧00 years into the future. Simultaneously, in 1991, Amber, another discontented twelve-year-old seated at the same well, wishes herself back in time when, she believes, life was easy. Both girls learn that each century has its problems. For grades 5-8From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Par E. L Konigsburg. 1967
Claudia, feeling misunderstood at home, takes her younger brother and runs away to New York City where she sets up…
housekeeping in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For grades 4-6. Newbery MedalDoctor De Soto goes to Africa
Par William Steig. 1992
Doctor Bernard De Soto is a humdinger of a dentist, known worldwide for his marvelous work that his wife, Deborah,…
assists him with. So, it is no surprise when they receive a cablegram from an elephant in Africa who has an excruciating toothache. They leave right away, but before they can help poor Mudambo, they are kidnapped by a monkey who is angry with him. Sequel to Doctor De Soto. For grades K-3The biggest pumpkin ever
Par Steven Kroll. 1984
Two mice, one a house mouse and the other a field mouse, fall in love with the very same pumpkin.…
The house mouse intends to enter it in the town's pumpkin contest, and the field mouse intends to carve it into the world's biggest jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. For grades 2-4The foxman
Par Gary Paulsen. 1977
A boy is sent by a judge to live with the boy's uncle on a farm in northern Minnesota. While…
fox hunting, the boy and his cousin, Carl, take shelter in the shack of a man with a horribly mutilated face--so hideous that he keeps it covered with a mask. Happy to leave the next morning, the boy remains curious about the man, who is kind and generous, and returns to learn more about him. For grades 6-9 and older readersRansom
Par Lois Duncan. 1966
Five very different teenagers, kidnapped on a school bus, react to their situation in various ways but work together to…
escape. In the process, they learn a great deal about themselves. For grades 6-9 and older readersGuglielmo Marconi
Par Nina Morgan. 1991
Guglielmo Marconi as a child admired Benjamin Franklin and Michael Faraday, scientists who made discoveries about electricity and magnetism. Marconi…
later grew up to become the inventor of wireless telegraphy, radio, and radar. The author traces the life of Marconi from his birth in Italy in 1874 through his work with electromagnetic waves and his development of wireless communication. For grades 4-7 and older readersAlexander Graham Bell
Par Andrew Dunn. 1991
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. Bell, whose speech-scientist father produced an alphabet he…
called "visible speech," taught deaf children to talk using his father's system. The author traces Bell's life from his birth in Scotland in 1847 through his work with sound and the human voice that led to his development of the telephone. For grades 4-7 and older readersTaking charge: teenagers talk about life & physical disabilities
Par Kay Kriegsman. 1992
The authors and the teenagers interviewed in this book offer guidance for coping with a disability and adolescence--which the authors…
term "the ultimate disability." Suggested are strategies for handling issues such as sexuality, staring strangers, siblings, and overprotective parents. For junior and senior high and older readersPancho Villa
Par Steven O'Brien. 1994
In the mid-1890s, Doroteo Arango, a sixteen-year-old peasant with a strong will and a growing hatred of the cruel, wealthy…
landowners, became a fugitive from the law and joined the gang of an infamous bandit. Arango changed his name to Francisco "Pancho" Villa. In 1910, with the onset of the Mexican Revolution, he gave up banditry to join the fight for freedom, attaining folk-hero status for his exploits. For grades 5-8 and older readersLouis Braille: the boy who invented books for the blind
Par Margaret Davidson. 1971
My life with the chimpanzees
Par Jane Goodall. 1988
When Jane Goodall was five years old, she watched a chicken lay an egg and developed a lifelong fascination with…
animals. When she grew up she became an ethologist--a scientist who studies animal behavior. When Jane was twenty-six she journeyed to Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. She has made many important discoveries and gained worldwide recognition for her work. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe case of the vampire cat
Par John Erickson. 1993
Hank the Cowdog, with his characteristic humor, tells a "double-scary story" of being lost and abandoned in Picket Canyon in…
his search to solve the mystery of the vampire cat, Mary D. A Hank the Cowdog book. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe summer of the swans
Par Betsy Byars. 1970
When a mentally retarded boy becomes lost in the mountains, his fourteen-year-old sister forgets her own teenage problems, and gains…
new insight into herself and her family. For grades 4-7. Newbery MedalIsaac Newton
Par Douglas McTavish. 1990
Isaac Newton, best known for his discovery of the laws of movement and gravitation, effectively invented modern science by using…
methods to test and cross-check scientific theories. The author traces Newton's life from his birth in England in 1642 through his long years of scientific discoveries that include the laws of light and refraction, the invention of the reflecting telescope, and calculus. For grades 4-7 and older readersWestward ho ho ho!: jokes from the Wild West
Par Victoria Hartman. 1992
Logan Bruno, boy baby-sitter
Par Ann Martin. 1993
Logan Bruno, thirteen, is the first boy member of the Baby-sitters Club. He's teased about it at school, but the…
fact that Mary Anne, a club founder, is his girlfriend helps ease the pain. When Logan loses an important track meet for Stoneybrook Middle School, the teasing becomes big time. Logan jumps at the opportunity to hang out with T-Jam, one of the coolest kids around, and lands in big trouble. A Baby-sitters Club book for grades 4-7