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My teacher is an alien
Par 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. 1992Stargone John (A redfeather book)
Par 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 3-6Beethoven in Paradise
Par Barbara O'Connor. 1997
Martin lives in the Paradise trailer park with his folks. His dream is to play a musical instrument, but his…
abusive father thinks music is stupid and insists Martin play baseball, instead. Some strong language. For grades 5-8The unprotected witness
Par James Stevenson. 1997
Even though Pete's father was in the federal witness protection program, he was killed, and there is still the matter…
of missing money. The gangsters who want the money figure Pete knows where it is hidden. When Pete finds the telephone bugged, he realizes that he is an unprotected witness who needs friends more than ever. Sequel to The Bones in the Cliff (BR 10483). For grades 4-7Mr. Ape
Par Dick King-Smith, Roger Roth. 1998
Mr. Ape is an old man, suddenly free of wife and offspring, living in his family estate, Penny Royal. Happy…
to make his own decisions, he lives in the kitchen and buys hens to keep in the living room. He befriends Jake and his father, Joe--traveling gypsies who prove to be kindred spirits. For grades 3-6The secret life of Amanda K. Woods
Par Ann Cameron. 1998
Just before Amanda's only friend, Lyle, moves away, the two eleven-year-olds use a technique from a comic book to exchange…
hands in order to remain close. Amanda uses her new right hand and some advice from her "perfect" older sister to guide her through the awkward, friendless time that follows. For grades 4-7The skull of truth: A Magic Shop Book (Magic Shop Bks.)
Par 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)
Par 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 fansJoyride
Par Gretchen Olson. 1998
When Jeff McKenzie and a friend take a joy ride through a farmer's bean field one night, Jeff has no…
idea he will spend the summer in a strawberry field. He had planned to play tennis, but this is the price he must pay for ruining the farmer's irrigation motor. Jeff learns a lot and is befriended by the farmer's daughter and a farm hand. For junior and senior high readersThe ghost in Room 11
Par 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 2-4Being youngest
Par Jim Heynen. 1997
Gretchen's family has just moved down the road from Henry's family's Iowa farm. Both are children who have hateful older…
siblings and know that being youngest means nothing good ever happens to you. But their friendship with each other and with an odd old couple changes this. For grades 5-8Seven 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 6-9Spider Boy
Par 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 5-8Cromartie v. the god Shiva acting through the government of India
Par Rumer Godden. 1997
When a Canadian art dealer tries to sell an eleventh-century bronze statue of a Hindu god in London, the Indian…
government demands its return. Michael Dean is sent to India by his law firm to determine the statue's provenance. Tracing a replica of the statue leads to a murder and romantic complicationsThe Schernoff discoveries
Par 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 5-8Long time passing
Par Linda Crew. 1997
When high school sophomore Kathy doesn't make the rally squad in 1966, she decides to forge a new identity as…
a folk-singing, artistic type. She embraces the turbulent sixties with her new group of friends including brooding but intriguing James. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readersThe secret box
Par Gayle Pearson. 1997
Five interconnected stories about two girls and their sixteen-year-old brothers. In the title story, Taylor Finch receives a secret box…
for her twelfth birthday, but thinks the thirty-four steps to open it are too much trouble--until she realizes she has some secrets she wants to hide. For grades 4-7The friends
Par Kazumi Yumoto. 1996
Three Japanese sixth-grade boys who are longtime friends decide to find out about death. They hear about an old man…
who is supposed to die any day, and they decide to spy on him. But their original plan slowly changes after the old man discovers them stalking him. For grades 5-8Time ghost
Par Welwyn Katz. 1995
Twenty-first century Sara discovers she is afraid of nature when her environmentalist grandmother drags her to the North Pole to…
fend off developers. But Sara soon has an even bigger problem when she, her friend, and the developer are transported back in time and Sara is stuck inside her twelve-year-old grandmother. For grades 4-7Jacob Two-Two's first spy case (Jacob Two-two Ser.)
Par Mordecai Richler. 1997
Jacob Two-Two is called that because he has to say everything twice to be heard in his large family. Even…
so, nobody listens when he complains that the new principal is serving horrid meals at school. Jacob must turn to his new neighbor, master spy Mr. Dinglebat, for help. For grades 3-6