2011-2012 Master Lists

Grades 3-5

 
 
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Used by permission of Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

Also known as Harper / Ann Haywood Leal

2009 1st ed. 246 p; 22 cm. New York: Henry Holt,; ISBN: 9780805088816 (hc : alk. paper) 0805088814 (hc : alk. paper)

Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper Lee Morgan cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman.

Family problems – Juvenile Fiction.    
Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction.   
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.   
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.   
Poets -- Juvenile fiction.   
Selective mutism -- Juvenile fiction.   
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.  

OTHER FORMATS: 

  

2009 246 p; 19 cm. New York: Scholastic; ISBN: 9780545243896 0545243890

 

 

 
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© 2009, used by permission of Random House books.

The boy who invented TV: 
the story of Philo Farnsworth / Kathleen Krull ; Greg Couch

2009 1st ed. 1 v. (unpaged): col. ill. ; 29 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,; ISBN: 037594561X (reinforced) 9780375945618 (reinforced) 0375845615 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780375845611 (hardcover : alk. paper)

This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.

Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   
Television -- History -- Juvenile literature.   
Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971 -- Juvenile literature. 

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

 
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11 birthdays / Wendy Mass

2009 1st ed. 267 p; 20 cm. New York: Scholastic Press; ISBN: 9780545052399 (hardcover) 0545052394 (hardcover) 9780545155649 (pbk.) 0545155649 (pbk.)

After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.

Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction.   
Time -- Juvenile fiction.   
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.   
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.  

Time travel -- Juvenile fiction. 

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010, 2009 267 p; 20 cm. New York: Scholastic; ISBN: 9780545052405 (pbk.) 0545052408 (pbk.)

2010 Paw Prints; ISBN: 9781442072152 1442072156

2010 Bt Bound; ISBN: 9780606139908 0606139907

2010 Unabridged.  Computer File 1 sound media player (6 hr.): digital; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. [Solon, Ohio]: Playaway Digital Audio: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781615876556 : 1615876553

2010 Library ed. Compact disc 5 sound discs (6 hr.) digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York, NY: Scholastic Audiobooks ; ISBN: 0545202787 9780545202787

2010 Compact disc 1 sound disc: digital; 4 3/4 in. S.l: Scholastic Audio Books; ISBN: 9780545202749 0545202744

2009  Compact disc Sound disc : digital mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

© 2009, used by permission of Scholastic Press.

 
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Extra credit / Andrew Clements ; Mark Elliott

2009 1st ed. 183 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers,; ISBN: 9781416949299 1416949291

As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.

Letters -- Juvenile fiction.   
Pen pals -- Juvenile fiction.   
Families -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.   
Families -- Illinois -- Juvenile fiction.    
Afghanistan -- Juvenile fiction.   
Illinois -- Juvenile fiction. 

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010, 2009 183 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. New York: Scholastic; ISBN: 9780545236607 0545236606 9780545241991 (school market ed.) 0545241995 (school market ed.)

 

2009 Unabridged. Compact disc 3 sound discs (ca. 3.5 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Audio; ISBN: 9780743582049 0743582047

 

2010, 2009 Unabridged. Computer File 1 sound media player (ca. 3 hr., 30 min.): digital; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. [Solon, Ohio] : Play away Digital Audio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781616377137 : 1616377135

 

2010 English  Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

 

2009 1st ed.  Sound Recording New York: Simon & Schuster Audio; ISBN: 9780743594745 (sound recording: OverDrive Audio Book) 0743594746 (sound recording: OverDrive Audio Book)

© 2009, used by permission of publisher.

 
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Illustration copyright © 2010 by John Shelley from Family Reminders by Julie Danneberg.

Published by Charlesbridge

Family reminders / Julie Danneberg ; John Shelley

2009 105 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge; ISBN: 9781580893206 1580893201

 

In 1890s Cripple Creek, Colorado, when young Mary McHugh's father loses his leg in a mining accident, she tries to help, both by earning money and by encouraging her father to go back to carving wooden figurines and playing piano.


Families -- Juvenile fiction.   
Wood-carving -- Juvenile fiction.   
Amputees -- Juvenile fiction.   
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.   
Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction.    
Cripple Creek (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.   

 

 
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Used with permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Fortune's magic farm / Suzanne Selfors ; Catia Chien

264 p : ill. ; 20 cm. New York: Little, Brown; ISBN: 9780316018180 031601818X 9780316033091 (pbk.) 031603309X (pbk.)

Rescued from a rainy, boggy town where she works in a dismal factory, ten-year-old orphan Isabelle learns that she is the last surviving member of a family that tends the world's only remaining magic-producing farm.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.   
Magic -- Juvenile fiction.   
Farms -- Juvenile fiction.  

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. 

Fantasy fiction -- Juvenile.  

OTHER FORMATS:

2010 Paw Prints; ISBN: 9781442089266 1442089261

 

2009 1st eBook ed.  Computer File New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co.; ISBN: 9780316040952 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 0316040959 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)

 

 
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The grand mosque of Paris: a story of how Muslims saved Jews during the Holocaust / Karen Gray Ruelle ; Deborah Durland DeSaix

2008 1st ed. 40 p: col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm. New York: Holiday House; ISBN: 9780823421596 (hardcover) 0823421597 (hardcover)

During the Nazi occupation of Paris, no Jew was safe from arrest and deportation to a concentration camp. Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place, the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but also a community center, this hive of activity was an ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages, including children.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- France -- Paris -- Juvenile literature.   
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France -- Paris -- Juvenile literature.   
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- France -- Paris -- Juvenile literature.   
Jewish-Arab relations -- Juvenile literature.   
Mosquée de Paris . 

France -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature.  

OTHER FORMATS:

  2009 1st ed. New York: Holiday House; ISBN: 9780823421596 (hardcover) 0823421597 (hardcover) 9780823423040 (pbk.) 0823423042 (pbk.)

 

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

© 2009 by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix

 
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Where the mountain meets the moon / Grace Lin

2009 1st ed. 278 p.: col. ill. ; 20 cm. New York: Little, Brown and Co.; ISBN: 0316114278 (hbk.) 9780316114271 (hbk.) 0316043303 9780316043304

Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

Dragons -- Juvenile fiction.   
Fairy tales.   
Moon -- Juvenile fiction. 

Folklore -- China -- Juvenile fiction. 

  Legends , Chinese – Juvenile fiction . 

Families – China – Juvenile fiction.

Friendship – Juvenile fiction.

OTHER FORMATS:

2010 Library ed. Compact disc 4 sound discs (4 hr., 57 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House; ISBN: 9780307711274 0307711277

2010  Compact disc 4 sound discs (4 hr., 57 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780307746047 0307746046

2010 Unabridged. Compact disc 4 sound discs (5 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Listening Library; Prince Frederick, MD: Distributed by Recorded Books; ISBN: 9780307746047 0307746046

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2010 Sound Recording New York: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780307711281 (sound recording: OverDrive Audio Book) 0307711285 (sound recording: OverDrive Audio Book)

2009 Computer File New York: Little, Brown and Co.; ISBN: 9780316052603 (electronic bk.: Adobe Digital Editions) 0316052604 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)

art ©Grace Lin, used with permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

 
 

2011-2012 Master's list

Grades 6-8

 
 
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All the broken pieces: a novel in verse / Ann E Burg

2009 1st ed. 218 p; 21 cm. New York: Scholastic Press; ISBN: 9780545080927 0545080924

Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile fiction.   
Novels in verse.   
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.   
Adoption -- Fiction.  

Baseball -- Juvenile fiction . 

 

OTHER FORMATS: 

 

2010 Compact disc 2 sound discs (1 hr., 51 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Audiobooks,; ISBN: 9780545248396 0545248396

 

2010 Unabridged. Computer File 1 sound media player (1 hr., 51 min.): digital, HD audio; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. [Solon, Ohio]: Playaway Digital Audio: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781616379285 1616379286

 

Unabridged. Resource Internet Resource 4 sound discs: digital; 4 3/4 in.[United States] : Scholastic, ; ISBN: 9780545248396 0545248396

 

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

© 2009, used by permission of Scholastic Press.

 
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The Amaranth enchantment / Julie Berry

2009 1st U.S. ed. 308 p.; 21 cm. New York: Bloomsbury; ISB

N: 9781599903347 (hc) 1599903342 (hc)

Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that he, too, is in danger.

Fantasy.    
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.   
Princes -- Juvenile fiction.   
Extraterrestrial beings -- Juvenile fiction.  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010 Pbk. ed. 308 p.; 20 cm. New York: Bloomsbury; ISBN: 9781599904498 (pbk) 1599904497 (pbk)

2010 Compact disc 7 sound discs (7.75 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; ISBN: 9781440785313 1440785317

2010 Unabridged. Computer File 1 sound media player (7 hr., 45 min.): digital; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.

[Solon, Ohio]: Playaway Digital Audio; Prince Frederick, MD: [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781440785375 1440785376

2010 Compact disc Book 7 sound discs (7 hr., 45 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (308 p. ; 21 cm.)

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; ISBN: 9781440785320 (set) 1440785325 (set) 9781440785313 (CD) 1440785317 (CD) 9781599903347 (book) 1599903342 (book)

2010 Unabridged. Cassette tape 7 sound cassettes (7 hr., 45 min.): analog. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9781440785276 1440785279

2010 Unabridged. Cassette tape Book 7 sound cassettes (7 hr., 45 min.): analog + 1 book.

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; ISBN: 9781440785283 (kit) 1440785287 (kit)

2010 Unabridged. Cassette tape Book 7 sound cassettes (7 hr., 45 min.): analog + 10 books.

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; ISBN: 9781440785290 (class set) 1440785295 (class set)

2010 Unabridged. English  Compact disc Book 7 sound discs (7 hr., 45 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. + 10 books. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; ISBN: 9781440785337 (class set) 1440785333 (class set)

2010, 2009 Unabridged. Computer File Sound Recording 1 sound file (7.75 hr.): digital, mp3 file.

Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, ; ISBN: 9781441644190 (electronic audio bk.) 1441644199 (electronic audio bk.)

© 2009 by Julie Berry, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books

 
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Anything but typical / Nora Raleigh Baskin

2009 1st ed. 195 p. ; 22 cm. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ; ISBN: 9781416963783 (hardcover) 1416963782 (hardcover)

Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.

Autism -- Juvenile fiction.   
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.   
Families -- Juvenile fiction.  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010, ©2009 1st ed. 195 p.; 20 cm. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 9781416995005 (pbk.) 1416995005 (pbk.) 0329760483 (BWI) 9780329760489 (BWI)

2010 Turtleback Books; ISBN: 9780606145237 0606145230

2010 Paw Prints; ISBN: 9781442095007 1442095008

2010, 2009 1st Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers pbk. ed. 195 p; 20 cm. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 9781416995005 (pbk.) 1416995005 (pbk.)

2009 Unabridged. Compact disc 3 sound discs (4 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781423381280 1423381289

2009 Library ed.  Compact disc 3 sound discs (ca. 4 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in. Grand Haven, Mich.: Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781423381297 1423381297

2009 Unabridged. Computer File 1 sound media player (4 hr.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781607758587 160775858X

2009 1 sound media player (4 hrs.): digital; 3 3/8 in. x 2 1/8 in. [Grand Haven, MI]: Brilliance Audio/Playaway/Findaway World; ISBN: 9781607758587 160775858X

2009 Library ed. Compact disc 1 sound disc (ca. 4 hr.): digital; 4 3/4 in. Grand Haven, Mich.: Brilliance Audio, ; ISBN: 9781423381310 1423381319

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 Computer File [Grand Haven]: Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781423381334 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 1423381335 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

© 2009,used by permission of author.

 
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Confetti girl / Diana López

2009 1st ed. 198 p.; 20 cm. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co., ; ISBN: 9780316029551 0316029556

After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her father lose himself more and more in books, while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to secretly meet her boyfriend.

Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction.   
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.   
Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.   
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.   
Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.   
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.   
Grief -- Juvenile fiction.   

Texas -- Juvenile fiction.  

Hispanic Americans – Juvenile fiction. 

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010, ©2009 198 p; 20 cm. New York; Scholastic; ISBN: 9780545242042 (pbk.) 0545242045 (pbk.)

 

2010 1st pbk. ed. 198 p; 20 cm. New York: Little, Brown and Co.; ISBN: 9780316029568 (pbk.) 0316029564 (pbk.)

 

2009 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, NJ: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

 

2009 Computer File New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co; ISBN: 9780316052528 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 0316052523 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)

Used with permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

 
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Double eagle / Sneed B Collard

2009 1st ed. 245 p. ; 21 cm. Atlanta : Peachtree, ; ISBN: 9781561454808 156145480X

In 1973, Michael and Kyle's discovery of a rare Confederate coin near an old Civil War fort turns into a race against time as the boys try to find more coins before a hurricane hits Alabama's Gulf coast.

Buried treasure -- Fiction.    
Coins -- Collectors and collecting -- Juvenile fiction.   
Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction.   
Hurricanes -- Juvenile fiction.     
Alabama -- History -- 1951- -- Juvenile fiction.  

United States -- History -- Civil War , 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction . 

Reprinted with permission from Peachtree Publishers.

 
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Used by permission of Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate / Jacqueline Kelly

2009 1st ed. 340 p. ; 22 cm. New York: Henry Holt; ISBN: 9780805088410 (hc : alk. paper) 0805088415 (hc : alk. paper)

Growing up with six brothers in rural Texas in 1899, 12-year-old Callie realizes that her aversion to needlework and cooking disappoints her mother. She prefers to study the natural world with her grandfather, which leads to an important discovery.

Nature -- Juvenile fiction.   
Families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction.   
Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction.   
Naturalists -- Juvenile fiction.     
Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.  

Evolution -- Juvenile fiction .  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010 Large print ed. 427 p. (large print); 23 cm. Waterville, Me: Thorndike Press; ISBN: 9781410422156 (lg. print: alk. paper) 1410422151 (lg. print: alk. paper)

2011 Square Fish; ISBN: 9780312659301 031265930X

2009 Unabridged. Compact disc 8 sound discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781441802422 1441802428 9781441802439 (lib. ed.) 1441802436 (lib. ed.)

2009 Unabridged.  Computer File 1 sound media player (ca. 9 hr.): digital; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781441821614 1441821619

2009 Library ed. 1 sound disc (9 hr., 1 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781441802453 1441802452

2009 Computer File 1 sound file: digital. Grand Haven: Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781441802477 1441802479

2009 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 Computer File Grand Haven: Brilliance Audio,; ISBN: 9781441802477 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 1441802479 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

 
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Faith, hope, and Ivy June / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

2009 1st ed. 280 p; 22 cm. New York: Delacorte Press; ISBN: 9780385736152 (hardcover) 0385736150 (hardcover) 9780385905886 (lib. bdg.) 0385905882 (lib. bdg.)

During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June and Catherine share their lives, homes, and communities, finding that although their lifestyles are total opposites, they still have a lot in common.

Student exchange programs -- Juvenile fiction.   
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.   
Toleration -- Juvenile fiction. 

Coal mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction .  

Social classes -- Juvenile fiction .  

Appalachian Region -- Social conditions – Juvenile fiction. 

OTHER FORMATS: 

2009 Library ed. Compact disc 5 sound discs (6 hr., 22 min.): digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House; ISBN: 9780739380536 : 0739380532

2009 Unabridged.  Compact disc 5 sound discs (6 hr., 22 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House/Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739380512: 0739380516

2009 Computer File 1 sound file: digital. [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739380543 0739380540

2009 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 Computer File Sound Recording [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739380543 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739380540 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 9780739380529 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739380524 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

© 2009, used by permission of Random House books.

 
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The Great Death / John E Smelcer

2009 1st ed. 166 p. ; 20 cm.New York : Henry Holt and Co., ; ISBN: 9780805081008 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0805081003 (hardcover : alk. paper)

As their Alaskan village's only survivors of sickness brought by white men one winter early in the twentieth century, sisters Millie, aged thirteen, and Maura, ten, make their way south in hopes of finding someone alive.
Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Fiction.   
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.   
Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction.   
Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction.   
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.   
Death -- Juvenile fiction.   
Epidemics -- Juvenile fiction.   
Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Juvenile fiction.    
Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959 -- Juvenile fiction.  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2009 Library ed. Compact disc 3 sound discs (3 hr., 42 min.): digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York : Random House, ; ISBN: 9780739371770 : 0739371770

2009 Library ed.  Computer File 1 sound file: digital. New York: Random House/Listening Library, ; ISBN: 9780739371787 0739371789

Used by permission of Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

 
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Heart of a shepherd / Rosanne Parry

2009 1st ed. 161 p; 22 cm. New York: Random House Children's Books; ISBN: 9780375848025 (trade) 0375848029 (trade) 9780375948022 (lib. bdg.) 0375948023 (lib. bdg.) 9780375848032 (pbk.) 0375848037 (pbk.)

Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees the man he is meant to be.

Family life -- Oregon -- Fiction.   
Ranch life -- Oregon -- Juvenile fiction.   
Responsibility -- Juvenile fiction.   
Families -- Oregon -- Juvenile fiction.   
Christian life -- Juvenile fiction.   
Iraq War, 2003- -- Juvenile fiction.   
War -- Juvenile fiction.    
Oregon -- Juvenile fiction. 

Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction .  

Family Relations -- Juvenile Literature.  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010 Paw Prints; ISBN: 9781448731725 1448731720

2009 Library ed.  Compact disc 3 sound discs (ca. 74 min. each): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House/Listening Library,; ISBN: 9780739380161 : 0739380168

2009 Compact disc Computer File 1 sound file: digital. [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739380178 0739380176

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 Computer File Sound Recording [New York]: Listening Library, ; ISBN: 9780739380178 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739380176 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

2009 Compact disc Computer File Sound Recording 1 sound file: digital, wma file. [New York]: Listening Library; [Boulder, Colo: Made available electronically by] NetLibrary; ISBN: 9780739380178 (electronic audio bk.) 0739380176 (electronic audio bk.)

2009 1st ed. Computer File 161 p; 22 cm. New York: Random House Children's Books, ; ISBN: 9780375892509 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 0375892508 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 9780375892509 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader) 0375892508 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)

 

 
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The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg / W R Philbrick

2009 224 p. ; 22 cm. New York: Blue Sky Press; ISBN: 9780439668187 (reinforced) 0439668182 (reinforced)

Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.

Adventure stories.   
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.   
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.   
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.   
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction. 

Slavery -- Juvenile fiction .   
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction . 

Medicine shows -- Juvenile fiction .  

Ballooning -- Juvenile fiction .   

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010, ©2009 224 p.; 20 cm. New York: Scholastic; ISBN: 9780545235099 054523509X

2011 Scholastic Paperback; ISBN: 9780439668217 0439668212

2009 Library ed.  Compact disc 4 sound discs (ca. 76 min. each): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House/Listening Library, ; ISBN: 9780739372340 : 0739372343

2009 Unabridged ed. Compact disc 4 sound discs (ca. 5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York, N.Y: Random House/Listening Library, ; ISBN: 9780739372326 0739372327

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 English  Computer File 1 sound file: digital. [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739372357 0739372351

2009 Sound Recording [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739372357 (sound recording: OverDrive Audio Book) 0739372351 (sound recording: OverDrive Audio Book)

2009 Computer File Sound Recording 1 sound file : digital, wma file. [New York] : Listening Library ; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, ; ISBN: 9780739372357 (electronic audio bk.) 0739372351 (electronic audio bk.)

 
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My name is Phillis Wheatley : a story of slavery and freedom / Afua Cooper

2009 152 p: 1 port. ; 19 cm. Toronto: Kids Can Press, ISBN: 9781553378129 1553378121

The remarkable story of the young slave Phillis Wheatley, America's first black poet.

Poets, American -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction.   
Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction.   
African American poets -- Biography -- Juvenile fiction.   
Wheatley , Phillis , 1753-1784 -- Juvenile fiction.

2010 Paw Prints; ISBN: 9781442095229 1442095229

2009 Library ed. Compact disc 8 sound discs (ca. 70 min. each): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House/Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739371305 : 0739371304 :

2009 Compact disc Computer File 1 sound file: digital. [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739371312 0739371312

2009 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 Unabridged Compact disc 8 sound discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York: Listening Library; Prince Frederick, MD: Distributed by Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9780739371282 0739371282

2009 Computer File [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739371312 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739371312 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 9780739371299 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739371290 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

2009 1st ed. Computer File 371 p.; 22 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ; ISBN: 9780375891670 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) 0375891676 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) 9780375891670 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader) 0375891676 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader) 9780375891670 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB) 0375891676 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)

2009 Compact disc Computer File Sound Recording 1 sound file: digital, wma file. [New York] : Listening Library ; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, ; ISBN: 9780739371312 (electronic audio bk.) 0739371312 (electronic audio bk.)

 

 
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© 2009, used by permission of Random House books.

Notes from the dog / Gary Paulsen

2009 1st ed. 133 p ; 22 cm. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, ; ISBN: 9780385738453 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0385738455 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780385907309 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 0385907303 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9780375894503 (e-book : alk. paper) 0375894500 (e-book : alk. paper) 9780375855429 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0375855424 (pbk. : alk. paper)

When Johanna shows up at the beginning of summer to house-sit next door to Finn, he has no idea of the profound effect she will have on his life by the time summer vacation is over.

Cancer -- Juvenile fiction.   
Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction.   
Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.   
Gardening -- Juvenile fiction.  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2009 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

 

2009 Computer File 99 p. New York: Wendy Lamb Books; ISBN: 9780375894503 (electronic bk: Adobe Digital Editions) 0375894500 (electronic bk.: Adobe Digital Editions)

 

 
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© 2009, used by permission of Scholastic Press.

Operation Yes / Sara Holmes

2009 1st ed. 234 p. ; 22 cm. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, ; ISBN: 9780545107952 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0545107954 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780545107969 (pbk.) 0545107962 (pbk.) 0545204186 (pbk.) 9780545204187 (pbk.)

In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.

Acting -- Juvenile fiction.   
Improvisation (Acting) -- Juvenile fiction.   
Teachers -- Juvenile fiction.   
Military bases -- Juvenile fiction.   
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.   
Cousins -- Juvenile fiction.  

Problem solving -- Juvenile fiction . 

Responsibility -- Juvenile fiction .  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2009 234 p.; 19 cm. New York, NY: Scholastic; ISBN: 9780545204187 (pbk.): 0545204186 (pbk.)

2011 Sound Recording Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781611060782 1611060788

2011 Library edition. Sound Recording Brilliance Audio; ISBN: 9781611060799 1611060796

 
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Return to sender / Julia Alvarez

2009 1st ed. 325 p. ; 22 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN: 9780375858383 (trade) 0375858385 (trade) 9780375958380 (lib. bdg.) 037595838X (lib. bdg.)

After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

Mexicans -- United States -- Fiction.   
Farm life -- Vermont -- Juvenile fiction.   
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.   
Migrant labor -- Juvenile fiction.   
Illegal aliens -- Juvenile fiction.   
Mexicans -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.   
Vermont -- Juvenile fiction.  

Families -- Juvenile fiction.  

Astronomy -- Juvenile fiction .  

Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction . 

Online social networks – Juvenile fiction.   
Social networking – Juvenile fiction. 

Asperger's syndrome -- Juvenile fiction . 

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010, 2009 1st Yearling ed. New York: Yearling; ISBN: 9780375851230 (pbk.) 0375851232 (pbk.)

2010 Turtleback Books; ISBN: 9780606149549 0606149546

2010 Listening Library; ISBN: 9780307707307 030770730X

2010 Library ed. Compact disc sound discs (ca. 72 min. each): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House/Listening Library; ISBN: 9780307707642: 0307707644 :

2010 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 1st ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN: 9780375891618 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 0375891617 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 9780375891618 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader) 0375891617 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)

Cover design: Helen Robinson Cover cat art: Clay Carmichael

© 2009, used by permission of Random House books.

 
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Scat / Carl Hiaasen

2009 1st ed. 371 p; 22 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN: 9780375834868 (trade) 0375834869 (trade) 9780375934865 (lib. bdg.) 0375934863 (lib. bdg.)

Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.


Teachers -- Juvenile fiction.   
Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.   
Wilderness areas -- Juvenile fiction.   
Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile fiction.  

Florida -- Juvenile fiction.  

Endangered species -- Juvenile fiction .   
Florida panther -- Juvenile fiction .  

Gas well drilling -- Environmental aspects – Juvenile literature. 

Petroleum – Prospecting – Juvenile literature. 

Petroleum Exploration

OTHER FORMATS: 

2009 LARGE PRINT 453 p. ; 23 cm. Waterville, ME. : Thorndike Press; ISBN: 9781410412775 (large print : hardcover : alk. paper) 1410412776 (large print : hardcover : alk. paper)

2009 1st ed. LARGE PRINT 371 p. ; 22 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN: 9780375834868 0375834869

2010, 2009 1st trade pbk. ed. 371 p. ; 21 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; ISBN: 9780375834875 (pbk.) : 0375834877 (pbk.)

2010 Bt Bound; ISBN: 9780606125826 0606125825

2010 Paw Prints; ISBN: 9781442095229 1442095229

2009 Library ed. Compact disc 8 sound discs (ca. 70 min. each): digital; 4 3/4 in. New York: Random House/Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739371305 : 0739371304 :

2009 Compact disc Computer File 1 sound file: digital. [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739371312 0739371312

2009 Compact disc Sound disc: digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

2009 Unabridged Compact disc 8 sound discs (9 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. New York: Listening Library; Prince Frederick, MD: Distributed by Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9780739371282 0739371282

2009 Computer File [New York]: Listening Library; ISBN: 9780739371312 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739371312 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 9780739371299 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 0739371290 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)

2009 1st ed. Computer File 371 p.; 22 cm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ; ISBN: 9780375891670 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) 0375891676 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) 9780375891670 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader) 0375891676 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader) 9780375891670 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB) 0375891676 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB)

2009 Compact disc Computer File Sound Recording 1 sound file: digital, wma file. [New York] : Listening Library ; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, ; ISBN: 9780739371312 (electronic audio bk.) 0739371312 (electronic audio bk.)

 
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Wild things / Clay Carmichael

2009 1st ed. Honesdale, Pa: Front Street; ISBN: 9781590786277 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1590786270 (hardcover: alk. paper)

Stubborn, self-reliant, eleven-year-old Zoe, recently orphaned, moves to the country to live with her prickly half-uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.

Family life -- Fiction.    
Families -- Juvenile fiction.   
Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction.   
Trust -- Juvenile fiction.   
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.   
Uncles -- Juvenile fiction.   
Sculptors -- Juvenile fiction.   
Cats -- Juvenile fiction.   
Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.  

Artists -- Juvenile fiction .  

OTHER FORMATS: 

2010 Compact disc 6 sound discs (6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9781449806354 144980635X

2010 Unabridged. Computer File 1 sound media player (6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, ; ISBN: 9781449806415 1449806414

2010 Unabridged. Compact disc Book 6 sound discs (6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9781449806361 (kit) 1449806368 (kit)

2010 Unabridged Cassette tape 6 sound cassettes (6 hr., 45 min.) : analog. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9781449806316 1449806317

2010 Unabridged. Cassette tape Book Book 6 sound cassettes (6 hr., 45 min.) : analog + 1 book. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, ; ISBN: 9781449806323 (kit) 1449806325 (kit)

2010 Unabridged. Compact disc Computer File Sound Recording 1 sound file (6.75 hr.) : digital, mp3 file. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, ; ISBN: 9781441645722 (electronic audio bk.) 1441645721 (electronic audio bk.)

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