Eleven-year old Winifred Zoron and her funny Rebel Rescue Squad get more than they bargain for when they investigate the mysterious disappearance of their classmate Matthew, whose problems are far bigger than theirs.
Monday, July 7, 2008
"United Tates of America" by Paula Danziger
Skate Tate is eleven years old and wants what she likes to never change. But then, her beloved uncle dies, and she turns to love of family to help her handle her sadness, make new friends at a new school, and become a star on the school newspaper.
"Funerals and Fly Fishing" by Mary Bartek
12-year old Brad Stanislawski is set for Disneyland but gets detoured to a funeral-director grandfather he has never known in rural Pennsylvania. Lessons in fly fishing and family pride strengthen him as family members resolve differences and he learns to stand up for himself.
"Chicken Boy" by Frances O’Roark Dowell
In this 2008 Caudill Award-winning story, Tobin McCauley has a lot to be unhappy about. Seventh grade is no fun, and home has been a disaster ever since his mother died. Things change, though, when a boy named Henry rescues Tobin from a fight and leads him from family feuds to happier places on his chicken farm and beyond.
"When I Crossed No-Bob" by Margaret McMullan
In this beautifully-told story, heroine Addy struggles with familiar 12-year-old problems, such as finding friends. But she also faces momentous ones, such as surviving in the south after the Civil War in a family with a very bad reputation.
Friday, December 14, 2007
You Wouldn't Want to be a Mayan Soothsayer! Fortunes You'd Rather Not Tell by Rupert Matthews
If you ever dreamed of being a Mayan Soothsayer, this book is for you. You will learn what life was like for the soothsayer who lived around 710 AD in Copan, Central America.
Christmas Tree Ship by Rochelle M. Pennington
The Christmas Tree Ship is based on the true story about Herman Schuenemann, who is also know as "Captain Santa". Captain Santa and his crew would sail from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Chicago. Their cargo was freshly cut Christmas Trees. On November 1912 the Christmas Tree ship and her crew meet their fate on Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
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