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GUIDED READING – J - LEVEL T

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J THE WORD EATER

Ama Amato, Mary

Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds

a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will

help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school.

J THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA

Ang Angleberger, Tom

Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with

a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate

Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can

really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami

Yoda.

Series ORIGAMI YODA Book 1

J WHITTINGTON

Arm Armstrong, Alan

Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with

Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat

of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats

and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.

J ODIN’S RAVENS

Arm Armstrong, Kelley L.

When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendants of

the gods band together to fight monsters, and Matt Thorsen and his

friends must journey to the underworld to save a descendant.

Series THE BLACKWELL PAGES Book 2

J SOUNDER

Arm Armstrong, William H.

Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for

stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage

and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship

with his devoted dog Sounder.

J THE SECRET SCHOOL

Avi Avi

In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the

teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area

closes unexpectedly.



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J SOMETHING UPSTAIRS

Avi Avi

When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny

discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a Black

slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth

century and prevent his murder by slave traders.

J THE MAGIC HALF

Bar Barrows, Annie

Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has

two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935

and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the

present day.

J TUMTUM & NUTMEG: ADVENTURES BEYOND NUTMOUSE HALL

Bea Bearn, Emily

Wealthy, married mice Tumtum and Nutmeg find adventure when they

secretly try to help two human siblings who live in a tumbledown

cottage with their absent-minded inventor father.

J KATE THE GREAT: EXCEPT WHEN SHE’S NOT

Bec Becker, Suzy

Fifth-grader Kate faces a challenge when her mother asks her to be

especially nice to Nora, a classmate and fellow flute player who is

sometimes mean.

J TANGO: THE TALE OF AN ISLAND DOG

Beh Beha, Eileen

Lost at sea while sailing with his wealthy owners, a Yorkshire

terrier washes up, nearly dead, in a village on Prince Edward

Island where he is nursed back to health by a lonely widow and is

befriended by a fox and an abandoned waif who is also struggling to

find a home for herself somewhere.

J THE PENDERWICKS: A SUMMER TALE OF FOUR SISTERS, TWO RABBITS, AND A

VERY INTERESTING BOY

Bir Birdsall, Jeanne

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire

Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share

adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish

mother.

Series PENDERWICKS Book 1



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J THE PENDERWICKS AT POINT MOUETTE


When the three younger Penderwick sisters go to Maine with Aunt

Claire and are separated from oldest sister Rosalind for the first

time in their lives, an uncertain Skye is left in charge as the

OAP--oldest available Penderwick.


J THE PENDERWICKS IN SPRING


As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store

for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return

from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to

use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go

astray.


J THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET


The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable

prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to

stop him.


J ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

Blu Blume, Judy

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion,

a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private

God.

J BLUBBER

Blu Blume, Judy

Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in

tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she,

too, becomes a target.

J FRECKLE JUICE

Blu Blume, Judy

Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe

for fifty cents.



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J A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON

Bon Bond, Michael

A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station

becomes one of the family.

J AN ENEMY AT GREEN KNOWE

Bos Boston, Lucy Maria

A strange friendship develops between a young Chinese refugee who

is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped

from the London Zoo.

Series THE GREEN KNOWE CHRONICLES Book 5

J A STRANGER AT GREEN KNOWE


The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic

when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft

supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century

alchemist.


J THE RIVER AT GREEN KNOWE


An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the

Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient

manor house of Green Knowe..


J THE TREASURE OF GREEN KNOWE


A young boy listens to his great-grandmother's tales of Green Knowe

as it used to be and, gradually, as past and present blend, he

shares the strange adventures of the former inhabitants.


J THE WISH GIVER: THREE TALES OF COVEN TREE

Bri Brittain, Bill

When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social

promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young

believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most

unexpected way.



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J SLIDING INTO HOME

But Butler, Dori

When thirteen-year-old Joelle, a star baseball player, moves to a

new town where the only option for girls is softball, she starts an

all-girl baseball league against the wishes of her school coaches

and others in the town.

J NOTES FROM A LIAR AND HER DOG

Cho Choldenko, Gennifer

Eleven-year-old Ant, stuck in a family that she does not like,

copes by pretending that her "real" parents are coming to rescue

her, by loving her dog Pistachio, by volunteering at the zoo, and

by bending the truth and telling lies.

J SNOWBOARD CHAMP

Chr Christopher, Matt

When Matt Harper steps off the plane, he knows his life is about to

change. For one thing, he'll be living with his uncle for a year.

For another, compared to Chicago, Dragon Valley is tiny. But so

long as Matt can hit the slopes with his snowboard, he figures

he'll get along okay.

J TIGHT END

Chr Christopher, Matt

A high school football player believes the harassment he is

experiencing on and off the field is due to his father's prison

record.

J A WEEK IN THE WOODS

Cle Clements, Andrew

The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's

survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems

out to get him.

J DIARY OF A FAIRY GODMOTHER

Cod Codell, Esme Raji

Hunky Dory is at the top of her class in charm school. She can make

flowers wilt like wet spaghetti. She can make thunder rumble like a

whale's bellyache. And she can turn any prince into a frog-but she

always changes them back. That's when she knows there'll be a

problem.



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J WHAT JAMIE SAW

Com Coman, Carolyn

Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his

mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall,

nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of

uncertainty and fear.

J UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE

Con Conlon-McKenna, Martia

During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are

left alone and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, so they

set out to find the great-aunts they remember from their mother's

stories.

J FREE BASEBALL

Cor Corbett, Sue

Angry with his mother for having too little time for him, eleven-

year-old Felix takes advantage of an opportunity to become bat boy

for a minor league baseball team, hoping to someday be like his

father, a famous Cuban outfielder.

J QUAKE!: A NOVEL

Cot Cottonwood, Joe

With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old

Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the

frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home

on Loma Prieta mountain.

J THE SKULL OF TRUTH

Cov Coville, Bruce

Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a

mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth,

causing some awkward moments before he understands its power.

J A HERO’S GUIDE TO DEADLY DRAGONS

Cow Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous, III

translated from the Old Norse by Cowell, Cresside

It's Hiccups birthday, but he must save his dragon, Toothless, from

being banished. He sneaks into the Meathead Public Library to steal

the Vikings' sacred book, but must brave the Hairy Scary Librarian,

the army of Meathead Warriors, and the Driller Dragons.

Series HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Book 6



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J HOW TO BE A PIRATE



Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup

Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and

his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of

Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure.


J HOW TO BETRAY A DRAGON’S HERO



Hiccup is in hiding in the Murderous Mountains with the Company of

the Dragonmark, but he is determined to become King of the

Wilderwest by defeating the witch's Vampire Spydragons and steal

back the King's Things from Alvin the Treacherou.


J HOW TO BREAK A DRAGON’S HEART



Stranded on the exceptionally dangerous, and possibly haunted,

Beach of the Broken Heart, Hiccup must face Ug the Uglithug and

complete the Impossible Task--or die trying. Along the way, he'll

have to battle Berserks, dodge Scarers, and save Fishlegs from

being fed to the Beast, all while being hunted down by an old enemy

with a dark secret about the mysterious Lost Throne. With Toothless

by his side, and time to stage his rescue running out, what's a

Hero to do?


J HOW TO CHEAT A DRAGON’S CURSE



Reluctant hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his best

friend, Fishlegs, from the deadly disease Vorpentitis. The only

cure is rare and almost impossible to find ... a potato. But where

will Hiccup find such a thing?




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J HOW TO FIGHT A DRAGON’S FURY



With the Doomsday of Yule and the future of dragonkind in Hiccup's

hands, he must prove himself to be king and end the rebellion in

order to save the dragons.


J HOW TO RIDE A DRAGON’S STORM



Hiccup, the reluctant Viking hero, has three months, five days, and

six hours to discover America, return to Berk, save his father,

battle Polarserpents, and win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly

Swimming Race.


J HOW TO SEIZE A DRAGON’S JEWEL



In exile, and hunted by dragons and humans alike, can Hiccup the

Viking find the dragon's jewel and save the world from destruction?


J HOW TO SPEAK DRAGONESE



In this hilarious sequel to How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup

Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his faithful dragon Toothless

from a dastardly kidnapper, while contending with Sharkworms and

the Tribe of the Hairy Hoolians.


J HOW TO STEAL A DRAGON’S SWORD



When an uprising of nasty dragons begins, it becomes clear that

their main target is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, leaving the

scrawny Viking no choice but to fight to defend his archipelago.




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J HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON



Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous

Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test

of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching

and training a dragon.


J HOW TO TWIST A DRAGON’S TALE



Someone has stolen the Fire Egg. Now the volcano on Volcano Island

is active and the tremors are hatching the eggs of the exterminator

dragons! Can Hiccup return the Fire Egg to the volcano, stop the

volcano from erupting, and save the Tribes from being wiped out by

the terrible sword-claws of the Exterminators.


J HATE THAT CAT

Cre Creech, Sharon

Jack is studying poetry again in school, and he continues to write

poems reflecting his understanding of famous poems and how they

relate to his life.

J LOVE THAT DOG

Cre Creech, Sharon

A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal

understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises

himself by writing his own inspired poem.

J REPLAY

Cre Creech, Sharon

While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo

finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and

ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text

for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch."

J DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Dah Dahl, Roald

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and

the special adventure they share together.



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J WILD LIFE

DeF DeFelice, Cynthia

When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes

to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North

Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing

the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.

J JACK THE CASTAWAY

Doa Doan, Lisa

Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, twelve-year-old Jack is whisked

by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small

Caribbean island, Compano, and soon finds himself alone on a

deserted island.

J THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE

Erd Erdrich, Louise

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa

tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on

an island in Lake Superior in 1847.

J THE MIDDLE MOFFAT

Est Estes, Eleanor

Follows the adventures and misadventures of ten-year-old Jane

Moffat living with her widowed mother and three siblings in their

new home in Cranbury, Connecticut, in the early twentieth century.

J THE MOFFATS

Est Estes, Eleanor

Relates the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat

children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New

Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.

J THE BLACK STALLION

Far Farley, Walter

Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse

destined to play an important part in his life. Following their

rescue their adventure continues in America.



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J THE ISLAND STALLION

Far Farley, Walter

A boy and his archeologist friend spend two weeks on a desolate

Caribbean island where they discover a hidden valley, underground

tunnels built by Spanish Conquistadors, and a wild flame-colored

stallion.

J THE MAN IN THE CEILING

Fei Feiffer, Jules

Although not very good at sports or in his schoolwork, Jimmy can

draw and dreams of being a great cartoonist; that dream seems

within reach when star athlete Charley Beemer.

J MORE ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT BRAIN

Fit Fitzgerald, John D.

In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years

old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and

schemes against everyone in town.

J HARRIET, THE SPY

Fit Fitzhugh, Louise

Eleven-year-old Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors

in a secret notebook, but when some of the students read the

notebook, they seek revenge.

Series HARRIET Book 1

J OPHELIA AND THE MARVELOUS BOY

Fox Foxiee, Karen

Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends

her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the

museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an

age-old mission.

J RAISING RUFUS

Ful Fulk, David

A lonely 11-year-old science nerd named Martin discovers an ancient

egg and soon finds himself "surrogate mom" to a very outlandish

pet--a T. rex. But when his secret gets too big to keep from the

world, Martin must find his inner hero to save the one thing he's

come to really care about.



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J JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL

Gan Gantos, Jack

Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too

wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he

has never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win

the championship.

Series JOEY PIGZA Book 2

J JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY

Gan Gantos, Jack

To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey

has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when

his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked

up and acting wired.


J WHAT WOULD JOEY DO

Gan Gantos, Jack

Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when

his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl,

his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is

dying of emphysema.


J NORY RYAN’S SONG

Gif Giff, Patricia Reilly

When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845,

twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family

and neighbors survive..

Series NORY RYAN Book 1

J WINTER SKY

Gif Giff, Patricia Reilly

Almost twelve-year-old Siria, who chases firetrucks in the middle

of the night to ensure her fire fighter dad's safety, learns about

bravery one winter as she tries to mend a broken friendship.



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J ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY

Gra Grabenstein, Chris

Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town

library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi

Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he

must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape.

Series MR. LEMONCELLO Book 1

J THE ISLAND OF DR. LIBRIS

Gra Grabenstein, Chris

A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce,

discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is

spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr.

Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books

come alive.

J CAT’S EYE CORNER

Gri Griggs, Terry

When Oliver visits his grandfather in his mansion of changing rooms

and secret doors, he begins a scavenger hunt that introduces him to

wild charaters, poetic cats, and word altering fairies.

J JACKIE AND ME

Gut Gutman, Dan

With his ability to travel through time by using baseball cards,

Joe goes back to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson, turning into a black

boy in the proces.

Series A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE Book 2

J THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT

Gut Gutman, Dan

With his friend as campaign manager and his former babysitter as

running mate, twelve-year-old Judson Moon sets out to become

President of the United States.

J MICKEY AND ME

Gut Gutman, Dan

When Joe travels back in time to 1944, he meets the Milwaukee

Chicks, one of the only all-female professional baseball teams in

the history of the game.




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J RAY AND ME

Gut Gutman, Dan

After recovering from being hit in the head during a baseball game,

Stosh travels back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who

was killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.


J SHOELESS JOE AND ME

Gut Gutman, Dan

Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe

Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in

which Jackson was wrongly implicated.


J IDA B: --AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER, AND

(POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD

Han Hannigan, Katherine

In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-

schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her

mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell

part of the orchard and send her to public school.

J TRUE (…SORT OF)

Han Hannigan, Katherine

For most of her eleven years, Delly has been in trouble without

knowing why, until her little brother, R.B., and a strange, silent

new friend, Ferris, help her find a way to be good--and happy--

again.

J THE SUMMER OF MOONLIGHT SECRETS

Haw Haworth, Danette

Welcome to The Meriwether, Florida's once-grand hotel built on Hope

Springs, where nothing is quite as it seems. Hidden staircases give

way to shadowy servants' quarters, and old-fashioned speakeasies

make for the perfect hide-and-seek spot. ? Allie Jo Jackson knows

every nook and cranny of The Meriwether - she's lived there her

whole life - and nothing surprises her, until the first time she

spots the beautiful Tara emerging from the water of the springs.



- 15 –

J VIOLET RAINES ALMOST GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Haw Haworth, Danette

In 1970s Florida, eleven-year-old Violet's world is upturned by the

arrival of a girl from Detroit who seems bent on stealing Violet's

best friends.

J A LIGHT IN THE STORM: THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF AMELIA MARTIN

Hes Hess, Karen

In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an

island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records

in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her

divided state.

J NIGHTBIRD

Hof Hoffman, Alice

Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other

residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just

her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until

descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door

and want to be her friends.

J PENNY FROM HEAVEN

Hol Holm, Jennifer L.

As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new

insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret

about her father's death.

J DARK WATERS

Hot Holt, Christopher

Canine heroes Max, Rocky, and Gizmo meet a friendly new community

of dogs--and these new dogs have seen humans, who Max, Rocky, and

Gizmo thought had disappeared without a trace.

J THE VANISHING

Hot Holt, Christopher

When all humans in his world disappear, Max, a yellow Labrador

Retriever, searches for Madame Curie who, he knows, will help find

his people but as he and friends Rocky and Gizmo search, they face

angry wolves, a gang of subway rats, and the Corporation, a

supposed "perfect" society for dogs.



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J THE RABBI’S GIRLS

Hur Hurwitz, Johanna

Moving to a new town, the birth of a sister, and the death of her

rabbi father make 1923 a bittersweet year for eleven-year-old

Carrie Levin.

J POPULARITY PAPERS: THE LONG-DISTANCE DISPATCH BETWEEN LYDIA

GOLDBLATT & JULIE GRAHAM-CHANG

Ign Ignatow, Amy

Best friends Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are as ready as

they'll ever be to start junior high. But before they can try out

the lessons they've learned about friendship and popularity,

tragedy strikes: Lydia's mom is moving her family to London for six

months. Separated for the first time, each of the girls must face

bullies, secrets, and the challenge of standing up for herself.

With the help of their trusty notebook, they try to keep in touch

and keep their spirits up, even while facing the strange and new.

Series POPULARITY PAPERS Book 2

J RESEARCH FOR THE SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND GENERAL BETTERMENT OF LYDIA

GOLDBLATT & JULIE GRAHAM-CHANG

Ign Ignatow, Amy

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and

taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by

the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right

crowd and record their findings in the form of a scrapbook.


J WORDS OF (QUESTIONABLE) WISDOM FROM LYDIA GOLDBLATT & JULIE GRAHAM-

CHANG

Ign Ignatow, Amy

Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six

months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has

died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and

focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.


J SLEEPER, WAKE

Jac Jacobs, Paul Samuel

Dody, a space pioneer of the future, wakes long before anyone else

during his ship's journey and grows old while his family continues

to sleep.



- 17 –

J EMMY AND THE HOME FOR TROUBLED GIRLS

Jon Jonell, Lynne

Ten-year-old Emmy wants to be an ordinary girl, but the evil nanny

Miss Barmy, now a rat, has trapped five of her former charges and

when she uses them to steal jewels belonging to Emmy's parents, it

is up to Emmy, Joe, and their rodent friends to stop her.

Series EMMY AND THE RATS Book 2

J EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT

Jon Jonell, Lynne

When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are

being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can

change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must

try everything possible to return things to normal.


J EMMY AND THE RATS IN THE BELFRY

Jon Jonell, Lynne

Ten-year-old Emmy and her rodent friends must fend off the evil

former nanny, Miss Barmy, as they search for Ratty's missing

mother.


J QUAKE!: DISASTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1906

Kar Karwoski, Gail Langer

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen

through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives

in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.

J CABIN FEVER

Kin Kinney, Jeff

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged,

and Greg is the prime suspect. But he's innocent--sort of. The

authorities are closing in, but when a blizzard hits, the Heffley

family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's

going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse

than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?

Series DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Book 6



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J RODRICK RULES

Kin Kinney, Jeff

Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to

steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries

to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about

Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.

Series DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Book 2

J ABOUT THE B’NAI BAGELS

Kon Konigsburg, E. L.

Mark Setzer tells about his troubles in general and in particular

his misfortunes on the little league team managed by his mother and

coached by his brother.

J THE SECOND MRS. GIACONDA

Kon Konigsburg, E. L.

Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo

da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.

J UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Lam Lamana, Julie T.

At the end of August 2005, ten-year-old Armani is looking forward

to her birthday party in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where

she and her extended family live, but Hurricane Katrina is on the

way, bringing destruction and tragedy in its wake.

J THE NIGHT JOURNEY

Las Lasky, Kathryn

Rache ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-

grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia.

J ADDIE’S DAKOTA WINTER

Law Lawlor, Laurie

In her new pioneer home of Dakota, ten-year-old Addie finds an

unlikely friend and, stranded alone during a blizzard, learns about

courage.



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J THE HORSE AND HIS BOY

Lew Lewis, C. S.

A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous

journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.

Series CHRONICLES OF NARNIA Book 3

J THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE

Lew Lewis, C. S.

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a

wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden

lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with

eternal winter.


J THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW

Lew Lewis, C. S.

When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her

own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia

where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.


J STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY

Lin Lin, Grace

An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold

the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.

J A SUMMER TO DIE

Low Lowry, Lois

Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her

feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's

strange illness and eventual death.

J BABY

Mac MacLachlan, Patricia

Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist

season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own

infant son. Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring

for her and teaching her games and new words. They come to love

this baby as their own, all the while knowing that eventually

Sophie's mother will return one day to take her from them.



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J NEIL ARMSTRONG IS MY UNCLE AND OTHER LIES MUSCLE MAN MCGINITY TOLD

ME

Mar Marino, Nan

Frustrated with ten-year-old Muscle Man McGinty constantly telling

lies, Tamara dreams of the day when it all catches up to him and

the entire town sees him for who he is, but when an incredible

event takes place in the summer of 1969, Tamara gains a new sense

of spirit towards her fellow man that alters her outlook on life in

the most surprising way.

J A PICTURE OF FREEDOM: THE DIARY OF CLOTEE, A SLAVE GIRL

McK McKissack, Patricia C.

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the

fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her

experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to

freedom.

J THE TOOTHPASTE MILLIONAIRE

McK McKissack, Patricia C.

A young girl describes how her school friend made over a million

dollars by creating and marketing a cheaper and better toothpaste.

J ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Mon Montgomery, L. M.

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a

lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island

farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone

around her.

J FLUTTER: THE STORY OF FOUR SISTERS AND AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

Mou Moulton, Erin E.

Nine-and-a-half-year-old Maple and her older sister, Dawn, must

work together to face treacherous terrain, wild animals, and

poachers as they trek through Vermont's Green Mountains seeking a

miracle for their prematurely-born sister.

J ESCAPE BY NIGHT: A CIVIL WAR ADVENTURE

Mye Myers, Laurie

Tommy, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia,

during the Civil War, must search his conscience to decide whether

he should help a Yankee soldier escape and return home. Inspired by

the early life of Woodrow Wilson.



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J ELEVEN

Myr Myracle, Lauren

The year between turning eleven and turning twelve bring many

changes for Winnie and her friends.

J NEXT TO MEXICO

Nai Nails, Jennifer

Outspoken, impulsive Lylice has skipped fifth grade, but she finds

that getting along at Susan B. Anthony Middle School is more

difficult than she expected, until she befriends another newcomer

to the sixth grade.

J THE LEANIN’ DOG

Nuz Nuzumm K. A.

In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean

mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an

injured dog and the friendship they form is just what they need to

change their lives forever.

J HOW TO STEAL A DOG: A NOVEL

OCo O’Conner, Barbara

Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after

their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate

to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked

mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help

her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then

claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offe.

J AGNES PARKER… GIRL IN PROGRESS

ODe O’Dell, Kathleen

As she starts in the sixth grade, Agnes faces challenges with her

old best friend, a longtime bully, a wonderful new classmate and

neighbor, and herself.

J SING DOWN THE MOON

ODe O’Dell, Scott

A young Navaho girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was

forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.



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J PROJECT MULBERRY

Par Park, Linda Sue

While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a

Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about

silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship,

patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues

between the author and main character about the writing of the

book.

J THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA

Pat Paterson, Ketherine

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he

becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely

death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

J PREACHER’S BOY

Pat Paterson, Ketherine

In 1899, ten-year-old Robbie, son of a preacher in a small Vermont

town, gets himself into all kinds of trouble when he decides to

give up being Christian in order to make the most of his life

before the end of the world.

J TREASURE HUNTERS

Pat Patterson, James and Chris Grabenstein

Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins

Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City

with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their world-

famous treasure-hunting parents.

J THE HAYMEADOW

Pau Paulsen, Gary

Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during

the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his

father's herd of sheep.

J THE RIFLE

Pau Paulsen, Gary

A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American

Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on a

fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.



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J THE SCHERNOFF DISCOVERIES

Pau Paulsen, Gary

Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal

misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of

the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.

J MY 13TH SEASON

Rob Roberts, Kristi

Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's

overwhelming grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her

dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a

coach attacks her just for being a girl.

J BAMBI: A LIFE IN THE WOODS

Sal Salten, Fellix

The growing to maturity of an Austrian deer. The Prince of the

Forest Bambi's life in the woods begins happily. There are forest

animals to play with -- Friend Hare, the chattery squirrel, the

noisy screech owl, and Bambi's twin cousins, frail Gobo and

beautiful Faline. But winter comes, and Bambi learns that the woods

hold danger -- and things he doesn't understand. The first snowfall

makes food hard to find. Bambi's father, a handsome stag, roams the

forest, but leaves Bambi and his mother alone. Then there is Man.

He comes to the forest with weapons that can wound an animal. He

does terrible things to Gobo, to Bambi's mother, and even to Bambi.

But he can't keep Bambi from growing into a handsome stag himself,

and becoming...the Prince of the Forest.

J THE WHIZZ POP CHOCOLATE SHOP

Sau Saunders, Kate

Eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily are recruited by a talking cat to

assist her and M16 in foiling the dastardly plans of their great-

great-uncle, a chocolatier who used magic to make a candy that

bestows immortality.

SCIENCE FICTION

J ALIEN EXPEDITION

Ser Service, Pamela F.

Young alien agent Zack joins an archaeological dig in Mongolia to

ensure that there is no trouble from the dinosaur-like scientists

from Vraj's home planet who are on a similar dig nearby.

Series ALIEN AGENT Book #3



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SCIENCE FICTION

J CAMP ALIEN


Young alien agent Zack, surly Galactic Patrol Cadet Vraj, and shy

human camper Opal team up to find some Duthwi eggs before they

hatch and cause a planetwide disaster, while the Gnairt who were

smuggling the eggs try to retrieve them.


SCIENCE FICTION

J MY COUSIN, THE ALIEN


While at a resort on a vacation trip his uncle won, Zack begins

wondering if his cousin has been telling the truth for years--that

he really is an alien prince sent to Earth for protection, and who

is now being chased by enemy aliens disguised as bald, fat men.


SCIENCE FICTION

J ALIEN FEAST

Sim Simmons, Michael

In 2017, human-eating aliens have kidnapped two scientists who

might cure the disease that is destroying them, and twelve-year-old

William Aitkin, his elderly, ailing Uncle Maynard, and the

scientists' daughter, Sophie, set out to rescue them.

J THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER

Spe Spear, Elizabeth Geogre

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-

century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians

teach him their skills.

J ABEL’S ISLAND

Ste Steig, William

Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse,

finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he

struggles to survive and return to his home.



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J THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY

Ste Stewart, Trent Lee

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are

selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover

at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only

rule is that there are no rules.

Series MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY Book 1

J DOLPHIN SONG

St. St. John, Lauren

A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for

eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has

mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to

study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.

J DEEP DOWN POPULAR

Sto Stone, Phoebe

In a small, Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a

crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith, and when he

suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou

to help him, they become friends, to her surprise

J THE WELL: DAVID’S STORY

Tay Taylor, Mildred D.

In Mississippi in the early 1900s ten-year-old David Logan's family

generously shares their well water with both white and black

neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.

J SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES

Tol Tolan, Stephanie

Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to

the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where

he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.

J FROGGED

Van Vande Velde, Vivian

When almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene is turned into a

frog, she puts into practice lessons from the book, The Art of

Being a Princess, as she tries to become her less-than-perfect self

again.



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J THE FIZZY WHIZ KID

Wil Williams, Maiya

Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old

Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has

connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment

industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a

popular catchphrase.

J GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SOCKS

Woo Woodruff, Elvira

In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four

other children find themselves transported back into the time of

George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to

live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities

of war.

J GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SPY: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE

Woo Woodruff, Elvira

Ten-year-old Matt and six other children travel to 1776 Boston,

living out American history as they meet Benjamin Franklin, learn

about colonial medicine, and become part of a rebel spy ring.

J THE TIGER’S APPRENTICE

Yep Yep, Laurence

A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American

boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who

would use its power to destroy the world.

Series THE TIGER’S APPRENTICE Book 1

J THE TIGER’S BLOOD

Yep Yep, Laurence

A Chinese-American boy and his friends--a monkey, a dragon, a rat,

and a tiger--must ensure that a magical phoenix egg does not fall

into evil hands in the underwater dragon kingdom.

Series THE TIGER’S APPRENTICE Book 2

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