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Incoming(Fifth(Grade(

2015((Dear!Parents,!Some!of!these!books!will!be!available!at!the!Book!Fair,!but!all!of!them!are!available!at!the!BWL!School!Library.!!If!you!would!like!to!see!the!Reading!Lists!for!other!grades,!they!are!posted!on!the!BWL!Reads!!page!of!the!BWL!website.!!This!list!is!only!a!starting!point.!!Students(should(read(at(least(4(of(the(listed(books(over(the(summer.(!Enjoy!!(

Fiction!Classics(!The!Island!of!Blue!Dolphins!by!Scott!O’Dell!The!Mixed!Up!Files!of!Basil!E.!Frankweiler!by!E.!L.!Konigsburg!Number!the!Stars!by!Lois!Lowry!The!Phantom!Tollbooth!by!Norton!Juster!Sideways!Stories!From!Wayside!School!by!Louis!Sachar!The!True!Confessions!of!Charlotte!Doyle!by!Avi!!Poetry!Brown!Girl!Dreaming!by!Jacqueline!Woodson!The!Crossover!by!Kwame!Alexander!HATE!THAT!CAT!by!Sharon!Creech!Inside!Out!and!Back!Again!by!Thanhha!Lai!!Historical(Fiction!Al!Capone!Does!My!Shirts!by!Gennifer!Choldenko!The!Houdini!Box!by!Brian!Selznick!The!Invention!of!Hugo!Cabret!by!Brian!Selznick!I!Survived!the!Battle!of!Gettysburg,!1863!by!Lauren!Tarshis!Moon!Over!Manifest!by!Clare!Vanderpool!


!Sports(Stories!Athlete!vs.!Mathlete!by!W.!C.!Mack!Playmakers!by!Mike!Lupica!!Science(Fiction!The!Great!Illustrated!Classics:!The!Time!Machine!by!H.G.!Wells!When!You!Reach!Me!by!Rebecca!Stead!!(

Realistic(Fiction!Chomp!by!Carl!Hiaasen!Each!Little!Bird!That!Sings!by!Deborah!Wiles!El!Deafo!by!Cece!Bell!Flora!&!Ulysses!by!Kate!DiCamillo!Liar!&!Spy!by!Rebecca!Stead!Mango!Shaped!Space!by!Wendy!Mass!My!Life!in!Pink!and!Green!by!Lisa!Greenwald!One!Crazy!Summer!by!Rita!Williams_Garcia!The!Penderwicks:!A!Summer!Tale!of!Four!Sisters,!Two!Rabbits,!and!a!Very!Interesting!!!!Boy!by!Jeanne!Birdsall!Rules!by!Cynthia!Lord!Wonder!by!R.J.!Palacio!!Mystery(and(Suspense!The!Candymakers!by!Wendy!Mass!!Adventure(&(Fantasy!Escape!From!Mr.!Lemoncello’s!Library!by!Chris!Grabenstein!Gregor!the!Overlander!by!Suzanne!Collins!Harry!Potter!Series!by!J.K.!Rowling!Maze!Runner!by!James!Dashner!The!Sisters!Grimm!Book!One:!The!Fairy!Tale!Detectives!by!Michael!Buckley!Where!the!Mountain!Meets!the!Moon!by!Grace!Lin!!Scary(Stories!Coraline!by!Neil!Gaiman!Doll!Bones!by!Eliza!Wheeler!Wringer!by!Jerry!Spinelli!!Animal(Stories!Shiloh!by!Phyllis!Reynolds!Naylor!Sounder!by!William!H.!Armstrong!!!


NonJFiction!Autobiographies(and(Biographies!Boy:!Tales!of!Childhood!by!Roald!Dahl!I!Am!Malala:!How!One!Girl!Stood!Up!For!Education!And!Changed!The!World!by!Malala!!!!Yousafzai!Knots!In!My!Yo_Yo!String:!The!Autobiography!of!a!Kid!by!Jerry!Spinelli!Who!Was!William!Shakespeare?!by!Celeste!Davidson!Mannis!!!


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Fiction!Classics(!The(Island(of(Blue(Dolphins!by(Scott(O’Dell!__!This!is!the!story!of!a!girl!who!lived!alone!for!years!on!the!Island!of!the!Blue!Dolphins.!It!is!based!on!the!true!story!of!Juana!Maria,!a!Nicoleño!Native!American!left!alone!for!18!years!on!San!Nicolas!Island!in!the!19th!century.!!The(Mixed(Up(Files(of(Basil(E.(Frankweiler!by(E.(L.(Konigsburg!__!Suburban!Claudia!Kincaid!decides!to!run!away!to!the!Metropolitan!Museum!of!Art,!with!her!younger!brother!Jamie.!Once!there,!Claudia!and!Jamie,!get!caught!up!in!the!mystery!of!an!angel!statue!rumored!to!have!been!carved!by!Michelangelo.!This!quest!leads!Claudia!to!Mrs.!Basil!E.!Frankweiler,!the!remarkable!old!woman!who!sold!the!statue!at!an!auction.!!Number(the(Stars!by(Lois(Lowry!__!A!historical!fiction!about!the!escape!of!a!Jewish!family!from!Copenhagen!during!World!War!II.!The!story!centers!on!ten_year_old!Annemarie!Johansen,!who!lives!with!her!family!in!Copenhagen!in!1943.!!The(Phantom(Tollbooth!by(Norton(Juster!__!Milo!is!always!bored.!When!a!tollbooth!magically!appears!in!his!room,!he!drives!through!it!because!he’s!got!nothing!better!to!do.!The!tollbooth!transports!him!to!a!land!called!the!Kingdom!of!Wisdom!where!Milo!has!many!adventures!and!discovers!that!life!is!far!from!dull.!!Sideways(Stories(From(Wayside(School!by(Louis(Sachar!__!The!builder!of!Wayside!School!made!a!terrible!mistake.!You!see,!instead!of!building!30!classrooms!side_by_side,!he!built!them!one!on!top!of!another.!Maybe!that's!why!all!kinds!of!funny!things!happened!at!Wayside_especially!on!the!thirteenth!floor,!which!was!accidentally!built!sideways!with!one!classroom!on!each!story.!!The(True(Confessions(of(Charlotte(Doyle(by(Avi!–!It’s!the!summer!of!1832!and!thirteen_year_old!Charlotte!Doyle!is!returning!home!to!Rhone!Island!from!her!school!in!England.!Charlotte!is!the!lone!passenger!on!a!ship!with!a!cruel!captain!and!a!mutinous!crew,!she!makes!a!villainous!enemy!and!she!ends!up!put!on!trial!for!murder!!!!!!!!!


Poetry!Brown(Girl(Dreaming!by(Jacqueline(Woodson!__!Raised!in!South!Carolina!and!New!York,!Woodson!always!felt!halfway!home!in!each!place.!In!vivid!poems,!she!shares!what!it!was!like!to!grow!up!as!an!African!American!in!the!1960s!and!1970s,!living!with!the!remnants!of!Jim!Crow!and!her!growing!awareness!of!the!Civil!Rights!movement.!!The(Crossover(by(Kwame(Alexander!__!Josh!and!his!twin!brother!Jordan!are!remarkable!on!the!basketball!court.!But!Josh!and!Jordan!must!come!to!grips!with!growing!up!on!and!off!the!court!when!they!realize!that!breaking!the!rules!comes!at!a!terrible!price,!as!their!story's!heart_stopping!climax!proves!a!game_changer!for!their!entire!family.!!HATE(THAT(CAT(by(Sharon(Creech!__!This!book!is!written!in!blank!verse!in!diary!format,!in!the!perspective!of!a!young!boy!who!can't!stand!poetry!assignments!from!his!teacher.!Jack!is!being!terrorized!by!a!black!cat!and!he!writes!poetry!about!how!much!he!dislikes!the!cat.!The!story!follows!him!through!learning!to!like!both!cats!and!poetry.!!Inside(Out(and(Back(Again!by(Thanhha(Lai!__!Inspired!by!the!author's!childhood!experience.!Hà!and!her!family!are!forced!to!flee!as!Saigon!falls,!and!they!board!a!ship!headed!toward!hope.!In!America,!Hà!discovers!the!foreignness!of!Alabama;!the!coldness!of!its!strangers,!the!dullness!of!its!food,!and!the!strength!of!her!very!own!family.!!!Historical(Fiction!Al(Capone(Does(My(Shirts!by(Gennifer(Choldenko!__!Moose!Flannagan’s!family!moves!to!Alcatraz!so!his!dad!can!work!as!a!prison!guard!and!his!sister,!Natalie,!who!has!autism,!can!attend!a!special!school.!When!Natalie!is!denied!admittance!to!school,!the!family!starts!to!unravel.!All!Moose!wants!to!do!is!protect!Natalie,!live!up!to!his!parents'!expectations,!and!stay!out!of!trouble.!But!on!Alcatraz,!trouble!is!never!very!far!away.!!!The(Houdini(Box!by(Brian(Selznick!__!Ten_year_old!Victor!has!always!idolized!the!famous!magician!Harry!Houdini.!After!Houdini's!death,!Victor!inherits!a!secret!box!from!Houdini's!widow!with!the!initials!E.W.!engraved!on!it.!Years!later!Victor!discovers!the!true!power!of!the!box.!!The(Invention(of(Hugo(Cabret!by(Brian(Selznick!__!Orphan,!clock!keeper,!and!thief,!twelve_year_old!Hugo!lives!in!the!walls!of!a!busy!Paris!train!station,!where!his!survival!depends!on!secrets!and!anonymity.!But!when!his!world!suddenly!interlocks!with!an!eccentric!girl!and!the!owner!of!a!small!toy!booth!in!the!train!station,!Hugo’s!undercover!life,!and!his!most!precious!secret,!are!put!in!jeopardy.!!I(Survived(the(Battle(of(Gettysburg,(1863(by(Lauren(Tarshis!__!Thomas!and!his!father!are!slaves!in!South!Carolina!but!manage!to!break!free!during!the!chaos!of!the!Civil!War.!Through!the!Underground!Railroad,!they!make!their!way!to!Pennsylvania.!But!they!can't!escape!the!war,!so!does!he!have!what!it!takes!to!survive!the!Battle!of!Gettysburg?!


!Moon(Over(Manifest(by(Clare(Vanderpool!–!Abilene!has!drifted!with!her!dad!from!one!place!to!the!next.!Then!she!is!sent!to!Manifest,!Kansas!by!her!father!on!her!own!in!the!summer!of!1936.!There!she!finds,!among!other!things!a!map!and!her!adventures!begin.!!!Sports(Stories!Athlete(vs.(Mathlete!by(W.(C.(Mack!__!Twin!brothers!Owen!Evans!and!Russell!couldn’t!be!more!different.!They've!long!kept!the!peace!by!going!their!separate!ways,!but!all!that!is!about!to!change.!This!is!a!lighthearted!and!hilarious!look!at!what!happens!when!brains!meets!brawn!meets!basketball.!!Playmakers!by(Mike(Lupica!__!Still!flying!high!from!their!football!championship!win!just!weeks!before,!Ben!McBain!and!his!crew!must!now!prepare!for!basketball!season.!But!there!is!a!new!kid!in!town,!Chase!Braggs,!a!point!guard!like!Ben.!Ben's!rivalry!with!Chase!seems!to!take!the!fun!out!of!playing!ball!with!his!best!friends.!Will!Ben!be!able!to!pull!it!together!for!his!team!and!for!himself?!!Science(Fiction!The(Time(Machine!(Great(Illustrated(Classics)(by(H.G.(Wells!__!The!Time!Machine!is!a!science!fiction!novel!published!in!1895.!Wells!is!generally!credited!with!the!popularization!of!the!concept!of!time!travel!by!using!a!vehicle!that!allows!an!operator!to!travel!purposefully!and!selectively.!This!educational!edition!was!created!for!self_improvement!or!in!preparation!for!advanced!examinations.!!When(You(Reach(Me!by(Rebecca(Stead!__!Takes!place!in!the!Upper!West!Side!in!New!York!during!1978!and!1979!and!follows!the!protagonist,!Miranda!Sinclair.!She!receives!a!strange!note!asking!her!to!record!future!events!and!write!down!the!location!of!her!spare!key.!Central!themes!in!the!novel!include!independence,!redemption!and!friendship.(((

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Realistic(Fiction!Chomp(by(Carl(Hiaasen!__!Wahoo!Cray!lives!in!a!zoo!with!his!dad,!an!animal!wrangler.!When!his!dad!takes!a!job!with!a!reality!TV!show!called!“Expedition!Survival,”!they've!only!been!on!location!in!the!Everglades!for!a!day!before!Derek,!the!show’s!star,!gets!bitten!by!a!bat!and!goes!missing!in!a!storm.!Search!parties!head!out!and!promptly!get!lost!themselves.!It's!anyone's!guess!who!will!actually!survive!“Expedition!Survival.”!!Each(Little(Bird(That(Sings(by(Deborah(Wiles!__!Comfort!Snowberger's!family!owns!a!funeral!home.!Comfort!is!very!worried!about!her!next!funeral,!which!will!be!her!249th!funeral,!and!whose!it!will!be.!But!life!is!full!of!surprises.!And!the!biggest!one!of!all!is!learning!what!it!takes!to!handle!them.!!


El(Deafo!by(Cece(Bell!__!In!this!poignant!and!funny!memoir,!Cece!chronicles!her!hearing!loss!and!subsequent!experience.!After!some!trouble,!she!is!finally!able!to!harness!the!power!of!the!Phonic!Ear!and!become!El!Deafo,!Listener!for!All.!And!more!importantly,!declare!a!place!for!herself!in!the!world!and!find!the!true!friend!she’s!longed!for.!!Flora(&(Ulysses!by(Kate(DiCamillo!__!As!the!best!superhero!stories!do,!it!begins!with!a!tragic!accident!that!has!unexpected!consequences.!The!squirrel!never!saw!the!vacuum!cleaner!coming,!but!Flora!Belle!Buckman,!is!the!right!person!to!save!him.!What!neither!can!predict!is!that!Ulysses!(the!squirrel)!has!been!born!anew,!with!powers!of!strength,!flight,!and!misspelled!poetry;!and!that!Flora!will!be!changed!too,!as!she!discovers!the!possibility!of!hope!and!the!promise!of!a!capacious!heart.!!Liar(&(Spy!by(Rebecca(Stead!__!When!Georges!moves!into!a!Brooklyn!apartment!building,!he!meets!Safer,!a!twelve_year_old!coffee_drinking!loner!and!self_appointed!spy.!Georges!becomes!Safer’s!first!spy!club!recruit.!His!assignment!is!to!track!the!mysterious!Mr!X,!who!lives!in!the!apartment!upstairs.!But!as!Safer!becomes!more!demanding,!Georges!starts!to!wonder:!how!far!is!too!far!to!go!for!your!only!friend?!!Mango(Shaped(Space(by(Wendy(Mass!__!Mia!Winchell!has!synesthesia,!the!mingling!of!perceptions!whereby!a!person!can!see!sounds,!smell!colors,!or!taste!shapes.!Forced!to!reveal!her!condition,!she!must!look!to!herself!to!develop!an!understanding!and!appreciation!of!her!gift!in!this!coming_of_age!novel.!!My(Life(in(Pink(and(Green!by(Lisa(Greenwald!__!Twelve_year_old!Lucy!Desberg!is!a!natural!problem_solver.!At!her!family’s!struggling!pharmacy,!she!has!a!line!of!makeover!customers!for!every!school!dance!and!bat!mitzvah.!Lucy!dreams!up!a!solution!that!could!resuscitate!the!family!business!and!help!the!environment,!too.!But!will!Lucy’s!family!stop!fighting!long!enough!to!listen!to!a!seventh_grader?!!One(Crazy(Summer!by(Rita(WilliamsJGarcia!__!The!story!of!three!sisters!who!travel!from!Brooklyn!to!Oakland,!California,!in!1968!to!meet!the!mother!who!abandoned!them.!When!they!arrive,!their!mother!is!nothing!like!they!imagined.!Unexpectedly,!Delphine,!Vonetta,!and!Fern!learn!much!about!their!family,!their!country,!and!themselves!during!one!truly!crazy!summer.!!The(Penderwicks:(A(Summer(Tale(of(Four(Sisters,(Two(Rabbits,(and(a(Very(Interesting(

Boy(by(Jeanne(Birdsall(__!When!the!Penderwick!sisters!and!their!doting!father!head!off!for!their!summer!holiday,!they’re!in!for!a!surprise!and!find!themselves!on!a!beautiful!grand!estate!called!Arundel.!The!four!sisters!develop!a!strong!friendship!with!Jeffrey!Tifton,!the!owner's!son.!Unfortunately,!the!terrible,!snobbish!Mrs.!Tifton!and!her!boyfriend!look!down!on!the!children!and!their!adventures.!When!the!Penderwick!sisters!discover!the!miserable!future!that!awaits!their!new!friend,!they!decide!to!help!him.!!!


Rules!by(Cynthia(Lord!__!Twelve_year_old!Catherine!just!wants!a!normal!life.!Which!is!near!impossible!when!you!have!a!brother!with!autism!and!a!family!that!revolves!around!his!disability.!But!the!summer!Catherine!meets!Jason,!a!paraplegic!boy,!and!Kristi,!the!next_door!friend!she's!always!wished!for,!it's!her!own!shocking!behavior!that!turns!everything!upside!down!and!forces!her!to!ask:!What!is!normal?!!Wonder(by(R.J.(Palacio!__!August!(Auggie)!Pullman!was!born!with!a!facial!deformity!that!prevented!him!from!going!to!a!mainstream!school,!until!now.!He’s!about!to!enter!fifth!grade!at!Beecher!Prep,!and!if!you’ve!ever!been!the!new!kid,!then!you!know!how!hard!that!can!be.!The!thing!is!Auggie’s!just!an!ordinary!kid,!with!an!extraordinary!face.!But!can!he!convince!his!new!classmates!that!he’s!just!like!them,!despite!appearances?!!!Mystery(and(Suspense!The(Candymakers(by(Wendy(Mass!__!Four!children!have!been!chosen!to!participate!in!a!national!competition!to!find!the!tastiest!confection!in!the!country.!Who!will!invent!a!candy!more!delicious!than!the!Oozing!Crunchorama!or!the!Neon!Lightning!Chew?!This!sweet,!charming,!and!cleverly!crafted!story,!told!from!each!contestant's!perspective,!is!filled!with!mystery,!friendship,!and!juicy!revelations.!!!Adventure(&(Fantasy!Escape(From(Mr.(Lemoncello’s(Library!by(Chris(Grabenstein!__!Kyle!Keeley!is!the!class!clown!and!a!huge!fan!of!all!games.!His!hero,!Luigi!Lemoncello,!the!most!notorious!and!creative!gamemaker!in!the!world,!is!the!genius!behind!the!construction!of!the!new!town!library.!Lucky!Kyle!wins!a!coveted!spot!as!one!of!twelve!kids!invited!for!an!overnight!sleepover!in!the!new!library.!But!when!morning!comes,!the!doors!stay!locked.!Kyle!and!the!other!kids!must!solve!every!clue!and!figure!out!every!secret!puzzle!to!find!the!hidden!escape!route!!!Gregor(the(Overlander!by(Suzanne(Collins!__!When!Gregor!falls!through!a!grate!in!the!laundry!room!of!his!apartment!building,!he!hurtles!into!the!dark!Underland,!where!spiders,!rats,!cockroaches!coexist!uneasily!with!humans.!A!prophecy!foretells!that!Gregor!has!a!role!to!play!in!the!Underland's!uncertain!future.!Gregor!realizes!this!is!the!only!way!to!solve!the!mystery!of!his!father's!disappearance,!and!reluctantly!embarks!on!a!dangerous!adventure!that!will!change!both!him!and!the!Underland!forever.!!Harry(Potter((7(Book)!Series(by(J.K.(Rowling!__!Follow!Harry,!Ron!&!Hermoine!as!they!fight!evil!while!evolving!as!wizards!and!friends!in!this!exciting!fantasy!series.!!Maze(Runner(by(James(Dashner!–!Maze!Runner!is!the!first!book!of!a!five!book!series.!When!Thomas!wakes!up!in!the!lift,!the!only!thing!he!can!remember!is!his!name.!He’s!surrounded!by!strangers;!boys!whose!memories!are!also!gone.!!


The(Sisters(Grimm(Book(One:(The(Fairy(Tale(Detectives!by(Michael(Buckley!__!Sisters!Sabrina!and!Daphne!are!sent!to!live!with!their!mysterious!grandmother,!Relda!Grimm.!The!sisters!learn!they!are!descendants!of!the!Brothers!Grimm,!whose!famous!book!of!fairy!tales!is!actually!a!collection!of!case!files.!The!girls!are!the!latest!in!a!long!line!of!fairy_tale!detectives,!and!their!new!hometown!is!filled!with!Everafters!(as!magical!folks!like!to!be!called),!some!good!and!some!very,!very!bad.!When!a!mysterious!Everafter!sets!a!giant!loose!on!the!town,!it’s!up!to!the!Sisters!Grimm!to!save!the!day.!!Where(the(Mountain(Meets(the(Moon!by(Grace(Lin!__!In!the!Valley!of!Fruitless!Mountain,!a!young!girl!named!Minli!lives!in!a!ramshackle!hut!with!her!parents.!In!the!evenings,!her!father!regales!her!with!old!folktales!of!the!Jade!Dragon!and!the!Old!Man!on!the!Moon,!who!knows!the!answers!to!all!of!life's!questions.!Inspired!by!these!stories,!Minli!sets!off!on!an!extraordinary!journey!to!find!the!Old!Man!on!the!Moon!to!ask!him!how!she!can!change!her!family's!fortune.!!!!Scary(Stories!Coraline!by(Neil(Gaiman!__!Coraline's!often!wondered!what's!behind!the!locked!door!in!the!drawing!room.!Coraline!is!surprised!to!find!a!house!decorated!exactly!like!her!own,!but!strangely!different.!And!when!she!finds!her!"other"!parents!in!this!alternate!world,!they!are!much!more!interesting!despite!their!creepy!black!button!eyes.!When!they!make!it!clear,!however,!that!they!want!to!make!her!theirs!forever,!Coraline!begins!a!nightmarish!game!to!rescue!her!real!parents!and!three!children!imprisoned!in!a!mirror.!!!Doll(Bones!by(Eliza(Wheeler!__!Zach,!Poppy,!and!Alice!long_time!friends,!have!been!playing!one!continuous,!ever_changing!game!of!pirates!and!thieves,!mermaids!and!warriors.!Ruling!over!all!is!the!Great!Queen,!a!bone_china!doll!cursing!those!who!displease!her.!When!Zach’s!father!forces!him!to!give!up!make_believe,!creepy!things!start!happening,!and!the!friends!must!set!off!on!one!last!adventure!to!lay!the!Queen’s!ghost!to!rest!and!put!an!end!to!her!sinister!curses.!!!Wringer!by(Jerry(Spinelli!__!For!as!long!as!Palmer!LaRue!can!remember,!he!has!dreaded!the!day!he!will!turn!ten!and!must!take!his!place!beside!the!other!ten_year_old!boys!in!town!and!become!a!wringer,!a!tradition!passed!down!from!father!to!son.!This!is!a!gripping!tale!of!how!one!boy!learns!how!to!overcome!his!fears.!!!Animal(Stories!Shiloh(by(Phyllis(Reynolds(Naylor!__!When!Marty!Preston!finds!a!young!beagle!in!the!hills!behind!his!home,!he!makes!a!new!best!friend.!But!it!turns!out!the!dog,!which!Marty!names!Shiloh,!belongs!to!Judd!Travers,!who!drinks!too!much!and!has!a!gun,!and!abuses!his!dogs.!Shiloh!runs!away!from!Judd!to!Marty,!but!Marty's!secret!becomes!too!big!for!him!to!keep!to!himself,!and!it!exposes!his!entire!family!to!Judd's!anger.!How!far!will!Marty!have!to!go!to!make!Shiloh!his?!


!Sounder(by(William(H.(Armstrong!–!In!the!nineteenth!century!South,!an!African_American!boy!and!his!poor!family!rarely!have!enough!to!eat.!When!food!suddenly!appears!on!the!table!one!morning,!it!seems!like!a!blessing.!But!the!sheriff!and!his!deputies!are!not!far!behind.!Their!ever_loyal!dog!Sounder!remains!determined!to!help!the!family!he!loves!as!hard!times!bear!down!on!them.!!!NonJFiction!Autobiographies(and(Biographies!Boy:(Tales(of(Childhood!by(Roald(Dahl(__!This!is!the!first!autobiographical!book!by!British!writer!Roald!Dahl.!It!describes!his!life!from!birth!until!leaving!school,!focusing!on!living!conditions!in!Britain!in!the!1920s!and!1930s,!the!public!school!system!at!the!time,!and!how!his!childhood!experiences!led!him!to!writing!as!a!career.!It!ends!with!his!first!job,!working!for!Royal!Dutch!Shell.!His!autobiography!continues!in!the!book!Going!Solo.!!I(Am(Malala:(How(One(Girl(Stood(Up(For(Education(And(Changed(The(World!by(Malala(

Yousafzai!__!Malala!Yousafzai!was!only!ten!years!old!when!the!Taliban!took!control!of!her!region.!They!said!girls!couldn't!go!to!school.!But!Malala!was!taught!by!her!family!to!stand!up!for!what!she!believes.!So!she!fought!for!her!right!to!be!educated.!And!on!October!9,!2012,!she!nearly!lost!her!life!for!the!cause:!She!was!shot!point_blank!while!riding!the!bus!on!her!way!home!from!school.!No!one!expected!her!to!survive.!!!Knots(In(My(YoJYo(String:(The(Autobiography(of(a(Kid(by(Jerry(Spinelli!__!Newbery!medalist!Jerry!Spinelli!has!penned!his!early!autobiography!with!all!the!warmth,!humor,!and!drama!of!his!best_selling!fiction.!Entertaining!and!fast_paced,!this!is!a!highly!readable!memoir,!a!must_have!for!Spinelli!fans!of!all!ages.!!Who(Was(William(Shakespeare?!by(Celeste(Davidson(Mannis!__!The!life!of!the!world's!most!famous!playwright!remains!largely!a!mystery.!Young!Will!left!the!town!of!Stratford!to!pursue!theater!in!London,!where!his!work!eventually!thrived!and!made!him!a!famous!and!wealthy!man.!With!black_and_white!illustrations!that!include!a!diagram!of!the!famous!Globe!theater,!Celeste!Davidson!Mannis!puts!together!the!pieces!of!Shakespeare's!life!and!work!for!young!readers.!!!

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