Ariel Brandmeyer's Library
Kenwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545206952 | I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 | Lauren Tarshis | In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545206945 | I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 | Lauren Tarshis | Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, 10-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink. By the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Simultaneous. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781338158168 | Journey Through Ash and Smoke | Kate Messner | Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he meets a girl named Helga, who seems perfectly able to take care of herself--until an erupting volcano and an early arriving baby forces Ranger and Helga to journey through the ash and smoke to find her father and bring him home. | |
| 9780439431743 | Judy Moody Saves the World | Megan McDonald | The third installment in the popular and best-selling series starring Judy Moody. It all starts with the Crazy Strip contest - and the dream that she, Judy Moody, might one day see her very own adhesive-bandage design covering the scraped knees of thousands. But when her "Heal the World" motif merits only an honorable mention, Judy realizes it's time to set her sights on something bigger. Class 3T is studying the environment, and Judy is amazed to learn about the destruction of the rain forest, the endangered species (not) in her own backyard, and her own family's crummy recycling habits. Now she's in a mood to whip the planet into shape - or her name isn't Judy Monarch Moody! | Scholastic |
| 9781338642209 | Kristy's Great Idea | Ann M. Martin | America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything. Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients . . . running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, are sure they can handle anything. But only if they stick together . . . | Baby-Sitters Club |
| 9781338245813 | Paws vs. Claws: (An Arthur and Queenie Mystery) (Queenie and Arthur, 1) | Quinn, Spencer | From New York Times Bestseller Spencer Quinn Comes Book 2 In The Laugh-out-loud Series About The Most Epic Rivalry Of Our Time . . . Arthur The Dog Vs. Queenie The Cat. Queenie The Cat Has A Big Problem. And For Once, It's Not The Slobbery, Overly Excited Creature Who Also Lives At Blackberry Hill Inn. Sweet Lady Emsworth, The Neighbor's Prize Cow, Has Disappeared, Meaning No Morning Cream For Queenie. And When Queenie's Not Happy, No One Is Happy . . . Things Aren't Looking Great For Arthur The Dog, Either. His Beloved Humans, Twins Harmony And Bro, Are Distressed About The Strange Activity In Their Town. Mysterious Hi-tech People Are Suddenly Very Interested In Nearby Catastrophe Falls, Bills Are Piling Up At Their Mom's Inn . . . And Now The Twins Might Be Hiding A Fugitive?! Arthur Is Desperate To Help But For Some Reason, No One Seems To Think He's Up To The Task. (could That Be Because He Can't Remember What Happened More Than 10 Seconds Ago? Surely Not!) Can Arthur Save The Day -- And Become A Hero In Queenie's Eyes -- Without Making A Disastrous Splash? | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338119244 | Race to the South Pole | Kate Messner | Traveling back in time to a 20th-century expedition to Antarctica, Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, befriends a cabin boy working for Captain Robert Falcon Scott and helps them race against rival explorers to reach the South Pole. | |
| 9780545912457 | Ranger In Time 03 Long Road To Freedom | Kate Messner | Scholastic | |
| 9780545639149 | Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time #1) (1) | Messner, Kate | Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail. | Scholastic Press |
| 9781338091458 | Ruff vs. Fluff (A Queenie and Arthur Novel) (Queenie & Arthur) | Quinn, Spencer | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9780618957064 | Run, Boy, Run | Orlev, Uri | “'srulik, There’s No Time. I Want You To Remember What I’m Going To Tell You. You Have To Stay Alive. You Have To! Get Someone To Teach You How To Act Like A Christian, How To Cross Yourself And Pray. . . . The Most Important Thing, Srulik,' He Said, Talking Fast, 'is To Forget Your Name. Wipe It From Your Memory. . . . But Even If You Forget Everything—even If You Forget Me And Mama—never Forget That You’re A Jew.'and So, At Only Eight Years Old, Srulik Frydman Says Goodbye To His Father For The Last Time And Becomes Jurek Staniak, An Orphan On The Run In The Polish Countryside At The Height Of The Holocaust. With The Danger Of Capture By German Soldiers Ever-present, Jurek Must Fight Against Starvation, The Punishing Polish Winters, And Widespread Anti-semitism As He Desperately Searches For Refuge. Told With The Unflinching Honesty And Unique Perspective Of Such A Young Child, Run, Boy, Run Is The Extraordinary Account Of One Boy’s Struggle To Stay Alive In The Face Of Almost Insurmountable Odds—a Story All The More Incredible Because It Is True.publishers Weeklyorlev (the Island On Bird Street), An Award-winning Writer And Holocaust Survivor Who Now Lives In Israel, Devotes This Memorable Novel To The Extraordinary True Story Of An Orphaned Jewish Boy's Experiences In Poland During The War. As In Most Such Tales, Eight-year-old Srulik's Account Combines Encounters With The Unfathomably Cruel And The Genuinely Charitable. Readers Who Have Some Familiarity With Holocaust Memoirs Will Not Be Surprised By Stunning Coincidences And Improbable Events; Others May Grasp That Survival Against Nearly Insuperable Odds Depended On Not One But Many Unlikely Twists Of Fate. For Example, Srulik-who Escapes From The Warsaw Ghetto Toward The Beginning Of The Novel, Survives In The Forest, Works For Farmers And Learns To Pass For Christian-is Later Turned In To The Nazis And Runs Away; When He Finds Work Again, His New Boss Brings Him To Town To Register Him (for The Benefit Of Increased Rations) And Unwittingly Delivers Srulik Back To The Same Nazi Officer Who Had Interrogated Him. But The Officer, Who Knows Srulik Is Jewish, Doesn't Arrest Him; Rather, He Sends Him To Work For His Girlfriend. Later, When Srulik's Arm Is Mangled On The Job, A Polish Doctor Refuses To Operate Because Srulik Is A Jew, And Srulik's Arm Must Eventually Be Amputated. Srulik's Response Typifies His Reactions Throughout: He Doesn't Have The Luxury Of Assessing His Losses, Or Mourning Them, He Simply Figures Out How To Manage With What He Has Left. It Is This Perspective-authentic, Childlike And Wrenching-that Will Pierce The Audience's Heart. Ages 10-up. (oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. | Clarion Books |
| 9780380698714 | Sideways Stories From Wayside School | Louis Sachar | A Crazy Mixed-up School. There'd been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to be built with thirty classrooms one on top of the other...thirty stories tall! (The builder said he was very sorry.) That may be why all kinds of funny things happen at Wayside SChool...especially on the thirteenth floor. You'll meet Mrs. Gorf, the meanest teacher of all, terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early, and John who can read only upside down--along with all the other kids in the crazy mix-up school that came out sideways. But you'll never guess the truth about Sammy, the new kid...or what's in store for Wayside School on Halloween! There was a terrible mistake-Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that's why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor. | Harper Collins |
| 9781338796094 | Simon B. Rhymin' | Dwayne Reed, Ellien Holi | Chicago Fifth-grader Simon, An Aspiring Rapper Who Lacks Self-confidence, Uses His Rhymes To Help Bring His Community Together. | |
| 9781338611595 | Stargazing | Jen Wang | "Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. When Moon's family moves in next door to Christine's, Moon goes from unlikely friend to best friend--maybe even the perfect friend. The girls share their favorite music videos, paint their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around, and make plans to enter the school talent show together. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she sometimes has visions of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn't where she really belongs. But when they're least expecting it, catastrophe strikes. After relying on Moon for everything, can Christine find it in herself to be the friend Moon needs? | |
| 9780063469662 | Stinky’S Stories #5: Cindersmella: Stinky The Skunk Spills Cinderella's Messy After-Wedding Secrets―Sweaty Slippers, Poison Pie, Sabotage―For Ages 6-10. | Grabenstein, Chris, Grabenstein, J.J. | Cindersmella is the fifth installment of the Stinky’s Stories series, a hilarious and highly illustrated chapter book set from New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein and J.J. Grabenstein! It’s story time again at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the stuffed skunk. This time, the kids are reading Cinderella! Everyone knows the story ends with Cinderella marrying the prince, but only Stinky knows what happened after they got engaged! In Cindersmella, Stinky tells the story of the disgusting mess that became of the evil stepsisters’ house, why you shouldn’t eat a poison apple pie, and just how stinky a pair of glass slippers can get. Filled with sweaty feet, sabotage, and a lot of bad apples, Cindersmella is the latest offering in the hilarious chapter book series from New York Times bestselling authors Chris and J.J. Grabenstein, with illustrations in every chapter from Alex Patrick. Reading has never been so much stinkin' fun! | HarperCollins |
| 9781338233148 | Sunny Rolls the Dice | Holm, Jennifer L. | Graphix | |
| 9780545206983 | The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 | Lauren Tarshis | Visiting his favorite Hawaiian beach when Japanese forces suddenly attack Pearl Harbor, 11-year-old Danny Crane struggles through the smoke, destruction and chaos to make his way back home. By the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Simultaneous. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545326438 | The Chocolate Touch | Patrick Skene Catling | When John Midas acquires a magical gift, everything his lips touch turns into chocolate. | |
| 9780590483520 | The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (Goosebumps #28) | R. L. Stine | When his father brings home an antique cuckoo clock, Michael is cautioned not to touch it, but he turns back the hands and suddenly he is getting younger by the minute--a year younger to be exact. Original. | Apple |
| 9780545940238 | The Hero Two Doors Down | Sharon Robinson | Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship. |