David Capotosti's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545375283 | May Magic | Ron Roy | Bradley and Brian need help from Nate and Lucy after a hypnotist turns their mother into a duck but does not quite get her changed back. | |
| 9780670014781 | Meet Me at the Moon | Gianna Marino | During a dry time, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around. | Viking |
| 9780590426862 | Mike's Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | The Boxcar children and their friend Mike solve the mystery of the man with the blue hat. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780593175255 | Millionaires for the Month | Stacy McAnulty | How would you spend five million dollars in 30 days? A billionaire's wallet, a bizarre challenge, and an unlikely friendship send two kids on a wild adventure. From the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Felix Rannells and Benji Porter were never supposed to be field-trip partners. Felix is a rule follower. Benji is a rule bender. They're not friends. And they don't have anything to talk about. Until . . . They find a wallet. A wallet that belongs to tech billionaire Laura Friendly. They're totally going to return it-but not before Benji "borrows" twenty dollars to buy hot dogs. Because twenty dollars is like a penny to a billionaire, right? But a penny has value. A penny doubled every day for thirty days is $5,368,709.12! So that's exactly how much money Laura Friendly challenges Felix and Benji to spend. They have thirty days. They can't tell anyone. And there are LOTS of other rules. But if they succeed, they each get ten million dollars to spend however they want. Challenge accepted! They rent cool cars, go to Disney World, buy pizza for the whole school-and that's just the beginning! But money can't buy everything or fix every problem. And spending it isn't always as easy and fun as they thought it would be. . . . As smart as it is entertaining, Millionaires for the Month is a thought-provoking story about friendship, privilege, and the value of a penny. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780593373224 | Mine | Delilah S. Dawson | A twisty, terrifying supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old, her creepy new home in Florida, and the territorial ghost of the young girl who lived there before her. "A fiendishly creepy ghost story."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Dust & Grim "Hide-under-the-covers terrifying, I loved it.”--Katherine Arden, bestselling author of Small Spaces Lily Horne is a drama queen. It's helped her rise to stardom in the school play, but it's also landed her in trouble. Her parents warn her that Florida has to be different. It's a fresh start. No theatrics. But this time, the drama is coming for her. Her new house is a real nightmare. . . The pool is full of slime, the dock is rotten, and the swamp creeps closer every day. But worst of all, the house isn't empty . . . it's packed full of trash, memories, and, Lily begins to fear, the ghost of the girl who lived there before her. And whatever is waiting in the shadows wants to come out to play. | National Geographic Books |
| 9781338240399 | Molly's Story | W. Bruce Cameron | Molly's purpose is to take care of her girl, CJ, but CJ's mom will not allow her to have a dog, so Molly must stay hidden in CJ's room. | |
| 9780670784752 | My Baby Blue Jays | Author John Berendt chronicles the lives of baby blue jays after he notices a nest outside his office window and follows their lives from eggs to hatchlings to full grown birds. | ||
| 9781338741490 | My Otter Half | Michelle Schusterman | Homeward Bound meets Finding Nemo in this heartfelt story about a brave sea otter and a rambunctious puppy who team up to find their way home. Oliver is a sea otter determined to prove that he's not a momma otter's boy. In an effort to show his bravery, he swims into Puget Sound where all the ships and humans are. That's when disaster strikes: An oil spill threatens the local wildlife -- and it traps Oliver in the harbor! Franklin, an excitable dachshund puppy, is also lost. He's been separated from his owner, Lucy, and he has no idea how to get back to her. Now Oliver and Franklin must journey through the Pacific Northwest wilderness in search of their families. Along the way, they'll discover exciting adventures and meet new friends--but will they be able to find their way home? | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780803720336 | My Palace of Leaves in Sarajevo | Marybeth Lorbiecki | In 1991, ten-year-old Nadja begins writing to her cousin in Minnesota, and over the next four years, her letters reveal the horrors of war in this former republic of Yugoslavia, while her cousin's letters give Nadja and her family some hope. | Dial Books |
| 9780439629089 | Never Do Anything, Ever | Jim Benton | Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her search for inner beauty, her fund raising efforts for the Juvenile Optometry Federation, and her practice strategy for the Jump-Rope-A-Thon. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781583412763 | New York Islanders | Aaron Frisch | Presents the history, players, and accomplishments of the New York Islanders. | Creative Co |
| 9780545036207 | Night of the New Magicians | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie visit the Paris World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific pioneers from an evil sorcerer. | |
| 9780545627757 | Night of the Puppet People (Goosebumps Most Wanted #8) | R. L. Stine | The infamous Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. Just in time for the Goosebumps movie, in theaters August 7th, 2015! Ben and his twin Jenny are terrified by the strange puppet show at their fifth birthday party. The puppets are ugly and frightening and get all the kids screaming. The old puppeteer whispers to Ben and Jenny as he leaves: "I'll see you again..." Now they are twelve, but they never forgot that scary time. And when their friend Jesse shows them the collection of old puppets he found hidden in his attic, they feel a twinge of fear. But Jesse has big plans. He wants to do an elaborate puppet show at school and he wants to video it for YouTube. As the three kids practice their show, frightening things begin to happen. The puppets seem to act on their own. And move on their own. And then, the three kids begin to act strangely. They say things they didn't mean to. They do crazy things in school, as if they are not in control of their own bodies or minds. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781558587847 | Noah's Ark | Heinz Janisch | Retells the story of the great flood with which God destroyed all the world, except Noah, his family, and the animals he carried on the Ark. | NorthSouth (NY) |
| 9780440403272 | Number the Stars | Lois Lowry | Yearling Book | |
| 9780545630900 | October Ogre | Ron Roy | "Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy visit a haunted hotel on Halloween, but once inside they realize that they have seen plenty of people going in and none coming back out."--[Source inconnue]. | |
| 9781250147424 | Odder | Katherine Applegate | A touching and lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter, from Newbery Medalist Katherine Applegate, author of Wishtree. Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn’t just swim to the bottom, she dive-bombs. She doesn’t just somersault, she triple-doughnuts. She doesn’t just ride the waves, she makes them. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself—and about the humans who hope to save her. Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers, this poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals. | |
| 9781442472389 | Off the Wall | P.J. Night | Attending a spooky sleepover at the museum with dozens of other girls, Jane accepts a participant's dare to take an after-hours tour of the museum in the dark despite rumors about an Ancient Egyptian mummy that comes to life when the museum closes. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780805010053 | Old Mother West Wind | Thornton W. Burgess | "Aylesworth’s buoyant, rhythmic verse provides inspiration for a wondrous evolution of Gammell’s style.... Sheer delight for eyes, ears, and funny-bones." --Kirkus Reviews, pointer | Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
| 9780140360813 | Once upon America: the Bite of the Gold Bug | Barthe DeClements | Bucky and his father, prospecting for gold in Alaska in 1898, must overcome storms, dangerous mountain trails, and wilderness predators before confronting the final challenge of human treachery. |