Emily Swinehart's Library
Pisgah Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780439678070 | The Case of the Food Fight | James Preller, Jamie Smith, R. W. Alley | Realizing that Joey Pignattano has been falsely accused of starting a food fight, Jigsaw Jones investigates to find the real culprit. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781368009690 | The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? | Mo Willems | Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely. | |
| 9780689318986 | The Foxbury Force | Graham Oakley | Atheneum | |
| 9781338642261 | The Ghost At Dawn's House (The Baby-Sitters Club #9) (9) | Martin, Ann M. | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9780763629939 | The Gold-Threaded Dress | Marsden, Carolyn | "a Fine Novel For Early Independent Readers That Conveys Lots Of Information - About Thailand And Making Friends." - New York Times Book Reviewin Thailand She Was Named Oy, But Here In America The Teachers Call Her Olivia. Other Things Are Not So Easy To Change, However. When Oy Draws A Portrait Of Herself With Brown Hair And Eyes As Round As Coins, Her Classmate Frankie Makes Fun Of Her And Calls Her Chinese. And The Popular Girl Liliandra Barely Speaks To Her, Until She Learns That Oy Has Something Very Special: A Thai Dancing Dress From Her Grandmother, Shimmering With Pink Silk And Golden Threads, That Makes Her Look Like A Princess. Will Oy Risk Shaming Her Family To Win Liliandra's Approval - And Be Part Of The Club She Has Envied From Afar? With Compassion And Rare Insight, Carolyn Marsden Tells A Simple Tale About A Young Girl Who Searches For Acceptance In A Complex Culture, While Learning To Treasure All That She Is.publishers Weeklyzeroing In On A Very Specific Situation, First-time Author Marsden Hits The Issues Of This Age Group Squarely And Truthfully. Fourth Grader Oy, A Thai-american Student New To A Predominantly Mexican-american School, Struggles To Fit In With The Popular Clique Of Girls Led By Liliandra. When Liliandra Knocks Into Oy And A Picture Of The Heroine In A Ceremonial Thai Dress Flutters From Her Backpack, The Trouble Begins ( `oooooh, Pretty,' Said The Girls Following Liliandra. `like A Princess' ). The Ringleader Applies Peer Pressure Until Oy Agrees To Smuggle The Prized Dress To School, In Order To Earn Membership In Liliandra's Club. Disaster Results. Despite The Brevity Of The Novel, Marsden Plants Details Showing The Importance Of Respect For Position And Education In Oy's Home. So When The Club Initiation Rite Backfires, The Consequences Reach Much Further In Oy's Mind Than A Reprimand At School. A Touching Friendship Also Develops With A Boy Who Begins As A Bully But Softens When He Sees Oy's Predicament (it Turns Out He Has Some Asian Heritage As Well). The Heroine's Ultimate Decision To Take The High Road Results In A Deeper Understanding Of Her Parents, Including Their Shared Experience As Outsiders (remember, Little Daughter, Her Mother Says, The Children Are Interested In This Dress Not Because It Makes Them Look The Same, But Because It Makes Them Look Different). Ages 7-9. (mar.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. | Candlewick |
| 9780545804523 | 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. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780679734772 | The House On Mango Street (Thorndike Press Large Print The Literacy Bridge) | Cisneros, Sandra | The Story Of A Young Girl Growing Up In The Hispanic Quarter Of Chicago. Capturing Her Thoughts And Emotions In Poems And Stories, She Is Able To Rise Above Hopelessness And Create A Quiet Space For Herself In The Midst Of Her Oppressive Surroundings. The House On Mango Street -- Hairs -- Boys & Girls -- My Name -- Cathy Queen Of Cats -- Our Good Day -- Laughter -- Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold -- Meme Ortiz -- Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin -- Marin -- Those Who Don't -- There Was An Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What To Do -- Alicia Who Sees Mice -- Darius & The Clouds -- And Some More -- The Family Of Little Feet -- A Rice Sandwich -- Chanclas -- Hips -- The First Job -- Papa Who Wakes Up Tired In The Dark -- Born Bad -- Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water -- Geraldo No Last Name -- Edna's Ruthie -- The Earl Of Tennessee -- Sire -- Four Skinny Trees -- No Speak English -- Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut & Papaya Juice On Tuesdays -- Sally -- Minerva Writes Poems -- Bums In The Attic -- Beautiful & Cruel -- A Smart Cookie -- What Sally Said -- The Monkey Garden -- Red Clowns -- Linoleum Roses -- The Three Sisters -- Alicia & I Talking On Edna's Steps -- A House Of My Own -- Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes. Sandra Cisneros. Originally Published By Arte Público Press In 1984--t.p. Verso. | Thorndike Press Large Print |
| 9780590026918 | The Journal of Joshua Loper | Walter Dean Myers | In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss, in an addition to a best-selling series composed by a Newbery Honor-winning author. | |
| 9780062238658 | The Land Of Forgotten Girls | Kelly, Erin Entrada | Greenwillow Books | |
| 9780545838290 | The Lost Track of Time | Paige Britt | Penelope is an imaginative girl, whose every day has been rigidly scheduled by her mother--until one day she falls through a hole in her calendar and lands in the Realm of Possibility, where she discovers that it, too, is stuck in a track of time, and only she can save it. | |
| 9780590457439 | The Magnificent Mummy Maker | Woodruff, Elvira | has A Mummy’s Spirit Really Moved Into Andy’s Body?! what Do You Do When It Seems Like Everyone In Your Family Has Done Something Magnificent—everyone, That Is, Except You? That’s Andy’s Problem. He Just Wants To Do Something Special. when His Class Visits An Egyptian Exhibit, He Figures It’ll Be Just Another Field Trip. But He’s Wrong, Because Somehow A Mummy’s Spirit Seems To Have Given Him A Weird Magic Power. Suddenly, Andy’s Magnificent—all He Has To Do Is Wish For Whatever He Wants! But Being Extraordinary Has Its Drawbacks. And Andy Soon Learns To Be Very, Very Careful Of What He Wishes For….school Library Journalgr 4-7-woodruff's Obvious Enjoyment Of Mixing Historical Information With A Modern Adventure, Seen In George Washington's Socks (scholastic, 1993) And Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But (holiday, 1992), Is Again Evident In This Work. Andy Manetti's Life Is Filled With Angst. He Is Constantly Overshadowed At School And Home By His Stepbrother, Also 10, Who He Has Nicknamed ``mr. Gifted.'' Andy Feels Average And Almost Unloved Until His Fifth-grade Class Takes A Field Trip To The Museum. As He Stares Into The Mystical Face Of An Egyptian Mummy, An Odd Feeling Overtakes Him, And He Soon Finds That He Has Been Imbued With Magical Powers. He Is Suddenly A Gifted Artist, Is Given Five Wishes, And Is Ultimately Able To Reconcile Himself To His Mother's Death And To His Stepbrother's Existence. The Book Has A Strong Narrative Voice, Believable And Likable Characters, And An Involving Plot. The Factual Information Is Interesting, And Andy's Fantastical Adventure Is Fun And Well Paced.- Elizabeth Hanson, Chicago Public Library | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781534453494 | The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 3 | Rachel Renée Russell | From #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renée Russell comes the third book in a series about Max Crumbly and his daily ups and downs in middle school. When we last left our courageous hero, Max Crumbly, and his trusty sidekick Erin, they had just finished foiling the plans of some bumbling thieves. But Max and Erin were trapped in a smelly, dangerous dumpster of doom and about to be discovered by the last people they wanted to find them. Now in this latest installment of Max’s journals, Max and Erin face foes both new and old as their misadventures continue. Can the two friends avoid detection—and detention!—while keeping South Ridge Middle School safe from bullies and criminals? | Aladdin |
| 9780590897983 | The Music Of Dolphins | Hesse, Karen | After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.Publishers Weekly"As moving as a sonnet, as eloquently structured as a bell curve," said PW in a starred review of this first-person novel by the Newbery Medalist about a girl who is raised by dolphins and studied by scientists. Ages 9-12. (Feb.) | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439738545 | The New Class | Lauren Brooke | When Dylan Walsh arrives at Chestnut Hill, an exclusive boarding school in Virginia which emphasizes horsemanship, she realizes that her success will depend on the friends she makes. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439597791 | The Red-Headed League Based On The Nove By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | |||
| 9781250111487 | The Scrambled States of America | Laurie Keller | The states become bored with their positions on the map and decide to change places for a while. Includes facts about the states. | |
| 9780439123983 | The Story Of Harriet Tubman, Conductor Of The Underground Railroad | mcmullan, kate | Dell Yearling paperback | |
| 9780439472265 | The Story of Ruby Bridges | Robert Coles | For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338208252 | The Time We Ran Away and other short stories | |||
| 9780439667029 | The Torch Runner | Anastasio, Dina | Scholastic |