Jessica Phillips' Library
Liberty Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 978-0-545-43624-3 | Play Dead (A Dog and His Girl Mysteries) | Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines-Stephens | A dog and his girl show how six legs are better than two in this brand new mystery series!When Dodge, a German shepherd police dog, finds himself retired after an accident leaves him deaf in one ear, he's lucky to be adopted by the perfect family. Twelve-year-old Cassie Sullivan, his girl, smells almost as good as a dog, and gets her nose for sleuthing from her police chief mom and coroner dad. Cassie is smart and quick on her feet, and doesn't mind breaking a couple rules to get to the bottom of a mystery. Dodge has forty-two dog years of experience solving crime, as well as a great network of other four-legged colleagues when he needs more intel.When Verdel Ward, the richest man in town, goes missing, it seems like everyone from the mayor to the housekeeper wants his fortune, which he's left behind with no will. But Cassie and Dodge can smell a mystery from a mile away, and can't help wondering why a miser would go swimming in a dangerous cove, what's up with the suspicious fiancee, who's been sneaking around the mansion, and where a twin brother has come from. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780380709601 | Ramona Forever | Beverly Cleary | Avon Books | |
| 9780545864961 | Rise of the Dragons | Sage, Angie | Scholastic Press | |
| 9780448457505 | Rocking Out! | AJ Stern | When Frannie's local community center, The Ark, announces it is going out of business, Frannie and the community join together to create a fundraising concert. Frannie and her friends write letters to rock star Aimee Chapman asking her to perform at the concert and she says yes! Frannie and her friends learn all about the perks of being a rock star and, of course, Frannie decides rock star is perfect for a career. After all, a green room is actually an office for rock stars! | National Geographic Books |
| 9780440419921 | Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception | Wendelin Van Draanen | Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery. | Yearling Books |
| 9780590412018 | Shh! We're Writing the Constitution | Jean Fritz | Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787. | |
| 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 |
| 9780590425377 | Snow Treasure | Marie McSwigan | Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545081771 | Storm Runners | Roland Smith | Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780448453675 | Super Burp! | Nancy E. Krulik | A debut entry in a new series by the creator of the Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo series introduces young George, whose loud and magical burping fit at the start of the new school year prompts involuntary antics that land him in big trouble. Original. | Penguin |
| 9780439577724 | Superfudge | Judy Blume | Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge. | |
| 9780439577793 | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume | Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem. Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter feel like a fourth grade nothing. Fudge is never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets away with everything-and Peter's had enough. When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, it's the last straw. | |
| 9780679881681 | The Absent Author | Ron Roy | Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780738360256 | The Desperate Mission | Jude Watson | After Obi-Wan is betrayed by Anakin, Obi-Wan raises Luke Skywalker on the remote planet of Tatooine. Later, Obi-Wan discovers that at least one Jedi has survived the destruction of the Jedi Order by the Empire. Obi-Wan must make a difficult choice between staying on Tatooine with Luke or going to the heart of the Empire to find the Jedi. | Turtleback |
| 9780064402507 | The Family Under the Bridge | Natalie Savage Carlson | This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them. But the children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realize that he had gotten himself ready-made family; one that he loved with all his heart, and one for whom he would have to find a better home than the bridge. Armand and the children's adventures around Paris -- complete with gypsies and a Santa Claus -- make a story which children will treasure. | Harper Collins |
| 9780439204200 | The Giant Germ | Anne Capeci, Joanna Cole | When Keesha discovers mold on her sandwich, the class takes off on a tour of the mini microbe world, and they learn first hand that these little creatures can have huge effects. Ms. Frizzle proves that there is always more than meets the eye in this gigantic adventure. Illustrations. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780064402019 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson | Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all. She has a county-wide reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters -- by far the strangest family yet -- Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work. Before long she's devised an elaborate scheme to get her real mother to come rescue her. But the rescue doesn't work out, and the great Gilly Hopkins is left thinking that maybe life with the Trotters wasn't so bad ... | HarperCollins |
| 9780439204217 | The Great Shark Escape | Jennifer Johnston | What starts as a class trip to the aquarium ends in the depths of the ocean, where the class has to escape from the jaws of a great white shark. Ms. Frizzle teaches the class about different shark species, including the goblin shark, angel shark, and the enormous whale shark. Illustrations. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780064400060 | The Long Winter | Laura Ingalls Wilder | The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace bravely face the hard winter of 1880-81 in their little house in the Dakota Territory. Blizzards cover the little town with snow, cutting off all supplies from the outside. Soon there is almost no food left, so young Almanzo Wilder and a friend make a dangerous trip across the prairie to find some wheat. Finally a joyous Christmas is celebrated in a very unusual way in this most exciting of all the Little House books. | HarperCollins |
| 9781602185746 | The Magic School Bus, Inside the Human Body | Cole |