Sophia Land's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780375868566 | The Resisters #1: The Resisters | Eric Nylund | In the tradition of Robert Heinlein and Ray Bradbury, million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with this riveting children's debut. Twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood has always known exactly what he wanted—to win the state soccer championship, get into the best high school, and become an astronaut. Then he meets Madison and Felix, who tell him something . . . insane. They claim that 50 years ago, aliens took over the earth, and everyone past puberty is under their mind control. Ethan doesn't believe it. But then he sees for himself the aliens' monster bug robots and the incredible way that Madison and Felix have learned to fight them. So Ethan Blackwood has a choice: he can go back to his normal, suburban, protected lie of a life—or he can become a Resister. This is science fiction on the lines of Scott Westerfield and Cory Doctorow for middle graders. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439748650 | The Sand Castle Contest | Robert Munsch | Bestselling team Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko create another wacky adventure about a boy named Matthew who makes a sandcastle so real, that everyWhile on vacation. Matthew is excited to take part in the local sandcastle contest. The winner gets a bathtub filled with ice cream!But Matthew is just too good at building sand castles. The judges all think the house he builds, complete with sand chairs, a sand refrigerator, and sand food is real! He has to prove that it's all just a big pile of sand so he can win that ice cream! | Cartwheel Books |
| 9781338268225 | The Scaredy Cat | Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen | "Coral, Shelly, and Angel are best friends. They love exploring their home in Kittentail Cove. On the first day of sea school, their teacher asks everyone to bring in something special to share with the class. Shelly and Angel can't wait to visit Tortoiseshell Reef to find an extra-special treasure. But the reef is on the edge of the cove, and Coral is scared to swim that far. Can this scaredy cat learn to be brave?" --Back cover. | |
| 9780590474832 | The Schoolyard Mystery (Invisible Inc., No. 1; Hello Reader! Level 4) | Elizabeth Levy | Chip, an invisible boy, and his friends solve the mystery of who took the school ball from the playground | Cartwheel |
| 9781534400412 | The Secret Sea Horse | Debbie Dadey, Tatevik Avakyan | ||
| 9781338317046 | The Shackleton Sabotage | Dee Garretson, Joseph M. Lee | "The Aldens travel to Australia and Antarctica. But someone they count on is working for their rivals, the Argents! Can the children keep the artifacts out of the wrong hands?"--Back cover. | |
| 9780064441643 | The Smallest Cow in the World | Katherine Paterson | Moving is not easy. Rosie is the meanest cow in the world -- and Marvin's best friend. When his family moves to a new farm, Marvin is sad and lonely . . . until he finds Rosie again. But now she's making a lot of trouble for everyone. Will she and Marvin ever adjust to the changes of a new life in a new place? | Harper Collins |
| 9781562477578 | The Smuggler's Treasure (American Girl History Mysteries) | Sarah Masters Buckey | Sent to live with relatives in New Orleans during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Elisabet determines to find a smuggler's treasure to ransom her imprisoned father. | Amer Girl Pub |
| 9780142405802 | The Snail and the Whale | Julia Donaldson | Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big humpback whale and then is able to help the whale when it gets stuck in the sand. | Puffin |
| 9780679883432 | The Snowman Storybook | Raymond Briggs | When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545259880 | The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls. | |
| 9780439598446 | The Story of Ruby Bridges | Robert Coles, George Ford | For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780394896748 | The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War | Emily Little | Illus. in full color. "An ancient history lesson emerges from this account of the way the Greeks tricked the Trojans and rescued Helen of Troy. The book is well tailored to younger readers with careful explanations and short sentences; a pronunciation guide is appended. Drawings portray the story's main events. A nice supplement to units on ancient Greece or mythology."--Booklist. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439872461 | The Trouble with Violet | Anne Mazer | Bestselling Amazing Days of Abby Hayes author Anne Mazer reaches out to younger readers with this magical take on sibling rivalry. 8-year-old Mabel likes her room to be neat, her day to be planned, and her life to be organized. If only she could organize her younger sister! 5-year-old Violet is messy and out of control. Just before Violet starts kindergarten, a surprise visit from mysterious Uncle Vartan exposes a big secret; there's magic in their family. Mable is sure she'll know just how to use her powers. After all, she's used to being mature and responsible. But her orderly world begins to fall apart when she learns she's not the one with magic -- it's adorable, annoying Violet. Life will never be the same! | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780380728855 | The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle | Avi | A vicious captain, a mutinous crew --and a young girl caught in the middleNot every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to tell the truth as I lived it. | Harpercollins Childrens Books |
| 9780679861669 | The True Story of Pocahontas | Lucille Recht Penner | Learn about how Pocahontas helped early Americans survive! Filled with suspense and historical details, here's a very young biography of the Powhatan Indian princess who played a vital role in early Colonial and Native American relations. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780142410394 | The Twits | Roald Dahl | The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys. | PUFFIN BOOKS |
| 9780316464628 | The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 | Honest Lee, Matthew J. Gilbert | As heard by kids everywhere on the Echo Dot Kids Edition, the Classroom 13 books are a hilarious new chapter book series-perfect for reluctant readers and fans of Roald Dahl, Captain Underpants, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. Nominated for the Texas Library Association's 2018 Texas Bluebonnet Award! The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 is the first title in a series about the students of a very unlucky classroom. The easy-to-read chapters are full of humor, action, secret codes, and fun-and will prompt hours of conversation among friends, families, and classmates. The final chapter encourages young readers to write their own chapter and send it in to the author, Honest Lee. When unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery, she shares her winnings with her class-giving each student over a BILLION DOLLARS! You might think this was nice, but it was not. It was a nasty idea. With great money comes awful allergies, terrible taxes, violent volcanoes, and other pesky problems. As the students of Classroom 13 are about to learn, winning the lottery is not always lucky. © 2017 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780547237602 | The Wednesday Wars | Gary D. Schmidt | During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns muchof value about the world he lives in. | Sandpiper |
| 9780439109901 | The Wild Whale Watch | Eva Moore | The Magic School Sub takes the kids deep into the ocean, where they learn allsorts of fascinating facts about whales. | Scholastic Inc. |