Amanda Fambrough's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590271349 | The United States in the 20th Century | David Rubel | Encompassing politics, art, everyday life, and science and technology, a lavishly illustrated history of twentieth-century America offers a "cross-curricular" look at each time period through its major events and achievements. | Scholastic |
| 9780147510488 | The War that Saved My Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | *Newbery Honor book *Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award This #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Fighting Words, and for fans of Fish in a Tree and Sarah, Plain and Tall. Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother? "Achingly lovely...Nuanced and emotionally acute."—The Wall Street Journal "Unforgettable...unflinching."—Common Sense Media ★ “Brisk and honest...Cause for celebration.” —Kirkus, starred review ★ "Poignant."—Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ "Powerful."—The Horn Book, starred review "Affecting."—Booklist "Emotionally satisfying...[A] page-turner."—BCCB “Exquisitely written...Heart-lifting.” —SLJ "Astounding...This book is remarkable."—Karen Cushman, author The Midwife's Apprentice "Beautifully told."—Patricia MacLachlan, author of Sarah, Plain and Tall "I read this novel in two big gulps."—Gary D. Schmidt, author of Okay for Now "I love Ada's bold heart...Her story's riveting."—Sheila Turnage, author of Three Times Lucky | Penguin |
| 9780439441421 | The Whipping Boy | Sid Fleischman | Amanda Rosenbloom, proprietor of Astor Place Vintage, thinks shee(tm)son just another call to appraise and possibly purchase clothing from a wealthy, elderly woman. But after discovering a journal sewn into a fur muff, Amanda gets much more than she anticipated. The pages of the journal reveal the life of Olive Westcott, a young woman who had moved to Manhattan in 1907. Olive was set on pursuing a career as a department store buyer in an era when Victorian ideas, limiting a womane(tm)s sphere to marriage and motherhood, were only beginning to give way to modern ways of thinking. As Amanda reads the journal, her life begins to unravel until she can no longer ignore this voice from the past. Despite being separated by one hundred years, Amanda finds shee(tm)s connected to Olive in ways neither could ever have imagined. | Scholastic |
| 9780698116528 | The Wild Christmas Reindeer | Jan Brett | Little Teeka thought she had to be firm with the reindeer to get them ready for Santa's important flight, but when her bossy yelling only got their antlerstangled up, she knew she had to try something different."Beautifully conceived and finely wrought." -- Booklist (starred review)"Brett's precise, glowing illustrations, drawing on Swedish folk art, make this a beguiling Advent calendar of a book." -- Kirkus Reviews"AA? sweet Christmas fantasy that shows Brett at her best." -- Publishers Weekly"This tale with its humorous close-ups of stubborn reindeer and a sharp child protagonist should prove popular at story hours." -- School Library Journal | Puffin Books |
| OS_64677F99F5C77D00B4F38BC8 | The Wild Toboggan Ride | Suzan Reid | ||
| 9780545085342 | The Winter Room | Gary Paulsen | Eleven-year-old Eldon, growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780141371481 | The Witches | Dahl, Roald | Puffin | |
| 9781338052954 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Geronimo Stilton | When a terrible tornado blows through Dorothy's hometown in Kansas, she and her little dog, Toto, are carried away to a magical land called Oz. There she meets the talking scarecrow, the tin woodman, and the cowardly lion. Dorothy and her new friends set out on a fabulous adventure down the cheddar-coloured yellow brick road. Will they meet the mysterious wizard of Oz? And will Dorothy ever find her way home? Fans of the world-famous mouse detective will love his adaptation of the classic novel by L. Frank Baum. | |
| The Wonders Of Nature | ||||
| The World Of Time And Timepieces | ||||
| 9780439929257 | The Wright 3 | Blue Balliett | In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780439454568 | The Year of Miss Agnes | Kirkpatrick Hill | Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher. | |
| There's A Body In The Brontosaurus Room | ||||
| There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom | ||||
| OS_642F0F0A1002A200B6BCAE2D | Third Grade is Trouble | Barbara Baker | ||
| 9780590032377 | Those Can-Do Pigs | David M. McPhail | Funny book about pigs. | |
| 9780439692564 | Three Samurai Cats | Eric A. Kimmel | ||
| Tiger Heat | ||||
| 9780547890425 | Time Tag | Matt Carroll | ||
| Tom Sawyer Abroad |