Artesia Pollard's Library
Kenwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780316028714 | Eggs | Jerry Spinelli | He spoke to the beautiful face. "Are you sleeping?" The eyes did not open. He could not decide if he wanted them to open. The humped eyelids with their glittery purple were like tiny twin eggs, bird's eggs. "Are you going to say something?" The mouth did not move. "You're dead, aren't you?" The beautiful face was as still as the trees. He was not afraid. This is the first time David and Primrose meet, and despite their differences they hesitantly form a tight but tumultuous bond. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338832044 | Escape From East Berlin | Andy Marino | From the author of The Plot to Kill Hitler trilogy and Escape from Chernobyl comes another fast-paced, high-interest historical thriller, chronicling two daring attempts to cross the Berlin Wall, set decades apart. December, 1961 - Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East -- with Marta's home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side. -- January, 1989 - Now a spray-painted concrete monolith, the Berlin Wall bisects the city. Kurt, a young East Berliner, often wonders what those living on the other side must think of their unseen neighbors. Do they hate the people of East Germany as completely as Kurt has been instructed to hate them? -- Inspired by real events, Escape from East Berlin tells two stories of daring bids for freedom from the Eastern Bloc, set decades apart and relayed in alternating perspectives. Triumph and tragedy intertwine in this examination of both the earliest and final days of the Berlin Wall. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780439576178 | Esperanza Rising | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. | Scholastic |
| Exploring Our Solar System Mars | ||||
| Extreme Explorations Chasing The World's Most Dangerous Storms | ||||
| Fame And Glory In Freedom, Georgia | ||||
| 9781338110975 | Fast Break | Mike Lupica | Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338145908 | Fenway And Hattie | Victoria J. Coe | Facing a world of changes when his family moves from the city to the suburbs, excitable Jack Russell terrier Fenway revels in the nearby dog park and despairs of ever catching Evil Squirrels until his short human best friend, Hattie, begins spending time with a new short human friend named Angel. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338060522 | Fish Boy | M. G. Higgins | Danny's family is full of superheroes, each with their own gift. Danny is Fish Boy, but in landlocked Arizona, there is not a lot of need for a superhero with amazing water talents -- Publisher. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| Frank Einstein And The Bio-Action Gizmo | ||||
| 9780439607278 | Frindle | Andrew Clements | Nick Allen has has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned the classroom into a tropical island? But now Nick is in Mrs Granger's class, it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. | |
| 9780545301701 | Hammerhead vs. Bull Shark | Jerry Pallotta | Examines hammerhead sharks and bull sharks, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338245653 | Hamsterasaurus Rex | Tom O'Donnell | BEWARE: Rampaging Mutant Dino-Hamster!When a mysterious growling hamster appears at the back of his class, Sam knows just what to call him: Hamstersaurus Rex. Sam tries to protect Hammie from an overzealous Hamster Monitor, and from the meanest bully in the history of Horace Hotwater Middle School. The bully isn’t afraid of some weird little class pet. But maybe he should be. Hamstersaurus Rex is no ordinary hamster. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780590266048 | Harriet's Hare | Dick King-Smith | A young girl's life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien. | |
| 9781338032826 | Heart of a Dolphin | Cathy Hapka | When Annie spots a dolphin trapped in fishing line in the cove near her house, she rushes to free him. Everyone cheers when she returns to shore, but only Annie knows that she and the dolphin have forged a special bond. He's become her friend--and keeps returning to the cove to visit and play. Meanwhile, out of the water, nothing is going right. Annie's best friend, Emma, has changed, and keeps ditching her to hang out with snobby Morgan. At home, Annie's busy parents barely seem to have time for her, and she's stuck with her hyper younger brother always tagging along. Then a misunderstanding with Morgan makes things even worse ... and ultimately leaves Annie alone and in danger. Can her dolphin friend help her when she needs it most. | |
| 9780439024181 | Heat | Mike Lupica | TRADE PB | Scholastic |
| 9780439098168 | Hey, Little Ant | Phillip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose | A book in which an ant pleads with the kid who is tempted to squish it. | Scholastic |
| 9781338661767 | History's Mysteries Legends And Lore : Curious Clues, Cold Cases, And Puzzles From The Past | Anna Claybourne | "Interesting and curious historical legends and their background, for children"-- | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338282696 | Holes | |||
| 9780316405911 | House of Robots | James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein | In this new highly-illustrated series from James Patterson, an extraordinary robot signs up for an ordinary fifth grade class... and elementary school will never be the same! It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring her newest invention to school: a walking, talking robot he calls E--for "Error". Sammy's no stranger to robots--his house is full of a colorful cast of them. But this one not only thinks it's Sammy's brother... it's actually even nerdier than Sammy. Will E be Sammy's one-way ticket to Loserville? Or will he prove to the world that it's cool to be square? It's a roller-coaster ride for Sammy to discover the amazing secret E holds that could change family forever... if all goes well on the trial run! | jimmy patterson |