Brittany King's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781615666157 | Buddy Heads for Home | Mildred C. Glover | 'The storm-blown rain pounded against the shed like the drum line in a marching band...Whistling winds sped through the cracks in the walls...Buddy shivered with fright, curled up on a warm blanket in a corner, and prepared to brave the storm alone.' Follow new author Mildred Glover as she takes you through the streets of New Orleans, to a shelter in Las Vegas, and finally, to Beaufort, South Carolina, as Buddy Heads for Home. Mildred Glover is an elementary school administrator in Beaufort, South Carolina. Buddy Heads for Home recounts the events her dog endured during Hurricane Katrina. | Tate Publishing |
| Bunnicula Strikes Again! | ||||
| 9780439977722 | Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy | Dav Pilkey | A snotty situation ensues when Melvin Sneedley, an academically-gifted student, turns into the Bionic Booger Boy and must be stopped by George, Harold, and Captain Underpants. | |
| 9781416912545 | Case of the Sneaky Snowman | Carolyn Keene | When Nancy's friend Deirdre predicts the future by reading hot cocoa marshmallows and many of the visions come true, Nancy and the gang wonder what it is going on and get even more suspicious when their snowman disappears. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780316139854 | Catcher with a Glass Arm | Matt Christopher | A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball, improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his teammates. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| OS_64347E62BBC2D200B4837E59 | Catwings Return | Ursula K. Le Guin | ||
| 9780545490764 | Caught | Margaret Peterson Haddix | When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go. | |
| 9780439545273 | Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy | Jenny Nimmo | Emma discovers that the invisible boy living upstairs in the attic is her older brother, and when Manfred finds out their plans, he threatens to lock up Emma. | Scholastic, Incorporated |
| Chocolate Covered Ants | ||||
| 9781481481571 | Choosing Sides (The Kicks) | Alex Morgan | From FIFA World Cup Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and bestselling author Alex Morgan comes the ninth book in an empowering and fun-filled middle grade series that inspired the Amazon original series, The Kicks!After an easy win against the Roses, Devin is reminded of how the Kicks were playing when she first joined and how far they have come since then. Devin runs into Sasha, a summer league teammate of hers, who confides that the Roses’ coach doesn’t seem to care that they’re losing and asks Devin for help. She invites the Roses to a weekend soccer clinic that the Kicks are going to. But when the eighth graders find out that Devin is helping another team in their league, they are not pleased and accuse Devin of helping the competition—especially when the Roses begin to win.Meanwhile, Zoe and Emma haven’t been seeing eye-to-eye, and their friendship seems to be in trouble, putting Devin and Jessi in the middle of their fights. When they begin to disrupt the Kicks’ practices, Devin knows she has to do something.Can Devin prove to her team and her friends that she’s not playing favorites or choosing sides? | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| OS_6436F34248A40B00B5B81BCF | Chrissa | Mary Casanova | ||
| 9780545385732 | Christmas Miracle Pets | Allan Zullo | Have you heard about the dachshund who was snatched up by an eagle, but fought back in midair? How about the two pigs who escaped from a sausage factory, leaped into an icy river, and swam to safety? Can you believe a pet cat was trapped for two months under the concrete floor of a new building under construction? Inside this book, you'll find these and more incredible true tales of brave animals who overcame life-threatening situations. You will never forget these animals or their amazing stories of survival! | Scholastic |
| Christmas Trees | ||||
| 9780593118702 | Confessions Of A Class Clown | Arianne Costner | This middle-school class clown's hilarious online videos might get thousands of views . . . but is fame worth the price of friendship? A heartfelt story with multiple perspectives about the challenges of social media.Meet Jack Reynolds. Making people laugh is his life's work. Jack's wacky MyTube channel is really starting to take off. The only problem is, for the truly epic posts, he needs a collaborator. And, well, he doesn't exactly have any friends. So Jack has to swallow his pride and join the new afterschool club, Speed Friendshipping. But who would make the best partner in comedy?Brielle, Miss Perfect candidate for student body president? Mario, whose mom won't even let him have a smart phone? Or Tasha, the quiet, mysterious girl with a shaved head and a crocheted hat for every day of the week?One of these kids could help catapult Jack to internet fame . . . or even become a true friend. But what will it cost him to go viral?This middle school novel explores themes of friendship, belonging, and the ways social media can put pressure on today's kids. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9781338317947 | Courageous Creatures (I Survived True Stories #4) (4) | Tarshis, Lauren | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9780439176743 | Crash | Jerry Spinelli | Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family. | |
| 9780545636773 | Crocodile Encounters | Brady Barr, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | Follow along with National Geographic explorer Brady Barr as he crawls into a muddy hole just barely big enough for his shoulders, and comes face to face with thirteen crocodiles; learn how to catch a crocodile using shoe laces and underpants; and find out what happens when you put a 600-lb crocodile on an airplane in just a flimsy wooden crate. | |
| 9781596351271 | Danger After Dark | Ellie McDonald | Two friends investigate a strange light burning in an abandoned mansion. | Annie's Attic |
| Days Of The Dead | ||||
| 9781338133905 | D-Day | Kate Messner | Ranger, a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, heads to Normandy on the morning of the D-Day invasion where he meets Leo, a Jewish boy who is hiding with a local farmer, and Walt, a young American soldier fighting to free France from the Nazis. | Scholastic Press |