Cathy Carpenter's Library
Northeast Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780345514400 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | The critically acclaimed author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums. Reissue. | |
| 9780440439882 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O'Dell | A young Indian girl learns the art of survival when she is stranded on an isolated Pacific island. | Yearling Books |
| 9780439053884 | Jip | Katherine Paterson | While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place. | |
| 9780060000462 | Little House on the Prairie Book and Charm | Laura Ingalls Wilder | LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Meet Laura Ingalls, the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log house, and the family sets out for Indian country! They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas, and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and her family are kept busy and are happy with the promise of their new life on the prairie. Ages 8–12 | HarperFestival |
| 9780545665872 | Lost at Khe Sanh | Steve Watkins | When Anderson discovers a grenade in a trunk full of old military memorabilia, the ghost of a Vietnam War soldier appears and claims the grenade belongs to him. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 071001002959 | Merry Christmas Ameila Bedelia | |||
| 046594003959 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle | Betty MacDonald | ||
| 9780663592531 | Much Ado About Aldo | Johanna Hurwitz | Owing to a school project, eight-year-old Aldo decides to give up eating meat. | |
| 9780590629843 | Mummies in the Morning | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life. | |
| 9780448095516 | Mystery of the Glowing Eye | Carolyn Keene | A fiery glowing eye in a museum, the abduction of Ned, the code name Cyclops, and a pilotless helicopter draw Nancy and her friends into a dangerous investigation. | |
| 9780448095011 | Nancy Drew 01: the Secret of the Old Clock | Carolyn Keene | Read the original Nancy Drew mystery! The Secret of the Old Clock is the mystery that began it all for America's favorite teenaged slueth. The accidental rescue of a little girl who lives with her two great-aunts leads to an adventurous search for a missing will. | Penguin |
| 9780448095455 | Nancy Drew 45: the Spider Sapphire Mystery | Carolyn Keene | Thrilling, dangerous adventures confront Nancy Drew while on a safari in East Africa with a group of American college students. Excitement runs high as the teen-age detective delves into the theft of a fabulous sapphire formed by nature millions of years ago. The mystery starts in Nancy’s home town. Her lawyer father’s client, Floyd Ramsay, who fashions beautiful and unusual synthetic gems, is accused of stealing the magnificent spider sapphire and exhibiting it as his own creation. Mr. Ramsay’s enemies blackmail him and by their vicious acts try to deter Nancy from going on the safari. Readers will join Nancy as she uncovers a nefarious scheme and solves the strange disappearance of an injured jungle guide. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780448095486 | Nancy Drew 48: the Crooked Banister | Carolyn Keene | Nancy and her friends Bess and George spend an exciting week exploring a mysterious zigzag house with its fantastically crooked staircase, its bizarre serpent picture, and an unpredictable robot that nearly causes the young detective to lose her life. But despite the threat of danger from the robot, Nancy is determined to solve the mystery of the weird house and to locate the missing owner who is wanted by the police. It takes keen logic and quick thinking for the young detective to plow through the tangled thicket of clues and find the key to this complex puzzle. With the help of her friends, Nancy captures an elusive swindler and uncovers the secret of the crooked banister, but not before they have several hair-raising adventures – one on a broken bridge over flaming water, another in a hidden room with poisoned portraits! | National Geographic Books |
| 9780545838191 | Narissa's Big Race | Ella Gray | "The Sea Riders is an elite team that partols Oceana and keeps it safe. Narissa want to join more than anything, but she's not the only one! To earn a spot at the Sea Rider Academy, Narissa must win an epic sea horse race against some very tough competitors --including nasty sea nymph tempestua. Only Narissa's never ridden a sea horse before. Now it's time for her to sink or swim!"--Page [4] of cover. | |
| 9780064401302 | No Flying in the House | Betty Brock | Annabel Tippens seems like an ordinary little girl, with short blond hair and very good manners. But Annabel is actually quite unusual. Instead of parents, she has Gloria, a tiny white dog who talks and wears a gold collar. Annabel never wonders why her life is different, until one day a cat named Belinda tells her the truth -- she′s not just a little girl, she′s half fairy! But now that she knows the truth, will her whole life have to change? | Harper Collins |
| 9780448433578 | No Messin' with My Lesson | Nancy E. Krulik | Katie's teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line. | Penguin |
| 9780448444475 | On Thin Ice | Nancy E. Krulik | In two stories, a magic wind changes Katie Carew into Olympic skating star Kerry Gaffigan, and then into Kerry's boyfriend, a famous snowboarder who is in town to film a commercial. | Penguin |
| 9780439520973 | Parachuting Hamsters and Andy Russell | David A. Adler | When Andy and his friend Tamika spend the weekend in the city with Tamika's aunt and uncle, he tries hard to follow all the rules of etiquette during outings to a French restaurant, an art museum, and the ballet, while using his detective skills to solve a mystery involving "parachuting" hamsters. | |
| 9780440415787 | Pictures of Hollis Woods | Patricia Reilly Giff | This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers . . . satisfied” (Kirkus Reviews). Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby’s name is an artist is now a twelve-year-old girl who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she’s taking Josie with her. Still, even as she plans her future with Josie, Hollis dreams of the past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment of her days with them in pictures she’ll never forget. Patricia Reilly Giff captures the yearning for a place to belong in this warmhearted story, which stresses the importance of artistic vision, creativity, and above all, family. | Yearling |
| 9780974362724 | R. Friend - Hats Off to Heroes | Ronda Friend | Ronda's family and friends each have something about them that makes them heroes. |