Crystal Montgomery's Library
East Montgomery Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780545324069 | Scary Science: 24 Creepy Experiments: 24 Creepy Experiments | Shar Levine, Leslie Johnstone | Afraid of things that go bump in the night? Not when YOU'RE the mad scientist!Create your own SHRUNKEN HEADS!Bend BONES and make EYEBALLS bounce!Mix up festering OOZE and bubbling ALIEN BLOOD!Here are 25 spooky experiments to get kids howling with laughter while learning some scientific facts. They'll also find out real-life stories behind deadly spiders, zombie worms, and exploding snakes with "Strange . . . but true!" facts throughout. All of these terrifyingly fun experiments include step-by-step instructions, cute and creepy illustrations, and easy-to-find ingredients, so there's no excuse not to try them! | Scholastic Paperback Nonfiction |
| 9780590431972 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings. | Harper | |
| 9780545499859 | Scholastic Ency Of The Presidents And Their Times (2012) | DAVID RUBEL | THE SCHOLASTIC ENCYLOPEDIA OF THE PRESIDENTS AND THEIR TIMES documents the tenure of each of the American presidents. It also includes information about the headlines, people, and fads that defined America during each presidency. It is an easy-to-use resource that reflects events through the election of the next president in the 2012 election.Each profile includes a fact box that lists the president's birthday, birthplace, vice president, wife, children, and nickname. It also lists the president's full name and years he was in office. It is an easy-to-understand guide that traces our Presidential history from the beginning to the future. | Scholastic Reference |
| 9780545492928 | School Days According to Humphrey | Betty G. Birney | Humphrey the hamster is puzzled when unfamiliar students fill Mrs. Brisbane's classroom at summer's end, but he soon learns that his friends from last year are fine and that the new class needs his special help. | |
| 9781442407671 | Sent #2 | Margaret Peterson Haddix | Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king. | |
| 9780545631914 | September Sneakers | Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney | Someone has been stealing and leaving behind little green sneakers, so Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy trail their new teacher, who wears the same shoes in normal size. | |
| 9780061242472 | Septimus Heap, Book Seven: Fyre (Septimus Heap, 7) | Angie Sage | The seventh book in the internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, featuring the funny and fantastic adventures of a wizard apprentice and his quest to become an ExtraOrdinary Wizard.New York Times Bestselling Series“To wrap up her deservedly popular series, Sage calls back nearly all of the first six volumes’ cast members, living and dead, for a fresh flurry of Magykal feats and threats from the Darke.” —Kirkus Reviews“Sage is a master of her created world, paying devoted attention to the smallest detail; the world and the characters in it are as vivid and engaging in this final installment as they have been throughout the Septimus Heap series.” —ALA BooklistFavorite characters return in this stunning seventh final book in Angie Sage's New York Times bestselling Magykal series: ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, Alchemist Marcellus Pye, and of course Septimus Heap, Jenna, Beetle, Simon, Lucy, and the rest of the Heap gang.Jenna will soon be Queen and Beetle is now Chief Hermetic Scribe. Septimus, however, must rid the Castle of the Darke Domaine by destroying the Two-Faced Ring. His skills in both Magyk and Physik will be tested, as will his loyalties.Filled with Angie Sage's characteristic humor and heart, Fyre is a grand finale that is fantasy adventure at its best. | Katherine Tegen Books |
| 9780312371326 | Shakespeare's Secret | Broach, Elise | A missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, a link to Shakespeare—can Hero uncover the connections?Janis Flint-Ferguson - KLIATTHero Netherfield is entering the sixth grade in a new town and a new school. Her father has just recently taken a job at the Maxwell Library and the family has a new home; Hero just wishes she didn't have to start the whole process of learning to fit in again, especially with a name like Hero. Both she and her 8th-grade sister Beatrice have been named for the women in Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. (Their father is a Shakespearean scholar and met their mother in a Shakespeare class.) Hero meets the older woman who lives next door, Miriam Roth, who shares the story of a missing diamond and a missing daughter with Hero. Quite accidentally, Nero becomes friends with the police chief's son who also knows Mrs. Roth and about the missing diamond. He happens to be the coolest boy in his sister's grade. Together they look at clues—a quote from Dylan Thomas, a picture of a necklace belonging to Anne Boleyn, and the mystery of who wrote the Shakespearean plays. The clues lead them to the lights in Nero's home and a late-night search when no one is around. The diamond is found, and so is the lost daughter of their friend, Mrs. Roth. The mystery is well developed, with historical details about William Shakespeare, Edward de Vere and Queen Elizabeth I. KLIATT Codes: J—Recommended for junior high school students. 2005, Henry Holt, 256p., Ages 12 to 15. | Square Fish |
| 9780590447713 | Shark Lady | Ann McGovern | A biography of the ichthyologist whose interest in fish began at the age of nine during weekly trips to the Aquarium in New York City. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. | Scholastic Biography |
| 9780590412018 | Shh! We're Writing the Constitution | Jean Fritz | Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787. | |
| 9780439341455 | Sideways Stories From Wayside School | Louis Sachar | Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. | |
| 9781338666366 | Signs of Survival | Renée G. Hartman, Joshua Greene | "Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the two sisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide. Eventually they, too, would be captured and taken to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Communicating in sign language and relying on each other for strength in the midst of illness, death, and starvation, Renee and Herta would have to fight to survive the darkest of times. This gripping memoir, told in a vivid "oral history" format, is a testament to the power of sisterhood and love, and now more than ever a reminder of how important it is to honor the past, and keep telling our own stories"-- | |
| 9781338587357 | Slime for Dinner (Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel #2) | Geronimo Stilton, Tom Angleberger | You've never seen Geronimo like this before Geronimo and his friends visit Creepella's castle for a dinner and a mystery | Graphix |
| 9780064410472 | So B. It | Sarah Weeks | You couldn′t really tell about Mama′s brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl′s, and she only knew 23 words. I know this for a fact, because we kept a list of the things Mama said tacked to the inside of the kitchen cabinet. Most of the words were common ones, like good and more and hot, but there was one word only my mother said: soof. Although she lives an unconventional lifestyle with her mentally disabled mother and their doting neighbour, Bernadette, Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother′s vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi′s thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past. | Harper Collins |
| 9780399238680 | So You Want To Be An Explorer? | Judith St. George | So you want to be an explorer? What does it take, you ask? To find out, take a look at Judith St. George and David Small’s witty collection of some of the best explorers the world has ever known.You know Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, but what about Mary Kingsley, who studied cannibals in Africa, or cowboy Jim White, who, by mistake, found Carlsbad Caverns?Full of boundless energy and illustrations you won’t forget, this historical jaunt will inspire the explorer in all of us, young and old. | Philomel |
| 9781338226911 | Soccer on Sunday | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie go to a soccer field in Mexico where they must find the final secret of greatness for Merlin. On the field, they'll meet a young soccer player who dreams of one day playing in the World Cup just like his hero, the great Brazilian soccer player, Pele! | |
| 9780802853448 | Something To Sing About | C. C. Payne | Jamie Jo's fear of bees has been not much more than an annoyance for the Morgan family -- that is until the summer their church explodes. While trying to make sense of this event, Jamie Jo deals with overcoming other struggles: she fears reaching out to a new girl in the neighborhood, she worries about taking on the responsibility of a puppy, and she doesn't know why her older brother's return to town has caused tension in the family. She has to deal with all of this without going outside (where the bees live) alone!Readers will be captivated by Jamie Jo's humor, wit, and small-town charm as she begins to see her world and her faith in a new way. | Eerdmans Books for Young Readers |
| 9781442421837 | Spy School | Stuart Gibbs | “Combines Alex Rider’s espionage skills with a huge dose of the sarcasm of Artemis Fowl.” —School Library JournalCan an undercover nerd become a superstar agent? In the first book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley sure hopes so—and his life may depend on it!Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: CIA or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior CIA academy. Could the CIA really want him? | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9780147514479 | Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln: A Compelling Biography of the Early Years of the Sixteenth U.S. President! (Turning Points) | Judith St. George | A spirited biography of the early years of Abraham Lincoln, one of history’s greatest and most important U.S. presidents!Abraham Lincoln grew up poor and without schooling in a Kentucky wilderness and lost his mother before he was ten. It was sparkplug Sally Bush Johnston, who later married Abe’s father, brought a library of books to their log cabin home, and believed in Abe from the beginning. Her confidence in him was an inspiring turning point for young Abe, who went on to become one of the most revered and respected presidents in United States history.Full-color illustrations. Includes bibliography!About the Turning Point series:Sometimes there is a happening in our lives that changes the way we think about ourselves and sends us along a new path. These turning points can come when we are young—thorugh a person we meet, an experience we have, a difficulty we overcome.Since 1789, only a small number of people have been president of the United States. What has made these individuals unique? Was there a turning point in their lives that caused them to change direction and set them on a path that led them to the White House?—Judith St. George | Puffin Books |
| OS_643594D530632D00B45183EE | Strega Nona | Tomie dePaola |