Jamie Rodriguez's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780439692533 | The Slippery Slope | Lemony Snicket | Klaus and Violet attempt to follow their sister, who is trapped by Count Olaf in a car driving fast up the mountain. First they must stop the caravan they are travelling in hurtling over a cliff. | Scholastic |
| 9780063045408 | The Smart Cookie | Jory John | Be a smart cookie--and don't miss the latest book in #1 New York Times bestselling series The Bad Seed, from creators Jory John and Pete Oswald! | HarperCollins |
| 9780545302364 | The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance | Glenn Dakin | Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt criminals with a single touch. | |
| 9780736427951 | The Space Between | Kiki Thorpe | While wondering if she has a talent for animals, Lainey, along with her three friends and the fairies of Pixie Hollow, discovers a passage between Earth and Never Land. | RH/Disney |
| 9780545174770 | The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club, No.3) | Ann M. Martin | A fresh new look for the beloved series -- set to relaunch just after a brand-new prequel hits stores!The truth about Stacey is that she has diabetes, a fact she keeps secret from everyone except her new friends in the Baby-sitters Club. But Stacey's condition causes a lot of problems, and she has to miss a lot of BSC meetings. Can she find a solution before her new friends get sick of her disease? | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439412810 | The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin | The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. | |
| 9781338227871 | There Was an Old Mermaid Who Swallowed a Shark! | Lucille Colandro | There was an old mermaid who swallowed a shark. I don't know why she swallowed a shark, but it left no mark. Follow this old mermaid underwater to see what she swallows next. | |
| Trapped In A Video Game | ||||
| 9780380754847 | Wayside School Is Falling Down | Louis Sachar | More fun in The Wacky World of Wayside School "Watch closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window The children all watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are 29 kids in Mrs. Jewls's class and this book is about all of them. There is Todd, who got in trouble every day ... until he got a magic dog; Paul, whose life was saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dared to try the cafeteria's Mushroom Surprise and all the others who help turn a day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another. But, after the things that happened in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, what would you expect? The extraordinary thirty-story school and its zany inhabitants are back in the long-awaited sequel to the classic SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, one of the most popular Camelot books ever. "Rib-tickling...sure-to-please..." -- Kirkus | Harper Collins |
| 9781368003551 | We Don't Eat Our Classmates | Ryan T. Higgins | It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . . Readers will gobble up this hilarious new story from award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins. | Disney-Hyperion |
| 9780590688819 | We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente | Trudie Engel | Chronicles the life and accomplishments of baseball star Roberto Clemente, from his youth in Puerto Rico, through his record-breaking career in Pittsburgh, to his tragic death during a mission of mercy. Original. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781250034076 | Wild Life | Cynthia DeFelice | Erik is preparing for his first-ever hunting trip when he learns that his parents are being deployed to Iraq. A few days later, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to live with Big Darrell and Oma, grandparents he barely knows. When Erik rescues a dog that's been stuck by a porcupine, Big Darrell says Erik can't keep him. But Erik has already named her Quill and can't bear to give her up. He decides to run away, taking the dog and a shotgun, certain that they can make it on their own out on the prairie. Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice is a story of adventure and survival, in which Erik learns about the challenges and satisfactions of living off the land, the power of family secrets, and the pain of losing what you love. | Square Fish |
| 9781338670639 | Wish | Chris Saunders | When Rabbit has trouble deciding how to use his three wishes, he seeks help from his friends by asking what they would do if they had a wish. | |
| Yours Turly, Shirley |