Jessica Smith's Library
West Creek Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545685306 | Drawing From Memory (2011 Copyright) | Allen Say | Scholastic, Inc. | |
| 9780545944823 | Ellie's Story | W. Bruce Cameron | Trained as a search-and-rescue dog since puppyhood, Ellie can track and find people who are physically lost, but it is her owners, widower Jakob and lonely Maya, who challenge her to find a way to save people who are lost in other ways. | |
| 9780439120425 | Esperanza Rising | Pam Munoz 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 Inc. |
| 9780545615426 | Everything Pets Furry Facts, Photos, And Fun Unleashed! | James Spears, Virginia Morell | Introduces kids to the habits and behaviors of all kinds of pets from cute kittens to slithery snakes to happy hamsters. Includes over 100 photos and pictures, field notes, quizzes, and an interactive glossary. | National Geographic Kids |
| 9780590413398 | Favorite Greek Myths | Osborne, Mary Pope | Welcome to a strange and beautiful world, where the moon, the sun, and the wind are all gods; where a human form can easily change into a plant or an animal; where nature's secrets are magically revealed through tales of wonder. | Scholastic, Incorporated |
| 9781338541649 | Front Desk | Kelly Yang | "Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, escape Mr. Yao, and go for her dreams?"--Page 2 of cover. | |
| OS_64370E40BBC2D200B48805B8 | Fudge-A-Mania | Judy Blume | ||
| 9780545101394 | Grandma's Records | Eric Velasquez | Coretta Scott King and John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Eric Velasquez shines in the perfect picture book to read with grandparents. Every summer, Eric goes to live with his grandmother in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) while his parents work. Through the long hot days, Grandma fills her apartment with the blaring horns and conga drums of Bomba y Plena, salsa, and merengue-the music she grew up with in Puerto Rico-sharing her memories and passions with Eric.But Eric sees Grandma in a new light when she gets them tickets to hear their favorite band in concert. The music sounds so different than it does at home on their scratchy records. And then the lead singer serenades Grandma right in front of the whole audience!Join Eric Velasquez on a magical journey through time and across cultures, as a young boy's passion for music and art is forged by a powerful bond between generations. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780545852500 | Guts: A Graphic Novel | Telgemeier, Raina | A True Story From Raina Telgemeier, The #1 New York Times Bestselling, Multiple Eisner Award-winning Author Of Smile, Sisters, Drama, And Ghosts! Raina Wakes Up One Night With A Terrible Upset Stomach. Her Mom Has One, Too, So It's Probably Just A Bug. Raina Eventually Returns To School, Where She's Dealing With The Usual Highs And Lows: Friends, Not-friends, And Classmates Who Think The School Year Is Just One Long Gross-out Session. It Soon Becomes Clear That Raina's Tummy Trouble Isn't Going Away... And It Coincides With Her Worries About Food, School, And Changing Friendships. What's Going On? Raina Telgemeier Once Again Brings Us A Thoughtful, Charming, And Funny True Story About Growing Up And Gathering The Courage To Face -- And Conquer -- Her Fears. | Graphix |
| 9780545071826 | Hachiko Waits | Lesléa Newman | Professor Ueno's loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor has a fatal heart attack while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies. Based on a true story. | |
| 9780545010221 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) | Rowling, J. K. | don't Miss The Seventh And Final Book In J.k. Rowling's Bestselling Harry Potter Series!the New York Times - Michiko Kakutanij. K. Rowling's Monumental, Spellbinding Epic, 10 Years In The Making, Is Deeply Rooted In Traditional Literature And Hollywood Sagas—from The Greek Myths To Dickens And Tolkien To Star Wars. And True To Its Roots, It Ends Not With Modernist, Soprano-esque Equivocation, But With Good Old-fashioned Closure: A Big-screen, Heart-racing, Bone-chilling Confrontation And An Epilogue That Clearly Lays Out People's Fates. Getting To The Finish Line Is Not Seamless—the Last Part Of harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, The Seventh And Final Book In The Series, Has Some Lumpy Passages Of Exposition And A Couple Of Clunky Detours—but The Overall Conclusion And Its Determination Of The Main Characters' Story Lines Possess A Convincing Inevitability That Make Some Of The Prepublication Speculation Seem Curiously Blinkered In Retrospect. | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| 0439139600 | Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire | |||
| 9780439784542 | Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince | J. K. Rowling | As the Harry Potter sequence draws to a close, Harry's most dangerous adventure yet is just beginning . . . and it starts July 16, 2005.We could tell you, but then we'd have to Obliviate your memory. | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| 9780439358064 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) | J. K. Rowling | The next volume in the thrilling, moving, bestselling Harry Potter series will reach readers June 21, 2003 -- and it's been worth the wait!We could tell you, but then we'd have to Obliviate your memory. | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| 9781338562286 | Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling | Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ). | |
| 9780439244190 | Holes | Louis Sachar | As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. | Scholastic |
| 9780545487924 | Home for Christmas | Jan Brett | Rollo the troll is tired of chores, but after spending time on the tundra with various animal families, from owls to moose, he realizes that he wants to be home for Christmas even if that means behaving himself. | |
| 9780545902687 | I Am Malala | Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school. No one expected her to survive. Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize nominee. In this Young Readers Edition of her memoir, which includes exclusive photos and material, we hear firsthand the story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world -- and did. Malala's story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person -- one young person -- can inspire change in her community and beyond. | ||
| 9780545206969 | I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Lauren Tarshis | Eleven-year-old Barry Hunter and his family attempt to ride out Hurricane Katrina at home in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans when his little sister gets ill, but when the levees break, Barry gets swept away from his family. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545459365 | I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 | Lauren Tarshis | Witnessing the harrowing events of the Civil War from the Pennsylvania sidelines, 11-year-old Henry endures the most grueling challenges of his life throughout a hot July week when he becomes inadvertently involved in the historic battle. Original. | Scholastic Paperbacks |