Joy Coy's Library
Woodlawn Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780439684040 | Portraits of African-American Heroes | Tonya Bolden | Profile of twenty outstanding African-Americans include a three page biography and portrait for each individual. | |
| 9780064471053 | Prince Caspian (Rack) | C. S. Lewis | A prince fights for his crown Narnia ... where animals talk ... where trees walk ... where a battle is about to begin. A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world. | HarperCollins |
| 9780147511522 | Qb 1 | Mike Lupica | From #1 New York Times bestselling author of TRAVEL TEAM, HEAT, and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW comes a cheer-worthy, family-friendly football novel set amid the Friday Night Lights world of Texas high school football Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in Texas, the high-pressure land of Friday Night Lights. He is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen, who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season--not to mention the son of former NFL quarterback and local legend, Troy Cullen. To be a Cullen in Texas is to be football royalty . . . which leaves 14-year-old Jake in a Texas-sized shadow. Being a good teammate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and a celebrity does not. Jake may be a Cullen, and he may play quarterback, but he is not his brother or his father. He's just like every other kid: fighting for every ounce of respect, awkward around a pretty girl, in awe of his famous family, and desparate to simultaneously blend in and cast his own shadow. Inspired by the real-life Manning family of quarterbacks and set amid the football-crazy culture of Texas, QB 1 is a coming-of-age story perfect for the fan of MILLION-DOLLAR THROW and HEAT. | Penguin |
| 9780983008903 | R. Friend - Woolly Bad Lies | Ronda Friend, Doug Jones, Bill Ross | Features Ronda, her brother and some cuddly farm animals. Examines the character trait of honesty when a lie is told. | |
| 9780974362779 | R. Friend -Panic in the Pigpen | Ronda Friend, Sunflower Seeds Press, Bill Ross | Ronda and her family gets themselves into several pickles, testing their perseverance. | |
| 9781338120691 | Raymie Nightingale | Kate DiCamillo | Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana Elefante, who has a show-business background, and the fiery, stubborn Beverly Tapinski, who's determined to sabotage the contest. But as the competition approaches, loneliness, loss, and unanswerable questions draw the three girls into an unlikely friendship -- and challenge each of them to come to the rescue in unexpected ways. | |
| 0590982079 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | |||
| 9780805071061 | Rosa | Nikki Giovanni | A biography of the African American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped established the civil rights movement. | Macmillan |
| 9780142414606 | Safe at Home | Mike Lupica | From #1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica! Nick Crandall feels like he doesn't belong anywhere. He doesn't fit in with his new foster parents. They don't know the first thing about sports - and he's not exactly the model student they want him to be. It's only a matter of time until they realize he's not the right kid for them. And Nick certainly doesn't belong playing varsity baseball. He's only twelve years old! His teammates want a catcher their own age. But Nick needs to prove that he belongs - to his parents, to his team, and to himself. | Penguin |
| 9780064402057 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan | "Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay? | Harper Collins |
| 9780439928236 | Satch & Me | Dan Gutman | With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever. | |
| 9780689856815 | Satchel Paige | Lesa Cline-Ransome | Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series. | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
| 9780439474368 | Scholastic Atlas of the United States | David Rubel | A revised reference presents maps of each state in the United States, organized by region, accompanied by facts and statistics on geography, population, industries, and agriculture. Reissue. | |
| 9780439024426 | Sea Clocks | Louise Borden | This is the story of John Harrison, an Englishman, who worked timelesslly for more than forty years to create a perfect sea clock. | |
| 9780439597524 | Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. | |
| 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"-- | |
| 9780786809301 | Sirens and Sea Monsters | Mary Pope Osborne | After returning from the Land of the Dead, Odysseus and his men are warned that the rest of his journey will remain challenging as they will have to face a deadly six-headed monster and a fierce whirlpool before finally reaching port. | Hyperion |
| 9780316796439 | Snowboard Champ | Matt Christopher | While his mother is working overseas, Matt Harper is living temporarily with his uncle in Dragon Valley, where he practices his snowboard technique and contends with a local bully. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780316139816 | Soccer Halfback | Matt Christopher | Jabber Morris has had his heart set on playing soccer, but his family is pressuring him to play football, a sport his father played and loved before he died. A tough situation is made even more difficult when suspicion of stealing a wallet falls on Jabber's shoulders. Now he has to tell his uncle that he's decided to play soccer once and for all -- and convince his brother that he's not a thief. But will either of them accept what he says? | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |