Larsyn Gibson's Library
Sango Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 9780545837071 | Fallen in Fredericksburg | Steve Watkins | When a ghost from the Civil War--a teenage Union soldier--appears to Anderson and his friends, demanding to know what happened to his brother, it's up to Anderson, Greg, and Julie to solve the mystery. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780142426425 | Fish in a Tree | Lynda Mullaly Hunt | "Fans of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder will appreciate this feel-good story of friendship and unconventional smarts.” —Kirkus Reviews Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. As her confidence grows, Ally feels free to be herself and the world starts opening up with possibilities. She discovers that there’s a lot more to her—and to everyone—than a label, and that great minds don’t always think alike. The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who’s ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn’t fit in. This paperback edition includes The Sketchbook of Impossible Things and discussion questions. A New York Times Bestseller! * “Unforgettable and uplifting.”—School Library Connection, starred review * "Offering hope to those who struggle academically and demonstrating that a disability does not equal stupidity, this is as unique as its heroine.”—Booklist, starred review * “Mullaly Hunt again paints a nuanced portrayal of a sensitive, smart girl struggling with circumstances beyond her control." —School Library Journal, starred review | Penguin |
| 9780439369053 | Five Smooth Stones | Kristiana Gregory | In her diary, young Hope writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776 and the tensions between the Tories and the Patriots. Reprint. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439649988 | Flipped | Wendelin Van Draanen | In alternating chapters, two eighth-graders describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years. | |
| 9780590442442 | Fourth Grade Rats | Jerry Spinelli | Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, a "rat," to be a grown up fourth grader. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780440428138 | Freckle Juice | Judy Blume | Andrew pays fifty cents for a magic formula to create freckles | Yearling Books |
| 9780439238595 | Frightful's Mountain | As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance. | ||
| 9780439559850 | Fudge-a-Mania | Judy Blume | Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge. | |
| 9780439862691 | Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom! | Cornelia Funke | Tom must face frightening final exams before he can earn his Ghosthunting Diploma. | Chicken House |
| 9780021462230 | Go Free or Die | Jeri Ferris | A biography of the Black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad. | |
| 9781338616040 | Good-Bye Stacey, Good-Bye (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #11): a Graphix Book (Adapted Edition) | Ann M. Martin | A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by Gabriela Epstein Stacey McGill is moving back to New York That means no more Stoneybrook Middle School, no more Charlotte Johanssen, and worst of all... no more Baby-sitters Club. Stacey's friends are crushed when they hear that Stacey's moving, especially Claudia. Stacey was her first best friend. What kind of going-away present is good enough for someone so special? How will the BSC go on without Stacey? | Graphix |
| 9780439649315 | Granny Torrelli Makes Soup | Sharon Creech | With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door. | |
| 9780545283779 | Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol | Jim Krieg | Legendary Griff Carver joins the Rampart Middle School Hallway Patrol and with the help of his new friends, Griff solves the case of counterfeit hall passes. | |
| 9780439405621 | Guardians of Ga'hoole #6: the Burning | Kathryn Lasky | A Great Battle is on the horizon and drawing near. In preparation, Soren and his band must fly to the mysterious Northern Kingdom to find allies and study the grim art of war. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545033350 | Guts | Gary Paulsen | The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired parts of his books about the character, Brian Robeson. | |
| 076714003996 | Hanging on to Home | Cathy East Dubowski and Mark Dubowski | ||
| 9780439888738 | Happy Birthday, Mallory! | Laurie B. Friedman | After a difficult year, Mallory plans a month-long celebration of her ninth birthday in hopes that her next year will be wonderful. | |
| 9780893757618 | Harriet Tubman--the Road to Freedom | Rae Bains | The biography of a slave whose flight to freedom was the first step in her becoming a "conductor" on the underground railroad. | Troll Communications |
| 9780375825217 | Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve | Mary Pope Osborne | In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. | Random House Books for Young Readers |