Melissa Capotosti's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545085397 | Dragon of the Red Dawn | Mary Pope Osborne | When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness. | |
| Dream Away Suena | ||||
| Ducktails A Cote Of Many Colors The Impatient Turtle | ||||
| 9781338037043 | Ellie's Story | Joyce Muriel, 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. | |
| 9780545110211 | Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case | Donald J. Sobol | Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book. | |
| 9780307931474 | Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Chris Grabenstein | Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. | Yearling |
| Extreme | ||||
| 9781453095577 | Famous Events and Symbols of America | Bethany Synder | Bendon Inc. | |
| 9781984893017 | Fast Pitch | Nic Stone | From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field.Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. But life has thrown some curveballs her way.Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat.Strike two: Shenice’s focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending—and family-name-ruining—crime may have been a setup.Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. And Shenice’s teammates are beginning to wonder if she’s captain-qualified.It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family’s past—and fast—before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever. | Crown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545548816 | Finding Zasha | Randi G. Barrow | Twelve-year-old Ivan has escaped from the siege of Leningrad, but when the town he has taken refuge in is occupied by Hitler's troops, he sees his chance to help the partisans he has met--and to rescue to German shepherd puppies, Zasha and Thor, from the cruel Commander Recht. | |
| 9780590458849 | Flossie & the Fox | Pat McKissack | A wily fox, notorious for stealing eggs, meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl in the woods who insists upon proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened. | |
| 9781338217193 | Fly Guy Presents | Tedd Arnold | Fly Guy is buzzing over to a landfill to learn more about garbage and recycling in this Level 2 reader featuring illustrations, engaging photos, and eye-catching holographic foil on the front cover. Full color. | Scholastic Reader, Level 2 |
| 9781936310531 | Football: The Ultimate Guide | James Buckley Jr., Jim Gigliotti | Football Is Played And Loved By Millions Of People. This Book Is Your Guide To The Game: Nfl Past And Present, College, Even High School. Find Out How Coaches Plan A Game And What The Passing Tree Is. Meet The Biggest Superstars Of The Game. Even If You're A Football Expert Already, You'll Find Something New Inside.--back Cover. | Beach Ball Books |
| 9781416954170 | Found | Margaret Peterson Haddix | When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| 9780439286060 | Freak the Mighty | W. Rodman Philbrick | At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338749489 | Friends Like These (Horse Country #2) | Yamile Saied Méndez | Trouble in Paradise? In this second installment of Horse Country, critically acclaimed author Yamile Saied Méndez welcomes readers back to the ranch.Carolina's hope of opening up Paradise Ranch to everyone is coming true: the Unbridled Dreams program is ready to welcome its first sponsored student!Gisella Bassi seems like the perfect fit -- on paper, that is. When she arrives at Paradise Ranch, she's not as excited as everyone expects. She might even be... scared of the horses? But if their first student isn't a success, there's no way the program will continue. Can Caro and her new friend, Chelsie, agree on how to rope Gisella in? | Scholastic Inc. |
| 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. | |
| 9781338185256 | G.I. Dogs: Sergeant Stubby, Hero Pup of World War I (G.I. Dogs #2) (2) | Laurie Calkhoven | Go behind enemy lines through the eyes of famous four-legged heroes in history's biggest conflicts. In G.I. Dogs #2, you'll meet Sergeant Stubby, the most decorated canine soldier of World War I!Meet Stubby: a stray pup who was taken in by a group of American soldiers-in-training and soon found himself whisked off to the frontlines of World War I as the official mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment! Stubby served bravely by his soldiers' sides for 18 months and became a hero when he saved his regiment from a surprise gas attack, and again when he singlehandedly caught an enemy German soldier in No Man's Land.Join Stubby on his incredible journey from puppy to soldier to high-ranking sergeant as he narrates his story of heroism. This "dog's-eye view" takes readers into the heart of the action of WWI and will leave you cheering for Stubby and his human companions as they overcome countless obstacles and prove time and again why a dog really is man's best friend. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338730357 | Game of Scones: From "the Doodle Boy" Joe Whale (Bad Food #1) | Eric Luper | An all-new original series featuring the art of viral sensation Joe Whale, AKA the Doodle Boy, and fan-favorite Eric Luper! Somewhere deep within the walk-in pantry at Belching Walrus Elementary lives an array of different foods that live in harmony. There are baskets of fruits and veggies, a cooler filled with chocolate milks and apple juices, and a freezer for ice-creams and yet-to-be-nuked chicken fingers. One day, the Supplies from the Principal's office show up and insist on sharing the coolness of the cooler. Their ruler is a ruler (pun intended) named Baron von Lineal. The Baron argues that they work harder than anyone in Belching Walrus Elementary while food just sits around. As such, the residents of the pantry have no choice but to open their doors. Anyhow, there's plenty of room in the cooler for everyone, right? Wrong! The Baron and his cohorts take over the pantry in no time! To free their fellow food, it's up to three young heroes Slice, Scoop, and Totz to venture out of the pantry and foil the Baron's plan for good. It's an epic, hilarious story kids will love. This fun, imaginative series will spur the creativity of kids worldwide. Highly illustrated with big black-and-white pictures from Joey on every page, this series will be sure to resonate with kids worldwide! | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780545243544 | Ghost Of Spirit Bear | Ben Mikaelsen | After A Year In Exile On An Alaskan Island As Punishment For Severely Beating A Fellow Student, Cole Matthews Returns To School In Minneapolis Having Made Peace With Himself And His Victim, But He Finds That Surviving The Violence And Hatred Of High School Is Even Harder Than Surviving In The Wilderness. |