Michaela Westerman's Library
Kenwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780756500986 | The Battle of Gettysburg | Michael Burgan | A short look at one of the turning points of the Civil War. | Capstone |
| 9780756501518 | The Bill of Rights | Michael Burgan | Describes the reasons for the Bill of Rights, key players in drafting it, and the effects it has today. | Capstone |
| 9780545060455 | The Black Circle (the 39 Clues, #5) | Patrick Carman | Scholastic Press | |
| 9780385751537 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | John Boyne | Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Reprint. | Ember |
| 9780152052157 | The Buffalo Knife | William O. Steele, Jean Fritz | In 1782, nine-year-old Andy, his family, and neighbors make a dangerous journey by flatboat down a thousand miles of the Tennessee River to make a new home. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780439351683 | The Chicago Fire | Howard Gutner | ||
| 9780439929516 | The Clue at the Bottom of the Lake | Kristiana Gregory | Jeff and his cousin see a mysterious object on the bottom of the lake near Lost Island and decide to explore the island to find the Robber's Cave for clues about a lost treasure. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780689871061 | The Clue of the Left-Handed envelope/the Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief | George E. Stanley | Todd and Noelle use the detective skills they learn from their new teacher Mr. Merlin to figure out who sent a classmate an anonymous letter and find out who has been using Todd's tree house without his permission. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780689821974 | The Cobweb Confession | George E. Stanley | Todd must conquer his fear of spiders and cobwebs in order to help his third-grade class catch a thief. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780328134687 | The Code Talkers | Gretchen McBride | Pearson Scott Foresman | |
| 9781338214550 | The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire, Book 14) | Tui T. Sutherland | The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! A wall can't protect them anymore . . . Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe -- while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong. It's a perfect and simple plan, backed up by all the IceWing magic Snowfall can find. That is, until a storm of unidentified dragons arrives on her shore, looking for asylum. The foreigners are completely strange and, Snowfall is certain, utterly untrustworthy. But as she escorts the miserable new tribes out of her kingdom, Snowfall is forced to reconsider her plan. Maybe she can only keep her tribe safe . . . if she's willing to risk everything. | Wings of Fire |
| 9780545298414 | The Dead of Night | Peter Lerangis | When the Vespers continue their abductions and cross a line by kidnapping Atticus, an 11-year-old non-Cahill civilian and Dan's only friend, Dan and Amy confront their biggest challenge ever in order to keep Atticus alive. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780385738781 | The Death Cure | James Dashner | As the third Trial draws to a close, Thomas and some of his cohorts manage to escape from WICKED, their memories having been restored, only to face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to protect the human race from the deadly FLARE virus. | Random House Digital, Inc. |
| 9780021852734 | The Eye of the Hurricane | Richard Brightfield | When returning home from summer school in Europe, Susan and her friends experience a hurricane while aboard their sailing ship. | |
| 9781562949358 | The Fantastic Cutaway Book of Spacecraft | Nigel Hawkes | Cutaway illustrations and text reveal how the space shuttle and other spacecraft work and what astronauts do in space. | Copper Beach Books |
| 9780545899437 | The Finest Hours | Mike Tougias, Casey Sherman | On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst nor'easters that New England had ever seen, two oil tankers off the coast of Cape Cod were literally torn in half. With the storm in full force and waves up to 70 feet high, four coast guardsmen headed out to sea in a tiny lifeboat to come to the rescue. Despite insurmountable odds, these brave men risked their lives to save more than 30 stranded sailors. | |
| 9780439748285 | The Girl with the Broken Wing | Heather Dyer | When a little girl crashes on the rooftop of James and Amanda's home, it is hard for them to believe that little Hilary, who seems more of a flying disaster then anything, is a genuine guardian angel. Reprint. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545436526 | The Grimm Legacy | Polly Shulman | New York high school student Elizabeth gets an after-school job as a page at the "New-York Circulating Material Repository," and when she gains coveted access to its Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods. | |
| 9780545940238 | The Hero Two Doors Down | Sharon Robinson | Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship. | |
| 9781338214499 | The Hive Queen | Tui T. Sutherland | The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- three brand-new tribes of dragons! Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: Why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp's powers? Whenever the queen takes control of all the HiveWings, speaking through their mouths and seeing through their eyes, Cricket has to hide, terrified of being discovered. Now she's hiding again, wanted for stealing the Book of Clearsight along with her new SilkWing friends, Blue and Swordtail, and the fierce LeafWing, Sundew. The fugitives need answers, and fast, in order to prevent a LeafWing attack. But Cricket has more questions than ever. How can she stay hidden and discover the queen's deadliest secret? And if she does succeed -- can a powerless dragonet really do anything to topple a regime and stop a war? | Scholastic Press |