Stephanie Cox's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780689851865 | The School Story | Andrew Clements | After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781419703928 | The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee | Tom Angleberger | McQuarrie Middle School's students miss Origami Yoda when Dwight leaves for Tippett Academy, but he sends Sara a paper Fortune Wookiee that seems to give advice just as good as Yoda's--even if, in the hands of girls, it seems preoccupied with romance. | Amulet Books |
| 9780439661638 | The Temple of the Ruby of Fire | Geronimo Stilton | When Geronimo Stilton's friend, Professor von Volt, discovers the location of the famous Ruby of Fire, Geronimo soon finds himself in a race to find the gem before it can fall into the hands of some dark characters. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439412810 | The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin | The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance. | |
| 9781338836493 | Unplugged | Gordon Korman | Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal. | |
| 9781338116892 | Unschooled | Woodrow, Allan | This Year's Fifth Graders Are The Worst Principal Klein Has Ever Seen. But He's Hoping That Spirit Week Can Teach Them Teamwork, With A Top Secret Prize For The Winning Team As Incentive. Best Friends George And Lilly Have Been Looking Forward To Spirit Week All Year. They Might Be Complete Opposites, But They Can't Wait To Be On The Winning Team Together. When Their Classes End Up Rivals, With Lilly Leading Team Red And George Leading Team Blue, The Friends Swear They Can Compete And Remain Best Friends. But Suddenly There Are Slimed Lockers, Sabotaged Costumes, And Class Pets Held Hostage. As The Pranks Escalate, It Threatens Everything, Including The Prize. Because If Principal Klein Finds Out, Spirit Week Will Be Cancelled And The Students Will Spend The Rest Of The Year In Detention. Can George And Lilly Find A Way To Fix Their Friendship And Get The Entire Fifth Grade To Play Fair, Or Is The Most Awesome Week Of Fifth Grade About To Make This The Worst School Year Ever? | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545123310 | Unsinkable | Gordon Korman | Although the Titanic ship is meant to be unsinkable, there is plenty of danger waiting on its maiden voyage for four of its passengers--Paddy, a stowaway; Sophie, under police custody; rich yet troubled Juliana; and Alfie, who hides a secret. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439799027 | Vampire Plague | Sebastian Rook | A ship with only one soul on board brings a plague to London from Mexico. | |
| 9781595147011 | Wanderville | Wendy McClure | THE FIRST BOOK IN A HISTORICAL SERIES THAT'S PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE BOXCAR CHILDREN! Jack, Frances, and Frances’s younger brother Harold have been ripped from the world they knew in New York and sent to Kansas on an orphan train at the turn of the century. As the train chugs closer and closer to its destination, the children begin to hear terrible rumors about the lives that await them. And so they decide to change their fate the only way they know how. . . . They jump off the train. There, in the middle of the woods, they meet a boy who will transform their lives forever. His name is Alexander, and he tells them they've come to a place nobody knows about—especially not adults—and "where all children in need of freedom are accepted." It's a place called Wanderville, Alexander says, and now Jack, Frances, and Harold are its very first citizens. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780380731497 | Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger | Louis Sachar | HarperTrophy | |
| 9780545398206 | We Are Not Eaten by Yaks | C. Alexander London | As the children of two world-famous explorers, eleven-year-old twins Celia and Oliver prefer television-watching to adventure-seeking until their father takes them to Tibet to help search for their long-lost mother. | |
| 9780753467237 | Weird and Wonderful: Attack and Defense | Kathy Riley | Introduces some of the ways in which animals find food or escape their enemies, including special body parts, working together, camouflage and other deceptions, and poisons. | |
| 9781338871111 | What Is Lego? | Jim O'Connor | "The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name--which comes from the Danish phrase meaning to always "play well"--encouraging children to use their imagination and build whatever they can dream up. In this book, author Jim O'Connor describes how a simple concept--small plastic bricks that snap together--morphed into a cultural phenomenon"-- | |
| 9780593093795 | What Is Nintendo? | Gina Shaw, Who HQ | The game is on! Get your hands on this book about one of the most influential companies in the video game industry. Founded in 1889, Nintendo started out as a small playing card company in Japan. Though the cards sold well, Nintendo really became popular when it began creating toys in the 1960s, and then became internationally renowned after developing video games and consoles in the 1970s and '80s. After introducing the world to some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises of all-time, such as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Pokémon, it's clear to see why Nintendo is beloved by parents as a company that creates nonviolet, family-friendly entertainment for kids. With fun black-and-white illustrations and an engaging 16-page photo insert, readers will be excited to read this latest additon to Who HQ! | National Geographic Books |
| 9780448484075 | What Was D-Day? | Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ | In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time. | Penguin |
| 9780448479156 | What Was Ellis Island? | Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ | From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America's history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the country. | Penguin |
| 9780448464626 | What Was Pearl Harbor? | Patricia Brennan Demuth, Who HQ | A terrifying attack! On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died, and the United States was propelled into World War II. In a compelling, easy-to-read narrative, children will learn all about a pivotal moment in American history. | Penguin |
| 9780448484273 | What Was the Great Depression? | Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ | "On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market the system that controls money in America plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called Hoovervilles named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had gone under. Though the U.S. has seen other times of struggle, the Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies in American history. Now it is represented clearly and with 80 illustrations in our What Was ? series."--Provided by publisher. | Grosset & Dunlap |
| 9780451533906 | What Was the Holocaust? | Gail Herman, Who HQ | A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event—the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps—six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe, and ultimately to the Final Solution. She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable, well-researched book that covers one of the most horrible times in history. This entry in the New York Times best-selling series contains eighty carefully chosen illustrations and sixteen pages of black and white photographs suitable for young readers. | Penguin |
| 9781524789770 | What Was the Vietnam War? | Jim O'Connor, Who HQ | Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American troops. Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, Jim O'Connor explains why the US got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America. | Penguin |