Tom Nadeau's Library
Northeast Middle
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545206785 | Pride And Prejudice And Zombies | Austen, Jane and Seth Grahame-Smith | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9781582349930 | Princess Academy | Hale, Shannon | While Attending A Strict Academy For Potential Princesses With The Other Girls From Her Mountain Village, Fourteen-year-old Miri Discovers Unexpected Talents And Connections To Her Homeland. Shannon Hale. | Bloomsbury USA Childrens |
| 9780618477869 | Project Mulberry | Park, Linda Sue | While Working On A Project For An After-school Club, Julia, A Korean American Girl, And Her Friend Patrick Learn Not Just About Silkworms, But Also About Tolerance, Prejudice, Friendship, Patience, And More. Between The Chapters Are Short Dialogues Between The Author And Main Character About The Writing Of The Book. | Clarion Books |
| 9780689845543 | Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore | Gutman, Dan | Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it. At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some dingbatters from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell. Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine. Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!Paula Rohrlick - KLIATTSomewhat in the style of Scholastic's series of historical diary-novels (My Name is America, Dear America, etc.), this presents the story of the Wright brothers' first flight through a teenager's journal. An interesting twist is that Johnny Moore was a real person who actually witnessed the flight, as Gutman makes clear in his conclusion. He even appends a newspaper article about Johnny, and tells about what happened later in his life. In the novel, Johnny is much more involved with the brothers and their persistent efforts to fly than he was in real life. At first he considers them crazy dingbatters, but over the course of several years he gets to know them and helps them build and test their machines. He even gets a chance to go up in the air himself. Gutman, the author of Honus and Me and many other books for young readers, includes period photographs. The story covers 1900-1908, and Johnny's grammar improves somewhat over the years, though he retains his folksy voice. His journal describes the many careful preparations and calculations the brothers made, emphasizing that they were scientists, and it also mentions the fierce competition around the world to become the first to fly. Gutman succeeds in making an engaging novel of the brothers' struggles. This is a great companion to Mary Kay Carson's nonfiction title, The Wright Brothers for Kids, reviewed in this issue. KLIATT Codes: J-Recommended for junior high school students. 2003, Simon & Schuster, 192p. illus. bibliog., Ages 12 to 15. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9780312371326 | Shakespeare's Secret | Broach, Elise | A missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, a link to Shakespeare—can Hero uncover the connections?Janis Flint-Ferguson - KLIATTHero Netherfield is entering the sixth grade in a new town and a new school. Her father has just recently taken a job at the Maxwell Library and the family has a new home; Hero just wishes she didn't have to start the whole process of learning to fit in again, especially with a name like Hero. Both she and her 8th-grade sister Beatrice have been named for the women in Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. (Their father is a Shakespearean scholar and met their mother in a Shakespeare class.) Hero meets the older woman who lives next door, Miriam Roth, who shares the story of a missing diamond and a missing daughter with Hero. Quite accidentally, Nero becomes friends with the police chief's son who also knows Mrs. Roth and about the missing diamond. He happens to be the coolest boy in his sister's grade. Together they look at clues—a quote from Dylan Thomas, a picture of a necklace belonging to Anne Boleyn, and the mystery of who wrote the Shakespearean plays. The clues lead them to the lights in Nero's home and a late-night search when no one is around. The diamond is found, and so is the lost daughter of their friend, Mrs. Roth. The mystery is well developed, with historical details about William Shakespeare, Edward de Vere and Queen Elizabeth I. KLIATT Codes: J—Recommended for junior high school students. 2005, Henry Holt, 256p., Ages 12 to 15. | Square Fish |
| 9780316201582 | Ship Breaker: Ship Breaker 1 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Little Brown & Co 1 | |
| 9781423106845 | Sisters of Isis #3: Enchantress | Ewing, Lynne | Following the incredible success of Daughters of the Moon, Lynne Ewing has created an all new fun and hip teen fantasy series. Based in Egyptian mythology and set in modern-day Washington, D.C., Sisters of Isis follows the lives of Meri, Sudi, and Dalila, three fifteen-year-old girls who have just discovered they are descendants of very powerful ancestors—Egyptian pharaohs. From these ancestors they’ve inherited magical powers of transformation, the ability to cast spells from the Book of Thoth, and, as they will soon learn, the responsibility of protecting the world from the evil forces of Chaos. | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9781423103424 | Sisters of Isis: The Summoning (Sisters of Isis #1) | Ewing, Lynne | Following the incredible success of Daughters of the Moon, Lynne Ewing has created an all new fun and hip teen fantasy series. Based in Egyptian mythology and set in modern-day Washington, D.C., Sisters of Isis follows the lives of Meri, Sudi, and Dalila, three fifteen-year-old girls who have just discovered they are descendants of very powerful ancestors—Egyptian pharaohs. From these ancestors they’ve inherited magical powers of transformation, the ability to cast spells from the Book of Thoth, and, as they will soon learn, the responsibility of protecting the world from the evil forces of Chaos. VOYAReaders will find it difficult to bond with the underdeveloped characters of Sudi, a sexy, boy-crazed girl whose skepticism despite proof is overstated and exasperating; Dalila, who is being groomed to marry a rich prince yet has a shaven head; and Meri, the stereotypical political candidate's child who cannot catch a moment's peace because of her overbearing bodyguards. Lesser characters, such as Sudi's best friend, Sara, and ex-squeeze, Brian, appear at random but do little to move the plot forward. Even the girls' ability to morph-Sudi into Bennu-bird form and Delila into the goddess Ammut-seem contrived. And the threats are not in the least creepy-a reeking mummy is sent to attack Sudi, but he falls in love with her and his nose falls off when he steals a kiss. The writing is downright clichT and monotonous. In describing action, Ewing writes, "They linked arms and ran across the street." How many trios link arms? Anubis "snarls, threateningly." Can snarling be anything else? The writing can also be completely illogical, such as when Sudi tells her sister, Nicole, to go ahead and eat chicken, thereby "[becoming] a cannibal," even though only Sudi can morph into a bird. One hopes that Ewing's next installment in the Sisters of Isis series, Divine One (Hyperion, 2007) will be more . . . well, divine. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780060532277 | Skybreaker | Oppel, Kenneth | Matt Cruse, A Student At The Airship Academy, And Kate De Vries, A Young Heiress, Team Up With A Gypsy And A Daring Captain, To Find A Long-lost Airship, Rumored To Carry A Treasure Beyond Imagination. | Eos |
| 9780545241823 | Smile | Raina Telgemeier | From sixth grade through tenth, Raina copes with a variety of dental problems that affect her appearance and how she feels about herself. | |
| 9780944210062 | Someone to Love Me (Bluford High Series #4) | Anne E. Schraff | Townsend Press | |
| 9780439328807 | Stargirl | Spinelli, Jerry | Scholastic | |
| 9780439651844 | Stravaganza City of Masks | Hoffman, Mary | Scholastic | |
| 9781886910805 | Summer of the Skunks | Wilmoth Marshall Foreman | Tells The Story Of Ten-year-old Jill, Her Brothers, Sister, And Parents And Their Life On A Southern Farm In The Late 1940s. | Front Street imprint of Boyds Mills Press |
| 9780399187193 | Summerlost | Condie, Ally | Following The Sudden Deaths Of Her Father And Autistic Younger Brother, Cedar Lee Spends The Summer Working At A Shakespearean Theater Festival, Making A New Friend, And Coming To Terms With Her Grief-- | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
| 9780374304751 | The Babbs Switch Story | Beard, Darleen Bailey | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | |
| 9780763626099 | The Book of Story Beginnings | Kladstrup, Kristin | kristin Kladstrup's Wonderfully Transporting Fantasy - Featuring A Ship Full Of Orphaned Pirate Children, A Pair Of Warring Royals, And Plenty Of Magic Potions - Is Sure To Thrill All Those Who Dare Turn Its Pages.oscar Martin Was Fourteen When He Mysteriously Disappeared From His Iowa Farmhouse Home In June 1914. His Sister Claimed Oscar Had Rowed Out To Sea - But How Was That Possible? There Is No Ocean In Iowa. When, Nearly A Century Later, Lucy Martin And Her Parents Move From Their City Apartment To That Same Farmhouse In Iowa, It Is Not Long Before Lucy Discovers The Strange And Dangerous Book Of Story Beginings. And It's Not Long Before Oscar Reappears In A Bizarre Turn Of Events That Sends The Two Distant Relatives On A Perilous Journey To Save Lucy's Father. this Remarkable Debut Fantasy Novel Is A Thrilling Page Turner As Well As A Tribute To The Writer's Craft.publishers Weeklya Cryptic Message In A Dream Draws A Girl Into A Century-old Mystery In Kladstrup's Debut Novel. As The Story Opens, Lucy Martin's Great-aunt Has Just Passed Away, Leaving Her Home In Iowa To The Girl's Family (the Timing Couldn't Be Better, As Lucy's Father Has Just Been Denied Tenure). In A Letter Written Before She Died, Aunt Lavonne Mentions A Mysterious Book She Has Discovered, Oscar, Her Older Brother Who Went Missing In 1914, And A Dream In Which Oscar Tells Lavonne, Lucy Will Explain! In Their New Home, Lucy Discovers The Titular Book, In Which A Young Oscar Had Written The Openings For Several Stories He Did Not Finish. One Of Those Stories Tells Of A Boy Whose Farmhouse Is Suddenly Surrounded By A Great Black Seajust Like The One Lavonne Remembers Appearing The Night Oscar Vanishedand Shortly Thereafter Lucy Meets Oscar In The Attic, Still A Boy, With No Idea Where He Has Been All These Years. It Turns Out That Anything Written In The Book Becomes Realwhich Lucy Discovers Too Late, After Her Father Suffers The Consequences. The Narrative Becomes A Bit Convoluted Here, Teeming With Transformation Potions, Talismans And Books Of Alchemy, But It Makes For Whimsical Escapism. Plot Trumps Character Development; As A Result Lucy Never Quite Comes Into Focus. Readers May Be Reminded Of Michael Ende's The Neverending Story, Which Shares Some Similar Themes And Ideas. Ages 10-13. (apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. | Candlewick |
| 9780385736282 | The City of Ember (Books of Ember) | DuPrau, Jeanne | for Use In Schools And Libraries Only. This Series Explores The Possibility Of A Post-apocalyptic World From The Point Of The Disaster That Changes Everything To The One Known Surviving Settlement Of Ember, An Underground City Slowly Dying As Electricitypublishers Weeklyin Her Electric Debut, Duprau Imagines A Post-apocalyptic Underground World Where Resources Are Running Out. The City Of Ember, The Only Light In The Dark World, Began As A Survival Experiment Created By The Builders Who Wanted Their Children To Grow Up With No Knowledge Of A World Outside, So That They Feel No Sorrow For What They Have Lost. An Opening Prologue Describes The Builders' Intentions-that Ember's Citizens Leave The City After 220 Years. They Tuck The Instructions To A Way Out Within A Locked Box Programmed To Open At The Right Time. But The Box Has Gone Astray. The Story Opens On Assignment Day In The Year 241, When 12-year-olds Lina Mayfleet And Doon Harrow Draw Lots For Their Jobs From The Mayor's Bag. Lina Gets Pipeworks Laborer, A Job That Doon Wants, While Doon Draws Messenger, The Job That Lina Covets, And They Trade. Through Their Perspectives, Duprau Reveals The Fascinating Details Of This Subterranean Community: As Doon Repairs Leaks Deep Down Among The Pipeworks, He Also Learns Just How Dire The Situation Is With Their Malfunctioning Generator. Meanwhile, The Messages Lina Carries Point To Other Sorts Of Subterfuge. Together, The Pair Become Detectives In Search Of The Truth-part Of Which May Be Buried In Some Strange Words That Were Hidden In Lina's Grandmother's Closet. Thanks To Full-blooded Characters Every Bit As Compelling As The Plot, Lina And Doon's Search Parallels The Universal Adolescent Quest For Answers. Readers Will Sit On The Edge Of Their Seats As Each New Truth Comes To Light. Ages 10-13. (may) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. | Yearling |
| 9780439402040 | The Erstaz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Sixth) | Lemony Snicket | Scholastic | |
| 9780689854224 | The House on the Gulf | Haddix, Margaret Peterson | A Sixteen-year-old Boy Arranges A Housesitting Job For The Summer, But He Starts Acting Strangely After His Family Moves In, And His Sister Begins To Suspect They Are Not Supposed To Be There. | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |