Tom Nadeau's Library
Northeast Middle
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780439023528 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781626722026 | The Inn Between | Cohen, Marina | Roaring Brook Press | |
| 9780786280438 | The Literacy Bridge - Large Print - Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | Thorndike Press | |
| 9780439692434 | The Literacy Bridge - Large Print - Among The Brave: A Shadow Children Book | Margaret Peterson Haddix | Thorndike Press | |
| 9780553511796 | The Maze Runner | Dashner, James | Delacorte Press | |
| 9780439366793 | The Miserable Mill | Lemony Snicket | As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf. | Scholastic, Incorporated |
| 9780439806855 | The Opal Deception | Eoin Colfer | Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has no memory of the fairy people and his dangerous enemy, Opal Koboi escapes from jail and is planning revenge. | |
| 9780375831430 | The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy | Birdsall, Jeanne | This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel s sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and the cook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. But the best discovery of all is Jeffrey Tifton, son of Arundel s owner, who quickly proves to be the perfect companion for their adventures. The icy-hearted Mrs. Tifton is not as pleased with the Penderwicks as Jeffrey is, though, and warns the new friends to stay out of trouble. Which, of course, they will won t they? One thing s for sure: it will be a summer the Penderwicks will never forget. Deliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story as breezy and carefree as a summer day.Child MagazineSunny and carefree as a June morning, this old-fashioned story takes readers along on one family's unforgettable summer vacation. The four Penderwick sisters and their father rent a cottage on a Massachusetts estate-home to a kind teenage gardener; a lonely boy named Jeffrey; and his fearfully snobbish mother, who disdains her renters and threatens to send her son to military school. Crisp, witty dialogue and supple storytelling propel this happy celebration of sisterhood, individuality, and the simple pleasures of summer. (ages 8 to 12)Child magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2005 | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| 9780689867446 | The Sea of Trolls | Farmer, Nancy | jack Was Eleven When The Berserkers Loomed Out Of The Fog And Nabbed Him. It Seems That Things Are Stirring Across The Water, The Bard Had Warned. Ships Are Being Built, Swords Are Being Forged. Is That Bad? Jack Had Asked, For His Saxon Village Had Never Before Seen Berserkers. Of Course. People Don't Make Ships And Swords Unless They Intend To Use Them. The Year Is A.d. 793. In The Next Months, Jack And His Little Sister, Lucy, Are Enslaved By Olaf One-brow And His Fierce Young Shipmate, Thorgil. With A Crow Named Bold Heart For Mysterious Company, They Are Swept Up Into An Adventure-quest That Follows In The Spirit Of the Lord Of The Rings. Other Threats Include A Willful Mother Dragon, A Giant Spider, And A Troll-boar With A Surprising Personality — To Say Nothing Of Ivar The Boneless And His Wife, Queen Frith, A Shape-shifting Half-troll, And Several Eight Foot Tall, Orange-haired, Full-time Trolls. But In Stories By Award-winner Nancy Farmer, Appearances Do Deceive. She Has Never Told A Richer, Funnier Tale, Nor Offered More Timeless Encouragement To Young Seekers Than Just Say No To Pillaging.november/december 2004 Issue Of The Horn Book Magazine - Roger Suttonfarmer Moves Far North Of Her Favored Hot-weather Climes For Her Latest Hero-tale, Which Takes Place Along The Various Coasts Of The North Sea In The Late Eighth Century. Drawing Upon History, Norse And Celtic Myth, And Farmer S Own Abundant Imagination, The Story Is Long But Engrossing, A Cruel Tale With A Merry Heart About A Saxon Boy Named Jack And What Befell Him Upon His And His Younger Sister S Capture By Marauding Northmen (and, Later, Trolls). Readers Will Spot Themes And Motifs Familiar From Farmer S Previous Novels, Including Seriocomic Helper Figures, A Ferociously Loyal Sibling Pair, And A Most Adroit Fusion Of The Natural And Supernatural Worlds. The Book Is Effectively Sparing In Its Use Of Fantasy Elements, But When Farmer Pulls Out All The Stops Such As Jack S Encounter With The Three Norns - She Does So With Aplomb And Assurance. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780823417797 | The Secret Life of a Boarding School Brat | Gordon, Amy | In 1965, Seventh-grader Lydia, Unhappy To Be Sent To Boarding School After Her Parents' Divorce And Her Father's Remarriage, Chronicles Her Experiences, Secret Feelings, And Changing Outlook In The Diary That Her Grandmother Gave Her Before She Died. | Holiday House |
| 9780786282876 | The Seven Wonders Of Sassafras Springs | Betty G. Birney | Thorndike Pr | |
| 9780689832000 | The Strength of Saints | LaFaye, A. | In 1936, Fourteen-year-old Nissa Takes A Stand Against Racial Prejudice And For Her Own Integrity And Independence, Drawing On The Support Of Her Individualistic Mother, Her Father, Stepmother, And Some Of The Inhabitants Of Their Louisiana Town. | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| 9780439404372 | The Thief Lord (BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE (AWARDS)) | Cornelia Funke | Two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Venice, where crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street urchins. Leader of this motley crew of lost children is a clever, charming boy with a dark history of his own: He calls himself the Thief Lord. Propser and Bo relish their new "family" and life of petty crime. But their cruel aunt and a bumbling detective are on their trail. And posing an even greater threat to the boys' freedom is something from a forgotten past: a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself. THE THIEF LORD was the first of internationally acclaimed author CORNELIA FUNKE's novels to be translated from her native German into English, and was awarded the prestigious Batchelder award when it was originally published in hardcover in 2003. New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book USA Today Bestseller Winner of the 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Outstanding Translated Book Book Sense Book of the Year Award School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Child Magazine Best Book of the Year ALA Notable Children's Book NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Art "A radiant novel...Today's young readers will probably love this book as they love the Harry Potter series, for its zany plot and well-defined characters. Splendid."--The New York Times Book Review "An exquisitely told tale of adventure and intrigue...displays the kind of zest that makes you inhale a book in as few sittings as possible."--USA Today "A darn good yarn--the charming tale of a band of urchin-thieves, a magical carousel, and two orphaned brothers."--Newsweek "Funke's deft exploration of a timeless theme--the longing of kids to grow up and of grown-ups to relive their youth--should engage both yound and old."--People * "Funke delineates her characters...with masterful subtlety, as well as sometimes-puckish humor. It's a compelling tale, rich in inNewsweek - Alice StroupWhat is shocking in the case of "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke, one of Germany's most popular kiddie-lit writers, is that the book lives up to the audacious claim. It's got the magic, the adventure, the awkward boy heroes and the plucky chick sidekick. It's even been edited by Barry Cunningham, the man who "discovered" Rowling and published the Harry Potter series in England. But "Thief Lord" is also just a darn good yarn - the charming tale of a band of urchin-thieves, a magical carousel and two orphaned brothers. Written in German, set in Italy and now translated into English, the postmodern fairy tale was just released in Britain, where it sold out in 10 days. In September, it'll arrive in the States with the British vernacular largely intact. "You don't have to Americanize everything for children to understand it," Cunningham says. "I find that quite condescending." Besides, the whole European vibe sure worked for Harry. | Scholastic |
| 9780385908962 | The Time Hackers | Paulsen, Gary | Wendy Lamb Books | |
| 9780786837533 | Ugly | Napoli, Donna Jo | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | |
| 9780944210079 | Until We Meet Again (Bluford High Series #7) | Anne E. Schraff | Townsend Press | |
| 9780375928642 | Whittington | Armstrong, Alan | Whittington, A Feline Descendant Of Dick Whittington's Famous Cat Of English Folklore, Appears At A Rundown Barnyard Plagued By Rats And Restores Harmony While Telling His Ancestor's Story. | Random House Books for Young Readers |