Victoria Chandler's Library
Liberty Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781562943721 | African-American Scientists | Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack | Examines the lives and achievements of African-American scientists from colonial days to the present, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and several black astronauts. | |
| 9780142403709 | Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | The Newbery Honor Book and New York Times Bestseller that is historical fiction with a hint of mystery about living at Alcatraz not as a prisoner, but as a kid meeting some of the most famous criminals in our history. Al Capone Does My Shirts has become an instant classic for all kids to read! Today I moved to Alcatraz, a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cooks or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. And then there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to. A Newbery Honor Book A New York Times Bestseller A People magazine "Best kid's Book" An ALA Book for Young Adults An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Krikus Reviews Editor's Choice A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book A New York Public Library "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" Selection A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age *"Choldenko's pacing is exquisite. . . . [A] great read."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"Exceptionally atmospheric, fast-paced and memorable!"—Publishers Weekly, starred review *"The story, told with humor and skill, will fascinate readers."—School Library Journal, starred review "Al is the perfect novel for a young guy or moll who digs books by Gordon Korman, or Louis Sachar."—Time Out New York for Kids "Funny situations and plot twists abound!"—People magazine "Heartstopping in some places, heartrending in others, and most of all, it is heartwarming."—San Francisco Chronicle | Penguin |
| 9780544103078 | Amos & Boris | William Steig | Amos the mouse and Boris the whale have little in common except that they are both mammals and save each other's lives. | |
| 9780439250511 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. | Scholastic |
| 9780545147057 | Behind Enemy Lines | Bill H. Doyle | Eight stories of real-life heroes who took risks for their country and others behind enemy lines. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780152164270 | Behind Rebel Lines | Seymour Reit | Recounts the story of the Canadian woman who disguised herself as a man and slipped behind Confederate lines to spy for the Union army. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780439796408 | Beyond the Valley of Thorns | Patrick Carman | When 13-year-old Alexa embarks on a mysterious quest, she finds her old friends Yipes the little man, Murphy the squirrel, Odessa the wolf, and Squire the hawk have been designated to help her. | |
| 9780590486101 | Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. | Scholastic |
| 9780439650311 | Brian's Winter | Gary Paulsen | Sequel to: "Hatchet" and "The River." | |
| 9780064401845 | Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson | A secret world of their own Jess Aaron's greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new kid, a new girl, boldly crosses over to the boy's side of the playground and outruns everyone. That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. It doesn't matter to Jess that leslie dresses funny, or that her family has a lot of money -- but no TV. Leslie has imagination. Together, she and Jess create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits. Then one morning a terrible tragedy occurs. Only when Jess is able to come to grips with this tragedy does he finally understand the strength and courage Leslie has given him. | Harper Collins |
| 9780590302715 | Charlotte's Web | Elwyn Brooks White | When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him. | |
| 9781558744639 | Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger | Shares anecdotes about friendship, family life, love, kindness, success, learning, and ambition | Hci |
| 9781558746169 | Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Ii | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger | Offers another collection of inspiring stories to help teenagers take control of their lives, acting as a teacher of the lessons of survival and success, and offering guidance, encouragement, support, and love. Simultaneous. 1,000,000 first printing. | HCI Teens |
| 9781558747616 | Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Iii | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger | Inspirational stories on life, love, and learning for teens, including contributions by teens. | HCI Teens |
| 9781840442588 | Civil War Fact Book | Peter Darman | ||
| 9780802795601 | Confessions From the Principal's Chair | Anna Myers | After participating in a cruel prank on a classmate, fourteen-year-old Robin and her mother move to Oklahoma, where Robin is mistaken for the substitute principal and receives a new perspective on bullying. | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| 9781585362745 | D Is for Drum | Michael Shoulders, Debbie Shoulders | "Readers get an A-Z introduction to the customs and cultures of the first people inhabiting the Americas. Topics include Bison, teepees, Kachinas, and dugout canoes inhabiting the Americas"--Provided by publisher. | Sleeping Bear Alphabets |
| 9781595144812 | Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact | Andrew James Hartley | 11 year old Darwen Arkwright has spent his whole life in a small English town where, despite his best efforts, there was no adventure to be found. Now he is forced to move to America, to live with his aunt in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Darwen knows things will be different there but what he finds is beyond even his wildest imagination. After following a strange flying creature through the shopping centre, Darwen discovers an enchanting world through the old mirror hanging in his closet, a world that holds as many dangers as it does wonders. | Razorbill |
| 9780064400855 | Dragonwings | Laurence Yep | Will Windrider take to the skies? Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met. But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country'even the great earthquake'to make his dream come true. | Harper Collins |
| 9780590029735 | Dreams in the Golden Country | Kathryn Lasky | Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904. |