Level |
Title |
Author |
Points |
Description |
Pages |
Have
copy |
| 4 |
Twenty and Ten |
Bishop, Claire Huchet |
2 |
A nun and 20 French children contrive to hide ten Jewish
refugee children. This is their exciting tale of courage and kindness. |
76 |
Y |
| 4 |
Soup for President |
Peck, Robert Newton |
3 |
Soup is running against Rob's girlfriend for class president,
and with Rob as his campaign manager, life for Soup and Rob gets pretty
interesting. |
108 |
Y |
| 4 |
Howliday Inn |
Howe, James |
4 |
While investigating the horrible howling that emanates from
Chateau Bow Wow, Chester the Cat and Harold the Dog stumble on a mystery
involving some suspicious disappearances and maybe murder. |
195 |
Y |
| 4 |
Wonder of Koalas, The |
Lantier/Feeney |
0.5 |
This book introduces the world of koalas and their many characteristics. |
48 |
|
| 4 |
All About Sam |
Lowry, Lois |
3 |
The adventures of Sam, Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother, from his
first day as a newborn through his mischievous times as a toddler. |
135 |
Y |
| 4 |
Happy Birthday, Kirsten! |
Shaw, Janet |
1 |
On a Minnesota farm in the mid-1800s, the hard-working members of the
Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday. |
52 |
Y |
| 4 |
Circle of Gold |
Boyd, Candy Dawson |
3 |
Mattie Benson knows just what to get her mother for Mother's Day until
she loses her best job and is accused of stealing. She thinks that she can
still get the present, but maybe she is expecting miracles again. |
124 |
|
| 4 |
Championship Game |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
Members of the Angel Park community wonder where Coach Wilkens' loyalties
lie when he helps players on rival teams before the championship baseball
game. |
92 |
Y |
| 4 |
Taste of Blackberries, A |
Smith, Doris Buchanan |
2 |
A little boy confronts grief and wrestles with the pain of loss when
his best friend dies. |
85 |
Y |
| 4 |
Mrs. Jeepers' Secret Cave |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. However,
could Mrs. Jeepers and some creepy creatures really be hiding the legendary
Bailey treasure in the caves of Ruby Mountain? |
115 |
|
| 4 |
Frankenstein Doesn't Slam Hockey Pucks |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could
the large man coaching the new hockey team really be Frankenstein's monster? |
76 |
|
| 4 |
Stone Fox |
Gardiner, John Reynolds |
1 |
Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with
the purse from a dogsled race he enters. |
81 |
Y |
| 4 |
Happy Boo Day |
Jones/Dadey |
1 |
Bailey City is full of some pretty weird grown-ups. It is the perfect
place for the spooky Hauntly Manor Inn. Could Kilmer's great-grandfather
Franklin really be a ghost? |
66 |
|
| 4 |
Betsy-Tacy |
Lovelace, Maud Hart |
3 |
Two young girls become inseparable friends. |
113 |
|
| 4 |
Dirt Bike Racer |
Christopher, Matt |
4 |
Ron finds a dirt bike which he fixes up with the help of an old man who
raced bikes himself, and a challenge to race the old man's nephew provides
a special excitement. |
149 |
Y |
| 4 |
Sea Monsters Don't Ride Motorcycles |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. Is the winning
rider at the motorcycle races really a sea monster? The Bailey School Kids
are going to find out! |
74 |
|
| 4 |
Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Humongous Pumpkin, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
Papa planted a special pumpkin seed guaranteed to grow the biggest pumpkin
ever, but the seed is part of a plot of the evil Weasel McGreed. |
96 |
Y |
| 4 |
Kirsten Learns a Lesson |
Shaw, Janet |
1 |
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie
community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret
friendship with an Indian girl. |
69 |
Y |
| 4 |
Oliver Dibbs to the Rescue! |
Steiner, Barbara |
4 |
Beginning by painting his dog with tiger stripes, ten-year-old Ollie
embarks on a series of sometimes disastrous moneymaking ventures to raise
funds, on behalf of wildlife preservation. |
122 |
Y |
| 4 |
Johnny Long Legs |
Christopher, Matt |
2 |
Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young
boy finds he is far from being the best player. |
133 |
Y |
| 4 |
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers |
Sobol, Donald J. |
1 |
America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten
more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book. |
92 |
|
| 4 |
Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library |
Clifford, Eth |
2 |
Rose and Jo-Beth are trapped in an old library during a blizzard and
there are strange noises coming from upstairs. |
96 |
Y |
| 4 |
Finding the Titanic |
Ballard, Robert D. |
0.5 |
This book describes the voyage of the Titanic, the accident that caused
it to sink, the rescue of those who survived, and discovery of the wreck. |
48 |
Y |
| 4 |
McBroom's Ghost |
Fleischman, Sid |
0.5 |
The McBroom family is plagued by a mysterious ghost that visits their
amazing one acre farm after every prolonged freezing spell. |
62 |
Y |
| 4 |
Mitzi's Honeymoon with Nana Potts |
Williams, Barbara |
3 |
When Mitzi McAllister's mother decides to marry Walter Potts, Mitzi finds
herself spending her parents' honeymoon with Nana Potts and some other new
family members. |
104 |
|
| 4 |
Almost Starring Skinnybones |
Park, Barbara |
3 |
Irrepressible twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star
and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest,
he is asked to make a commercial for national television. |
108 |
Y |
| 4 |
Phantoms Don't Drive Sports Cars |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. Could the
strange man who plays in the orchestra, wears a cape and always has one
side of his face shaded really be a phantom haunting the opera? |
75 |
|
| 4 |
Case of the Elevator Duck, The |
Berends, Polly |
1 |
This book tells the story of an eleven-year-old detective and his adventures
after finding a duck in the elevator of his apartment building. |
54 |
Y |
| 4 |
Berenstain Bear Scouts Save That Backscratcher, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
The Bears are out to solve the bear country's tree trouble and save the
backscratcher, before it is turned into firewood. |
96 |
Y |
| 4 |
Psyched! |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
The Angel Park players are so nervous about winning their upcoming 'big
game' with Blue Spring that they mess up all over the place. |
103 |
Y |
| 4 |
Double Dog Dare |
Gilson, Jamie |
3 |
The fifth-grade year starts as one student returns from winning a national
personality contest, a new girl with some interesting knowledge arrives,
jealousy gets a grip on one particular student, and an 'experiment' to see
who's smart is conducted. |
126 |
Y |
| 4 |
Yellow Bird and Me |
Hansen, Joyce |
5 |
Doris becomes friends with Yellow Bird as she helps him with his studies
and his part in the school play and discovers that he has dyslexia. |
155 |
|
| 4 |
Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs |
Gilson, Jamie |
4 |
In this sequel to Harvey, the Beer Can King, Harvey attempts to Americanize
the son of a Vietnamese family who has moved to his town. |
159 |
Y |
| 4 |
Top Secret |
Gardiner, John Reynolds |
2 |
Allen Brewster, an inquisitive fourth grade student, turns himself into
a human plant as part of a project for the Science Fair. |
108 |
|
| 4 |
Haunted Cabin Mystery |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
2 |
The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle wheel steamer to visit
an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover
who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house. |
121 |
|
| 4 |
On the Line |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
Unless star guard Miles "Tip" Harris can keep his cool under
pressure from opposing players, the Angel Park Lakers could have a short
season. |
106 |
Y |
| 4 |
Dragonling, The |
Koller, Jackie French |
1 |
Finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother's
dragonquest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people in trying to
return it to the Valley of the Dragons. |
60 |
|
| 4 |
Old Motel Mystery, The |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
2 |
The Boxcar Children help Aunt Jane fix a dilapidated motel, but someone
sabotages their work. |
121 |
|
| 4 |
Total Soccer |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
The Angel Park Pride must learn to play not as a group of talented individuals
but as a single unit if they are to win the championship. |
101 |
Y |
| 4 |
Rosa Parks |
Greenfield, Eloise |
0.5 |
When Rosa Parks was growing up, she hated the unfair rules that black
people had to live by. Years later, she changed the lives of African-Americans
with one courageous act. |
41 |
|
| 4 |
Wonder of Beavers, The |
Bauman/Corrigan |
0.5 |
This book discusses the many wonders of beavers. |
48 |
|
| 4.1 |
Teddy Bear's Scrapbook |
Howe, Deborah/James |
1 |
The whimsical, dryly humorous account of a small girl and her well-traveled
teddy bear. |
75 |
|
| 4.1 |
Why Animals Have Tails (Animals Up Close) |
Renne |
0.5 |
This book discusses why some animals have tails. |
38 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Catnapping Caper, The |
Anderson, Mary |
2 |
Melvin, the famous Talking Cat, has been catnapped! Luckily, Katie and
her best friend Ben are right at the scene of the crime; and with Katie's
younger brother Hector as a crime expert, the three are hot on the trail
of the thief. |
116 |
|
| 4.1 |
Changes for Addy |
Porter, Connie |
1 |
The long struggle to reunite Addy's family finally ends, but there is
heartache along with the happiness. |
61 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Skinnybones |
Park, Barbara |
3 |
Life looks hopeless when Alex's losing team has to play baseball against
T.J.'s winning team. But Alex has a hidden talent that could save the day
-- unless it ruins his life first. |
111 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
All Together Now |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
The Dodgers make their way to the regional championship, up against the
toughest team in California. |
104 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
My Brother Stevie |
Clymer, Eleanor |
3 |
An unmanageable younger brother makes life difficult for his sister,
until a sympathetic school teacher befriends and helps them both. |
73 |
|
| 4.1 |
Mystery of the Mixed-up Zoo |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
2 |
The Boxcar Children must find out who's responsible for the trouble at
the zoo, or it will be closed down. |
120 |
|
| 4.1 |
Jelly Belly |
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
4 |
It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned to stop eating. At 4 feet 8 inches
tall, he weighs 109 pounds and keeps growing wider. |
155 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Remembering Box, The |
Clifford, Eth |
1 |
Nine-year-old Joshua's weekly visits to his beloved grandmother on the
Jewish Sabbath give him an understanding of love, family, and tradition,
which helps him accept her death. |
70 |
|
| 4.1 |
Busybody Nora |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
1 |
Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large
apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy. |
63 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Quest for Queenie, The |
Ball, Brian |
1 |
Harry and Jill are chosen by a magic talking sword to rescue a damsel
from the Bad Wizard in Mandragora, but the damsel is Harry's complacent
fat spaniel, and she decides she wants to stay in Mandragora. |
78 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
A boy is puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried
by disturbing insights into adult conflicts. |
166 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective |
Sobol, Donald J. |
1 |
Presents ten baffling mysteries for the boy detective and the reader,
with Encyclopedia's solutions included at the end of the book. |
111 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, The |
McArthur, Nancy |
4 |
Michael 's side of the room was a mess. Brother Norman was a neatness
nut. They got a plant, and the problem was gone--and so were their socks. |
119 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Mrs. Jeepers in Outer Space |
Dadey/Jones |
2 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But what
happens when Mrs. Jeepers takes the third grade to space camp? Could she
really turn all of the scientists into vampires? |
124 |
|
| 4.1 |
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch |
Latham, Jean |
8 |
This fictionalized biography tells the story of the mathematician and
astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain. |
251 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
Sexual stereotyping in Bear Country when a girl signs up for the football
team. |
102 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Blossom Promise, A |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
In the aftermath of a big flood in Alderson County, the Blossom family
continues coping with adventure and adversity in their rare family style. |
145 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Friendship, The |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
1 |
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and
a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s. |
53 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
George Washington's Breakfast |
Fritz, Jean |
0.5 |
George W. Allen, namesake of George Washington, wants to learn everything
about the first president, especially what he ate for breakfast. |
40 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Wolfmen Don't Hula Dance |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could
the hairy, fire-eating hula dancer for the Bailey School Luau really be
a wolfman? |
71 |
|
| 4.1 |
Vikings Don't Wear Wrestling Belts |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
Could the professional wrestler in town for WrestleBaileyLive be a real-life
Viking? |
75 |
|
| 4.1 |
Gold Cadillac, The |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
1 |
Two Black girls living in the North are proud of their family's beautiful
new Cadillac, until they take it on a visit to the South and encounter racial
prejudice for the first time. |
43 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox |
Dahl, Roald |
1 |
Mr. Fox saves his family and his animal friends when he outsmarts three
farmers who are hunting him. |
90 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Bears' House, The |
Sachs, Marilyn |
2 |
Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe
world of the three bears' dollhouse, ten-year-old Fran knows how to take
care of her baby sister better than anybody else. |
67 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Ninjas Don't Bake Pumpkin Pies |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could
the new baker who makes the best pumpkin pies really be a ninja in town
to steal some valuable Japanese art? |
70 |
|
| 4.1 |
Christina's Ghost |
Wright, Betty Ren |
3 |
Christina's summer in a spooky, isolated Victorian house with her grumpy
uncle turns into a ghostly adventure. |
105 |
Y |
| 4.1 |
Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Terrible Talking Termite, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
Ralph Ripoff just met the biggest bug this side of Bear Country; now
he is trying to get rich by selling termite insurance. |
96 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Ghost Brother |
Adler, C.S. |
5 |
Wishing to be like his older but dead brother, who often materializes
to give Wally advice and support, Wally enters a skateboarding competition
and finally gains the confidence to be himself. |
150 |
|
| 4.2 |
Hot and Cold Summer, The |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
3 |
Rory and Derek are best friends, but with everyone wanting them to include
Bolivia, the new girl, their friendship might be put to the test. |
158 |
|
| 4.2 |
Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
Could the drama teacher directing the class play really be a robot that
is trying to take over the school? |
73 |
|
| 4.2 |
Surprise Island |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
3 |
Summer vacation on an almost-private island gives the Aldens a challenge. |
178 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Eddie and the Fire Engine |
Haywood, Carolyn |
3 |
Eddie is a born collector, and in this book he has his sights on a retired
fire engine and a goat. |
189 |
|
| 4.2 |
Animal Shelter Mystery, The |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
3 |
The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals
in her animal shelter from greedy contractors. |
121 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Hedgehogs in the Closet |
Carris, Joan |
4 |
Unhappy with his family's move to England, eleven-year-old Nick slowly
begins to thrive in the very British setting of his new home and school. |
186 |
|
| 4.2 |
My Friend the Vampire |
Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela |
4 |
Tony thinks his new friend is great, except that he's a vampire; and
to make matters worse, Tony's parents want to meet his new friend. |
155 |
|
| 4.2 |
Mishmash |
Cone, Molly |
2 |
Pete finally gets to have a dog of his own, but Mishmash believes he's
a person. |
114 |
|
| 4.2 |
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst |
Lowry, Lois |
3 |
Anastasia, feeling she is misunderstood by everyone, buys a bust of Freud
and starts having "sessions" with it. |
119 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Getting Something on Maggie Marmelstein |
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman |
2 |
After Thad embarrasses Maggie and she retaliates by embarrassing him
even more, he plots revenge. |
101 |
|
| 4.2 |
Backup Goalie |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
When Nate Matheson, Angel Park's regular goalie, gets injured, he has
to train Jared Trajillo to replace him. |
96 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Arthur, for the Very First Time |
MacLachlan, Patricia |
3 |
Arthur spends a summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins
to look at life, his family, and himself differently. |
117 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Chocolate Fever |
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
1 |
Henry eats so much chocolate that he makes medical history by getting
the first recorded case of Chocolate Fever. |
93 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Berries, Nuts, and Seeds |
Burns, Diane L. |
1 |
This book describes a variety of berries, nuts, and seeds that might
be found on a nature walk and includes identification information. |
40 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Nighty-Nightmare |
Howe, James |
2 |
When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester
the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended. |
121 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Play-off |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
Because Lian Jie is so small, no one on the Dodgers takes him seriously
until they realize he's a baseball expert. |
110 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Mississippi Bridge |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
1 |
During a heavy rainstorm in 1930s rural Mississippi, a ten-year-old white
boy sees a bus driver order all the black passengers off a crowded bus to
make room for late-arriving white passengers and then set off across the
raging Rosa Lee Creek. |
62 |
|
| 4.2 |
Defense |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
Nate, the goalie for the Angel Park All-Stars, learns he must help, rather
than criticize his teammates. |
104 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Up to Bat |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
Sixth-grader Jenny Roper, the Dodgers' star first-baseman, suddenly becomes
concerned about her reputation as a jock. |
108 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Wonder of Manatees, The |
Bauman/Corrigan |
0.5 |
This book discusses the many wonders of manatees. |
48 |
|
| 4.2 |
Vipers |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
Describes what various types of vipers look like, what they eat, where
they can be found, how they defend themselves, the danger from their bites,
and the outlook for their future. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Stroke of Luck |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
When Jacob loses his lucky charm, he's convinced he'll never be able
to bat, field, or throw again until he finds it. |
102 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Safe at First |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
The Dodgers are worried about one of their rookies, who keeps messing
up for no apparent reason. |
106 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Dragon in the Family, A |
Koller, Jackie French |
1 |
It's not easy protecting a dragon against villagers who think dragons
are the enemy. |
63 |
|
| 4.2 |
Cracker Jackson |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
After attempting to save his ex-babysitter from wife abuse, Cracker Jackson
gains an adult insight into the sadness of failed heroics. |
146 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Berenstain Bears at Camp Crush, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
The coach tries to keep the boys and girls separated at summer camp. |
105 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Bride of Frankenstein Doesn't Bake Cookies, The |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City, but is the
strange new cookie chef at the ice rink really the Bride of Frankenstein? |
75 |
|
| 4.2 |
Katie John |
Calhoun, Mary |
4 |
Katie John and her family move into an inherited house in order to sell
it, but find they don't want to part with it. |
134 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
If You Didn't Have Me |
Nilsson, Ulf |
3 |
A small Swedish boy spends the summer on his grandmother's farm while
his parents build a new house. |
113 |
|
| 4.2 |
Goblins Don't Play Video Games |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could
the new computer teacher really be the Master Goblin from Melody's video
game? |
82 |
|
| 4.2 |
Daphne's Book |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
6 |
While she denies it to her friends, Jessica comes to like the outcast
Daphne as they work on their class project. |
183 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
See You Later, Gladiator |
Scieszka, Jon |
2 |
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their professional wrestling moves,
when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators
in the Colosseum. |
87 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! |
Manes, Stephen |
1 |
Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, finds
a book in the library which promises to make him perfect in just three days. |
76 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Berenstain Bears and the Dress Code, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
The new principal sets up a strict dress code for the school. |
104 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Mostly Michael |
Smith, Robert Kimmel |
6 |
Michael's diary reflects the ups and downs of his 11th year, as he copes
with braces, troublesome relatives, a little sister not yet potty-trained,
the school play, and a big spelling bee. |
184 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Play Ball! (Scrappers) |
Hughes, Dean |
3 |
Having failed to get their applications in for the middle school summer
baseball league, Robbie and Trent scramble to find a sponsor, a coach, and
enough players to form their own team. |
123 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Happy Birthday, Felicity! |
Tripp, Valerie |
1 |
As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's
visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the
colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg. |
69 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Tut, Tut |
Scieszka, Jon |
2 |
Because of a magical time travel book, the kids are dodging crocodiles
and trying to outwit the evil high priest. |
73 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Bunnicula |
Howe, Deborah/James |
2 |
Chester, the Monroe family's cat, resorts to hilarious antics to alert
his owners and Harold, their dog, that the newly adopted bunny may actually
be a vegetable vampire. |
98 |
Y |
| 4.2 |
Choosing Up Sides |
Ritter, John H. |
5 |
In 1921, thirteen-year-old Luke finds himself torn between accepting
his left handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher-father that
such a condition is evil and must be overcome. |
166 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Samantha Learns a Lesson |
Adler, Susan S. |
1 |
Samantha is determined to help nine-year-old Nellie, attending school
for the first time, with her school work and learns a great deal herself
about what it is like to be a poor child and work in a factory. |
61 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Bingo Brown and the Language of Love |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
As twelve-year-old Bingo Brown strives for the triumphs of today and
steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he
will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up. |
132 |
|
| 4.3 |
Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
In this sequel to The Not-Just-Anybody Family, Junior Blossom meets Mad
Mary, the vulture lady, and gets kidnapped. |
134 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
I Want to Go Home! |
Korman, Gordon |
6 |
Nobody hates camp more than Rudy Miller does. |
182 |
|
| 4.3 |
Tangerine |
Bloor, Edward |
13 |
Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football-hero brother, fights for
his right to play soccer despite his near-blindness. |
292 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Cassie Binegar |
MacLachlan, Patricia |
3 |
While yearning for sameness and ordinariness, Cassie learns from eccentric
relatives that some things cannot and should not remain the same forever. |
120 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Seashells, Crabs, and Sea Stars |
Tibbitts, Christiane Kump |
1 |
Explores the world of seashells, crabs, sea stars, sand dollars, and
other things to be discovered at the seashore. |
40 |
|
| 4.3 |
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You |
DeClements, Barthe |
4 |
After being sent to special education classes because of her reading
problem, "Bad Helen" meets a sympathetic teacher who helps her
achieve her dream of going to junior high. |
146 |
|
| 4.3 |
Dollhouse Murders, The |
Wright, Betty Ren |
5 |
Amy thinks the dolls in her aunt's dollhouse are trying to tell her something
about the unsolved murder of her great-grandparents. |
149 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Remember Me to Harold Square |
Danziger, Paula |
4 |
Kendra and her cousin Frank take part in a scavenger hunt in New York
City, and the summer becomes filled with fun and discoveries. |
139 |
|
| 4.3 |
Miracle's Boys |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
3 |
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother
Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames
Lafayette for the death of their mother. |
133 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
EAT! |
Kroll, Steven |
1 |
Harry's decision to become a vegetarian causes some problems for him
in his third-grade class. |
57 |
|
| 4.3 |
Felicity Learns a Lesson |
Tripp, Valerie |
1 |
Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives
in Williamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott
and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyalist from England. |
69 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Tight End |
Christopher, Matt |
4 |
Jim's school football career is jeopardized by someone who wants to make
an issue of his father's being an ex-con. Mystery and plenty of football
action as Jim fights against prejudice. |
137 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Changes for Josefina |
Tripp, Valerie |
1 |
When Tia Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family
since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave,
Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind. |
67 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Back Yard Angel |
Delton, Judy |
2 |
Although ten-year-old Angel loves her little brother Rags dearly, the
constant responsibility of taking care of him weighs heavily on her young
shoulders. |
111 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Happy Birthday, Josefina! |
Tripp, Valerie |
1 |
Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tia Magdalena,
and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives
a potentially fatal snakebite. |
67 |
|
| 4.3 |
Eye of the Great Bear |
Wallace, Bill |
5 |
After moving to Montana, Bailey Trumbull's whole life changes and he
must face his fears head on. |
161 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Wonder of Sharks, The |
Bauman/Corrigan |
0.5 |
This book discusses the many wonders of sharks. |
48 |
|
| 4.3 |
TV Kid, The |
Byars, Betsy |
3 |
Television is Lennie's only escape from loneliness and boredom, until
a snake bite jolts him into reality. |
123 |
|
| 4.3 |
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
Steptoe, John |
0.5 |
Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet,
go before the king, who is choosing a bride. |
25 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Wonder of Pandas, The |
Lantier/Feeney |
0.5 |
This book introduces the world of panda bears and their main characteristics. |
48 |
|
| 4.3 |
Groundhog's Horse |
Rockwood, Joyce |
3 |
An eleven-year-old Cherokee sets off on a one-boy raid of a Creek town
to rescue his "unusual" horse. |
115 |
|
| 4.3 |
Anastasia at Your Service |
Lowry, Lois |
5 |
Twelve-year-old Anastasia has a series of disastrous experiences when,
expecting to get a job as a lady's companion, she is hired instead to be
a maid. |
149 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Bases Loaded (Scrappers) |
Hughes, Dean |
3 |
Because Gloria chews out her team members whenever they mess up, she
sets the tone for fighting which in turn causes the coach to quit and leave
the future of the team in question. |
115 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Rattlesnakes |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
Describes what rattlesnakes look like, what they eat, where they can
be found, how they defend themselves, the danger from their bites, and the
outlook for their future. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Soup and Me |
Peck, Robert Newton |
3 |
From their crisp Vermont spring to the chill of winter, Soup and Rob
learn about many things: Untended clothes, runaway pumpkins, marigolds,
fighting turkeys, and Miss Kelly's Christmas. |
115 |
|
| 4.3 |
Oliver Dibbs and the Dinosaur Cause |
Steiner, Barbara |
5 |
Immersed in studying his favorite topic, dinosaurs, Oliver involves his
fifth grade in a campaign to make the stegosaurus the Colorado state fossil
and runs afoul with an interesting bully. |
156 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Skates of Uncle Richard, The |
Fenner, Carol |
1 |
With her Uncle's encouragement, a nine-year-old takes the first step
toward realizing her dream of becoming a figure skater. |
46 |
|
| 4.3 |
Woodshed Mystery, The |
Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
5 |
A double puzzle involves an old friend of Aunt Jane's, romance, discovering
the truth behind rumors about the house Grandfather and Aunt Jane lived
in as children. |
159 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Lion in the Box: A Christmas Story, The |
De Angeli, Marguerite |
2 |
Retells the events of a special Christmas for a poor family in New York
at the turn of the century. |
67 |
|
| 4.3 |
My Trip to Alpha I |
Slote, Alfred |
1 |
Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel, but
a young boy finds it is not without dangers. |
96 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Lemming Condition, The |
Arkin, Alan |
1 |
A young lemming is haunted by doubts about the purpose of the great march
westward to the sea. |
58 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
B Is for Betsy |
Haywood, Carolyn |
2 |
Betsy experiences an interesting first year in school and looks forward
to summer vacation at her grandfather's farm. |
159 |
Y |
| 4.3 |
Happy Birthday, Addy |
Porter, Connie |
1 |
Addy makes a new friend, who encourages her to claim a birthday and helps
her face prejudice. |
61 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Giants and Wild, Hairy Monsters |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book examines the existence of mythical and fictional monsters that
are big and hairy, including King Kong, the Abominable Snowman, and Sasquatch. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Berenstain Bears and the School Scandal Sheet, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
Frustrated by their lack of artistic freedom on the staff of the school
newspaper, Brother Bear and his friends start an underground paper and discover
some basic truths about freedom of the press and responsibility. |
104 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster |
Clifford, Eth |
3 |
When Harvey's cousin brings a snake to his house for the weekend, Harvey
knows he's headed for disaster. |
108 |
|
| 4.4 |
Shiloh |
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
4 |
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home,
Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner. The owner
is a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat
his dogs. |
144 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Going Home |
Mohr, Nicholasa |
6 |
Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico,
eleven-year-old Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always
took for granted. |
192 |
|
| 4.4 |
Wonder of Butterflies, The |
Bauman/Norsgaard |
0.5 |
This book introduces butterflies and their life cycle. |
488 |
|
| 4.4 |
Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon |
Adler, C.S. |
4 |
A sixth-grader with cerebral palsy becomes the owner of a brass dragon,
which helps him out in some of the battles he faces due to his handicap. |
144 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Lucky Stone, The |
Clifton, Lucille |
1 |
Young Tee loved to hear the stories of good-luck that accompany her grandmother's
lucky stone, but she needs some good luck herself, and the stone doesn't
belong to her. |
62 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
When Grandfather's Parrot Inherited Kennsington Court |
Allen, Linda |
1 |
Appalled that Grandfather left his inheritance to his parrot, the relatives
seek to break the will; but young Miranda, who is caring for the parrot,
makes a discovery that settles everything. |
68 |
|
| 4.4 |
Racing the Sun |
Pitts, Paul |
5 |
When twelve-year-old Brandon's Navajo grandfather comes to live with
him, Brandon is forced to consider his heritage and his father's rejection
of the old ways. |
148 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Secret Window, The |
Wright, Betty Ren |
4 |
Meg has a secret that she does not tell anyone--she has weird dreams
and they come true. After a series of traumatic events, Meg feels more different
than ever. Following a near tragedy, Meg realizes that sometimes being different
is a good thing. |
149 |
|
| 4.4 |
Berenstain Bears and the Galloping Ghost, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
The Bears enroll at a haunted riding academy. |
104 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Tracks, Scats, and Signs |
Dendy, Leslie |
0.5 |
This book describes how to find and identify footprints, droppings, nests,
feathers, fur and other common clues left by sixteen wild animals as they
pursue their lives in woods, fields, and along ponds. |
40 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Berries Goodman |
Neville, Emily Cheney |
5 |
A city boy's move to the suburbs includes a painful experience in anti-Semitism. |
178 |
|
| 4.4 |
Mad Scientists |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book contrasts the monster-creating escapades of mad scientists
such as Frankenstein, Moreau, and Jekyll with the methods used by real scientists
who try to help, not hurt, the world. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Blue Moose |
Pinkwater, Daniel |
0.5 |
The adventures of a talking blue moose who moves in with Mr. Breton and
helps him run his restaurant on the edge of the big north woods. |
47 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Charlotte's Web |
White, E.B. |
5 |
In this endearing story, a little girl and Charlotte, a beautiful grey
spider, struggle to save Wilbur the pig from being butchered. |
184 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Bella Arabella |
Fosburgh, Liza |
4 |
Arabella's best friend is her cat. They live in the most beautiful house
in the world. Her stepfather thinks she is lonely and decides to send her
to boarding school. She makes a wish, and because she really believes, her
wish comes true. |
102 |
|
| 4.4 |
Wish Giver, The |
Brittain, Bill |
4 |
When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising
he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic
each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way. |
181 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Mrs. Jeepers' Monster Class Trip |
Dadey/Jones |
1 |
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. What happens
when Mrs. Jeepers takes the third grade camping for the weekend? Could she
really bring a canyon full of rock monsters to life? |
117 |
|
| 4.4 |
Soup's Hoop |
Peck, Robert Newton |
3 |
Soup's crazy plan to help his town's basketball team to victory includes
constructing a musical instrument called a spitzentootle and snaring the
evil Janice Riker in an unpleasant trap. |
130 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Invisible Lissa |
Honeycutt, Natalie |
5 |
Lissa badly wants to get into Debra's exclusive fifth-grade lunch club
until she finds out what it is really like. |
122 |
|
| 4.4 |
Secret Life of Dilly McBean, The |
Haas, Dorothy |
6 |
Dilly's the luckiest kid in the world. He's a millionaire. He's on his
own. He's got a neat dog and he's magnetic. He can make metal things do
whatever he wants. Soon Dilly's secret is out and a mad scientist is after
him. |
202 |
|
| 4.4 |
Kneeknock Rise |
Babbitt, Natalie |
2 |
Egan goes to visit relatives in Instep, where he encounters an unusual
moan that comes from the top of Kneeknock Rise. |
118 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge |
Wallace, Bill |
4 |
Liz fears that all the animals her zoologist father keeps in the house
could prevent her from becoming class president. |
132 |
|
| 4.4 |
Einstein Anderson, Science Sleuth |
Simon, Seymour |
2 |
Adam "Einstein" Anderson uses his knowledge to discover the
cause of a shrinking table, win a bet with Pat the Brat, uncover a UFO hoax,
and solve other scientific riddles. |
73 |
|
| 4.4 |
Good Master, The |
Seredy, Kate |
5 |
Two cousins spend an adventurous year on a ranch in the Hungarian plains. |
196 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Berenstain Bear Scouts Meet Bigpaw, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
The grown-ups of Bear Country want to attack Bigpaw, but is he really
dangerous? |
96 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Soup |
Peck, Robert Newton |
2 |
Rural Vermont during the 1920s is the setting of this nostalgic account
of episodes in the lives of young Rob Peck and his pal, Soup. |
96 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Fever, 1793 |
Anderson, Laurie Halse |
7 |
In 1793 Philadelphia, fourteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from
her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is
forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. |
251 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Berenstain Bear Scouts in Giant Bat Cave, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
1 |
Ralph Ripoff wants to turn the cave, home to Bear Country's bats, into
an underground theme park! |
96 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Viva Heather! |
Sinykin, Sheri Cooper |
1 |
Heather travels to Spain in 1492 and finds herself in danger. |
70 |
|
| 4.4 |
Vampires |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses vampires in legend and literature and some real people
and animals that may have helped inspire the concept of blood-drinking monsters. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.4 |
Roberto Clemente |
Rudeen, Kenneth |
0.5 |
When Roberto Clemente began playing baseball in Puerto Rico, he couldn't
hit very hard or throw very fast, but he practiced. |
53 |
|
| 4.4 |
Racetrack Robbery |
Leroe, Ellen |
1 |
Artie's invisible pet Ghost Dog helps him solve the case of the missing
lucky coin. |
63 |
|
| 4.4 |
Morph Monsters |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses were-creatures, monsters that change from one entity
into another, such as werewolves and cat peole, including some scientific
explanations for these beasts. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Martin's Mice |
King-Smith, Dick |
3 |
A farm cat who doesn't want to catch mice keeps a family of them as pets
in the barn; but then he is given away to a townswoman and acquires a new
perspective. |
122 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Stray, The |
King-Smith, Dick |
3 |
When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's
home, she meets five children and their parents, who welcome her into their
family. |
139 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Sasquatch |
Smith, Roland |
5 |
In an attempt to protect the resident Sasquatch from ruthless hunters,
thirteen-year-old Dylan follows his father into the woods on the slopes
of Mount Saint Helens, which is on the brink of another eruption. |
188 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Manmade Monsters |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book examines monsters fashioned from organic or robotic parts,
both in literature and movies, including Frankenstein and the computer HAL,
from "2001: A Space Odyssey." |
24 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Cobras (Great American Muscle Cars) |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
This book surveys the history of the Shelby Cobra and its designs, engines,
performance, and costs. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
3 |
Lonely Elizabeth decides to be an apprentice witch to Jennifer, and that's
when the fun starts. |
117 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Wonder of Elephants, The |
Lantier/Fredericks |
0.5 |
This book introduces the elephant and its many characteristics. |
48 |
|
| 4.5 |
Plagues |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses some of history's plagues and the effects of a plague
on people and the enviroment. |
24 |
|
| 4.5 |
Muggie Maggie |
Cleary, Beverly |
1 |
Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she
discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up
an entirely new world of knowledge for her. |
70 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Wringer |
Spinelli, Jerry |
5 |
As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a
wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. |
228 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Anastasia Krupnik |
Lowry, Lois |
3 |
For ten-year-old Anastasia, life is full of problems like teachers, boys,
a grandmother who does not remember her name, and the arrival of a new baby
brother. |
113 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Victory Goal |
Hughes, Dean |
2 |
Sterling Malone is a fullback who wants to be a forward, just like his
big brother. |
106 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Number the Stars |
Lowry, Lois |
4 |
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie
learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish
friend from the Nazis. |
137 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Fox Steals Home, The |
Christopher, Matt |
4 |
Already troubled by his parents' divorce, Bobby Canfield is further distressed
when he learns that his father, who coached him in running bases, intends
to move away. |
178 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Coughing Catfish, The |
Berenstain, Stan/Jan |
2 |
Old Jake is sick from the pollution in the lake. Can the Bear Scouts
clean up the lake in time to save the coughing catfish? |
99 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Maldonado Miracle, The |
Taylor, Theodore |
5 |
A wonderful and moving story of a poor Mexican boy trying to find his
father, who has gone north for work, and the world of the illegal alien. |
121 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Harriet the Spy |
Fitzhugh, Louise |
8 |
Harriet's notebook of her feelings about classmates and neighbors is
found by her classmates. |
298 |
Y |
| 4.5 |
Frogs, Toads, and Turtles |
Burns, Diane L. |
1 |
This book describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and diet of
twenty-six kinds of frogs, toads, and turtles. |
40 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Secret of Gumbo Grove, The |
Tate, Eleanora E. |
7 |
While helping restore the cemetery of the old Baptist church, eleven-year-old
Raisin solves the mystery surrounding the founding of her home town and
gains pride in her family's past. |
199 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
4B Goes Wild |
Gilson, Jamie |
4 |
Fourth-graders on a three-day camping trip with their teachers experience
frights and delights. |
147 |
|
| 4.6 |
Jennifer Murdley's Toad |
Coville, Bruce |
4 |
When an ordinary looking fifth-grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks
on a series of extraordinary adventures. |
156 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Dog on Barkham Street, A |
Stolz, Mary |
5 |
For Edward Frost, getting a dog and getting rid of the bully, Martin
Hastings, seem equally unlikely. |
184 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Nightmare Mountain |
Kehret, Peg |
5 |
Twelve-year-old Molly's visit to her aunt and uncle's llama ranch in
the state of Washington leads her into unexpected danger and suspense. |
164 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Horizontal Man, The |
Dahl, Michael |
7 |
Thirteen-year-old Finnegan Zwake's life with his uncle is fairly normal,
until the day Finn discovers a body in the basement. In addition, a Mayan
gold figure, the Horizontal Man, is missing |
182 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Bridge to Terabithia |
Paterson, Katherine |
5 |
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes
friends with a newcomer, who subsequently meets an untimely death trying
to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. |
128 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Ella Enchanted |
Levine, Gail Carson |
8 |
In this novel based on Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood
curse that forces her to obey any order given. |
229 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Morgans |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
Describes the physical features and other characteristics of the first
original American horse breed. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Animal, the Vegetable and John D Jones, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
Clara and Deanie can't stand John D. Jones, the son of their divorced
father's girlfriend. The feeling is mutual, and John D. dubs the girls the
Animal and the Vegetable. It takes a near tragedy to bring them together. |
150 |
|
| 4.6 |
Earthquake Terror |
Kehret, Peg |
4 |
When an earthquake hits the isolated island in northern California where
his family had been camping, Jonathan must find a way to keep himself, his
sister, and their dog alive until help arrives. |
132 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Hattie and the Wild Waves |
Cooney, Barbara |
0.5 |
A young Brooklyn girl from a wealthy German American Family dreams of
becoming an artist. |
34 |
|
| 4.6 |
Adaline Falling Star |
Osborne, Mary Pope |
4 |
After her mother dies, Adaline is sent to live in St. Louis while her
father, the famous scout Kit Carson, explores the West. |
170 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Elmer and the Dragon |
Gannett, Ruth Stiles |
1 |
Elmer and his dragon lend their talents to a troubled king. |
87 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Terror at the Zoo |
Kehret, Peg |
5 |
A camp-out at a deserted zoo turns scary for Corey and her little brother. |
131 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Winning of Miss Lynn Ryan, The |
Cooper, Ilene |
3 |
No matter how hard she tries, Carrie fails to impress her attractive,
new fifth-grade teacher, who favors the more popular members of the class
and either ignores or criticizes Carrie and her new friend Luke, the class
nerd. |
123 |
|
| 4.6 |
Zeely |
Hamilton, Virginia |
4 |
Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship
with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles
the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen. |
122 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Jackie Robinson |
Rudeen, Kenneth |
1 |
The dramatic story of Jackie Robinson's triumph on the baseball field. |
53 |
|
| 4.6 |
Peter and Veronica |
Sachs, Marilyn |
5 |
Peter and Veronica haven't been friends for long. They used to be enemies,
but Peter ended their feud by giving Veronica a fat lip and a black eye,
and ever since then they've done everything together. |
174 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Holes |
Sachar, Louis |
7 |
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute
to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley is sent to a hellish correctional
camp in the Texas desert. |
233 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Kitty in the Middle |
Delton, Judy |
3 |
First love, a madcap mix-up at a stranger's wedding, and exploring a
mysterious old house are some of the experiences that make fourth grade
exciting for three friends. |
135 |
|
| 4.6 |
J. T. |
Wagner, Jane |
1 |
J.T., the kid everyone said had 'gone bad,' finds an alley cat to love. |
124 |
|
| 4.6 |
Here Comes Zelda Claus and Other Holiday Disasters |
Hall, Lynn |
3 |
Relates the amusing holiday misadventures of Zelda Hammersmith, whose
good intentions only lead to trouble. |
149 |
|
| 4.6 |
I'm Not Who You Think I Am |
Kehret, Peg |
4 |
Thirteen-year-old Ginger becomes the target of a disturbed woman who
believes that Ginger is her dead daughter. |
154 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Thatcher Payne-in-the-Neck |
Bates, Betty |
3 |
Kib and Thatcher are long-time friends who enjoy the summers spent together
at Trout Lake. They also share a sadness--Kib's mother and Thatcher's father
were killed in a plane crash. Can they get their parents to marry each other? |
130 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Blossoms and the Green Phantom, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
While Junior puts the finishing touches on his new invention, the Green
Phantom, his grandfather disappears. |
146 |
|
| 4.6 |
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, The |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
2 |
Eight-year-old David Bernstein's life changes drastically when he changes
his name to Ali Baba, after seeing 17 listings for his name in the New York
phone book. |
82 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
Charles was a serious, bookish kid whose mother had sent him out to his
uncle's ranch for the summer. Uncle Coot was tired and bitter. The two just
had nothing in common--until an amazing colt that can fly brings them together. |
128 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Not-Just-Anybody Family, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
A warm comedy demonstrates how both good and bad times help to unite
a family, even one as strange as the unforgettable Blossom family. |
149 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson |
Lord, Bette Bao |
4 |
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel
at home and makes friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
169 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Dragonslayers, The |
Coville, Bruce |
3 |
Princess Wilhelmina slays a dragon with the help of Brian, a castle page
boy. She then gains her independence and the right to rule half the kingdom. |
119 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Class Clown |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
2 |
Lucas Cott, the class clown, wants to become the perfect student but
finds it hard to change his ways. |
98 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Henry and Beezus |
Cleary, Beverly |
4 |
Accompanied by friend Beezus, bubble-gum tycoon Henry schemes to get
a bike of his own. |
192 |
Y |
| 4.6 |
Indian in the Cupboard, The |
Banks, Lynne Reid |
6 |
A young boy discovers that his magic cupboard and key can turn toys into
live people and animals. |
181 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Radio Fifth Grade |
Korman, Gordon |
5 |
Mayhem breaks out in the fifthgrade when the Venice Menace bullies his
classmates into letting him become a regular guest on "Kidsview,"
the school's radio program. |
177 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Gaffer Samson's Luck |
Walsh, Jill Paton |
4 |
James' difficulty in adjusting to a new school and life in the Fens,
is further complicated by the request of an elderly neighbor to find his
lucky piece, a task which puts James in some danger. |
118 |
|
| 4.7 |
Soup on Ice |
Peck, Robert Newton |
3 |
Rob and Soup engineer an incredible appearance by Santa and his sleigh
in their small Vermont town. |
112 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Night of the Twisters |
Ruckman, Ivy |
4 |
A twelve-year-old relates an account of the night that freakish and devastating
tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska. |
153 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Nutty Can't Miss |
Hughes, Dean |
4 |
Nutty Nutsell's basketball team is hopeless. Their two-year losing streak
threatens to last even longer when Nutty's dad takes over as coach. Only
a miracle can turn the Labradors around. |
118 |
|
| 4.7 |
Alison Walks the Wire |
Sinykin, Sheri Cooper |
1 |
With the help of her new friends, Allison learns to walk the wire, which
is much harder than it looks. |
78 |
|
| 4.7 |
Judge Benjamin: Superdog Gift |
McInerney, Judith |
3 |
It's an extra-special Christmas for the Riley family, when their St.
Bernards, Benjamin and Agatha, give birth to puppies. |
128 |
|
| 4.7 |
Danny, the Champion of the World |
Dahl, Roald |
6 |
A light-hearted tale of Danny and his Dad and the numerous brave and
zany adventures they share. |
196 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Family Under the Bridge, The |
Carlson, Natalie Savage |
3 |
An old tramp, adopted by three fatherless children when their mother
hides them under a bridge on the Seine, finds a home for mother and children
and a job for himself. |
97 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Polly Panic |
Shura, Mary Francis |
4 |
When disastrous things happen as Polly enters sixth grade, she finds
that in dealing with untrustworthy friends, bullies, and family problems,
she has overcome her natural fearfulness. |
127 |
|
| 4.7 |
Two Under Par |
Henkes, Kevin |
3 |
When his mother's new marriage takes them into the household of a miniature
golf-course owner, ten-year-old Wedge struggles with feelings of resentment
and dislike for his stepfather. |
116 |
|
| 4.7 |
Maggie, Too |
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
4 |
A defensive twelve-year-old comes to understand her father, a busy Hollywood
director planning to re-marry, after she is exiled for the summer to the
everyday life of her grandmother's house in Houston. |
101 |
|
| 4.7 |
It's Like This, Cat |
Neville, Emily Cheney |
5 |
A teenage boy in New York City gets a cat instead of a dog simply to
annoy his father, then begins to learn that his father is a caring human
being, not just a strict parent. |
180 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Grandmother for the Orphelines, A |
Carlson, Natalie |
2 |
The children from the orphanage set out to find the right grandmother,
but go about it the wrong way. |
91 |
|
| 4.7 |
Witches, The |
Dahl, Roald |
5 |
In spite of everything his grandmother has taught him about witches,
a young boy gets turned into a mouse but does manage to interrupt their
plans. |
208 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Backup Soccer Star |
Hughes, Dean |
3 |
Thirteen-year-old Kim is a star in softball, basketball, and volleyball;
but when she begins playing soccer, she fears she will let the team down. |
102 |
|
| 4.7 |
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
Konigsburg, E.L. |
5 |
Claudia and her brother Jamie run away from home and take up residence
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
162 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Teacher's Pet |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
3 |
Nine-year-old Cricket's expectations of being, as always, the teacher's
favorite student are dashed by the arrival of an unusual new girl in her
fourth-grade class. |
116 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Chocolate Touch, The |
Catling, Patrick |
2 |
Instead of gold, everything John Midas touched turns to precious chocolate. |
87 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Henry Huggins |
Cleary, Beverly |
3 |
Third grader Henry Huggins acquires a flea-bitten but charming dog named
Ribsy. |
155 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo |
Paterson, Katherine |
8 |
Young James is a singing star on stage, but his offstage world is coming
apart. |
178 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Bear Called Paddington, A |
Bond, Michael |
4 |
A bear from darkest Peru goes to live with a family in London. |
128 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Palominos |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
Describes the physical characteristics and appearance that a palomino
horse has, how these horses are bred, and some famous palominos. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Appaloosas |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
Describes the history and characteristics that distinguish these horses
from other breeds. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien |
Coville, Bruce |
4 |
Tim comes upon an alien in his sixth grade class and is invited back
to his embassy, where he discovers a plan to sabotage the alien mission. |
168 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Hurricanes |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses the causes and effects of hurricanes and similar
storms. |
24 |
|
| 4.7 |
Love, from the Fifth-Grade Celebrity |
Giff, Patricia Reilly |
3 |
Casey and Tracy are good friends. When Tracy moves, she and Casey begin
to go to school together. Can their friendship be saved? |
118 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Mammals (Wonderful World of Animals) |
MacLeod, Beatrice |
0.5 |
Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of various
mammals. |
32 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
It's a Frog's Life! (Nature Close-Ups) |
Clyne, Densey |
0.5 |
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of frogs, the little
animals with the built-in goggles and the permanent wide-mouth smile. |
32 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Brickyard 400 |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
This book describes one of the newest NASCAR races, the Brickyard 400,
held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.7 |
Skull of Truth, The |
Coville, Bruce |
6 |
Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious
skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward
moments. |
195 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
And Now Miguel |
Krumgold, Joseph |
8 |
The secret wish of Miguel Chavez, to go to the mountains with the men
of his family, comes true. |
245 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
My Teacher Fried My Brains |
Coville, Bruce |
4 |
Bill tries to figure out which new teacher at his school is an alien
in the hilarious sequel to 'My Teacher Is An Alien.' |
136 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
House of Dies Drear, The |
Hamilton, Virginia |
9 |
This mystery concerns an African-American boy's move to Drear House,
which had once played a part in the Underground Railroad. |
279 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Birds (Wonderful World of Animals) |
MacLeod, Beatrice |
0.5 |
Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of various
birds. |
32 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Firebirds (Great American Muscle Cars) |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
This book surveys the history of the Pontiac Firebird and its designs,
engines, performance, and costs. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Dahl, Roald |
5 |
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr.
Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation
in his own way. |
155 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Angel's Mother's Boyfriend |
Delton, Judy |
3 |
Ten-year-old Angel finds plenty to worry about when she learns that her
mother's new boyfriend is a clown. |
163 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Noonday Friends, The |
Stolz, Mary |
6 |
Two young friends stop speaking to each other, even though they can't
remember why they argued in the first place. This is just one more thing
on top of the other problems that each has with her own family. |
182 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Hugh Pine |
VanDeWetering, Jan |
2 |
A clever porcupine saves his forest friends from speeding cars. |
83 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Wildflowers, Blooms, and Blossoms |
Burns, Diane L. |
1 |
This book identifies twenty-eight popular wildflowers, and explains where
they can be found, and what creatures eat them. |
40 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick, The |
McMullan, Kate |
4 |
Fifth-grader Lila has some truly amazing "Great Ideas" that
get her out of and into all kinds of trouble. |
118 |
|
| 4.8 |
Strider |
Cleary, Beverly |
3 |
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with
his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins
the track team at school. |
179 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Aldo Ice Cream |
Hurwitz, Johanna |
2 |
Nine-year-old Aldo discovers the pleasures of doing volunteer work to
help the older citizens of the community and the satisfactions of earning
his first money on his own for unselfish reasons. |
124 |
|
| 4.8 |
Beezus and Ramona |
Cleary, Beverly |
3 |
Nine-year-old Beezus finds it difficult to love her troublesome younger
sister all the time, but her mother explains why that is all right. |
159 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Paints and Pintos |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
Describes the physical characteristics of both paint and pinto horses
and what differentiates these two breeds. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Camaros (Great American Muscle Cars) |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
This book surveys the history of the Chevrolet Camaro and its designs,
engines, performance, and costs. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Harry's Mad |
King-Smith, Dick |
3 |
Harry's legacy from his great-uncle, a talking parrot, proves to be a
much more exciting gift than he ever imagined. |
123 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Witch of Fourth Street, The |
Levoy, Myron |
3 |
Eight wonderful stories, touched with truth and more than a little magic,
about the immigrant families who made their home on New York's Lower East
Side in the 1920s. |
110 |
|
| 4.8 |
Gentle Ben |
Morey, Walt |
8 |
Danger and excitement as young Mark Andersen struggles to save his friend,
Ben, the big brown bear. |
191 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Doll in the Garden, The |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
4 |
After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper's
garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly turn-of-the century
world by going through a hole in the hedge. |
128 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Monsters of the Deep |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses some of the large and frightening creatures that
live, or are believed to have lived, in the world's oceans. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Ramona and Her Mother |
Cleary, Beverly |
4 |
Now that her daddy has a job, Ramona hopes that her mother will stop
working. If Mrs. Quimby stays home again, Ramona won't have to stay with
Howie's grandmother after school, and her parents won't be so tired and
irritable. |
182 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
James and the Giant Peach |
Dahl, Roald |
4 |
Madcap adventures take place as young James enters a peach as big as
a house and encounters wonderful new friends. |
126 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Happy Orpheline, The |
Carlson, Natalie Savage |
2 |
Brigitte is part of the biggest, happiest family in France. She is an
orpheline with 19 other sisters who are cared for by the loving Madame Flattot
and Genevieve. Life is exciting until Brigitte gets left at a dog cemetery. |
96 |
|
| 4.8 |
Nutty for President |
Hughes, Dean |
4 |
One look at the new kid eating in the school cafeteria, and everyone
agrees-- William Bilks is a nerd. But Nutty and his friends are in for a
big surprise, because William is really a genius in disguise. |
117 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Bunnicula Strikes Again! |
Howe, James |
3 |
When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and
cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire. |
116 |
|
| 4.8 |
Ramona Forever |
Cleary, Beverly |
4 |
Ramona is back and funnier than ever as she prepares for her aunt's wedding
and the move her family might make. |
182 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Aliens Ate My Homework |
Coville, Bruce |
5 |
Rod has enough troubles, but a tiny spaceship adds more problems to his
life. |
179 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Aliens |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book describes how alien monsters have been imagined in books and
movies and examines real creatures in nature that resemble or may have served
as inspiration for them. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.8 |
Snakes, Salamanders, and Lizards |
Burns, Diane L. |
1 |
A field guide introducing thirty species of snakes, salamanders, and
lizards. |
40 |
|
| 4.9 |
Castle in the Attic, The |
Winthrop, Elizabeth |
6 |
William has a fantastic present in the attic that is able to transport
him to another land and another time for a challenging and exciting adventure. |
179 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
World's Strangest Sharks, The |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book is about some of the ocean's strangest sharks, including sharks
with a strange look and sharks with strange habits. |
24 |
|
| 4.9 |
Zombies |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses zombies, bodies without souls, and such related phenomena
as golems and animated mummies. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Dragons and Dinosaurs |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses dragons as they have appeared in the beliefs and
legends of various cultures, including ancient Babylon and Egypt, Europe,
and Asia, as well as how they are reflected in real creatures such as dinosaurs
and komodo lizards. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
My Teacher Glows in the Dark |
Coville, Bruce |
4 |
Peter follows his alien teacher onto his spaceship, where he learns the
alien's real reason for visiting Earth. |
137 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Young Animals and Their Parents (Animals Up Close) |
Renne |
0.5 |
This book discusses young animals and their parents. |
38 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Comeback Dog, The |
Thomas, Jane Resh |
1 |
The heartwarming story of a special dog, a very special boy, and how
they learn to live with each other. |
62 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Cicada Sing-Song (Nature Close-Ups) |
Clyne, Densey |
0.5 |
Introduces the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of
this noisy little insect. |
32 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Coca-Cola 600 |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
This book discusses the background, events, and rules of the Coca-Cola
600, the longest automobile race sanctioned by NASCAR. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Frozen Fire |
Houston, James |
5 |
Determined to find his father who has been lost in a storm, a young boy
and his Eskimo friend brave wind storms, starvation, wild animals, and wild
men during their search in the Canadian Arctic. |
149 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Cricket in Times Square, The |
Selden, George |
4 |
Chester the cricket resides in a newsstand in Times Square. He has many
adventures, climaxing with the rescue of the newsstand owner from financial
disaster. |
151 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Animals That Live in Water (Animals Up Close) |
Renne |
0.5 |
This book discusses animals that live in water. |
338 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Earthquakes |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses the causes and effects of earthquakes. |
24 |
|
| 4.9 |
Fires |
Gentle/Perry |
0.5 |
This book discusses the causes and effects of fires. |
24 |
|
| 4.9 |
Mummies and Pyramids |
Osborne, Will/Mary |
1 |
This book discusses mummies and pyramids and researches the facts behind
the fiction. |
119 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
5 |
Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919,
when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism
and hatred of the South behind. |
214 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Dear Mr. Henshaw |
Cleary, Beverly |
3 |
A series of letters from Leigh Botts to the author, Mr. Henshaw, dealing
with Leigh's aspirations of being an author, as well as excerpts from Leigh's
diary showing the concerns of this bright young boy. |
134 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Bambi |
Salten, Felix |
6 |
Bambi learns much about life and about people as he grows into a beautiful
stag. |
190 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Birds, Nests, and Eggs |
Boring, Mel |
1 |
A guide to identifying 14 different birds, providing information about
the physical characteristics and habits of each. |
40 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Joey Pigza Loses Control |
Gantos, Jack |
7 |
Joey, who is taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes
to spend the summer with the father he has never known. Dad insists that
Joey stop taking his medication, and Joey loses control as he tries to help
his baseball team. |
195 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Dragons of Blueland, The |
Gannett, Ruth Stiles |
1 |
Elmer saves the dragon's family from hunters. |
88 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Keisha to the Rescue |
Reed, Teresa |
2 |
Keisha's thrilled to be a lifeguard at an exclusive country club. But
some of the other lifeguards seem more interested in acting cool than guarding
lives. |
76 |
|
| 4.9 |
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher |
Coville, Bruce |
4 |
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher
unknowingly buys a dragon's egg. |
148 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Sing down the Moon |
O'Dell, Scott |
4 |
The forced migration of Navahos from their homeland, is described from
the Native American point of view. |
121 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Into the Dream |
Sleator, William |
4 |
When two youngsters realize they are having the same frightening dream,
they begin searching for an explanation for this mysterious coincidence. |
137 |
|
| 4.9 |
Ramona the Brave |
Cleary, Beverly |
3 |
Irrepressible Ramona bravely struggles to cope with the assorted trials
of growing up. |
190 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Tucker's Countryside |
Selden, George |
5 |
Children and animals allied in an effort to keep bulldozers and high-rise
apartments from spoiling their wilderness playground. |
166 |
|
| 4.9 |
All-of-a-Kind Family |
Taylor, Sydney |
5 |
Five girls have simple but happy times, with parents rich in kindness
but poor in money. |
189 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Veronica Ganz |
Sachs, Marilyn |
4 |
Peter tries to get even with bossy Veronica. |
156 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Dead Man in Indian Creek, The |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
4 |
When Matt and Parker learn the body they found in Indian Creek is a drug-related
death, they fear Parker's mother may be involved. |
130 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key |
Gantos, Jack |
5 |
To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has
trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription
meds wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired. |
154 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Lizard Music |
Pinkwater, Daniel |
5 |
When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with
a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little-known invasion
from outer space. |
136 |
|
| 4.9 |
Lemonade Trick, The |
Corbett, Scott |
3 |
Kerby discovers a recipe for lemonade that turns the worst people into
the nicest. Unfortunately, with nice people, the opposite is true. |
103 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Midnight Fox, The |
Byars, Betsy |
4 |
Tom, a city boy forced to spend the summer on his aunt's farm, is afraid
of animals -- until he learns to love a black fox. |
157 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Orphan of Ellis Island, The |
Woodruff, Elvira |
5 |
During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominic Cantori, a ten-year-old
foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young
emigrants to America. |
174 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Addie Across the Prairie |
Lawlor, Laurie |
4 |
Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies
her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on
the prairie. |
128 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
GTOs (Great American Muscle Cars) |
Ethan, Eric |
0.5 |
This book surveys the history of the GTO and its designs, engines, performance,
and costs. |
24 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Ellen Tebbits |
Cleary, Beverly |
3 |
Through many humorous adventures, Ellen learns the true value of friendship. |
160 |
Y |
| 4.9 |
Don't Call Me Toad! |
Shura, Mary Francis |
3 |
It only took a minute for me to decide I didn't want to be friends with
Dinah Dobbins. First she jumped out of the shadows, scaring me half to death,
then she had the nerve to call me "Toad"! I hoped I'd never see
her again. |
124 |
Y |
