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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Across Five Aprils

Author Hunt, Irene

Across Frozen Seas

Wilson, John

Adam of the Road

Gray, Elizabeth Janet

The Adventures of Nanny Piggins

Word

Number Lang IL 102 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.6 10.0 F

Count Book RP 61778 N N

RV -

LS N

VP Description N A moving story of the Civil War and one boy who grew up at home.

45006

EN

MG

6.0

5.0

F

30279

N

N

-

-

-

This book explores the vast territory of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, travelling aboard the ill-fated vessel H.M.S. Erebus from London en route to Canada's frozen and uncharted north.

1

EN

MG

6.5

9.0

F

57357

N

N

-

N

N

This book describes the adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.

Spratt, R.A.

138969

EN

MG

6.2

7.0

F

41859

N

N

-

-

-

A former circus pig cares for three human children, fights tyranny, and has an insatiable urge to consume chocolate.

The Alchemist's Dream

Wilson, John

119492

EN

MG

6.5 10.0

F

61235

N

N

-

-

-

The lost journal from Henry Hudson finds its way to the aged Robert Bylot and triggers memories of his life, a plague-ridden city, the mysterious alchemist John Dee, and mutiny in the frozen wastes of Hudson Bay.

An Algonquian Year: The Year According to the Full Moon

McCurdy, Michael

44097

EN

MG

6.0

0.5

F

2482

N

N

-

-

-

This book describes the life of the Algonquian Indians, month by month, as it would have been before the arrival of white settlers.

Anna of Byzantium

Barrett, Tracy

32221

EN

MG

6.4

8.0

F

51531

N

N

-

-

N

In the eleventh century the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for her birthright, the throne of the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will be taken from her by her younger brother John.

Anson's Way

Schmidt, Gary D.

30835

EN

MG

6.2

8.0

F

49188

N

N

-

-

-

While serving as a British Fencible to maintain the peace in Ireland, Anson finds that his sympathy for a hedge master places him in conflict with the law.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Arthur of Albion

Author Matthews, John

Asteroid Impact

Henderson, Douglas

Atherton: The House of Power

Word

Number Lang IL 131168 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.5 4.0 F

Count Book RP 21272 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - This book briefly recounts various legends about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, including how Arthur came to own the sword Excalibur, the magical creatures met by Arthur and his men, and the strange powers of Merlin.

44939

EN

MG

6.4

1.0

F

3411

N

N

-

-

-

This book explores the theory that the collision of an asteroid with Earth ended the Cretaceous Period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Carman, Patrick

114826

EN

MG

6.1 12.0

F

75028

N

N

-

-

-

Edgar, an eleven-year-old orphan, finds a book that reveals secrets about Atherton, his strictly divided world, even as geological changes threaten to shift the power structure that allows an elite few to live off the labor of others. Book #1

The Austere Academy

Snicket, Lemony

41280

EN

MG

6.7

6.0

F

33697

N

N

-

-

N

As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf. Book #5

Baboon

Jones, David

114113

EN

MG

6.1

7.0

F

44972

N

N

-

-

-

Fourteen-year-old Gerry Copeland regains consciousness after a plane crash in the African savanna only to discover that he has become one of the baboons his parents are studying.

The Baboon King

Quintana, Anton

34714

EN

MG

6.4

8.0

F

48029

N

N

-

-

-

Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Morengáru the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself among a troop of baboons.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title The Bad Beginning

Author Snicket, Lemony

Number Lang IL 41281 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 4.0 F

Count Book RP 24130 N N

The Barefoot Book of Knights

Matthews, John

58191

EN

Barry, Boyhound

Spearman, Andy

102197

Bella at Midnight

Stanley, Diane

Ben and Me

Lawson, Robert

RV -

LS -

MG

6.0

3.0

F

15707

N

EN

MG

6.2

4.0

F

27042

106196

EN

MG

6.0

9.0

F

208

EN

MG

6.9

3.0

Big Men, Big Country: A Collection Walker, Paul Robert of American Tall Tales

48068

EN

MG

6.0

The Big Tree of Bunlahy

Colum, Padraic

19007

EN

MG

The Birchbark House

Erdrich, Louise

36398

EN

MG

N

-

-

-

Young Tom of Warwick is sent to live in a castle so that he can learn about knighthood and chivalry. He is told stories about knights from all around the world, which illustrate to Tom what it takes to be a great knight.

N

N

-

-

-

To the confusion of his friends and family, Barry starts chasing squirrels, eating food off the floor, and otherwise acting like a canine after a flea bite turns his human brain into that of a dog.

56757

N

N

-

-

N

In this book, Bella, who is raised by peasants discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever.

F

14940

N

N

-

N

N

Amos the mouse observes and records the life of his great friend, Benjamin Franklin.

2.0

F

13812

N

N

-

-

-

This book is a collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.

6.7

7.0

F

43755

N

N

-

-

-

A collection of fanciful tales from the small town of Bunlahy.

6.1

7.0

F

43840

N

N

-

N

N

Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title Black Fox of Lorne

Author De Angeli, Marguerite

Number Lang IL 19008 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 8.0 F

Count Book RP 46474 N N

Black Jack

Garfield, Leon

42799

EN

The Black Stallion Returns

Farley, Walter

601

The Blue Sword

McKinley, Robin

Blue Willow

Gates, Doris

The Boggart

Cooper, Susan

The Bonemender

Bennett, Holly

RV -

LS N

MG

6.5

8.0

F

51170

N

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

51412

106

EN

MG

6.8 17.0

F

9

EN

MG

6.5

6.0

7042

EN

MG

6.1

102329

EN

MG

6.0

N

-

-

-

A young apprentice in eighteenthcentury London begins a strange adventure when he inadvertently becomes involved with a wanted criminal and a girl who is reputedly mad.

N

N

-

-

N

When his rightful owner repossesses the Black Stallion, eighteen-year-old Alec travels across the deserts of Arabia to find the great stallion and helps to solve a tribal feud. Book #2

101620

N

N

-

-

N

Harry, bored with her sheltered life on the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.

F

38350

N

N

-

N

N

Janey and her family settle in a real home after spending years as migratory workers.

8.0

F

46762

N

N

-

N

N

After visiting her family's castle in Scotland and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

9.0

F

54673

N

N

-

-

-

Gabrielle is a bonemender of extraordinary talent. Between her work as a healer and her duties as one of the royal family of Verdeau, her life is busy, comfortable, and predictable until the day a stranger seeking help arrives at her gate. Book #1

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title The Borrowers Afield

Author Norton, Mary

The Borrowers Afloat

Norton, Mary

Boy With a Pack

Word

Number Lang IL 18758 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 7.0 F

Count Book RP 43865 N N

RV -

LS N

VP Description N These are the further adventures of the family of miniature people who, after losing their home under the kitchen floor of an old English house, are forced to move out to the fields.

5003

EN

MG

6.0

6.0

F

34816

N

N

-

N

N

Mary Norton's beloved family of miniature people set out on a voyage in a tea kettle in search of a new home.

Meader, Stephen W.

19040

EN

MG

6.3

8.0

F

51244

N

N

-

N

N

Seventeen-year-old Bill Crawford enjoys adventure and faces danger as he journeys on foot from New Hampshire to the Ohio country during the pioneer days of 1837.

Bright Island

Robinson, Mabel L.

19009

EN

MG

6.1 10.0

F

63131

N

N

-

-

-

The story of Thankful, a young girl growing up on an island in Maine just after the Revolutionary War.

The Bronze Cauldron

McCaughrean, Geraldine

82577

EN

MG

6.0

5.0

F

30536

N

N

-

-

-

This book contains retellings of twentyseven myths and legends from around the world, including the story of the Indian boy who became the Buddha, and the German tale of Dr. Faust, a man who sells his soul to the devil.

The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse

Lewis, J. Patrick

119275

EN

MG

6.5

0.5

F

2754

N

N

-

-

-

This book presents poems that adopt the voices of soldiers, commanders, slaves, and civilians during the Civil War, pairing each poem with a period photo. It also includes facts about the conflict.

Caddie Woodlawn

Brink, Carol Ryrie

14

EN

MG

6.0

8.0

F

51659

N

N

-

N

N

A spirited pioneer girl relates her adventures on the Wisconsin frontier.

Calico Bush

Field, Rachel

5004

EN

MG

6.2

9.0

F

55559

N

N

-

N

N

Orphaned shortly after her French family arrives in the New World, twelve-yearold Marguerite is bound by contract to live with a family of English settlers who are attempting to make their home on an island frequented by Indians.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Calico Captive

Author Speare, Elizabeth George

Call It Courage

Sperry, Armstrong

Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth

Hart, James V.

The Carved Box

Chan, Gillian

Word

Number Lang IL 5062 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 9.0 F

Count Book RP 57137 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description N In 1754, an Indian raid on her small New Hampshire town leaves Miriam Willard a prisoner of the Indians, forced to take part in a harrowing march north.

15

EN

MG

6.2

3.0

F

19326

N

N

N

N

N

An inspiring youth overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe.

102334

EN

MG

6.8 13.0

F

79207

N

N

-

-

-

This book describes the youthful adventures of J.M. Barrie's classic character, Captain Hook, from his days at Eton to his voyages on the high sea.

53357

EN

MG

6.1

9.0

F

54057

N

N

-

-

-

Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labor of farm work. His only source of comfort is Dog. She seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. With Dog by his side, Callum gains the courage to face life in the New World.

The Case of the Missing Marquess: Springer, Nancy An Enola Holmes Mystery

104964

EN

MG

6.6

6.0

F

37924

N

N

-

-

N

Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother. Book #1

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Williams, Marcia

112185

EN

MG

6.3

1.0

F

4900

N

N

-

-

-

Geoffrey Chaucer's famous work, in which a group of pilgrims in fourteenthcentury England tell each other stories as they travel on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Canterbury, is retold in comic strip form.

Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam

Garland, Sherry

49775

EN

MG

6.1

2.0

F

13606

N

N

-

-

-

This book is a collection of Vietnamese folktales.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Fleming, Ian

74980

EN

MG

6.6

4.0

F

23385

N

N

-

-

N

An inventor and his family save an old car from the scrap heap and when it is restored, they find it has magical powers.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Author Code Talker: A Novel About the Bruchac, Joseph Navajo Marines of World War Two

Word

Number Lang IL 85819 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 9.0 F

Count Book RP 56150 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description N After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

A Conspiracy of Kings

Turner, Megan Whalen

137746

EN

MG

6.6 13.0

F

76812

N

N

-

-

-

Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire. Book #4

Coram Boy

Gavin, Jamila

54841

EN

MG

6.3 14.0

F

83673

N

N

-

-

-

In the mid-eighteenth century, an unsavory character and his simpleton son become involved in the lives of a wealthy English family when that family's eldest son is disinherited because of his love of music.

The Court of the Stone Children

Cameron, Eleanor

6662

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

51228

N

N

-

-

N

Aided by the journal of a young woman who lived in nineteenth-century France, Nina solves a murder mystery dormant since the time of Napoleon.

Cousins in the Castle

Wallace, Barbara Brooks

17765

EN

MG

6.0

7.0

F

45530

N

N

-

-

N

A new friend comes to Amelia's rescue when she finds herself the victim of a dastardly villian's fiendish plans.

Crisis at Crystal Reef

Anderson, Kevin J.

54608

EN

MG

6.5

6.0

F

39303

N

N

-

-

-

Anja planned to destroy the Solo family. Now she fights an inner battle against her growing spice addiction, and her growing friendship with Jacen and Jaina. In desperation for spice, she steals a ship and flees the Jedi academy.

Crows & Cards

Helgerson, Joseph

129993

EN

MG

6.2 10.0

F

62185

N

N

-

-

-

Zebulon Crabtree, who was sent by his parents to apprentice with a tanner in 1849, eventually follows his own instincts and hangs out with a riverboat gambler and a slave who becomes his friend and eventually gets caught up with the Brotherhood.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

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Word

Title Author Number Lang IL Cut from the Same Cloth: San Souci, Robert D. 11106 EN MG American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale

BL Pts F/NF 6.2 5.0 F

Count Book RP 28119 N N

The Dark Dreamweaver

Ruth, Nick

The Dark Is Rising

RV -

LS -

VP Description - Stories about the women of the United States who typify the strength, bravery, and humor of many regions and cultures in these folk pieces.

102236

EN

MG

6.3 11.0

F

67900

N

N

-

-

-

Accompanied by a Monarch caterpillar wizard, a boy travels to the land of dreams where he must use his imagination to save two worlds.

Cooper, Susan

109

EN

MG

6.2 13.0

F

82143

N

N

-

N

N

On his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark. Book #2

Daughter of the Mountains

Rankin, Louise

88648

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

48770

N

N

-

-

N

Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta in search of her stolen dog, Pempa.

Dawn of Fear

Cooper, Susan

101203

EN

MG

6.0

6.0

F

35209

N

N

-

-

-

Three English children, fascinated by the war air raids, gradually become aware of true fear and horror when they seek vengeance on an opposing gang that destroyed their hideaway.

Death in the Air

Peacock, Shane

123263

EN

MG

6.2 10.0

F

60377

N

N

-

-

-

While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock witnesses the death of a trapeze artist and knows that foul play is afoot. Case #2

Diversity Alliance

Anderson, Kevin J.

16663

EN

MG

6.8

6.0

F

34126

N

N

-

-

-

The young Jedi knights race across the galaxy in search of Bornan Thul. But it may be too late, for their true enemy is about to show its treacherous face, and it will be shockingly familiar. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

Dogs of Myth: Tales from Around the World

Hausman, Gerald

46305

EN

MG

6.0

2.0

F

13779

N

N

-

-

-

This is a collection of traditional tales about dogs from around the world. The coauthor is Loretta Hausman.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Dolphin Song

Author St. John, Lauren

The Door in the Wall

De Angeli, Marguerite

Dorp Dead

Cunningham, Julia

The Dragon Prince

Blum, Vicki

The Dragon's Egg

Word

Number Lang IL 123802 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.6 10.0 F

Count Book RP 58884 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.

25

EN

MG

6.2

4.0

F

27565

N

N

-

N

N

A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the king.

79495

EN

MG

6.0

3.0

F

17238

N

N

-

-

-

When a lonely boy leaves an orphanage to be apprenticed to a laddermaker only to find out that he is a virtual prisoner, he seeks escape with the one affectionate creature in his life, the dog Mash.

110526

EN

MG

6.4

4.0

F

26794

N

N

-

-

-

Pursued by their own herd and by human enemies, two young dragons embark on a dangerous journey. Ember and Brand must fly over mountains, desert, and sea to save the life of a young boy and the future of the Dragon Lords.

Baird, Alison

35775

EN

MG

6.0

4.0

F

26469

N

N

-

-

-

On Ai Lien's birthday, her father gives her a stone from China. In the middle of the night, the stone cracks and opens, and a magic, baby dragon is born.

The Dragon's Tapestry

Bates, Martine

42280

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

50743

N

N

-

-

-

Marwen's destiny has been woven, and it will lead her far from her village to lost lands, to a powerful magic she can scarcely control, and to a mystery no one should have to face alone.

The Dragonfly Pool

Ibbotson, Eva

125286

EN

MG

6.5 16.0

F

95124

N

N

-

-

-

Tally and her friends at Dalderton Boarding School form a dance troupe and travel to Bergania, where she befriends Karil, the crown prince, and helps him flee the Nazis after his father is assassinated.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Dragonhaven

Author McKinley, Robin

Earth Tales from Around the World Caduto, Michael J.

Word

Number Lang IL 117626 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 6.6 21.0 F 126795 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - When Jake Mendoza, who lives in the Smokehill National Park where his father runs the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies, goes on his first solo overnight in the park, he finds an infant dragon whose mother has been killed by a poacher.

44284

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

48764

N

N

-

-

-

This book is arranged into ten sections of legends that explore nature and humankind's relationship to it.

217

EN

MG

6.4

7.0

F

43004

N

N

-

N

N

It is only a game for six children, until an oracle tells the truth and a murderer appears.

The Egypt Game

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

The Empty Kingdom: The Mark of Solomon: Book Two

Wein, Elizabeth E.

121921

EN

MG

6.2

8.0

F

51166

N

N

-

-

-

Telemakos, imprisoned on the upper levels of Abreha's twelve-story palace and lacking any way to communicate his predicament to his family in faraway Aksum, tries to find a subtle and effective way to regain his freedom.

Endymion Spring

Skelton, Matthew

108710

EN

MG

6.3 13.0

F

82202

N

N

-

-

-

Having reluctantly accompanied his academic mother and pesky younger sister to Oxford, twelve-year-old Blake is at loose ends until he stumbles across an ancient and magical book secretly brought to England in 1453 by Gutenberg's mute apprentice.

The Eye of the Heron

Le Guin, Ursula K.

73562

EN

MG

6.0

8.0

F

48401

N

N

-

-

-

On an alien planet inhabited by two communities exiled from the Earth, a courageous young woman flees her prison-like existence among the vicious denizens of the City to lead the freespirited Shanty Towners in building a new colony.

Fair Is Fair: World Folktales of Justice

Creeden, Sharon

89839

EN

MG

6.9

8.0

F

48761

N

N

-

-

-

This book contains thirty folktales adapted from different times and places related to law and justice.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title The Familiars

Author Epstein, Adam Jay

Fighter Escort

Patterson, Don

The Fire Opal

Word

Number Lang IL 140349 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.3 10.0 F

Count Book RP 58512 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - Three wizards-in-training are kidnapped by an evil queen. Their familiars, Aldwyn the alley cat, Skylar, a know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert, a tree frog who can see the future, begin a quest to rescue the boys. The coauthor is Andrew Jacobson. Book #1

55729

EN

MG

6.5

2.0

F

11917

N

N

-

-

-

The 14th Squadron's mission is to provide fighter escort for a formation of American bombers flying into enemy territory. But what will it take to get the brave American crew back to England? Book #2

McBride, Regina

137058

EN

MG

6.7 11.0

F

67648

N

N

-

-

-

While invading English soldiers do battle in sixteenth-century Ireland, Maeve grows up with a mystical connection to a queen who, centuries before, faced enemies of her own.

The Flint Heart

Paterson, John

146506

EN

MG

6.4

5.0

F

33261

N

N

-

-

-

A magical amulet brings power and despair to those who touch it, and Charles and his sister Unity must find a way to rescue the humans, fairies, and animals from the mysterious object. The coauthor is Katherine Paterson.

Floating Island

Parrish, Anne

19014

EN

MG

6.0

6.0

F

39379

N

N

-

-

-

The exciting adventures of six dolls who become shipwrecked on a desert island.

Fog Magic

Sauer, Julia L.

468

EN

MG

6.1

4.0

F

24868

N

N

-

-

N

Story of a Nova Scotia girl for whom the fog blowing in from the sea had the power to transport her to her own secret world.

Forbidden Forest: The Story of Little John and Robin Hood

Cadnum, Michael

62181

EN

MG

6.8

8.0

F

50492

N

N

-

-

N

This story profiles Little John, from his quiet life before joining Robin Hood through his adventures protecting a beautiful lady when she is wrongfully accused of murdering her husband.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title Foundling

Author Cornish, D.M.

Number Lang IL 106978 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.6 12.0 F

Count Book RP 70650 N N

Four Steps to Death

Wilson, John

100062

EN

The Freedom of Jenny

Burtinshaw, Julie

103023

Frenchtown Summer

Cormier, Robert

A Gathering of Days

Blos, Joan W.

Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon

Mukerji, Dhan Gopal

Ghosts in the Gallery

Wallace, Barbara Brooks

RV -

LS -

MG

6.1

7.0

F

41669

N

EN

MG

6.0

5.0

F

31321

32206

EN

MG

6.4

1.0

F

221

EN

MG

6.7

5.0

30

EN

MG

6.5

41784

EN

MG

6.2

N

-

-

-

It is 1942. The Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest in history, is underway. Three participants, two fighters and a boy, are caught in its horrors. Their story is told over seven days of fierce and deadly street-by-street fighting.

N

N

-

-

-

Based on a true story, this tale is an account of Jenny and her family as they face a formidable journey to freedom--a grueling passage from Missouri to Salt Spring Island, Canada.

8031

N

N

-

-

N

A series of vignettes in free verse in which the writer reminisces about his life as a twelve-year-old boy living in a small town during the hot summer of 1938.

F

28763

N

N

-

N

N

When Catherine's mother dies in childbirth and her father decides to remarry, Catherine must face painful changes.

6.0

F

38724

N

N

-

N

N

Gay-Neck, a carrier pigeon, is trained by his owner and has many courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayas, and finally on the French battlefield of World War I.

7.0

F

42973

N

N

-

-

N

When eleven-year-old Jenny arrives at her grandfather's house but is not recognized as one of the family because of a servant's intrigue, the young orphan endures a difficult fate.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Gib and the Gray Ghost

Author Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

Gib Rides Home

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Word

Number Lang IL 36697 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 9.0 F

Count Book RP 54791 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description N In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven -year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home.

25056

EN

MG

6.3

9.0

F

57380

N

N

-

N

N

Despite the harsh treatment he has endured at the Lovell House orphanage, ten-year-old Gib Whittaker manages to maintain his hopeful outlook when he is "farmed out" to help with the horses of a wealthy banker in 1908.

Allison, Jennifer

100077

EN

MG

6.5 10.0

F

62384

N

N

-

-

N

During the summer before 9th grade, intrepid Gilda invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of cousin Lester Splinter and his daughter, where she uses her psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's tower. Book #1

Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake

Allison, Jennifer

107136

EN

MG

6.3 12.0

F

71583

N

N

-

-

-

Having earned a scholarship to a private girls' high school, self-proclaimed psychic investigator Gilda Joyce investigates the circumstances surrounding the drowning death of a student whose ghost supposedly haunts the campus. Book #2

Ginger Pye

Estes, Eleanor

31

EN

MG

6.0

9.0

F

56876

N

N

-

N

N

The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring excitement into the lives of the Pye children.

The Girl Who Could Fly

Forester, Victoria

122797

EN

MG

6.0 11.0

F

70576

N

N

-

-

N

Piper McCloud's ability to fly sets her apart from the other kids, so her mother sends her to an exclusive school for children with exceptional abilities, but even there she does not fit in with the other students.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title The Golden Basket

Author Bemelmans, Ludwig

The Golden Goblet

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis

The Grey King

Cooper, Susan

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Word

Number Lang IL 19017 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 2.0 F

Count Book RP 14696 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - The story of two girls, Melisande and Celeste, who live in a Belgian Hotel with their father and a variety of other interesting people. They also meet Madeleine.

20316

EN

MG

6.3 11.0

F

67994

N

N

-

-

N

A young Egyptian boy struggles to reveal a hideous crime and reshape his own destiny.

33

EN

MG

6.2

9.0

F

55841

N

N

-

N

N

Will Stanton, visiting in Wales, is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden harp and to awaken the ancient Sleepers. Book #4

Rowling, J.K.

32081

EN

MG

6.7 14.0

F

84799

N

N

-

N

N

When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school. Book #2

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling, J.K.

40670

EN

MG

6.8 32.0

F

190858

N

N

-

N

N

In this fourth novel of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age, Harry wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately, he is not normal--even by wizardry standards. In his case, different can be deadly. Book #4

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Rowling, J.K. Stone

18534

EN

MG

6.0 12.0

F

77325

N

N

-

N

N

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is the British version of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

32082

EN

MG

6.7 18.0

F

106821

N

N

-

N

N

When Harry and his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts, an escaped mass murderer is on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school. Book #3

Rowling, J.K.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Heirs of the Force

Author Anderson, Kevin J.

The High King

Alexander, Lloyd

Hippie Chick

Word

Number Lang IL 16670 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.7 7.0 F

Count Book RP 40577 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - While exploring the jungle outside the academy, the twins make a startling discovery, the remains of a TIE fighter that had crashed years ago.

37

EN

MG

6.1 11.0

F

65470

N

N

-

N

N

When the sword of Dyrnwyn falls into the hands of Arawn Death-Lord, Taran and his friends raise an army to march against him.

Monninger, Joseph

124729

EN

MG

6.2

6.0

F

36912

N

N

-

-

-

After her sailboat capsizes, 15-year-old Lolly Emmerson is rescued by manatees and taken to a mangrove key in the Everglades. She forms a bond with her aquatic companions while struggling to survive. The plot contains sexually suggestive language.

Homer Price

McCloskey, Robert

39

EN

MG

6.6

4.0

F

21328

N

N

-

N

N

Ingenious young Homer Price captures thieves, solves mysteries, and helps people in trouble.

Horrendo's Curse

Fienberg, Anna

64068

EN

MG

6.0

5.0

F

29873

N

N

-

-

-

Horrendo, who has never said a rude thing in his life, and the other boys in his village dread the day the pirates come to get them. Through teamwork, Horrendo and the other boys take away the threat of the pirates and Horrendo's curse is lifted.

The Horse of the War God and Other Selections by Newbery Authors

Greenberg, Martin H.

44591

EN

MG

6.0

7.0

F

44822

N

N

-

-

-

This book offers selections of outstanding children's literature drawn from the lifework of Newbery winners and honorees, such as Elizabeth Coatsworth and Isaac Bashevis Singer. The coeditor is Charles Waugh.

The House on the Hill

Dunlop, Eileen

5070

EN

MG

6.2

8.0

F

48930

N

N

-

-

N

Cousins visiting proud, unfriendly GreatAunt Jane in her spooky Victorian house come upon a fifty-year-old mystery, which is frightening in its investigation and which reveals a tragic story in Jane's past.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title How We Are Smart

Author Nikola-Lisa, W.

BL Pts F/NF 6.5 1.0 F

Count Book RP 3453 N N

Hugo Pepper

Stewart, Paul

113015

EN

MG

6.9

5.0

F

28104

N

I Am Apache

Landman, Tanya

125015

EN

MG

6.2 11.0

F

68917

I, Juan de Pareja

de Treviño, Elizabeth Borton

44

EN

MG

6.5

7.0

F

Images of God

Paterson, John

45049

EN

MG

6.6

2.0

Incredible Jumbo

Smucker, Barbara

47875

EN

MG

6.2

Into the Woods

Gardner, Lyn

115807

EN

101862

EN

Is This Forever, or What? Poems & Nye, Naomi Shihab Paintings from Texas

Number Lang IL 120276 EN MG

RV -

LS -

N

-

-

-

A boy, orphaned and raised by reindeer herders in the Frozen North, boards his birth parents' sled and sets its special compass to "Home" where he uncovers a plot that threatens friends of his family. The coauthor is Chris Riddell. Book #3

N

N

-

-

-

Fourteen-year-old Siki vows revenge on the Mexican raiders who brutally murdered her little brother and turns away from the traditional roles women in her tribe fill to become an Apache warrior.

44454

N

N

-

N

N

After the slave Juan de Pareja is willed to the great Spanish painter Velázquez, their relationship changes from one of master and slave to one friendship.

F

14651

N

N

-

-

-

This book explores some of the images which biblical writers use to teach about God. The coauthor is Katherine Paterson.

5.0

F

32600

N

N

-

-

-

Tod decides to stow away on the ship that is bringing Jumbo, the elephant, from England to the circus in New York.

MG

6.0 13.0

F

78538

N

N

-

-

-

Pursued by the sinister Dr. DeWilde and his ravenous wolves, three sisters, Storm, the inheritor of a special musical pipe, Aurora, the elder, and Any, the baby, flee into the woods and begin a treacherous journey filled with dangers.

MG

6.2

F

17924

N

N

-

-

-

In this book is a collection of poetry and full-color artwork from Texas.

3.0

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VP Description - Through direct quotations, verse, and prose, this book presents the achievements of a diverse group of people who illustrate Dr. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Includes information about the eight basic ways people can be smart.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title It's Raining Pigs & Noodles

Author Prelutsky, Jack

Number Lang IL 87152 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 2.0 F

Count Book RP 9418 N N

Jedi Bounty

Anderson, Kevin J.

54612

EN

Jedi Under Siege

Anderson, Kevin J.

16672

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple

Lasky, Kathryn

Just So Stories (Unabridged)

RV -

LS -

MG

6.8

7.0

F

43106

N

EN

MG

6.7

5.0

F

29239

17627

EN

MG

6.0

4.0

F

Kipling, Rudyard

20231

EN

MG

6.4

5.0

Kalifax

Thornton, Duncan

41694

EN

MG

6.4

A Kick in the Head

Janeczko, Paul B.

86581

EN

MG

King of Shadows

Cooper, Susan

34721

EN

MG

N

-

-

-

On Yavin 4, Jacen, Jaina, and the other young Jedi Knights have already discovered one truth about the Alliance-once you go to Ryloth, you either join, or you die. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

N

N

-

-

-

The young Jedi knights must fight to protect the Jedi academy from the dark side; if they are defeated, a final cloak of darkness will fall over the entire galaxy. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

26370

N

N

-

N

N

Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the "Mayflower" in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

F

33373

N

N

-

-

-

This book creates the magical enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people.

6.0

F

36938

N

N

-

-

-

Come with Tom, the brave captain, and the fearless crew of the Volantix as they sail for the roof of the world, fighting snow-goblins and ice trolls.

6.0

1.0

F

3213

N

N

-

-

-

This illustrated collection of poetry in a variety of forms demonstrates the rules of poetry.

6.2

8.0

F

48002

N

N

-

-

N

While in London as part of an all-boy acting company preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself.

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VP Description - This collection of over 100 humorous poems features "The Dancing Hippopotami," "You Can't Make Me Eat That," "My Father's Name is Sasquatch," and "Dear Wumbledeedumble."

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Word

Title The King's Daughter

Author Martel, Suzanne

Number Lang IL 77389 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 9.0 F

Count Book RP 55407 N N

The Kite Rider

McCaughrean, Geraldine

60012

EN

The Landry News

Clements, Andrew

31641

Langston Hughes

Hughes, Langston

Last Days in Africville

The Last Dragon

RV -

LS -

MG

6.5 10.0

F

62607

N

EN

MG

6.0

4.0

F

26433

104894

EN

MG

6.5

1.0

F

Perkyns, Dorothy

82159

EN

MG

6.2

5.0

De Mari, Silvana

109784

EN

MG

6.5 14.0

N

-

-

N

In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelveyear-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider.

N

N

-

N

N

A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.

5319

N

N

-

-

-

This book contains a selection of poems by Langston Hughes accompanied by the art of Benny Andrews. The book was edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad.

F

27860

N

N

-

-

-

In the 1960s, twelve-year-old Selina is growing up in Africville, which has been home to a tightly knit group of African Canadians for a hundred years. But the fate of Africville is uncertain when city authorities appear and families begin moving away.

F

84481

N

N

-

-

N

Yorsh discovers he is part of a powerful prophecy: When the last dragon and the last elf break the circle, the past & the future will meet, and the sun of a new summer will shine in the sky. Now Yorsh must decipher the prophecy and find the last dragon.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Leaving the Bellweathers

Author Venuti, Kristin Clark

The Legend of the Wandering King Gallego García, Laura

The Letters

Yumoto, Kazumi

Libby on Wednesday

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

Lighthouse Island and Other Selections by Newbery Authors

Greenberg, Martin H.

The Lightning Key

Berkeley, Jon

Word

Number Lang IL 134410 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.9 6.0 F

Count Book RP 37560 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - In Eel-Smack-by-the-Bay, butler Tristan Benway writes a memoir of his years spent working for the chaotic and eccentric Bellweather family in their lighthouse as he prepares for his longawaited departure from indentured servitude. Book #1

100302

EN

MG

6.4

7.0

F

44592

N

N

-

-

-

Motivated by jealousy and the desire to receive acclaim as a great poet, Walid ibn Hujr, a prince of ancient Arabia, commits acts which completely change the course of his life.

58217

EN

MG

6.1

6.0

F

36086

N

N

-

-

-

In Japan, the death of her former landlady triggers a young woman's memories about her father's death when she was six years old, and the special way the old lady helped her to cope with the loss.

5026

EN

MG

6.3

8.0

F

49840

N

N

-

-

N

Having been put ahead in an accelerated eighth-grade program by her bizarre and creative family, precocious eleven-year-old Libby hates her "socialization" process until she makes some highly original friends in a writing workshop.

44587

EN

MG

6.1

6.0

F

39496

N

N

-

-

-

This book offers selections of outstanding children's literature drawn from the lifework of Newbery winners and honorees, such as Elizabeth Coatsworth and Lois Lenski. The coeditor is Charles Waugh.

129228

EN

MG

6.5 13.0

F

77144

N

N

-

-

-

Orphaned twelve-year-old Miles Wednesday discovers some surprising things about his past when he sets out with his angel companion Little and blind explorer Baltinglass on a quest to recover the powerful Tiger's Egg stolen by the evil Cortado. Book #3

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Title Author Little Folk: Stories from Around the Walker, Paul Robert World

Word

Number Lang IL 14476 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 2.0 F

Count Book RP 13567 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - Stories include: Rumpelstiltskin, OneInch Boy, My Friend, the Nisse, The Capture of Summer, People of the Rock, The Golden Ball, Laka and the Menehune, and The Red-Ribbon Leprechaun.

The Little Grey Men: A Story for the BB Young in Heart

82931

EN

MG

6.4 11.0

F

65669

N

N

-

-

-

In Warwickshire, England, three gnomes set out on a dangerous journey to find their long-lost brother, who left years ago seeking the source of the Folly brook, on whose shores they make their home.

Littlejim's Dreams

Houston, Gloria

34706

EN

MG

6.0

8.0

F

48039

N

N

-

-

-

In 1920 in the mountains of western North Carolina, fourteen-year-old Jim Houston sees his hopes of continuing his education fade when his mother becomes seriously ill and his logger father must deal with the underhanded dealings of outside businessmen.

The Long Patrol

Jacques, Brian

20083

EN

MG

6.0 15.0

F

93572

N

N

-

N

N

Tammo, a daring young hare hungry for adventure, is sent to join the Long Patrol and defend Salamandastron against the Rapscallion hordes.

The Lost Conspiracy

Hardinge, Frances

132137

EN

MG

6.8 22.0

F

130604

N

N

-

-

-

After all the Lost except Arilou mysteriously die, and her Lace village is attacked in retribution, Hathin, Arilou's sister and caretaker, must go on a quest to save her people and uncover a dangerous truth.

Lucky Breaks

Patron, Susan

128274

EN

MG

6.0

F

37983

N

N

-

-

-

Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy. Book #2

6.0

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Word

Title Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance

Author Jocelyn, Marthe

Number Lang IL 75121 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.1 8.0 F

Count Book RP 50534 N N

Magic Can Be Murder

Vande Velde, Vivian

43408

EN

The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian

Alexander, Lloyd

63444

Mary Poppins

Travers, P.L.

The Mermaid Summer

Hunter, Mollie

The Midwife's Apprentice

Mikayla's Victory

RV -

LS -

MG

6.1

7.0

F

45090

N

EN

MG

6.5

8.0

F

48297

54

EN

MG

6.1

6.0

F

571

EN

MG

6.1

5.0

Cushman, Karen

11553

EN

MG

6.0

Bates, Cynthia

31165

EN

MG

6.3

N

-

-

-

Nola and her mother have unusual abilities that have always set them apart from others, but when Nola sees a murder using her power to call up images using water and a person's hair, she finds herself in the worst danger ever.

N

N

-

-

-

When fourth fiddler Sebastian loses his place in the Baron's orchestra, he takes to the highway and soon finds himself dealing with disaster after disaster.

38085

N

N

-

N

N

A young boy and girl embark on a wonderful adventure with their nanny.

F

29855

N

N

-

-

N

With the help of her brother, Jon, nineyear-old Anna daringly seeks to discover the secret means to undo a mermaid's curse upon their grandfather.

3.0

F

21603

N

N

-

N

N

In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharptempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

4.0

F

26398

N

N

-

-

-

Mikayla is thrilled when she is asked to try out for the position of school pentathlete, but she is worried that she isn't talented enough.

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Word

Title The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Author Number Lang IL Stewart, Trenton Lee 122839 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 6.1 19.0 F 115066 N N

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Stewart, Trenton Lee

Night Mission

RV -

LS -

VP Description - Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict. Book #2

133674

EN

MG

6.3 15.0

F

94153

N

N

-

-

N

Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance investigate when an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown. Book #3

Patterson, Don

55734

EN

MG

6.3

2.0

F

13199

N

N

-

-

-

In order to protect London from night raids, the pilots of the 14th Squadron fly a night patrol. After battling enemy planes, the most dangerous part of flying in the dark could be landing. Book #5

Nino

Angelo, Valenti

19028

EN

MG

6.3

8.0

F

50150

N

N

-

-

-

The story of a little boy as he waits for his father to send for the family left behind in Italy. It is the story of their journey to America, reuniting with their father, and the beginning of a new life.

O Jerusalem

Yolen, Jane

74045

EN

MG

6.0

0.5

F

2824

N

N

-

-

-

This is a poetic tribute to Jerusalem, in honor of the 3000th anniversary of its founding, celebrating its history as a holy city for three major religions.

Obasan

Kogawa, Joy

8084

EN

MG

6.6 12.0

F

73950

N

N

-

-

-

The story of what happened to a Japanese family in Canada during World War II.

Once Upon a Time in the North

Pullman, Philip

122193

EN

MG

6.3

F

22190

N

N

-

-

-

In the time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armored bear, Iorek Byrnison, meet when Lee and his hare-daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto an island in the far Arctic North.

4.0

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title Ortega

Author Fergus, Maureen

Number Lang IL 138463 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.8 11.0 F

Count Book RP 64437 N N

Orwell's Luck

Jennings, Richard

43742

EN

The Other Side of Silence

Mahy, Margaret

23775

Our Secret, Siri Aang

Kessler, Cristina

Outcast of Redwall

RV -

LS -

MG

6.0

5.0

F

31155

N

EN

MG

6.0

8.0

F

47766

83037

EN

MG

6.2

8.0

F

Jacques, Brian

15097

EN

MG

6.3 15.0

Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight

Paterson, Katherine

18784

EN

MG

6.0

Path of the Pale Horse

Fleischman, Paul

35972

EN

MG

6.3

N

-

-

-

While caring for an injured rabbit which becomes her confidant, horoscope writer, and source of good luck, a thoughtful seventh grade girl learns to see things in more ways than one.

N

N

-

-

-

Befriended by Miss Credence after falling from a tree in the garden of the sinister Squintum's House, Hero finds herself being drawn into a world where the line between fantasy and reality becomes more and more blurred.

51651

N

N

-

-

-

Namelok, a Masai girl, tries to persuade her traditionalist father to delay her initiation and marriage because they will restrict her freedom and keep her from the black rhino mother and baby she is protecting from poachers.

F

93717

N

N

-

-

N

The destinies of the badger lord dubbed Sunflash and his mortal enemy, the ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw, are entwined with those of many creatures, particularly the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey.

3.0

F

19564

N

N

-

-

N

A retelling of the Arthurian legend in which Parzival, unaware of his noble birth, comes of age through his quest for the Holy Grail.

5.0

F

29238

N

N

-

-

-

Lep, an apprentice to a doctor, helps his master take care of yellow fever victims in Philadelphia during the epidemic of 1783.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title Pearls of Lutra

Author Jacques, Brian

Number Lang IL 15829 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF Count Book RP 6.1 18.0 F 108908 N N

RV -

LS -

Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time

Bowman, James Cloyd

19042

EN

MG

6.6 10.0

F

61552

N

The Perilous Gard

Pope, Elizabeth Marie

54691

EN

MG

6.3 14.0

F

82967

Perilous Passage

Bayle, B.J.

141449

EN

MG

6.4

7.0

F

The Pig Who Saved the World

Shipton, Paul

119113

EN

MG

6.0 10.0

Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter

Platt, Richard

56740

EN

MG

6.4

Princess Academy

Hale, Shannon

104732

EN

MG

N

-

-

-

A collection of humorous tall tales about Pecos Bill the cowboy who helped tame the west.

N

N

-

-

N

In 1558, while imprisoned in a remote castle, a young girl becomes involved in a series of events that lead to an underground labyrinth peopled by the last practitioners of druidic magic.

44984

N

N

-

-

-

With his faithful dog by his side, Peter experiences Native encounters, treacherous wilderness, and despicable companions as the youngest member of explorer David Thompson's crew seeking an overland passage to the Pacific Ocean.

F

65129

N

N

-

-

-

Gryllus, a talking pig, and his friends, ex -priestess Sibyl and poet Homer, set off on the high seas in search of Circe, who can return Gryllus to his human state, but first they must free some captive gods and, perhaps, save the world again.

2.0

F

13848

N

N

-

-

-

This story is the fictional diary of a nineyear-old boy who, in 1716, sets off from North Carolina to become a sailor, but ends up a pirate instead.

6.0 10.0

F

63201

N

N

-

-

N

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.

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VP Description N Tansy, a young hedgehog living at Redwall Abbey, attempts to solve the riddle of the missing pearls, while at the same time the evil marten Mad Eyes desires them for himself.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Puddlejumpers

Author Jean, Mark

Pure Dead Wicked

Gliori, Debi

The Pushcart War

Merrill, Jean

The Quarter-Pie Window

Brandis, Marianne

Rabbit Hill

Lawson, Robert

Raven's Cry

Harris, Christie

The Real Thief

Steig, William

The Reptile Room

Snicket, Lemony

Word

Number Lang IL 123552 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 11.0 F

Count Book RP 67074 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - Kidnapped as a baby by Puddlejumpers, little people who live in a world below puddles, twelve-year-old Ernie must find courage to save them by leading a battle against their mortal enemies, the Troggs. The coauthor is Christopher C. Carlson.

64510

EN

MG

6.8

8.0

F

48139

N

N

-

-

N

The Strega-Borgia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof on their Scottish castle falls in, attracting evil contractors who want their home. Book #2

635

EN

MG

6.5

6.0

F

36840

N

N

-

N

N

This is the laugh-out-loud saga of the fierce war waged by pushcart peddlers and the city's children against the menacing bully trucks.

46712

EN

MG

6.1 10.0

F

59493

N

N

-

-

-

This sequel to "The Tinderbox" finds Emma Anderson has moved to the city of York where she struggles for herself and her younger brother while under the stern guardianship of Mrs. McPhail. The window in her room provides her only solace.

71

EN

MG

6.4

3.0

F

20482

N

N

-

N

N

The Animals of the Hill prepare for the "new Folk" moving into the Big House.

47879

EN

MG

6.6

8.0

F

49841

N

N

-

-

-

This book is a Northwest Coast classic, a moving and powerful work that is a fictionalized retelling of the destruction of the Haida nation.

286

EN

MG

6.1

1.0

F

8944

N

N

-

-

N

When Gawain the goose is deserted by his friends after being unjustly convicted of stealing from his beloved king, the real thief is tortured by his conscience.

41286

EN

MG

6.3

5.0

F

29139

N

N

-

-

N

After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time. Book #2

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Return to Ord Mantell

Author Anderson, Kevin J.

Rifles for Watie

Keith, Harold

Rip Van Winkle

Moses, Will

Roller Skates

Sawyer, Ruth

Runemarks

Word

Number Lang IL 54616 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 7.0 F

Count Book RP 42598 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - When Han Solo and the twins take the Millennium Falcon to Ord Mantell for a race, they meet a young woman wielding a lightsaber. Her name is Anja and she knows more about Han's history than he likes. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

75

EN

MG

6.1 14.0

F

86265

N

N

-

N

N

Sixteen-year-old Jeff cannot wait to join the Union army and fight against Stand Watie, leader of the Cherokee Indian rebels.

32736

EN

MG

6.6

1.0

F

4940

N

N

-

-

N

This book presents a retelling of the classic Washington Irving tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a muchchanged world.

76

EN

MG

6.3

8.0

F

46235

N

N

-

N

N

Ten-year-old Lucinda makes friends of all social classes in New York City while her wealthy parents spend the year in Europe.

Harris, Joanne

120144

EN

MG

6.5 21.0

F

129627

N

N

-

-

-

Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world.

The Sacred Seal

Mills, Judith C.

56609

EN

MG

6.1 13.0

F

79204

N

N

-

-

-

Join Sam and his wonderfully strange companion, Mr. Goodfellow, as they embark on a marvelous journey to find a missing Professor and a legendary scroll.

Savvy

Law, Ingrid

122451

EN

MG

6.0

F

57148

N

N

-

-

N

Mibs Beaumont's thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy," a magical power unique to each member of her family, just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

9.0

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark

Author Karwoski, Gail Langer

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories

Aiken, Joan

Shadow Academy

Word

Number Lang IL 29425 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 9.0 F

Count Book RP 54159 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description N Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector while serving with Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.

126271

EN

MG

6.2 17.0

F

107630

N

N

-

-

-

These twenty-four stories follow the adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their children, Harriet, Mark, and little Milo, as they try to find innovative ways to cope with a variety of extraordinary events.

Anderson, Kevin J.

16690

EN

MG

6.5

7.0

F

43725

N

N

-

-

-

Brakiss has been given a great task to undertake, he must kidnap the heirs to the skywalker bloodline, and turn them to the dark side of the force. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

Shards of Alderaan

Anderson, Kevin J.

16692

EN

MG

6.5

5.0

F

31879

N

N

-

-

-

Jacen and Jaina set off for the Alderaan system to salvage a piece of the shattered planet for their mother, but the twins are in for a deadly surprise. Some ghosts still live. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

A Single Shard

Park, Linda Sue

49768

EN

MG

6.6

6.0

F

33726

N

N

-

-

N

Tree-ear, an orphan in Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the celadon ceramics himself.

The Slave Dancer

Fox, Paula

82

EN

MG

6.0

6.0

F

40176

N

N

-

N

N

In this spellbinding novel of suspense and survival, young Jessie, a musician, is hired to play for the slaves aboard a ship bound for America.

Smith

Garfield, Leon

42812

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

49625

N

N

-

-

-

Moments after he steals a document from a man's pocket, an illiterate young pickpocket in eighteenth-century London witnesses the man's murder by two men who want the document.

Smoky the Cow Horse

James, Will

83

EN

MG

6.5 13.0

F

78567

N

N

-

N

N

This is the story of the cow horse Smoky, and Clint, the man who trained and loved him.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title Solomon and the Ant: And Other Jewish Folktales

Author Oberman, Sheldon

Number Lang IL 113339 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 8.0 F

Count Book RP 50098 N N

The Star of Kazan

Ibbotson, Eva

80746

EN

The Starplace

Grove, Vicki

31192

Stay! Keeper's Story

Lowry, Lois

Stick and Whittle

RV -

LS -

MG

6.1 16.0

F

96516

N

EN

MG

6.0

7.0

F

45358

27526

EN

MG

6.4

5.0

F

Hite, Sid

46292

EN

MG

6.1

7.0

Stop the Train

McCaughrean, Geraldine

70163

EN

MG

Stowaway

Hesse, Karen

44830

EN

MG

N

-

-

N

After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.

N

N

-

N

N

Thirteen-year-old Frannie learns hard lessons about prejudice and segregation when she becomes friends with a young black girl who moves into her small Oklahoma town in 1961.

28793

N

N

-

-

N

Separated early in life from his mother and siblings Keeper tells of his adventures with various human masters and his continual search for his little sister.

F

43190

N

N

-

-

N

Stick is a Civil War veteran. Whittle is an orphan on the lam. When they meet up out west, they become partners in a gamboling adventure that includes a high-stakes kidnapping and a dramatic rescue mission.

6.4 11.0

F

69373

N

N

-

-

N

Despite the opposition of the owner of the Red Rock Runner railroad in 1893, the new settlers of Florence, Oklahoma, are determined to build a real town.

6.1 11.0

F

66887

N

N

-

-

N

This book relates in journal form, the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771, aboard the "Endeavour," which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.

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VP Description - This book is a retelling of a chronologically arranged collection of more than forty Jewish folktales with commentary, including "The Seven Questions of Alexander the Great," "Tales of Chelm," and "A Special Way of Thinking."

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Word

Title A Stranger at Green Knowe

Author Boston, L.M.

Number Lang IL 389 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.4 7.0 F

Count Book RP 41850 N N

Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf

Hartnett, Sonya

85480

EN

Summer of the Mad Monk

Taylor, Cora

42277

Summerland

Chabon, Michael

Superior Saturday

RV -

LS -

MG

6.6

8.0

F

45789

N

EN

MG

6.2

7.0

F

40264

64512

EN

MG

6.3 22.0

F

Nix, Garth

123439

EN

MG

6.1

9.0

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Engle, Margarita

121475

EN

MG

6.4

Susanna's Quill

Johnston, Julie

83349

EN

MG

N

-

-

-

Satchel O'Rye, devoted son of an impoverished couple in a dying rural town, must weigh in balance the life of his most cherished dog and the freedom of a rare striped tiger.

N

N

-

-

-

Pip discovers for himself the true meaning of loyalty and truth as a reallife drama takes over and he has a role to play in saving the lives of his new friends.

132493

N

N

-

-

N

Summerland is a magical place, where the local Little League gathers to play. It is being threatened by an ancient enemy and it is up to Ethan Feld and his motley crew to save Summerland and the world.

F

56428

N

N

-

-

-

Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur must face further dangers and conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the powerful Saturday. Book #6

2.0

F

12053

N

N

-

-

-

Rosa knows how to heal sickness with medicines made from wild plants, but with a price on her head for helping the rebels, she dare not go out in the open. Instead, she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.

6.5 14.0

F

82471

N

N

-

-

-

This book is a fictionalized account of the life of nineteenth-century author Susanna Moodie, following her travels in Canada and her struggles to become an author.

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VP Description N Story of Ping, a Chinese boy, and his friendship with a gorilla who escapes from the London Zoo.

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Word

Title Taking Wing

Author Graff, Nancy Price

Number Lang IL 87990 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 9.0 F

Count Book RP 55701 N N

Tales from Silver Lands

Finger, Charles J.

74674

EN

Tess

Reekie, Jocelyn

62928

Tikta'liktak

Houston, James

Tom's Midnight Garden

Pearce, Philippa

Tooga: The Story of a Polar Bear

The Trap

RV -

LS -

MG

6.2 10.0

F

59793

N

EN

MG

6.3 12.0

F

71610

8096

EN

MG

6.0

1.0

F

89

EN

MG

6.1

9.0

Woods, Shirley

83027

EN

MG

6.3

Smelcer, John

109094

EN

MG

6.2

N

-

-

-

This book is a collection of nineteen folk tales collected and retold by the author from his travels throughout Central and South America.

N

N

-

-

-

On Vancouver Island, Tess and her father struggle to make a new home in a strange, sometimes forbidding, sometimes exotic world.

7648

N

N

-

-

-

A young Eskimo hunter fights for survival while stranded on an isolated and desolate island.

F

56032

N

N

-

N

N

While staying with his aunt and uncle, Tom discovers a magical garden and meets a girl from the Victorian era with whom he travels back in time.

2.0

F

13861

N

N

-

-

-

On the coast of northern Labrador, a polar bear mother teaches her young how to hunt and survive. Just when the young male is ready to hunt for himself, he becomes trapped on an ice floe that drifts hundreds of miles south into unfamiliar territory.

5.0

F

31092

N

N

-

-

N

In alternating chapters, seventeen-yearold Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter.

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VP Description - With his father in the Army Air Forces and his mother diagnosed with tuberculosis, thirteen-year-old Gus sets out to incubate a nest of orphaned duck eggs on his grandparents' farm in Vermont.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title Author The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Shulevitz, Uri Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century

Tree of Freedom

Caudill, Rebecca

Trouble on Cloud City

Anderson, Kevin J.

Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall

Bearn, Emily

The Twenty-One Balloons

du Bois, William Péne

The Twisted Window

Duncan, Lois

Word

Number Lang IL 105999 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 1.0 F

Count Book RP 7823 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description - This book is a fictionalized account of the travels of Benjamin, a Jewish man from Tudela, Spain, who, in 1159, set out on a fourteen-year-long journey that took him to Italy, Greece, Jerusalem, Persia, Egypt, and Sicily.

5092

EN

MG

6.1 10.0

F

60306

N

N

-

-

N

Thirteen-year-old Stephanie and her family move from Carolina to Kentucky in 1780, full of promise and full of hardships.

54624

EN

MG

6.5

7.0

F

39825

N

N

-

-

-

Lando offers the Jedi Knights a vacation on Cloud City. They jump at the chance, bringing their new friend Anja along, and all become involved in Black Sun's sinister plots when they look into Lando's partner's death. The coauthor is Rebecca Moesta.

129606

EN

MG

6.1 11.0

F

69413

N

N

-

-

-

Wealthy, married mice Tumtum and Nutmeg find adventure when they secretly try to help two human siblings who live in a tumbledown cottage with their absent-minded inventor father.

91

EN

MG

6.8

6.0

F

33649

N

N

-

N

N

This tale relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 journeys in a balloon across the Pacific Ocean, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually rescued in the Atlantic Ocean.

594

EN

MG

6.2

8.0

F

51966

N

N

-

-

N

Tracy, a high school junior, becomes embroiled in the problems of a strange boy who asks her assistance in "snatching" his half-sister from her father, who has allegedly kidnapped her.

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Word

Title The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool

Author Gray, Margaret

Number Lang IL 65244 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.0 4.0 F

Count Book RP 22348 N N

The Undertaker's Gone Bananas

Zindel, Paul

80142

EN

The Unseen

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

78204

Up a Road Slowly

Hunt, Irene

Voices of the Trojan War

Hovey, Kate

The Voyage of the Frog

Paulsen, Gary

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady

White, Ellen Emerson

The Warrior's Daughter

Bennett, Holly

RV -

LS -

MG

6.5

8.0

F

51112

N

EN

MG

6.1

8.0

F

51332

249

EN

MG

6.6

8.0

F

80307

EN

MG

6.1

1.0

5094

EN

MG

6.0

25892

EN

MG

6.5

118705

EN

MG

N

-

-

-

Two teenagers think a neighbor, an undertaker, has murdered his wife, but can't convince anyone else.

N

N

-

-

N

Feeling angry and misplaced in her large family, twelve-year-old Xandra discovers a magical key to a ghostly world of sometimes frightening phantoms that help her see herself and her siblings more clearly.

50588

N

N

-

N

N

Julie lives with Aunt Cordelia and forms an attachment with both her aunt and her new home.

F

9224

N

N

-

-

-

This collection of poems gives voice to the ancient Greeks and Trojans who fought the Trojan war, a ten-year battle that ended when Greek warriors gained entrance to the city in a large wooden horse.

5.0

F

29874

N

N

-

N

N

When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.

5.0

F

31318

N

N

-

-

N

A diary of a passenger on board the "Titanic."

6.5 11.0

F

63738

N

N

-

-

-

Luaine, the daughter of the Ulster's mightiest warrior, must find her own path through grief, pain, and wonder.

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Sorted by: Title Quiz

Word

Title Well Witched

Author Hardinge, Frances

When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson

Denenberg, Barry

17648

EN

The Whisper of Glocken

Kendall, Carol

35639

The Whispering Mountain

Aiken, Joan

White Lily

Ye, Ting-Xing

The White Mountains

Christopher, John

The White Stag

Seredy, Kate

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Coville, Bruce Juliet

Number Lang IL 123099 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.2 13.0 F

Count Book RP 79244 N N

RV -

LS -

MG

6.6

3.0

F

20827

N

EN

MG

6.1 10.0

F

60181

23354

EN

MG

6.8 12.0

F

58746

EN

MG

6.3

1.0

397

EN

MG

6.2

96

EN

MG

32710

EN

MG

N

-

-

N

The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

N

N

-

-

-

Prompted by a terrible flood, a seemingly unheroic group of little people sets out on a quest to restore an ancient treasure and make the valley of the Watercress safe again.

72898

N

N

-

-

-

In the small town of Pennygaff, where Owen has been sent to live after his mother's death, a golden harp has been found. Owen must prevent the magic harp from falling into the evil clutches of its reputed owner, the sinister Lord Mayln.

F

6252

N

N

-

-

-

White Lily had a happy childhood until, at age four-and-a-half, she was deemed grown up enough to have her feet bound. Unwilling to suffer the loss of mobility, not to mention the pain, she enlists her older brother in a plan to defy tradition.

7.0

F

44763

N

N

-

-

N

Giant Tripods control men's minds and rule the future world.

6.6

2.0

F

14415

N

N

-

N

N

The Huns and Magyars migrate from Asia to Europe, where they hope to find a permanent home.

6.7

1.0

F

3851

N

N

-

-

-

Simplified prose retells Shakespeare's play about two young people who defy their warring families' prejudices and dare to fall in love.

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VP Description - Three friends fall prey to the demands of the Well Witch when they trespass in her wishing well and steal some coins.

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6th Grade Award Winning Books Friday, November 25, 2011 4:59:25 PM Emmaus Lutheran School

Sorted by: Title Quiz

Title The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

Author Cameron, Eleanor

The Word for Home

Clark, Joan

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman

Word

Number Lang IL 6449 EN MG

BL Pts F/NF 6.3 6.0 F

Count Book RP 36243 N N

RV -

LS -

VP Description N Two boys and the mysterious Tyco Bass, a mushroom grower, collaborate in the making of a space ship and plans for a wonderful space adventure.

63939

EN

MG

6.5 13.0

F

80992

N

N

-

-

-

It is 1924. Sadie and her little sister, Flora, are struggling with the challenges of a new school, a new town, and a life without their parents.

100

EN

MG

6.4 10.0

F

59742

N

N

-

N

N

In the 1920's a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith brings good fortune.

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