Grade 6 SUMMER READING PACKET

Grade 6 SUMMER READING PACKET Dear Rising 6th Grader: This summer all rising 6th graders must read Flush, plus at least two other books of their choi...
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Grade 6 SUMMER READING PACKET

Dear Rising 6th Grader: This summer all rising 6th graders must read Flush, plus at least two other books of their choice. Students must complete the Summer Reading Record (Part 2 and 2) in this packet and turn it in on the first Friday after the beginning of school. Required Reading: "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen The required novel provides an opportunity for sixth graders to share a common reading experience and serves as a jumping off point for classroom activities at the beginning of the school year. A discussion guide is included in this packet. Additional Reading: At Least Two Other Books Summer is a wonderful time to read for pleasure and enrichment. A suggested title list is included in this packet as one possible source of reading guidanc~ in choosing additional books to explore beyond the required novel. Award-winning and "too good to miss" titles are included to appeal to the broad range of interests, maturity levels, and reading abilities of our students, with suggestions coming from students, teachers, and librarians. After each title, the reading level is indicated using the Accelerated Reader "Book Level" which is a grade level equivalent (e.g., AR BL 5.2 would be grade 5 and 2 months). Please note that the reading level is not an indicator of the interest or maturity level of a book but is given as a general gauge for the difficulty level of the title. Although all of the titles are considered "Middle Grade" in terms of interest level, we encourage parents to oversee what is appropriate for your particular child given that the list is inclusive of some titles geared more to older students. Summer Reading Log: Students are asked to record their summer reading on the "Summer Reading Record" which is included. A completed record, including a parent signature, should be returned to the reading teacher at the start of the new school year. We hope that books from the summer reading list bring students many hours of enjoyment and encourage the life-long love of reading, So pack an extra book wherever you travel this summer and enjoy your summer READING!

Happy Reading! Sincerely, Rosaryville Elementary I 6th Grade Team

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Summer Reading RecordPart I Name: Complete this reading record and log, have a parent sign it, and bring it to your reading class in August! Required Novel: Title - Flush Rating: ~ ~" ~ "~ "~ Date GompletedChoice Novels: 1) Title Author Date Completedaating:’~ ~ ~-~ "~ 2) TitleAuthor Date CompletedRating:’~ "~ "~

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Summer Reading R-ecord. Part 2

Record additional ~les you read just for fun this summ~ on this reading lo~ Title

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Ha~e a g~eat su’mme~ ......... Happy READING

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Study Guide for Flush by Carl Hiaasen Required Reading for all Rising 6th Graders Complete the following study guide as you read Flush. Be sure to bring this completed Study Guide back to school with you in August along with your "Reading Record".

Part A: Character list (The first one has been done for you.)

Characters: Noah Underwood

Paine Underwood

Abbey Underwood

Donna Underwood

Grandpa Bobby

Dusty Muleman

JasperJr.

Bull

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About thirteen-years old; one of the heroes in the story; good fisherman and boatman; cares deeply about the environment and his family; wants to help his dad

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Thom and Rado

Lice Peeking

Shelly

Mr. Shine

Miles Umlatt

Luno

Amanda Rose

Part B: Setting 1. In what time period does this story take place?

2. in what month does this story begin?

3. Where does this story take place?

Part C: Vocabulary 1, martyr (page 22) 2. mangrove (page 28) 3. gumbo-limbo (page 60) 4. aft (page 80) 5. What do mullet, snapper, tarpon, and snook have in common? (page36) Page 15

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Part D: Study Questions Some answers have two parts. Be sure to answer both parts so that you fully understand each question. Chapter 1 1, Where does Noah go to see his father? Why is his father there?

2. What happened to Grandpa Bobby?

3. How does Noah’s mother feel about her husband’s actions?

4. What is the CoraIQueen? What happened to it?

5. Why did Noah’s dad feel that he had to take action against Dusty Muleman?

6. Why is this an environmental problem?

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What does Noah’s dad want him to do?

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Chapter 2 1. How do Noah and Jasper Jr. get along?

2. How does Noah’s dad (Mr. Underwood) know that the Coral Queen has been dumping sewage illegally?

3. What kind of life did Dusty Muleman lead before he owned the Coral Queen?

Why does Noah go to see Lice Peeking?

5, Why doesn’t Lice offer to help Noah right away?

6. Explain what Mrs‘ Underw~~d means when she says~ ‘‘He wants t~ be a martyr~ N~ah~ that~s ~ne - but n~t at the expense of this family." (page 22)

7. At the end of the chapter the children see something lying on their mother’s bed. What is it and why is this bad?

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Chapter 3 1. What does Mr, Underwood tell Noah to offer Lice as payment for providing evidence against Dusty Muleman?

2. What legend do some people believe about the FIodda Keys?

Chapter 4 1, What does Jasper Jr. do to Noah under the bridge at Snake Creek?

2. How does Noah retaliate?

Why does Miles Umlatt want to talk to Noah?

4. What kind of reputation does Paine Underwood have in his community? How do you know?

5. What did Abbey overhear her mother ask Mr. Shine?

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Chapter 5 1. What excuse does Noah try to use to see his dad? Why doesn’t the deputy let him in?

2. What does Paine Underwood want Lice to do in exchange for his skiff?

3. When Noah and Lice meet up with Jasper Jr. and Bull, what does Lice make Jasper Jr. do?

4. Why do Noah and Abbey sneak out of their house in the middle of the night? What do they see?

5. What happens to Abbey at the end of chapter 5?

Chapter 6 1, What is Abbey’s nasty habit and how did she get away?

2. What is the headline in the Island Examinet2 Why is the article so embarrassing to the Underwood family?

3, Why does Lice not pick up the skiff as planned?

4. What surprising thing does Shelly tell Noah at the end of chapter 6?

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Chapter 7 t. What plan do Noah and Abbey concoct to prevent their mother from seeing her husband’s television interview?. Is their plan successful?

2. Why does Noah sneak into the wheelhouse of the Coral Queen?

3. What does Noah discover about the sewage tank?

Chapter 8 1. When Shelly picks up Noah, what does she tell him happened to Lice? Why does she think so?

2. How does Shelly plan to help Noah nail Dusty Muleman?

3. Why does Noah see his father in his bedroom when he wakes up from a nightmare?

Chapter 9 1. What does Paine Underwood have to agree to do so that Dusty Muleman will drop the charges against him?

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2. What plans did the sheriff have for Mr. Underwood in the morning? Why isn’t he in trouble with the law?

3. Who does Noah run into at the end of the chapter? What happens?

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How do the police keep track of Mr, Underwood?

2. When Shelly visits the Underwood family at home, what news does she give them?

3. Why do Noah, Mr. Underwood, and Mrs. Underwood leave their house in the middle of the night?

Chapter 11 1. Where do the three Underwoods go to look for Abbey?

2. Why does Paine apologize to Dusty?

3. Where do the Underwoods eventually find Abbey?

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Chapter 12 1. What did Abbey try to do the night before and how does she do it? Why is her evidence worthless?

2. Why does Paine Underwood go back to jail?

3. What does Noah discover when he wades into the water at Thunder Beach to retrieve an aluminum can? Why does he go back in the water a second time?

4. What does Shelly tell Noah and Abbey about a man named Billy Babcock?

Chapter 13 1, What is Mr, Underwood’s new job?

When Noah and Abbey visit Shelly, what do they ask her to do?

3. What does Abbey do to Bull?

4. How de Noah and Abbey escape from Jasper Jr. and Bull?

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Chapter 14 !, What is the code name for Noah and Abbey’s secret plan to nail Dusty Muleman? Why is this the perfect name for their mission?

2. Why does Bull want to talk to Noah and Abbey?

3. Exactly how will Noah, Abbey, and Shelly carry out their plan?

Chapter 15 List 10 events that take place during Operation Royal Flush. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Chapter 16 1. Why do Noah and Abbey have trouble escaping in Rado’s dinghy?

2. How does Luno threaten Noah and Abbey? Who saves them?

3, What happens to Noah and Abbey after they escape from Luno and Dusty?

4. Who rescues Noah and Abbey?

5. Who is the strange pirate?

Chapter 17 1, Who does Noah call after he and Abbey are rescued?

2. Where has Grandpa Bobby been all these years? What has he beef~ doing?

3. Why does Grandpa Bobby return to the Keys?

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4. What does Grandpa Bobby give to Noah to reward him for his bravery?

Chapter 18 1. What does the Underwood family see when they head down to Thunder Beach?

2. What do we find out really happened to Lice?

3. What does Jasper Jr. finally give to Noah?

Chapter 19 1. What does the Coast Guard do to Dusty Muleman?

2. Where does Grandpa Bobby plan to go? Why does he have to go?

3. What does Grandpa Bobby give to Abbey?

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Chapter 20 1. What does Paine Underwood receive in the mail?

2. Why does Mr. Underwood punch holes throughout the Underwood house?

3. How much does Dusty get fined for dumping his holding tank in the basin?

4. What crime do the police accuse Mr. Underwood of committing?

Chapter 21 t, What happened to the Coral Queen?

2. How does Mrs. Underwood prove that her husband is innocent?

3. Who was responsible for the damage to the Coral Queen?

4. What does the Underwood family see at the end of the book?

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,. Summer Reading Suggested Titles For Rising 4th-6th Graders Contemporary/Realistic Fiction Abbott, Tony; Firegirl AR BL 4.1 When burn victim Jessica Feeney becomes the new girl at school, everyone avoids her except for fellow seventh grader, social outcast Tom Bender. Birdsall, Jeanne; The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy AR BL 4.7 While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. (Series: The Penderwicks) Bunting, Eve; Nasty, Stinky Sneakers AR BL 3.3 Will ten-year-old Colin find his missing stinky sneakers in time to enter The Stinkiest Sneakers in the World contest? Cleary, Beverly; DearMr. Henshaw AR BL 4.9 In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his personal problems in coping with his parents’ divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world. Creech, Sharon; RubyHoller AR BL 4.3 Thirteen-year-old twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terdble orphanage, but their lives change forever when an older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in a place called Ruby Holler. Davies, Jacqueline; The Lemonade War AR BL 4.3 Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. (Sequel: The Lemonade Crime AR BL 4.5) Draper, Sharon; Out of My Mind AR BL 4.3 Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. Frost, Helen; Diamond Willow AR BL 4.3 In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her. Gantos, Jack; Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key AR BL 4.9 Joey has problems--big problems. He cannot seem to get along with his classmates. This story is written from a boy’s point of view as he tries to get a grip on his life. (Series: Joey Pigza) Hannigan, Katherine; Ida B - and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World AR BL 5.3 In Wisconsin, fourth-grader tda B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family’s apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. Lord, Cynthia; Rules AR BL 3.9 Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. Page 117

Lupica, Mike; Heat AR BL 5.3 Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. Messner, Kate; Sugar and Ice AR BL 4.5 Twelve-year-old ice skater Claire is offered a scholarship to train at Lake Placid, where she finds herself rocked by the challenges of competitive skating. Claire shares her perspectives on mean girls, a tough Russian coach, shifting friendships, and her love for her family’s Vermont maple sugar farm. Morpurgo, Michael; Kensuke’s Kingdom AR BL 4.7 When Michael is swept off his family’s yacht he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive-until he finds that he is not alone. Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds; Shiloh AR BL 4.4 When he finds a lost beagle near his West Virginia home, Marty tdes to hide it from his family and the dog’s real owner, a mean-spirited man known to mistreat his dogs. (Series) Park, Linda Sue; Project Mulberry AR BL 4.3 Seventh graders, Julia, a Korean-American, and her friend Patrick learn about tolerance, friendship, and patience while working together on a project about silkworms for the state fair. Paterson, Katherine; Bridge to Terabithia AR BL 4.6 Ten-year-old Jess Aarons, who has lived all his life on a farm m V~rg~nla, becomes friends with Leslie Burke, a "city girl" who moves into the farmhouse down the road. The two become inseparable, until tragedy strikes. Sachar, Louis; Holes AR BL4.6 As further evidence of his family’s bad fortune which may be because of a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. Singh, Vandana; Younguncle Comes to Town ARBL5.5 tn a small town in northern India, three siblings await their father’s youngest brother, Younguncle, who comes to live with them and entertains them with his funny, zany adventures. Sonnenblick, Jordan; Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie AR BL 5.9 The life of thirteen-year-old Steven AIper, already complicated by his friendship with two girls and a talent for drumming, is turned upside down when his five-year-old brother Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia. (Sequel: After Ever After AR BL 5.2) Wiles, Deborah; Love, Ruby Lavender AR BL 4.2 When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather’s death. Fantasy/Science Fiction Dahl, Roald; The BFG AR BL 4.8 Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Fdendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling ’cannybu!l’ giants. Eager, Edward; HalfMagic AR BL 5.0 Four children looking forward to an ordinary summer enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin. (Series) Hahn, Mary Downing; All the Lovely Bad Ones AR BL 4.5 Travis and his sister Corey decide to boost business at their grandmother’s Vermont inn by staging a few "hauntings," but when their tricks awaken a dark force, they must find a way to put to rest the ghosts they have disturbed.

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Kerr, P.B.; The Akhenaten Adventure AR BL 5.7 Twelve-year-old twins John and Phiiippa Gaunt discover that they are descended from a long line of Djinn and embark upon a great journey to Egypt with their Uncle Nimrod in order to locate the lost tomb of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. (Series: Children of the Lamp) Kirby, Matthew J.; The Clockwork Three AR 4.5 As mysterious circumstances bring Giuseppe, Frederick, and Hannah together, their lives soon interlock like the turning gears in a clock and they realize that each one holds a key to solving the others’ mysteries. Lowry, Lois; The Giver AR 5.7 An exceptional boy in a "perfect" community is to be responsible for receiving and keeping all the memories of the past. What will he do with his special knowledge? Norton, Mary; The Borrowers AR BL 5.3 Miniature people who live in an old country house and survive by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. (Series) Riordan, Rick; The Lightning Thief AR BL 4.7 Twelve-year-old Percy, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and begins a quest to prevent a war between the gods. (Series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians) Riordan, Rick; The Red Pyramid AR BL 4.5 Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs. (Series: Kane Chronicles) Scieszka, Jon; Summer Reading is/Oiling Me! AR BL 3.9 At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children’s books. (Series: The Time Warp Trio) Sewell, Anna; Black Beauty (unabridged) AR BL 7.7 A horse in nineteenth-century Engtand recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Stead, Rebecca; When You Reach Me AR BL 4.5 As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," sixth grader Miranda tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seem to defy the laws of time and space. Stewart, Trenton Lee; The Mysterious Benedict Society AR BL 5.6 After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. (Series: The Mysterious Benedict Society) Voelkel, J & P; Middleworld AR BL 5.0 Fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. (Series: The Jaguar Stones)

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Historical Fiction Avi; Crispin: The Cross of Lead AR BL 5.0 Set in medieval England, a young boy on the run from his miserable past comes to discover not only his true identity, but his sense of self-worth. (Series) Burch,. Robert; Queenie Peavy AR BL 5.6 Thirteen-year-old tomboy Queenie, who lives in a small town in Depression-era Georgia, is tormented by taunts that her father is in prison and decides to retaliate by causing a lot of trouble, until she discovers something important about her father and herself. Curtis, Christopher Paul; Bud, Not BuddyAR BL 5.0 Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. Cushman, Karen; Alchemy and Meggy Swann AR BL 5.6 In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swarm goes to London, along with her goose Louise, to stay with her father who does not really want her. As he pursues his dream of transforming base metal into gold, she gets caught up in the intrigue and transforms herself. Gift, Patdcia; Lily’s Crossing AR BL 4.6 During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily’s friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the world differently. Kelly, Jacqueline; The Evolution of Calpumia Tare AR BL 5.3 In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about !eve from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, leading them to an important scientific discovery, Peck, Richard; On the Wings of Heroes AR BL 4.6 A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war. Selznick, Bdan; The lnventions of Hugo Cabmt ARBL&I When twelve-year-old Hugo. an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized. Williams-Gamia, Rita; One Crazy Summer AR BL 4.6 In the summer of 1968, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive in Oakland, California to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

Abbott, Tony; The Postcard AR BL 4.0 Thirteen-year-old Jason finds an old postcard at his recently-deceased grandmother’s house that leads him on an adventure blending figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family’s past. Clements, Andrew; Room One: A Mystery or Two AR BL 5.1 Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town’s one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Dowd, Siobhan; The London Eye Mystery AR BL 4.1 When Ted and Kat’s cousin Salim disappears from the London Eye ferris wheel, the two siblings must work together--Ted with his brain that is "wired differently" and impatient Kat--to try to solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.

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Hamilton, Virginia; The House of Dies Drear AR BL 4.3 An African American family moves into a house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves and soon come to believe that their new home is possessed by the spirit of a murdered abolitionist, Dies Drear. Konigsburg, E. L; From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler AR BL 4.3 Eleven-year-old Claudia and her brother Jamie, who is nine, run away from home to live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After evading the guards for a week, they discover a statue so beautiful that they must solve the mystery of its sculptor, Non-Fiction Bartoletti, Susan Campbell; Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow AR BL 7.8 A photo-illustrated look at the youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well as young people who opposed the Nazis, such as Hans and Sophie Scholl. Fritz, Jean; You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? AR BL 6.4 A biography of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, covering her childhood, her fight for the end of slavery, and her death 18 years before women were granted the right to vote. Hoose, Phillip; Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice AR BL 6.8 Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case. Kraske, Robert; Harry Houdini: Master of Magic AR BL 4.7 A brief biography of Edch Weiss, who gained renown as Harry Houdini, master magician and escape artist. Montgomery, Sy; Tarantula Scientist AR BL 5,8 Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath bird eating tarantula. (Series: Scientists in the Field) Scieszka, Jon; Knucklehead: Growing Up Scieszka AR BL 4.6 How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner. Stone, Tanya Lee; Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream AR BL 7.1 The story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age. These women proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. Their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky, piloting jets, and commanding space capsules. Swanson, James L.; Chasing Lincoln’s Killer AR BL 7.5 Recounts the escape of John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, and follows the intensive twelve-day search for him and his accomplices. Wulffson, Don L.; The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories About Inventions AR BL 7.1 Brief factual stories about how various familiar things were invented, many by accident, from animal crackers to the zipper.

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