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Hatchet

Paulsen, Gary.


"A Newbery honor book"--Cover. Wilson's Senior High School, January 1992. Wilson's Junior High School, September 1995. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), October 2004. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 1995. Child Study Children's Book Committee, March 2004. Publisher's Weekly, October 1999. Booklist, November 1995. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Date Published:1987

"A Newbery honor book"--Cover. Wilson's Senior High School, January 1992. Wilson's Junior High School, September 1995. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), October 2004. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 1995. Child Study Children's Book Committee, March 2004. Publisher's Weekly, October 1999. Booklist, November 1995. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Date Published:1987

Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw. 3.

Kinney, Jeff.


Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Date Published:2009

Esperanza rising

Ryan, Pam Muñoz,


Equity resource, 2020. Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Date Published:2018

Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules. 2.

Kinney, Jeff.


Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother, Rodrick, from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Date Published:2008

Le courage de Terry Fox

Trottier, Maxine.


Translation of: Terry Fox. Resource Links. Photographs and text tell the story of Terry Fox, a young man who lost his leg to cancer in 1976 and who then decided to raise money to find a cure for the disease by running across Canada. Includes information on the Terry Fox Run established in 1981 after Fox's death.
Date Published:2005

The hockey card

Slodovnick, Avi.


Booklist. Uncle Jack teaches his nephew a lesson about faith in heroes by telling him a story from his boyhood, when he risked his treasured Maurice "Rocket" Richard hockey card in a game of odds and evens against the school card shark.
Date Published:2002

I spy a pumpkin

Marzollo, Jean.


Simple words and short sentences for the newest readers (p. 4 of cover).
Date Published:2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rowling, J.K. (Joanne Kathleen), 1965-


Harry Potter is not enjoying his summer holidays, and they come to an unexpectedly dramatic end. Harry begins his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and discovers something that will turn his whole world upside down.
Date Published:2003

The hockey tree

Ward, David, 1967-


Owen, his sister Holly, and their dad are the first to arrive at Humboldt Lake in Saskatchewan to play hockey when the lake finally freezes over, but their day is nearly cut short when they lose the puck.
Date Published:2006

Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day

Park, Barbara.


"A Stepping Stone book." As captain of Room Nine's field day team, Junie B. Jones tries to rally her troops after they lose several events.
Date Published:2001

Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth. 5.

Kinney, Jeff.


Horn Book, May 2011. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2010. Horn Book. Publishers Weekly Annex. While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
Date Published:2010

Scaredy Squirrel makes a friend

Watt, Mélanie, 1975-


Procedural writing School Library Journal, May 2007. Horn Book Starred, October 2007. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2007. Publisher's Weekly, February 2007. Horn Book, May 2007. Catholic Library World, December 2007. School Library Journal. Horn Book Starred. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. Scaredy Squirrel chooses not to have any friends because he thinks they bite, until he discovers the true meaning of friendship.
Date Published:2007

Procedural writing School Library Journal, May 2007. Horn Book Starred, October 2007. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2007. Publisher's Weekly, February 2007. Horn Book, May 2007. Catholic Library World, December 2007. School Library Journal. Horn Book Starred. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. Scaredy Squirrel chooses not to have any friends because he thinks they bite, until he discovers the true meaning of friendship.

Date Published:2007

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Rowling, J.K. (Joanne Kathleen), 1965-,


When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Leaving his unsympathetic aunt and uncle for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon a sinister mystery when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous or both. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
Date Published:2014

When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he's the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Leaving his unsympathetic aunt and uncle for Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles upon a sinister mystery when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous or both. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

Date Published:2014

Diary of a wimpy kid. 1.

Kinney, Jeff.


Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Date Published:2007

Amulet : the stonekeeper's curse. 2.

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-,


Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis to find an antidote for the poison that is killing their mother.
Date Published:2009

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina, 1977-,


The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.
Date Published:2010

Amulet : the cloud searchers. 3.

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Emily, Navin and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. there they hope to find held from the Guardian Council's powerful Stonekeepers. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out -- Emily's got to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her.
Date Published:2010

Amulet : the stonekeeper. 1.

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Emily's and Narvin's mother is kidnapped and dragged into a strange and magical world where, it seems, the children's great-grandfather has been before. It's up to the children to set things right and save their mother's life.
Date Published:2008

Can adults become human : by Jamie Kelly

Benton, Jim


"Jim Benton's tales from Mackerel Middle School"--T.p. Jamie begins to wonder if adults lose their sense of humor when they get older after noticing that her social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, never smiles.
Date Published:2006

Goose girl

McLellan, Joseph


Many years ago, by a lake in Northern Canada, a young girl named Marie found a wordless understanding with a special goose that would change her life.
Date Published:2007