GRADES 6 - 9 and older |
| Alexander, Sally Hobart
On my own: the journey continues RP 022075 RC 45189 After going blind at twenty-four, Alexander describes also losing part of her hearing |
Armstrong, Jennifer
Dreams of Mairhe Mehan RP 1021741 RC 43472 Tragic tale of an Irish immigrant family in Washington D.C., during the Civil War |
Avi,
Nothing but the truth LP 05676 RC 35549 |
| Bauer, Joan
Squashed LP 05649 RC 36479 |
Day, Nancy
Animal experimentation: cruelty or science RP 0366821 RC 43258 |
Dolan, Edward F
Your privacy: protecting it in a nosy world RP 0740336 RC 43236 |
| Fox, Paula
Lily and the lost boy LP 05337 RC 27671 |
Gellman, Marc
How do you spell God? Answers to the big questions from around the world RP 0114987 RC 39981 A rabbi and a priest compare some of the world's major religions |
Haugaard, Erik C
Revenge of the forty-seven samurai RP 1062611 RC 43895 A legendary story of samurai justice, set in 1701 feudal Japan, where servent boy Jiro narrates a chain of events that begins with the death of Lord Asano at the hands of a dishonorable rival |
| Lowry, Lois
Giver LP 05679 RC 37689 Newbery Medal |
Marrin, Albert
Sea King: Sir Francis Drake and his times RP 0190234 RC 43355 |
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Jade green a ghost story LP 06288 RC 50297 In the 1880's in South Carolina, orphan Judith Sparrow is welcomed into her uncle's house to start a new life, and Judith discovers the house is haunted by a young girl named Jade Green |
| Nelson, Theresa
Earthshine RP 0188031 RC 42727 Twelve-year-old Slim watches over her father as he battles AIDS |
Paulsen, Gary
Brian's return LP 06292 RC 48214 In this sequel to The River, Brian savagely beats a bully who attacked him, and with the help of a blind counselor named Caleb, Brian realizes he needs to go back to the wilderness |
Paulsen, Gary
River LP 06302 RC 34751 Two years ago Brian survived a fifty-four day ordeal of being stranded in the wilderness; now the government want him to do it again so they can study the psychology of survival |
| Paulsen, Gary
Voyage of the Frog LP 05677 RC31486 |
Peck, Robert
Day no pigs would die LP 00804 RC 37104 |
Peck, Robert
Part of the sky RP 1025568 RC 45820 |
| Randle, Kristen D
Only Alien on the planet RP 0649971 RC 46552 After moving to the East coast, Ginny enters her senior year of high school and uncovers the secret behind a new friends refusal to speak |
Speare, Elizabeth George
Witch of Blackbird Pond LP 04800 RC 22433 Newbery Award |
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Shiva's fire LP 06245 RC in process |