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The Writing on the Wall

A unique novel involving
coded graffiti, a mysterious
fire, and young protagonist who
uses math as a metphor for life.

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The Writing on the Wall
Author: Wendy Lichtman
Summary: Math-loving eighth-grader Tess learns that sometimes life has no solutions and that she must take risks and find her own answers.
   
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
Author: Katie Smith Milway;
Illustrator: Eugenie Fernandes
Summary: From a single hen purchased with the aid of a tiny loan, young Kojo eventually builds up the largest poultry operation in his country.
   
Rabbit's Gift
Author: George Shannon;
Illustrator: Laura Dronzek
Summary: Woodland animals, each thinking of his neighbor, share a turnip left on their doorstep.
   
Leepike Ridge
Author: N.D. Wilson
Summary: While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom, presumed dead after slipping underground while drifting down a river, finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by murderous treasure hunters.
   
The Rising Star of Rusty Nail
Author: Lesley M. M. Blume
Summary: In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented, ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the community.
   

Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor and the  Merrimac
Author: Avi; Illustrator: C.B. Mordon
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes a job aboard the ironclad Monitor during the Civil War.

   
Goodnight, Sweet Pig
Author: Linda Bailey;
Illustrator: Josée Masse
Summary: An appealing, rhyming counting book.
   
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend
Author: Mélanie Watt
Summary: Scaredy Squirrel realizes that in order to make a friend, he must take a risk.
   
I Heard a Little Baa (Board Book)
Author: Elizabeth MacLeod;
Illustrator: Louise Phillips
Summary: A rhyming game and animal fun all rolled into one.
   
Being Teddy Roosevelt
Author: Claudia Mills; Illustrator: R.W. Alley
Summary: Nine-year-old Riley O'Rourke is assigned a biography report on Teddy Roosevelt. Chapter book.
   
Whales on Stilts
Author: M.T. Anderson; Illustrator: Kurt Cyrus
Summary: Twelve-year-old Lily Gefelty is an ordinary girl who gets caught up in a mad scientist's evil plot to take over the world using . . . whales on stilts.
   
Sheep
Author: Valerie Hobbs
Summary: After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners. He learns about life as he seeks a home, and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.
   
The Peace Book
Author: Todd Parr
Summary: A bright, bold, joyful celebration of peace.
   
Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled The Medieval World
Author: Nick McCarty
Summary: An exciting biography of the traveler and adventurer.
   
Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who Told the World Her Story
Author: Ann Kramer
Summary: A biography of a young Jewish girl whose family went into hiding as Hitler invaded the Netherlands.
   
Ancient Iraq: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of Iraq's Past
Author: Beth Gruber
Summary: An investigation of the archaeological sites and finds in Iraq.
   
A Little Peace
Author: Barbara Kerley
Summary: A visually stunning photo essay on world peace.
   
Sea Monsters, A Canadian Museum of Nature Book
Author: Stephen Cumbaa;
Illustrator: Margot Thompson
Summary: An exploration of sea monsters, past and present.
   
The Jumbo Book of Space
Authors: Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and
Paulette Bourgeois
Illustrator: Bill Slavin
Summary: Divided into 18 chapters that cover everything from asteroids to white dwarf stars.
   
George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life
Author: Elizabeth MacLeod
Summary: An appealing biography of the life, beliefs, and thoughts of George Washington Carver in the context of his times.
   
Factory Girl
Author: Barbara Greenwood
Summary: A mixture of fiction and non-fiction chronicling the plight of working children in North American cities in the early 1900s.
   
Blackbeard The Pirate King
Author: J. Patrick Lewis
Summary: The history of Blackbeard, told in verse.
   

 

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