Region X booklist

REGION X TITLES 2014
Teri Lesesne and Karin Perry
@professornana and @kperry
Books
FLR# Author : Title -- Publisher : Year Bnd Qty1stPrice Extended
0520QK7 Adler, David A -- A picture book of Daniel Boone [ KIR+ ] {IL K-3,
976.9} -- Holiday House, 2013., RL 3.9, 32p
An illustrated biography of American frontiersman and adventurer
Daniel Boone.
AR: 4.6 LG 0.5 161180EN Lexile: 820
HRD 1 16.2116.21
0321BX1 Alko, Selina -- B is for Brooklyn [ KIR+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3,
974.7} -- Henry Holt, 2012., 40p
An alphabet book of places and things in Brooklyn, from Atlantic
Avenue to lox and bagels, and more.
HRD 1 14.4914.49
15174U1 Asher, Jay -- Thirteen reasons why : a novel [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR*
PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Razorbill, c2007.,
288p
High school student Clay Jensen receives a box in the mail
containing seven cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah
Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and
heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's
voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
AR: 3.9 MG 9.0 119218EN Lexile: 550
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0951YJ8 Aston, Dianna Hutts -- A rock is lively [ LMC+ SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 552} --
Amicus, 2014., RL 5.4, 32p
"From dazzling blue lapis lazuli to volcanic snowflake obsidian, this
poetic illustrated book describes the incredible variety of rocks on
Earth and how they move through the rock cycle"--Provided by
publisher.
AR: 5.4 LG 0.5 153497EN Lexile: 1110, IG
HRD 1 21.4321.43
0815QG4 Bacigalupi, Paolo -- The drowned cities [ BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+
KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little, Brown
and Company, 2013., 434p
In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars,
orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the
Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and
Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he
once saved her.
AR: 4.6 UG 13.0 151051EN Lexile: 690, HL
PAP 1 7.14 7.14
0998MCXBacigalupi, Paolo -- Ship breaker [ BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+
LMC* MLPW NBKL PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Little,
FBG 1 13.4113.41

Brown, 2011, c2010., 326p
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from
grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached
clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he
should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
AR: 4.4 MG 11.0 137055EN Lexile: 690, HL
0894SH4 Bascomb, Neal -- The Nazi hunters : how a team of spies and
survivors captured the world's most notorious Nazi [ BKL+ BUL+
HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ YNFW ] {IL YA, 364.15} -- Arthur A. Levine Books,
2013., 245p
Presents the history of the group of spies, Holocaust survivors, and
lawyers who persued Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal, for
fifteen years in order to bring him to justice for his leadership role
in the killing of thousands of Jews during World War II.
AR: 7.4 UG 8.0 160444EN Lexile: 1000
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0292PM3 Baylor, Byrd -- Everybody needs a rock {IL K-3, -E-} -- Kawade,
2010., 36p
Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for
play and pleasure.
HRD 1 60.7560.75
30555W9Baylor, Byrd -- Everybody needs a rock [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ KIR+ LBJ+
SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Aladdin Paperbacks, 1985, c1974., RL 3.3, 32p
Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for
play and pleasure.
AR: 3.3 LG 0.5 43730EN Lexile: 430, AD
FBS 1 12.7112.71
0872WJ6 Beaty, Daniel -- Knock knock : my dad's dream for me [ BKL+ BUL+
CKIW HRN+ PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Little, Brown and Company,
2013., RL 2.2, 40p
"A boy wakes up one morning to find his father gone. At first, he
feels lost. But his father has left him a letter filled with advice to
guide him through the times he cannot be there"--Provided by
publisher.
Lexile: 780, AD
HRD 1 15.3515.35
0677YJ3 Becker, Aaron -- Journey [ BKL* CALH HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ]
{IL K-3, -E-} -- Candlewick Press, 2013., 40p
A young girl, having escaped from her loneliness through a door
she drew on her bedroom wall, is captured by an evil emperor and
must find a way to escape.
HRD 1 13.6413.64
0824YB0 Bickle, Laura -- The hallowed ones [ KIR+ LMC+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
Graphia, 2012., 311p
Amish teen Katie smuggles a gravely injured young man, an
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outsider, into her family's barn despite the elders' ruling that no
one can come in or out of the community while some mysterious
and massive unrest is wreaking havoc in the "English" world.
AR: 4.8 MG 12.0 156924EN
0955CJ3 Bickle, Laura -- The outside [ KIR* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2013., 313p
Kicked out of the safety of her Amish community, teenaged Katie
must face the dangerous vampire-infested outside world.
AR: 4.8 MG 12.0 161169EN
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0426KU9 Bingham, Kelly L -- Z is for Moose [ BKL* BUL* CLW+ HRN* HRN+
KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Greenwillow Books,
2012., RL .8, 32p
Moose is terribly eager to play his part in Zebra's alphabet book,
but when his letter passes him by, Moose behaves rather badly
until Zebra finds a spot for him.
AR: 0.8 LG 0.5 158594EN Lexile: BR
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0426KU9 Bingham, Kelly L -- Z is for Moose [ BKL* BUL* CLW+ HRN* HRN+
KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ* WCC+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Greenwillow Books,
2012., RL .8, 32p
Moose is terribly eager to play his part in Zebra's alphabet book,
but when his letter passes him by, Moose behaves rather badly
until Zebra finds a spot for him.
AR: 0.8 LG 0.5 158594EN Lexile: BR
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0943LN3 Black, Holly -- Doll Bones / illustrated by Eliza Wheeler [ BKL* BUL*
HRN+ KIR* NEWH NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Margaret K.
McElderry, 2014.
AR: 5.4 MG 7.0 158353EN Lexile: 840
PAP 1 4.53 4.53
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on April
4, 2015.
0737VN7 Bragg, Georgia -- How They Choked {IL 5-8, 920} -- Walker
Childrens, c2014.
HRD 1 15.3415.34
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on May
6, 2014.
0954KE4 Bragg, Georgia -- How they croaked : the awful ends of the awfully
famous [ BKL* KIR+ LMC+ NBKL SLJ+ WCC+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, 920} --
Walker & Co., 2012, c2011., RL 7, 184p
Shares the sometimes gruesome details of the deaths of nineteen
famous historical figures, including King Tut, Pocahontas, George
Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marie Curie.
FBG 1 15.3115.31

AR: 6.8 MG 4.0 144939EN Lexile: 950
0562BP3 Brashares, Ann -- The Here and Now [ BKL+ KIR+ LBJ+ PWK+ SLJ+ ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Delacourte, 2014.
HRD 1 23.8023.80
8, 2014.
37416V9 Bray, Libba -- Rebel angels [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ KLI+ LMC+ PWK+
SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Delacorte, c2005., 548p
Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the
realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has
been released.
AR: 4.6 UG 19.0 100508EN Lexile: 680
FBG 1 15.1415.14
0867GHX Britt, Fanny -- Jane, the fox & me [ BKL+ BUL* HRN* KIR+ NYT+
PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL 5-8, 741.5} -- Groundwood Books/House of Anansi
Press, 2013., RL 4.1, 101p
Helene seeks solace in the pages of "Jane Eyre" while the kids at
school ostracize her, but she finally finds friendship on a school
camping trip.
AR: 4.1 MG 0.5 160435EN Lexile: 800, GN
HRD 1 17.0117.01
0572WK0Brown, Don -- The great American dust bowl [ BKL* BUL* HRN*
KIR* PWK+ ] {IL YA, 978} -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013., 80p
Describes, in graphic novel format, the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s
when dust storms raged across the heartland of the United States.
AR: 5.1 MG 0.5 160794EN Lexile: 860, GN
HRD 1 16.1916.19
0988QN3 Brown, Jeffrey -- Star Wars Jedi Academy #2 {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Scholastic Inc, c2014.
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Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on July
29, 2014.
0562CE0 Bryant, Jennifer -- A splash of red : the life and art of Horace Pippin
[ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NYT+ PWX* RFSH SFBW SLJ* ] {IL K-3,
759.13} -- Alfred A. Knopf, c2013., RL 4.1, 34p
An illustrated biography of African American painter, Horace
Pippin.
AR: 4.1 LG 0.5 156052EN Lexile: 610
HRD 1 22.7222.72
0749RM8Charbonneau, Joelle -- Graduation day / (The Testing Book 3) {IL
YA, -Fic-} -- HMH BFYR, 2014.
HRD 1 15.3415.34
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on June
1, 2014.

0409TD3 Chwast, Seymour -- Dante's Divine comedy [ BKL+ KIR* PWK* ] {IL
YA, 741.5} -- Bloomsbury, 2010., 127p
A graphic adaptation of Dante's "Divine Comedy," a poetic tour
through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
HRD 1 17.0517.05
08972T2 Claybourne, Anna -- 100 Most disgusting things on the planet {IL 3-
6, 031.02} -- Marshall Editions, c2010., RL 7.8, 112p
Contains descriptions of a wealth of disgusting, gross, and repulsive
things, grouped in the categories of people, animals, food,
inventions, plants, and others, each with a Yuck Factor rating.
Includes illustrations and sidebars.
Lexile: 1050, IG
PAP 1 5.19 5.19
0546BM3Cline-Ransome, Lesa -- Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson : taking
the stage as the first black-and-white jazz band in history [ HRN+
PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, 781.65} -- Holiday House, 2014., RL 6.1, 32p
Describes how Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson came together
and became the first black and white jazz band and helped create
the style known as swing.
HRD 1 15.3115.31
0583GF5 Crump, Martha L -- The mystery of Darwin's frog [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+
KIR+ PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 597.8} -- Boyds Mills Press, c2013., RL 5.5,
39p
In 1840, Charles Darwin found a new and strange species of frog in
Chile that shocked and stumped scientists, scientists continued to
study the frog through the years, and today scientists are working
to save Darwin's frog from extinction.
AR: 6.1 LG 1.0 157680EN Lexile: 980
HRD 1 14.4614.46
0017FZ6 Cusick, John (John M.) -- Girl parts [ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2012, c2010., 218p
The lives of David, wealthy and popular but still lonely, and Charlie,
a soulful outsider, intersect when Rose, the female Companion bot
David's parents buy to treat his dissociative disorder, forms a bond
with Charlie.
AR: 3.9 MG 6.0 138403EN Lexile: 590, HL
FBG 1 12.7112.71
0013WX8Derf -- My friend Dahmer : a graphic novel [ ALEW BKL+ BUL+ KIR*
LBJ+ PWK* VOY+ ] {IL AD, 364.152} -- Abrams ComicArts, 2012.,
221p
Derf describes his classmate Jeffrey Dahmer's teenage years as a
lonely oddball. Dahmer would go on to become one of the United
States' most notorious serial killers.
AR: 3.6 UG 1.0 157427EN
HRD 1 21.2621.26

0748PH6 DiCamillo, Kate -- Flora &Ulysses : the illuminated adventures [
BKL* HRN+ KIR* NEWW NYT+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} --
Candlewick Press, 2013., RL 4.3, 231p
A girl named Flora and a squirrel named Ulysses, whose life was
saved by Flora after he was involved in an incident with a vacuum
cleaner, team up to use Ulysses' superpowers to conquer villains
and protect the weak.
AR: 4.3 MG 5.0 160221EN Lexile: 520
HRD 1 15.3415.34
26022V6 DiCamillo, Kate -- The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a
mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread [ HRN+
NEWW ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2008, c2003., RL 4.7,
267p
The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual
talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be
a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
AR: 4.7 MG 5.0 70401EN
HRD 1 25.5425.54
0601JH1 Dominguez, Angela N -- Maria had a little llama = Maria
teniaunallamita [ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PBIH PWK+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Henry
Holt and Company, 2013., RL 1.9, 26p
In this bilingual version of the classic rhyme, Maria takes her llama
to school one day.
AR: 1.8 LG 0.5 160736SP
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0443DUX Eaton, Maxwell -- The flying beaver brothers and the fishy business
[ HRN+ LMC+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 741.5} -- A.A. Knopf, c2012., RL 1.7
Beavers Bub and Ace battle the Fish Stix corporation in an attempt
to save their island's trees.
AR: 2.1 LG 0.5 148693EN Lexile: 260, GN
PAP 1 4.54 4.54
0576CFX Engle, Margarita -- The lightning dreamer : Cuba's greatest
abolitionist [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PBAH SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -
- Harcourt, 2013., 182p
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a
book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously
fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical
notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and
source notes.
AR: 6.7 MG 2.0 158122EN
HRD 1 14.4914.49
18947KX Etchemendy, Nancy -- The power of Un [ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+ KIR+ SLJ+
VOY+ WCC+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Front Street/Cricket Books, 2000., RL
6.6, 148p
When he is given a device that will allow him to "undo" what has
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happened in the past, Gib Finney is not sure what event from the
worst day in his life he should change in order to keep his sister
from being hit by a truck.
AR: 4.8 MG 5.0 48512EN Lexile: 720
14136Y9 Fantaskey, Beth -- Jessica's guide to dating on the dark side [ BKL+
BUL+ HRN+ JLA+ PWK* SLJ+ VOY* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-}
-- Harcourt, 2009., 354p
Seventeen-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania,
learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian
vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses
as a foreign exchange student while courting her.
AR: 4.9 UG 14.0 130472EN Lexile: 700
HRD 1 14.5014.50
17030V9 Faulkner, Matt -- A taste of colored water [ BKK+ BKL+ HRN+ KIR*
PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, c2008., RL 3.5, 42p
Young cousins Lulu and Jelly, inspired by stories told by a
classmate, hitch a ride into the city hoping to take a gulp of what
they imagine must be some pretty special water that comes from
the "colored" drinking fountain.
AR: 3.6 LG 0.5 120255EN Lexile: 670, AD
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0342LT9 Fisher, Catherine, 1957- -- Incarceron {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Molino, 2011,
c2010., 510p
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the
daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a
mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
PAP 1 20.9920.99
0879DN5 Floca, Brian -- Locomotive [ BKL* BUL* CALW HRN* KIR* NYT+
PWK* RFSH SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 385} -- A Richard Jackson book/At, 2013.,
RL 4.5, 56p
Details what the first passengers experienced as they traveled
West on the transcontinental railroad in the summer of 1869.
AR: 4.7 LG 0.5 160657EN Lexile: 840
FBG 1 19.0119.01
21, 2014.
33505X9 Gantos, Jack -- Jack on the tracks : four seasons of fifth grade [ BKL+
BUL+ HRN+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Farrar, Straus and
Giroux, 2001, c1999., RL 5, 182p
Moving with his unbearable sister to Miami, Florida, Jack tries to
break some of his bad habits but finds himself irresistibly drawn to
things disgusting, gross, and weird.
FBG 1 13.4113.41

AR: 5.1 MG 6.0 34710EN Lexile: 740
0579VF7 Gardner, Sally -- Maggot moon [ BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+ MLPH
PWK* SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2013, c2012.,
279p
Friendship and trust inspire Standish to rise up against an
oppressive regime and expose the truth about a planned moon
landing.
AR: 4.5 MG 5.0 157172EN Lexile: 690
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0404MUXGill, David Macinnis -- Black hole sun [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+
SLJ* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, 2012,
c2010., 362p
Sixteen-year-old Durango and his crew of mercenaries are hired by
the settlers of a mining community on Mars to protect their most
valuable resource from a feral band of marauders.
AR: 4.1 UG 10.0 139870EN Lexile: 610, HL
PAP 1 5.84 5.84
0811BE3 Gill, David Macinnis -- Invisible sun [ BKL+ HRN+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -
- Greenwillow Books, 2013.
Sixteen-year-old Durango and his lieutenant--and girlfriend--
continue their adventures as mercenaries on Mars.
AR: 4.5 UG 12.0 156728EN
FBG 1 15.3115.31
0746DE1 Gill, David Macinnis -- Shadow on the sun [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ ] {IL YA,
-Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, c2013., 424p
"Durango hasn't always despised his father. But he does now. Lyme
wants Durango to be the Prince of Mars, and he'll stop at nothing
to realize that dream. He'll sacrifice anything and anyone in the
name of domination. Even Mimi. Especially Vienne."--Dust jacket.
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0977SJ3 Greenberg, Jan -- The mad potter : George E. Ohr, eccentric genius
[ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ RFSH SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 738} -- Roaring
Brook Press, 2013., RL 6.7, 53p
Looks at the life of potter George E. Ohr, known for his unique
designs, whose work did not become widely successful until after
his death.
AR: 6.9 MG 1.0 162301EN
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0583RF5 Grimes, Nikki -- Words with wings [ BKL* BUL+ CKAH KIR* PWK+
SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- WordSong, an imprint of Highlights, 2013., RL
4.3, 84p
Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when
her parents' divorce, and she begins a new school, daydreaming
gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher
keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her.
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Until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher
decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school
day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more
confident about herself and her future.
AR: 4.3 MG 1.0 160815EN Lexile: 850
0981LD0 Haddix, Margaret Peterson -- Turnabout [ BKL+ BRT+ BUL+ KIR+
KLI+ PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster
BFYR, 2012, c2000., 200p
Melly and Anny Beth agree to participate in Project Turnabout, a
scientific experiment in which they are given a shot that will make
them grow younger, until they receive a second injection that will
stop the aging process, but when other participants die after
receiving the second shot, Melly and Anny Beth refuse to have the
shot and set out to find someone to care for them when they are
too young to do it themselves.
AR: 5.3 UG 7.0 47143EN Lexile: 690
FBG 1 13.5113.51
0743WL8 Hale, Kathleen -- No one else can have you [ BKL+ BUL* KIR* PWK+
] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
2014., 382p
As sixteen-year-old Kippy of Friendship, Wisconsin, reads her best
friend Ruth's diary, she is shocked at what she learns and spurred
to solve Ruth's murder, certain that the boy who was arrested is
innocent.
AR: 5.6 UG 13.0 163437EN
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0566AE1 Halliday, Ayun -- Peanut [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ LMC+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+ ]
{IL 5-8, 741.5} -- Schwartz & Wade Books, c2013., RL 3.8, 206p
Nervous about starting her sophomore year at a new high school,
Sadie decides to make herself more interesting by claiming to be
allergic to peanuts, but her lie quickly spirals out of control.
AR: 3.1 MG 1.0 156000EN Lexile: 470, HL
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0249EC9 Hamilton, Tim -- Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 : the authorized
adaptation [ BKL+ SLJ+ WSH+ ] {IL AD, 741.5} -- Hill and Wang,
2009., 148p
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of
government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.
AR: 3.5 UG 2.0 155625EN
FBG 1 21.6121.61
0598GH9 Heiligman, Deborah -- The boy who loved math : the improbable
life of Paul Erdos [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3,
510.92} -- Roaring Brook Press, 2013., RL 1.8, 37p
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Presents a brief biography of mathematician Paul Erdos.
AR: 3.4 LG 0.5 159015EN Lexile: 550, AD
0745SE4 Henkes, Kevin -- Penny and her marble [ BKL* BUL+ HRN* HRN+
KIR* PWK* SLJ* TSGH ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Greenwillow Books, c2013.,
RL 1.5, 48p
Penny feels guilty after taking a beautiful blue marble that she sees
in Mrs. Goodwin's grass, but gets a pleasant surprise when she
goes to return it the next day.
AR: 2.5 LG 0.5 156814EN Lexile: 350
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0733DH1 Henkes, Kevin -- The year of Billy Miller [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN* KIR*
NEWH NYT+ PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Greenwillow Books, an
imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013., RL 4.6, 229p
Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his
head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has
developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and
his parents and learned many important lessons.
AR: 4.2 LG 3.0 161077EN Lexile: 620
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0600FH6 Hill, Laban Carrick -- When the beat was born : DJ Kool Herc and
the creation of hip hop [ BKL+ BUL+ JSIW KIR* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL
3-6, 782.421649} -- Roaring Brook Press, 2013., RL 4.6, 32p
A biography of Dj Kool Herc, discussing his childhood in Jamaica
and New York, and his career as a hip hop DJ.
AR: 4.2 LG 0.5 160233EN Lexile: 910, AD
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0465AX6 Holm, Jennifer L -- Eighth grade is making me sick : Ginny Davis's
year in stuff [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Random House,
c2012., RL 5.3, 121p
Eighth grade turns out to be an eventful year for Ginny and her
family, as notes, lists, report cards, doctor bills, and other "stuff"
reveal that the family moves to a big new house, Brian starts to be
more than just a friend, Ginny's mother has a baby, and her
stepfather loses his job.
AR: 4.0 MG 1.0 157831EN
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0581MF6 Idle, Molly Schaar -- Flora and the flamingo [ CALH HRN* HRN+
KIR+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Chronicle Books, c2013., 34p
In this wordless book, a friendship develops between a girl named
Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
MOV1 14.4914.49
0873ZN7 Jay, Stacey -- Of Beast and Beauty {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, c2014. PAP 1 8.54 8.54
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on
December 9, 2014.

0554ZL2 Kerley, Barbara -- A home for Mr. Emerson [ BKL+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ ]
{IL 3-6, 814} -- Scholastic Press, 2014., RL 4.9, 46p
A biography of American author Ralph Waldo Emerson.
HRD 1 16.1916.19
0968CK6 Kidd, Chip -- Go : a Kidd's guide to graphic design [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+
LBJ+ PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL YA, 740} -- Workman Publishing, 2013., 150p
Graphic designer Chip Kidd describes the elements of graphic
design, including form, function, color, and typography.
Lexile: 1100
HRD 1 15.3115.31
0006HF5 Kim, Susan Chongmi -- Brain camp [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR+ LMC+ SLJ+
VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 741.5} -- First Second, 2010., 151p
Problem children Jenna and Lucas find themselves invited to Camp
Fielding, where they are surrounded by other misfits whose
parents hope will be changed into prodigies. When strange things
begin happening around them, Jenna and Lucas team up to
investigate, but what they discover is beyond anything they could
have imagined.
AR: 2.4 MG 1.0 136703EN Lexile: 250, GN
FBG 1 22.6122.61
0852VE7 Knisley, Lucy -- Relish : my life in the kitchen [ ALEW BKL+ BUL+
NYT+ PWK* VOY+ ] {IL YA, 741.5} -- First Second, 2013., 173p
Presents a graphic novel memoir of cartoonist Lucy Knisley and her
obsession with cooking and food.
AR: 6.2 UG 2.0 156967EN Lexile: 970
FBG 1 22.6122.61
0886BN7 Kuehn, Stephanie -- Charm & strange [ BKL+ HRN+ PWX+ SLJ+
WMYW ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- St. Martin's Griffin, c2014.
AR: 4.1 UG 7.0 164372EN
FBG 1 15.3115.31
Available for pre-order: This item is scheduled for release on June
10, 2014.
0173QX1 LaFevers, Robin -- Grave mercy [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC* NYT+
PWK* SLJ* TEL+ VOY+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Houghton Mifflin,
2012., 549p
Seventeen-year-old Ismae avoids an arranged marriage by making
a place for herself at the convent of St. Martin, where she learns of
her unique gifts and must determine whether she will be trained as
an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death.
AR: 5.9 UG 20.0 150408EN Lexile: 850
HRD 1 15.3415.34
07616J0 Larbalestier, Justine -- How to ditch your fairy [ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+
PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ WMJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Bloomsbury, 2009, c2008.,
309p
In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one
FBG 1 14.4114.41

aspect of daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not
want hers--a parking fairy--and embarks on a series of
misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and
replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping
fairy.
AR: 4.1 MG 9.0 124691EN Lexile: 580
0609EB7 Larson, Hope -- A wrinkle in time : the graphic novel [ BKL* BUL+
HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ TEL+ ] {IL 5-8, 741.5} -- Farrar Straus
Giroux, 2012., RL 4.4, 392p
A graphic novel adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time" in which Meg
Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a
journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly
women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who
disappeared while experimenting with time travel.
AR: 2.7 MG 2.0 152742EN Lexile: 740
HRD 1 17.0417.04
0701TJ5 Leveen, Tom -- Sick [ BKL+ KIR+ PWK+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Amulet
Books, 2013., 271p
"Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They're the
misfits, the troublemakers--the ones who jump their high school's
electrified fence to skip school regularly. So when the virus breaks
out, they're the only ones with a chance of surviving"--Provided by
publisher.
AR: 4.3 UG 8.0 163736EN
HRD 1 14.4614.46
0752NN8 Levithan, David -- Two Boys Kissing [ BKL+ BUL* PWK* SLJ+ STWH ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Random House Children's B.
AR: 5.0 UG 8.0 160230EN Lexile: 780
PAP 1 9.99 9.99
12, 2015.
0774QH4 Lewis, John -- March. Book one [ BKL* CKAH HRN* KIR* LBJ* NYT+
PWK* SLJ* TEL+ ] {IL YA, 323.1} -- Top Shelf Productions, 2013.,
121p
Presents in graphic novel format the life of Georgia congressman
John Lewis, focusing on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting
with Martin Luther King Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student
Movement.
PAP 1 12.7612.76
0593FG1 Lieberman, A. J -- The Silver Six [ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, 741.5} --
Graphix, 2013., RL 4.8, 188p
"When a group of orphans are thrown together under mysterious
circumstances, Phoebe and her pal Oliver lead them in a daring
escape from their orphanage to an uninhabited moon. But their
HRD 1 19.5919.59

idyllic paradise is shattered when the powerful corporate boss who
ordered the deaths of their parents sends a relentless henchman to
track them down. With nowhere left to turn and time running out,
Phoebe and her friends decide there's only on thing left to do: fight
back!"--Dust jacket flap.
AR: 2.6 MG 1.0 159403EN Lexile: 330, GN
0711VG0 Look, Lenore -- Brush of the gods [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+
PWK* SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Schwartz & Wade Books, 2013., RL 3, 34p
During the Tang dynasty, master painter Wu Daozi creates an
extraordinary mural for the emperor.
AR: 4.1 LG 0.5 159379EN Lexile: 580
HRD 1 22.7222.72
0590AL7 Matson, Lynne -- Nil {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Henry Holt and Company,
2014., 376p
Transported through a "gate" to the mysterious island of Nil,
seventeen-year-old Charley has 365 days to escape--or she will die.
Lexile: 570, HL
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0451NXX McCafferty, Megan -- Bumped [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWK+ SLJ+ ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Balzer + Bray, 2012, c2011., 323p
In 2036 New Jersey, when teens are expected to become
fanatically religious wives and mothers or high-priced Surrogettes
for couples made infertile by a widespread virus, sixteen-year-old
identical twins Melody and Harmony find in one another the
courage to believe they have choices.
AR: 5.2 UG 9.0 146507EN
FBG 1 15.3115.31
0212FFX McDonald, Megan -- Rule of three [ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+ ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -
- Candlewick Press, 2010, c2009., RL 3.8, 234p
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling
about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the
school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming
obsessed with "Little Women."
AR: 3.8 MG 4.0 131925EN Lexile: 690
FBG 1 11.0411.04
0578NF2 Medina, Meg -- Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass [ BKL+ BUL*
HRN* HRN+ KIR* PBAW PWX+ SLJ* TEL+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
Candlewick Press, 2013., 260p
Piddy Sanchez deals with bullying at her new school, and as the
harassment escalates, she struggles to survive and to discover who
she really is.
AR: 4.3 UG 8.0 157469EN Lexile: 670, HL
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0363YU9 Michaelis, Antonia -- Tiger moon [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR* KLI+
MLBH NBKL PWK+ SLJ* WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Amulet Books,
FBG 1 13.4113.41

2009, c2008., 453p
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also
called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the
thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across
India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess
from becoming the bride of a demon king.
AR: 6.0 UG 15.0 127227EN Lexile: 820
0601PH5 Morales, Yuyi -- Nino wrestles the world [ BUL+ HRN* HRN+ KIR+
PBIW PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Roaring Brook Press, 2013., RL 2.3,
32p
LuchaLibre champion Nino has no trouble fending off monstrous
opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is
in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his
skills.
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0605JN6 Myers, Walter Dean -- Darius & Twig [ BKL* BUL+ CKAH KIR* PWX*
SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Amistad, c2014.
AR: 4.6 UG 5.0 158092EN
PAP 1 8.54 8.54
22, 2014.
0741YB8 Nelson, Kadir -- Nelson Mandela [ BKL+ BUL+ CKIH HRN+ KIR*
PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 968.06} -- Katherine Tegen Books, c2013., RL
4.8, 40p
Text and illustrations presents a biography of the former South
African president best known for his political activism and fight to
end apartheid.
AR: 4.8 LG 0.5 156060EN Lexile: 960
HRD 1 15.3415.34
33763W5Nixon, Joan Lowery -- Whispers from the dead [ BKL+ SLJ* VOY+ ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers,
1991, c1989., RL 5.2, 180p
Sarah's contact with the spirit world during a near-death
experience leaves her open to otherworldly messages about a
murder committed in her new home in Houston.
AR: 4.4 UG 6.0 6995EN Lexile: 680
FBG 1 12.5112.51
0973YM6 Parker, C -- Gated [ KIR* PWK+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Ember,
2014.
AR: 5.0 UG 13.0 162673EN Lexile: 750, HL
PAP 1 8.54 8.54
27, 2014.

0858KE5 Pearson, Mary -- The Fox inheritance [ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK*
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, 2013, c2011., 294p
Friends Jenna, Locke, and Kara suffer a terrible accident that
destroys their bodies, but their minds are preserved in a digital
netherworld, allowing the friends to remain connected, until the
day Jenna disappears, and then, decades later, Locke and Kara are
given new bodies and discover everyone they knew and loved--
except Jenna--are dead and gone.
AR: 4.2 UG 12.0 145896EN Lexile: 660
FBG 1 15.3115.31
0885UHX Peck, Richard -- The mouse with the question mark tail [ BKL*
HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Dial Books for Young
Readers, 2013., RL 4.6, 223p
A very small mouse of unknown origins runs away from school in
the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace shortly before the
celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, celebrating her
sixty years on the British throne.
AR: 5.0 MG 4.0 160154EN Lexile: 680
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0677QJ5 Phelan, Matt -- Bluffton : my summers with Buster [ BKL* BUL+
HRN* KIR* SLJ* ] {IL 3-6, 741.5} -- Candlewick Press, 2013., RL 4,
223p
The year is 1908 and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived
in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan, to spend the summer. Young Henry
Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly
with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who
is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.
AR: 2.5 MG 0.5 159783EN Lexile: 370, GN
HRD 1 19.5919.59
0991GH2 Polacco, Patricia -- The blessing cup [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+
PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, 2013., RL 3.9, 40p
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were
forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through
generations of living in America, reminding them of the most
important things in life.
AR: 4.2 LG 0.5 160746EN Lexile: 740
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0553YL9 Polacco, Patricia -- Clara and Davie : the true story of Young Clara
Barton, founder of the Red Cross [ BKL+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 361.7}
-- Scholastic Press, 2014., RL 3.6, 32p
Relates the story of the special relationship between young Clara
Barton, who would one day establish the Red Cross, and her older
brother Davie, including Davie's encouragement of Clara's loving,
HRD 1 15.3415.34

healing nature, and Clara's healing touch that saved Davie's life.
0598HL9 Prahin, Andrew -- Brimsby's hats [ BKL* BUL+ KIR* PWK+ ] {IL K-3, -
E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2014., RL 3.3, 40p
When the friend with whom he has enjoyed tea and conversation
each day goes off to sea, a talented hat maker devises a creative
way to make new friends.
AR: 3.4 LG 0.5 163837EN
HRD 1 13.6413.64
0631UE3 Prelutsky, Jack -- Stardines swim high across the sky and other
poems [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 811} --
Greenwillow Books, c2012., RL 4.5, 35p
A collection of poems describing imaginary creatures such as
Bluffaloes, Swapitis, and Stardines.
AR: 5.1 LG 0.5 163766EN
HRD 1 18.8918.89
0865LE9 Price, Lissa -- Starters [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ LMC+ PWX+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL
YA, -Fic-} -- Ember, 2013., 336p
Sixteen-year-old Callie, having lost every family member besides
her little brother when a genocide spore killed all of those who
were not vaccinated, thinks she has found a way to support them
by renting her body to seniors who want to be young again, but
after a neurochip malfunction results in her being stuck in the life
of her rich renter, she uncovers the horrible plan of her boss and
must race against time to stop it.
AR: 3.9 MG 12.0 150246EN Lexile: 550, HL
FBG 1 14.4114.41
0351BT5 Reed, M. K -- Americus [ BKL+ BUL+ LMC* PWK+ SLJ+ WMJ+ WSH+
] {IL YA, 741.5} -- First Second, 2011., 215p
Oklahoma teen Neal Barton stands up for his favorite fantasy
series, The Chronicles of ApatheaRavenchilde, when conservative
Christians try to bully the town of Americus into banning it from
the public library.
AR: 3.3 UG 2.0 144843EN Lexile: 550, GN
HRD 1 16.1916.19
0032QJ4 Reeve, Philip -- Fever Crumb [ BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR* LMC* NBKL
PWK* SLJ* VOY* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Scholastic,
2011, c2009., 325p
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although
females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of
rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered
world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while
facing danger in the present.
AR: 6.7 MG 13.0 136800EN Lexile: 1000
FBG 1 14.9114.91

0540NE7 Rosenthal, Amy Krouse -- Exclamation mark [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR*
NYT+ PWK+ SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Scholastic Press, 2013., RL 2
An exclamation mark, who does not look like the periods around
him, learns to embrace what makes him stand out.
Lexile: 90
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0920EJX Roth, Susan L -- Parrots over Puerto Rico [ BKL* BUL+ HRN* KIR*
PWK* RFSW SLJ* ] {IL K-3, 597} -- Lee & Low Books Inc., 2013., RL
5.4, 42p
"A combined history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of
Puerto Rico, highlighting current efforts to save the Puerto Rican
parrot by protecting and managing this endangered species"--
Provided by publisher.
AR: 5.7 LG 0.5 163052EN
HRD 1 19.9519.95
0838TN3 Rowell, Rainbow -- Eleanor & Park [ BKL* HRN* HRN+ KIR* MLPH
NYT+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ VOY+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- St. Martin's Griffin,
2014.
AR: 3.8 UG 11.0 157569EN Lexile: 580, HL
FBG 1 15.3115.31
September 1, 2014.
0580BFX Rubin, Susan Goldman -- Diego Rivera : an artist for the people [
BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ* ] {IL 5-8, 759.972} -- Abrams Books for
Young Readers, 2013., RL 5.3, 56p
A brief biography of Mexican artist Diego Rivera, who was best
known for his public mural paintings depicting the culture and
struggles of the Mexican working class.
AR: 7.1 MG 1.0 156520EN Lexile: 980
HRD 1 18.7118.71
0915EG1 Sandler, Martin W -- Imprisoned : the betrayal of Japanese
Americans during World War II [ BKL* BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ* VOY+ ]
{IL 5-8, 940.53} -- Walker Books for Young Readers, 2013., RL 6.3,
176p
Examines the American internment of Japanese Americans and
immigrants in concentration camps during World War II, and the
struggle of internees to rebuild their lives after they were freed at
the end of the war.
AR: 9.4 MG 6.0 160434EN Lexile: 1240
HRD 1 19.5919.59
22025P0 Satrapi, Marjane -- Persepolis 2 [ BKL+ KLI* LBJ* NYT+ PWK* SLJ+
TEL+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, 741.5} -- Pantheon, c2004., 187p
Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author
continues the story of her life, discussing her move from Iran to
Vienna in 1984, her feelings of alienation in the foreign country,
HRD 1 15.3115.31

and her return home where she starts college, falls in love, and
questions whether she can continue to live in the repressive
society.
AR: 3.9 UG 4.0 85377EN Lexile: 500, NC
0805EK4 Scieszka, Jon -- Battle Bunny [ BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL
K-3, -E-} -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013., RL
2.8, 32p
Alex, whose birthday it is, hijacks a story about Birthday Bunny on
his special day and turns it into a battle between a supervillain and
his enemies in the forest--who, in the original story, are simply
planning a surprise party.
HRD 1 12.7912.79
0784CM9Sedgwick, Marcus -- Midwinter Blood [ BKL* BUL* HRN+ KIR*
MLPW NYT+ PWK* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Square Fish, 2014.
AR: 5.0 MG 7.0 156568EN Lexile: 770
FBG 1 15.3115.31
22, 2014.
0669GH3 Shen, Prudence -- Nothing can possibly go wrong [ BKL* BUL+ KIR+
PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, 741.5} -- First Second, 2013., 279p
Captain of the basketball team Charlie and president of the
robotics club Nate battle it out in a school class election campaign
for funding to cover a robotics competition or new cheerleading
uniforms.
AR: 3.1 UG 1.0 157461EN
FBG 1 21.7121.71
06205M5 Shusterman, Neal -- Unwind [ BKK+ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ NYT+ PWK*
SLJ* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Simon & Schuster Books
for Young Readers, 2009, c2007., 335p
Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to
escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages
thirteen to eighteen.
AR: 5.0 UG 14.0 120008EN Lexile: 740, HL
FBG 1 14.4114.41
0955ME5 Simmons, Kristen -- Article 5 [ BKL+ HRN+ LMC+ SLJ+ VOY+ ] {IL YA,
-Fic-} -- Tor Teen, 2013, c2012., 380p
Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller, living in a world in which the Bill
of Rights has been revoked, is able to keep a low profile until her
mother is arrested for noncompliance and she realizes the officer
responsible is her first love, Chase Jennings.
AR: 4.8 UG 14.0 150569EN Lexile: 660, HL
FBG 1 15.3115.31
0573HC2 Singer, Marilyn -- A strange place to call home : the world's most
dangerous habitats & the animals that call them home [ BKL+ HRN+
HRD 1 14.4914.49

KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL 5-8, 571.1} -- Chronicle Books, c2012., RL 3.5,
37p
Discusses dangerous habitats and the animals that live there.
AR: 6.3 MG 0.5 155201EN
0726YN7 Sis, Peter -- The Pilot and the Little Prince {IL K-3, 800} -- Frances
Foster Books, c2014.
HRD 1 16.1916.19
27, 2014.
0741VL8 Smith, Andrew -- Grasshopper jungle : a history [ BKL+ KIR* NYT+
PWK* SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin
Group (USA), LLC, 2014., 388p
"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best
friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable
bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone
terribly wrong"--Provided by publisher.
HRD 1 16.1916.19
0545JM5 Smith-Ready, Jeri -- This side of salvation [ BKL* KIR+ PWK+ ] {IL YA,
-Fic-} -- Simon Pulse, 2014.
HRD 1 15.3415.34
1, 2014.
0705CNX Snicket, Lemony -- 29 myths on the Swinster Pharmacy [ BKL+ KIR+
] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- McSweeney'sMcMullens , 2014., RL 5.1, 32p
A brother and sister wonder about the mysterious establishment in
the next town, the Swinster Pharmacy.
HRD 1 12.7612.76
0817HG1 Snicket, Lemony -- The dark [ BKL* BUL* HRN* HRN+ KIR+ NYT+
PWK* SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Little, Brown, 2013., RL 3.4, 34p
Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky
house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.
AR: 3.1 LG 0.5 157787EN Lexile: 660, AD
HRD 1 14.4914.49
35677V6 Soto, Gary -- Neighborhood odes [ BKK+ HRN* SLJ* WCC+ WMJ+ ]
{IL 3-6, 811} -- Harcourt, Inc., 2005, c1992., RL 4.9, 68p
Presents a collection of poems in which Gary Soto celebrates the
joys of life in his Mexican American neighborhood.
AR: 4.9 MG 1.0 70375EN Lexile: NP
FBS 1 11.0111.01
10956X9 St. James, James -- Freak show [ BUL+ KIR* MTR+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+
WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Speak, 2008, c2007., 297p
Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity
expressed as persecution, and the loss of his only real friend when
he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old
PAP 1 5.84 5.84

Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only way to become
fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private
school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
AR: 4.2 UG 10.0 114755EN Lexile: 660
0577ZF3 Stone, Tanya Lee -- Courage has no color : the true story of the
Triple Nickles : America's first black paratroopers [ BKL* BUL+
HRN+ KIR* LMC+ PWK* SLJ* VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, 940.54} -- Candlewick
Press, 2013., RL 8, 147p
Tells the story of America's first black paratroopers during World
War II.
AR: 8.0 MG 5.0 156351EN Lexile: 1090
HRD 1 21.2921.29
0253SR0 Stork, Francisco X -- Marcelo in the real world [ BKL* BUL+ HRN*
HRN+ KIR* PWK* SFBW SLJ* VOY* VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-}
-- Scholastic, 2011, c2009., 312p
Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-
functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges,
including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his
father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
AR: 4.6 UG 12.0 129386EN Lexile: 700, HL
FBG 1 14.0114.01
0575ZF0 Sullivan, Mary -- Ball [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK* SLJ+ TSGH ] {IL
K-3, -E-} -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Children, 2013.
While searching for someone to play ball with him, a dog dreams of
fantastical adventures he could have with his ball.
Lexile: NP
HRD 1 11.0911.09
0894JH9 Swanson, James L -- "The president has been shot!" : the
assassination of John F. Kennedy [ BKL+ HRN+ PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL YA,
973.922} -- Scholastic Press, 2013., 270p
Looks at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and related
events, including his funeral and the apprehension of his killer.
AR: 8.0 MG 6.0 161817EN Lexile: 1080
HRD 1 16.1916.19
0532UN9 Timberlake, Amy -- One came home [ BKL+ BUL* HRN* HRN+ KIR*
LMC+ NEWH SLJ* TEL+ VOY+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- A Yearling book,
2014., RL 4.8, 257p
In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her
sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the
dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains
fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.
AR: 4.8 MG 9.0 156090EN Lexile: 690
FBG 1 12.5112.51
0580TF0 Tonatiuh, Duncan -- Pancho Rabbit and the coyote : a migrant's
tale [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR* PBAH PBIH PWK* SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Abrams
HRD 1 14.4614.46

Books for Young Readers, 2013., RL 3.3, 32p
When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many
seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte,
his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by
a coyote. Includes author's note.
AR: 3.8 LG 0.5 158860EN
0747VL6 Vanderpool, Clare -- Navigating Early [ BKL* HRN+ KIR* LMC+ MLPH
NYT+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, c2014., RL 5.2
AR: 5.2 MG 11.0 156085EN Lexile: 790
FBG 1 12.7112.71
22, 2014.
0791GN2 Vawter, Vince -- Paperboy [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ NEWH PWK* SLJ+
TEL+ ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Yearling, c2014., RL 5.5
AR: 5.1 MG 8.0 158356EN Lexile: 940
FBG 1 11.9111.91
September 8, 2015.
16069Z1 Waters, Dan -- Generation dead [ BUL+ HRN+ KIR* NYT+ PWK+ SLJ+
VOY+ WMJ+ WSH+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Disney/Hyperion Books, 2009,
c2008., 392p
When dead teenagers who have come back to life start showing up
at her high school, Phoebe, a goth girl, becomes interested in the
phenomenon, and when she starts dating a "living impaired" boy,
they encounter prejudice, fear, and hatred.
AR: 5.4 UG 14.0 121939EN Lexile: 820
PAP 1 5.84 5.84
0926CLX Whaley, John Corey -- Noggin / (by the author of "Where Things
Come Back") [ BKL* HRN+ KIR+ PWK* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Atheneum
BFYR, 2014.
HRD 1 15.3415.34
8, 2014.
0955UJ4 Wiesner, David -- Mr. Wuffles! [ BKL* CALH HRN* KIR* NYT+ PWK*
SLJ* ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2013., 32p
"Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be
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rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's
territory to make emergency repairs"--Provided by publisher.
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0629HH9 Willems, Mo -- A big guy took my ball! [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ+
TSGH ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Hyperion Books for Children, 2013., RL .9, 56p
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Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald
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AR: 1.0 LG 0.5 158336EN Lexile: 80, AD
0741SB4 Willems, Mo -- Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs [ BKL* BUL+
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RL 5.9, 34p
A spin on the traditional tale with dinosaurs who visit Norway as
the main characters.
AR: 4.2 LG 0.5 153629EN Lexile: 910, AD
HRD 1 15.3415.34
0887MG6Williams-Garcia, Rita -- P.S. be eleven [ BKL* BUL+ CKAW HRN*
HRN+ KIR* PWK* SLJ* ] {IL 5-8, -Fic-} -- Amistad, an imprint of
HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013., RL 4.6, 274p
After spending the Summer of 1968 with their mother and the
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their father has a new girlfriend, Uncle Darnell has come home
from Vietnam a changed man, and Big Ma still expects Delphine to
take care of everything. Feeling overwhelmed, Delphine writes to
her mother, who reminds her to enjoy being eleven and not grow
up too fast.
AR: 4.6 MG 8.0 158513EN Lexile: 770
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0703GLX Wilson, N.D -- Boys of Blur [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR* LMC+ NBKL PWK+
SLJ+ TSGW ] {IL 3-6, -Fic-} -- Random House BFYR, c2014.
HRD 1 21.6421.64
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0537GB0 Woodson, Jacqueline -- Each kindness [ BKL* CKAH HRN+ KIR+
LMC+ NYT+ PWK* SLJ* TEL+ ] {IL K-3, -E-} -- Nancy Paulsen Books,
c2012., RL 3.1, 32p
When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that
she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student
Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
AR: 3.4 LG 0.5 153501EN Lexile: 640, AD
HRD 1 14.4914.49
0578YF2 Woolston, Blythe -- Black helicopters [ BKL+ BUL+ KIR* PWK* SLJ+ ]
{IL YA, -Fic-} -- Candlewick Press, 2013., 166p
Fifteen-year-old Valkyrie White has spent her life hiding from the
government that wants to kill her family, and now with her father
missing and her home gone, Valkyrie and her older brother must
bring their message to the outside world.
AR: 3.9 UG 5.0 157455EN Lexile: 580, HL
HRD 1 13.6413.64

0453SRX -- Nursery rhyme comics : 50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated
cartoonists [ BKL* HRN+ KIR* NBKL PWK+ SLJ+ WCC+ ] {IL K-3,
741.5} -- First Second, 2011., RL 3.8, 119p
Presents fifty traditional nursery rhymes in comic book format,
with illustrations by well-known cartoonists.
AR: 3.8 LG 1.0 145595EN
HRD 1 16.1916.19
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In this wordless book, a friendship develops between a girl named
Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
EBK 1 15.5915.59
5012XA9 Ness, Patrick -- Chaos walking the complete trilogy {IL AD, -Fic-} --
Candlewick Press, 2011., 1607p
Presents a trio of novels that follow Todd Hewitt and Viola Eade,
from their first meeting to their attempt to find the best way to
achieve peace on the New World.
EBK 1 29.9729.97
5066AD9 Rosenthal, Amy Krouse -- Wumbers it's a word cr8ed with a
number! [ BKL+ BUL+ HRN+ KIR+ PWK+ SLJ+ ] {IL K-3, 793.73} --
Chronicle Books, c2012., RL 2.2, 34p
A picture book with sentences made up of words containing
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Lexile: NP
EBK 1 14.2914.29
5339KJ7 Ryan, Amy Kathleen -- Glow [ BKL+ HRN+ KIR+ SLJ* ] {IL YA, -Fic-} --
St. Martin's Griffin, 2012, c2011.
Fifteen-year-old Waverly, part of the first generation of children
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AR: 5.2 UG 13.0 146651EN
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5030IL8 Schutt, Craig -- Things Not Seen! {IL 3-6} -- Influence Resources,
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In the sleepy town of Holsom...something just woke up! Everyone
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Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of
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student worksheet and teacher's guide.
CD 1 29.9529.95
432F7E0 Floca, Brian -- Locomotive {IL K-3, -E-} -- Dreamscape Media LLC,
2014.
It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family a re
traveling together, riding America's brand-new transcontinental
railroad. Text and illustrations by Brian Floca; 2 014 Caldecott
Medal Winner; 2014 Sibert Honor.
DVD 1 38.9938.99
29, 2014.
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"Two star-crossed lovers must fight for survival when they crash
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450B7M9Kontis, Alethea -- Enchanted [ BKL+ SLJ+ ] {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Brilliance
Audio, Grand Haven, Michigan : 2013.
When Sunday Woodcutter, the youngest sibling to sisters named
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In the midst of a 1981 meteor shower in Iowa, a homicidal maniac
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DDA 1 69.0069.00

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eleven-year-old sister, Sarah, and their mother.
5060BU7 Westerfeld, Scott. -- Leviathan {IL YA, -Fic-} -- Findaway World,
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In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek,
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