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SCI
THE TRUE STORY OF THE
THREE LITTLE PIGS
BY A. WOLF, AS TOLD TO JON SCIESZKA
The wolf gives his
own outlandish
version of what
really happened
when he tangled
with the three little
pigs.
Genre:
Fairy Tale (Variant)
2.5
921
MCC
BARBARA MCCLINTOCK:
NOBEL PRIZE GENETICIST
BY EDITH HOPE FINE
Presents the life and
career of the
geneticist who spent
many years studying
the cells of maize and
in 1983 was awarded
the Nobel Prize in
“Physiology or
Medicine.”
Genre:
Biography
2.5
FIC
SCH
SHADOW ON THE SNOW
BY ANNE SCHRAFF
Huong Ngo, a
Vietnamese boy
who has
immigrated to the
U.S. with his
parents, learns
the sad truth
about an alleged
wildman who lives
in the forest when
he is forced to call
upon the man for
help to free his
friend from a
cave.
Genre:
Mystery
3.2
FIC
BRI
FREEZE FRAME
BY SANDRA D. BRICKER
After developing
some photos,
Brad learns that
one of them
contains a clue to
a murder. He
joins with a friend
who is a police
officer to put the
clues together.
Genre:
Mystery
3.2
FIC
KEE
NANCY DREW #141:
THE WILD CAT CRIME
BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy investigates
the disappearance
of four baby
cougars from the
zoo.
Genre:
Mystery
3.2
FIC
SAN
THE INK DRINKER
BY ERIC SANVOISIN
A boy who hates
books discovers
an ink-drinking
vampire in his
father’s
bookshop and
follows him to his
underground
vault.
Genre:
Fantasy
(Vampires)
3.4
FIC
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NANCY DREW #145:
THE MISSING HORSE MYSTERY
BY CAROLYN KEENE
Nancy tracks
down thieves
who steal a
valuable horse
from the Midwest
Grand Prix
Dressage
Championships.
Genre:
Mystery
3.5
FIC
KEE
NANCY DREW #146: THE GHOST
OF THE LANTERN LADY
BY CAROLYN KEENE
When strange
accidents start
occurring at the
local pioneer village,
Nancy, Bess, and
George go
undercover to
determine if the
village is really
haunted by the
Lantern Lady.
Genre:
Mystery
3.5
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GEO
THE CASE OF THE MISSING
CUTTHROATS
BY JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE
After Spinner Shafter
catches a cutthroat
trout in the snake
River, she and her
cousin Alligator
search the nearby
mountains to
determine where the
endangered fish
came from and how
it survived.
Genre:
Mystery
3.5
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TUT TUT
BY JON SCIESZKA
Sam, Joe, and Fred
finish their school
project on ancient
Egypt without
using their magical
time travel book,
but when Joe’s
sister Anna plays
with it and travels
to the land of
pyramids, they
must follow her
back in time.
Genre:
Science Fiction
3.5
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SAN
BUFFALO BILL CODY: SHOWMAN OF
THE WILD WEST
BY WILLIAM R. SANFORD
Biography of William
F. Cody, better known
as Buffalo Bill, telling
about his childhood,
and the events, such
as his buffalo hunting
skills, and his
traveling western
review, that led to his
being hailed as a hero
of the Wild West.
Genre:
Biography
3.5
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AWFUL OGRE’S AWFUL DAY
BY JACK PRELUTSKY
In a series of
poems, Awful
Ogre rises,
grooms himself,
dances, pens a
letter, and goes
through other
activities as the
day passes.
Genre:
Poetry
3.7
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ABB
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER:
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES
BY TONY ABBOT
Devin Bundy and
Francine Lang
accidentally step from
their school library
onto the pages of Mark
Twain's "The
Adventures of Tom
Sawyer," where their
respect for the title
character grows by
leaps and bounds.
Genre:
Humor
3.8
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DIS
AWESOME EXPERIMENTS IN
FORCE & MOTION
BY MICHAEL DISPEZIO
Provides more than
fifty experiments
illustrating the
properties of force
and motion including
gravity, inertia, and
density.
3.8
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CAS
BUTCH CASSIDY
BY CARL R. GREEN
Chronicles the life
of Butch Cassidy,
leader of the Wild
Bunch, who
became one of the
Wild West's most
wanted outlaws.
Genre:
Biography
3.9
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IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
BY JON SCIESZKA
As they are about
to go on stage, Joe,
Fred, and Sam are
transported back to
the time of Zeus
and the other gods
in Greek
mythology, who,
strangely enough,
behave much as
the characters in
the trio's class play.
Genre:
Science Fiction
4.0
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ABB
AROUND THE WORLD IN
EIGHTY DAYS
BY TONY ABBOT
Devin and
Francine are
transported into
the book Around
the world in eighty
days and circle the
world with Phileas
Fogg.
Genre:
Humor
4.2
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SHE
FRANKENSTEIN
BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY,
RETOLD BY MICHAEL BURGAN
An abridged version
of the classic
"Frankenstein," the
tale of a monster
assembled by a
scientist from parts
of dead bodies, who
seeks revenge on his
creator, narrated by
Wishbone the
television dog.
Genre:
Science Fiction
4.2
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TWA
JOAN OF ARC
BY MARK TWAIN,
RETOLD BY PATRICE SELENE
An abridged
version of the
classic "Joan of
Arc," the tale of a
peasant child
destined to lead her
people in war
against brutal
invaders, narrated
by Wishbone the
television dog.
4.2
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PRE
THE BABY UGGS
ARE HATCHING
BY JACK PRELUTSKY
A collection
of twelve
humorous
poems
about such
strange
creatures
as the
sneepy and
the
quossible.
Genre:
Poetry
4.5
FIC
WRI
THE WISH MASTER
BY BETTY REN WRIGHT
Certain that his
grandfather doesn't
want him around,
Corby is unhappy
when he and his
mother go to spend
the summer in
Wisconsin to help
take care of his
ailing grandmother,
until a local boy
takes him to the
Wish Master.
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
4.7
FIC
HAD
AMONG THE HIDDEN
BY MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
In a future where
the Population
Police enforce the
law limiting a
family to only two
children, Luke has
lived all his twelve
years in isolation
and fear on his
family's farm, until
another "third"
convinces him that
the government is
wrong.
Genre:
Science Fiction
4.7
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THE WISH
BY GAIL CARSON LEVINE
When granted her
wish to be the most
popular girl in
school, Wilma, an
eighth grader,
forgets that she will
graduate in three
weeks and her
popularity will
vanish.
Genre:
Science Fiction
4.8
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SCH
BLIZZARDS
BY DUNCAN SCHEFF
Describes the
science behind
blizzards,
blizzard causes
and effects,
historical snow
storms, and
methods of
studying such
weather, and also
includes a
glossary and a
list of related
resources.
5.0
791.6
RUS
CHEERLEADING
BY ELLEN RUSCONI
Provides
information about
cheerleading,
explaining how to
get started,
discussing team
tryouts, and
describing and
illustrating a
number of essential
skills and
movements.
5.1
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KNIGHTS OF THE
KITCHEN TABLE
BY JON SCIESZKA
One minute they're
looking at pictures
of knights in the
book, a birthday
gift from Joe's
magician uncle,
the next minute
they're battling
fire-breathing
dragons. Will Joe,
Fred, and Sam
escape death?
Genre:
Science Fiction
5.1
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MRS. FRISBY AND
THE RATS OF NIMH
BY ROBERT C. O’BRIEN
Having no one to help
her with her problems,
a widowed mouse visits
the rats whose former
imprisonment in a
laboratory made them
wise and long lived.
Genre:
Science Fiction
5.1
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HIN
THE OUTSIDERS
BY S.E. HINTON
Rivalry between
rich and poor
gangs in 1960s
Oklahoma leads to
the deaths of three
teenagers and
intense soulsearching for one
of the kids
involved, a
sensitive fourteenyear-old writer
named Ponyboy.
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
5.1
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THE NOT-SO-JOLLY ROGER
BY JON SCIESZKA
Once again, three
friends are sent
back in time by a
magic book and
they find
themselves
prisoners of the
evil pirate
Blackbeard.
Genre:
Science Fiction
5.2
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YOUR MOTHER WAS A
NEANDERTHAL
BY JON SCIESZKA
The Time Warp Trio
find themselves in
the middle of an
adventure in
prehistoric times,
where cave art is a
form of graffiti and
"rock" music takes
on a whole new
meaning.
Genre:
Science Fiction
5.2
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THE GOOD, THE BAD,
AND THE GOOFY
BY JON SCIESZKA
The Time Warp Trio
find themselves in
the Wild West of
yesteryear, rubbing
elbows with
cowboys and
Indians.
Genre:
Science Fiction
5.3
FIC
HOB
BEARSTONE
BY WILL HOBBS
A troubled Indian
boy goes to live
with an elderly
rancher whose
caring ways help
the boy become
a man.
Genre:
Adventure
5.3
FIC
PIE
ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE
BY TAMORA PIERCE
Eleven-year-old
Alanna, who aspires
to be a knight even
though she is a girl,
disguises herself as
a boy to become a
royal page, learning
many hard lessons
along her path to
high adventure.
Genre:
Fantasy
5.6
FIC
HEA
WISHES, KISSES, AND PIGS
BY BETSY HEARNE
After eleven-yearold Louise makes
a wish on the first
evening star and
her brother turns
into a pig, she
uses wishes,
kisses, and spells
to try to put things
right again.
Genres:
Humor, Fantasy
5.8
FIC
HAS
THE AMAZING THINKING
MACHINE
BY DENNIS HASELEY
During the Great
Depression, while
their father is
away looking for
work, eight-yearold Patrick and
thirteen-year-old
Roy create a
machine to help
their mother
make ends meet,
even as she is
helping tramps.
Genre:
Historical Fiction
5.8
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HIN
RUMBLE FISH
BY S. E. HINTON
A junior high
school boy
idolizes his older
brother, the
coolest,
toughest guy in
the
neighborhood,
and wants to be
just like him.
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
5.9
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SLE
OTHERS SEE US
BY WILLIAM SLEATOR
When an accidental
dunking in toxic
waste gives
sixteen-year-old
Jared the ability to
read minds, he
discovers
horrifying secrets
about family
members at the
annual summer
reunion.
Genre:
Science Fiction
6.0
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BAN
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
BY LYNNE REID BANKS
A nine-year-old boy
receives a plastic
Indian, a cupboard,
and a little key for his
birthday and finds
himself involved in
adventure when the
Indian comes to life in
the cupboard and
befriends him.
Genre:
Mystery
6.0
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CEA
ESSENTIAL DEER HUNTING
BY JONATHAN CEASER
This book
presents
information about
deer hunting,
including the
equipment
needed, where to
hunt, when to
hunt, and safety
tips.
6.0
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COV
ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK
BY BRUCE COVILLE
Rod is surprised
when a miniature
spaceship lands in
his school science
project and reveals
five tiny aliens, who
ask his help in
apprehending an
interstellar criminal.
6.0
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ANNA SUNDAY
BY SALLY KEEHN
In 1863 twelve-year-old
Anna, disguised as a boy
and accompanied by her
younger brother Jed,
leaves their Pennsylvania
home and makes the
difficult journey to join
their wounded father in
Winchester, Virginia,
where they find
themselves in danger
from Confederate troops.
Genre:
Historical Fiction
6.0
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PAU
THE VOYAGE OF THE FROG
BY GARY PAULSEN
When David goes out
on his sailboat to
scatter his recently
deceased uncle's
ashes to the wind, he
is caught in a fierce
storm and must
survive many days on
his own as he works
out his feelings about
life and his uncle.
Genre:
Adventure
6.3